英语听力精选进阶版 10598（在线收听）

Two years ago this Sunday on December 14, 2012, 20 children along with 6 adults were murdered in the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut. One of the children whose life was taken was a six-year old girl called Anna. “Beautiful Life” is the name of the new album by the American saxophonist Jimmy Greene. It is his tenth album but as he told Dan Damon from his home in Connecticut, this recording is very different. It is dedicated entirely to Anna.

2012年12月14日，也就是两年前的这个周末，20名儿童和6名成年人在康涅狄格州纽镇的桑迪·霍克小学枪击案中遇难，6岁的小女孩安娜就是其中一个。“美丽人生”是美国萨克斯管吹奏者吉米·格林的新专辑。他在康涅狄格州家中接受丹·达蒙采访时说，这是他的第10本专辑，意义非凡，因为这整本专辑都是献给安娜的。

This album speaks about the life of my little girl Anna Grace who was one of the first graders that was killed at Sandy Hook School in December of 2012. In the aftermath of her murder, a lot was made about the way that she died. And my goal with this album was to try to give listeners a glimpse of the way that she lived.

这本专辑讲述了我的小女儿安娜·格蕾丝的生活，她是2012年12月在桑迪·霍克学校遇难的一年级学生。枪击案发生后，大家都在讨论她是如何遇难的，而这本专辑是为了让听众了解一下她是如何生活的。

And music is your life. So through music is how you chose to celebrate her life.

音乐就是你的生命，所以你选择用音乐来纪念她的一生。

Absolutely. Everybody in my family is very musical. So music is a language that we all share. I just really felt like a statement from me as a musician and as a composer and as a performer. Had to include music and lyrics and singers, because those are things that she loved very much.

没错。我们家每个人都很喜欢音乐，所以音乐是我们的共同语言。我觉得这张专辑就是我作为音乐人、作曲者和表演者的心声。专辑里必须包含音乐、歌词和歌手三个要素，因为这些都是她非常喜欢的。

Anna was a very creative little girl, wasn’t she? You told us about singing, dancing, but she was creative in an artistic way, as well, as she made you a book, I think.

安娜是个很有创意的小女孩，是吗？你跟我们说过她会唱歌、跳舞，而且还很有艺术创意，听说还为你制作了一本书。

She’s made me a book. She made countless pictures and little notes for no specific reason other than justto show her love and affection for her family. That horrible day December 14, 2012, when I had gotten homeafter hours and hours of waiting, after receiving the horrible news that she had been killed, and I went into the room where my kids had all of their play things--we call it their playroom--and on the desk was something I’d never seen before. And it was fully formed and it was finished. And I believe maybe that day or that weekend, Anna was gonna present it to me. It was called Anna’s Flower Book For Dad. And it was page after page stapled together and with a cover with a beautiful purple and yellow flower on the cover. But page after page was lovely hand-drawn flowers of different sizes and shapes and colors.

是的，她为我制作了一本书，里面有她亲手做的许多图片和小纸条，没有什么特殊原因，就是为了表达她对家人的爱。2012年12月14日是恐怖的一天，经历了数小时漫长的等待后，我接到了她遇难的消息。回到家后，我走进孩子们玩耍的房间，我们叫它游戏室。我在桌子上发现了以前从来没有见过的东西——一个已经成形并完成的作品。我相信可能那一天或者那个周末，安娜就会把它给我。它的名字是《安娜给爸爸的画谱》。每一页都钉在一起，封面上有一朵紫黄相间的美丽的花朵，而她在每一页都画上了大小不同、形状各异、五颜六色的花朵。