马里兰的绵羊及毛线节

41 马里兰的绵羊及毛线节

DATE=5-25-01
TITLE=AMERICAN MOSAIC¹ #819 - Sheep and Wool Festival
BYLINE=Shelley Gollust
 
HOST:
(Start at 1'01")About fifty- thousand people enjoyed the Maryland Sheep and Wool （1）Festival earlier this month.  Shep O'Neal tells us about what they saw. 
ANNCR:
The Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival are held every year at the Howard County (2) Fairgrounds, north of Washington, D-C.  The two-day festival supports sheep and products made of （3）wool.  This is the twenty-eighth year it has been held.  The festival provides information for people who raise sheep.  And it has many activities for the public.  It is the largest event of its kind in the country.
People who raise sheep can enter several （4）competitions at the festival.  There are competitions for the best sheep and the best wool.  Another competition includes teams that try to cut the （5）fleece off a sheep, spin the wool into (6) yarn², and weave a piece of clothing all in one day. 
Visitors to the Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival can see about 1,000 sheep of many different kinds.  They can watch people make clothing of wool.  They can buy many kinds of yarns³, knitted⁴ clothing and other hand-made objects.  Visitors also can hear traditional musical performances and watch colorful ethnic⁵ dancers.  They can learn how to cook (7) lamb.  And they can taste many good foods.
The Maryland Sheep and Wood Festival has demonstrations⁷ to help people who raise sheep.  For example, experts tell how to provide the best diet for female sheep.  They also show how to test animal wastes for harmful organisms. 
One of the most popular events at the festival is the working sheepdog demonstration⁶.  Sheepdogs are dogs that are specially⁸ trained to work with sheep.  Visitors can watch the dogs as they compete to move a group of sheep.  The (8) sheepdogs are skilled at getting the sheep to move in the right direction to a desired place. 
The Maryland Sheep Breeders Association organizes the festival.  The group provides education and marketing⁹ support for the sheep industry in the state. 
This year the group wanted to recognize the European farmers who have lost their animals because of foot-and-mouth disease.  So many visitors to the festival signed their names in a special "get well" book for farmers in Europe.

 

纪念战争中逝去的英雄

DATE=5-25-2001
TITLE=AMERICAN MOSAIC #819 - Memorial Day
BYLINE=Nancy Steinbach

HOST:
(Start at 4'26")Our VOA listener question this week comes in E-mail from (1) Iran.  Nima Foroud asks about the American holiday, Memorial Day.
Americans will celebrate Memorial Day on Monday, May twenty-eighth.  The holiday honors the men and women who died fighting in wars for the United States. 
The idea of （2）celebrating such a day began after the American Civil War in the Eighteen-Sixties.  It was the idea of a daughter of a Union officer who had been killed in battle.  She wrote a letter to an organization of soldiers who served in the Union Army that had won the Civil War.  She described a German （3）tradition of placing flowers on soldiers' burial places each spring.  She said Americans should do the same.
The commander of the soldiers' organization agreed.  He ordered that May thirtieth, Eighteen-Sixty-Eight, be named "Decoration Day" to honor （4）soldiers who had died in the Civil War.
"（5）Decoration Day" became popular.  It was also called "Memorial Day."  A (6) confederate Memorial Day was observed in some southern states.
New York declared Memorial Day a legal state holiday in Eighteen-Seventy-Three.  It was the first state to make it a holiday.  Congress made it a national holiday in Eighteen-Eighty-Eight.  After World War One, Memorial Day became a day to remember those who died in all the nation's wars.
Today, Americans celebrate the Memorial Day holiday in different ways.  Towns and cities hold （7）parades over Memorial Day weekend.  Many people attend special ceremonies to hear speeches and band music.  People enjoy the warm weather with their families.  They may cook dinner outdoors, go swimming or have a party.
Some people travel to Washington, D-C to attend national Memorial Day (8) ceremonies at Arlington Cemetery¹⁰ near the city.  The ceremonies are held at the burial place of the nation's unknown soldiers.
You can hear more about Memorial Day and the four major war memorials in Washington.  Listen to the Special English program "This Is America" on Monday.

 

美国歌手帕瑞·科牧

DATE=5-25-2001
TITLE=AMERICAN MOSAIC #819 - Perry Como
BYLINE=Nancy Steinbach
 
HOST:
(Start at 7'46")American singer Perry Como died recently.  He was eighty-eight years old.  Sarah Long tells us about him.
ANNCR:
Pierino (PYEHR-EE-NO) Como was born in Nineteen-Twelve in a small town near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.  He was one of thirteen children. His parents had come to the United States from Italy.  Perry Como started working at the age of ten in a （1）barbershop.  He learned to cut hair. By the time he was fourteen, he had his own barbershop.  He also liked to sing.  After high school, he got a job with a band and （2）performed around the country. 
Perry Como began recording¹¹ alone in Nineteen-Forty-Three.  His first hit record was "Till The End of Time," recorded in Nineteen-Forty-Five.
((CUT 1: TILL THE END OF TIME)) 
Perry Como began appearing on television in Nineteen-Forty-Eight.  He had his own weekly program from Nineteen-Fifty-Five until Nineteen-Sixty-Three.  He won two （3）Emmy awards for his show.  He also won a （4）Grammy award from the recording industry in Nineteen-Fifty-Eight for this song, "Catch A Falling Star."
((CUT 2: CATCH A FALLING STAR))
Perry Como always said he was just a simple man who did not ask too much of life.  Yet he sold more than one- hundred- million records and won many show business （5）honors.  We leave you now with another hit song by Perry Como, "It's （6）Impossible."
注释：
（1） festival[ 5festEvEl ]n.节日, 喜庆日
（2） fairground[5feE^raJnd]n.举行赛会的场所, 露天市场
（3） wool[ wul ]n.羊毛, 毛织品
（4） competition[ kCmpi5tiFEn ]n.竞争, 竞赛
（5） fleece[ fli:s ]n.羊毛, 羊毛状之物v.剪下羊毛, 诈取
（6） yarn[ jB:n ]n.纱, 纱线, 故事
（7） lamb[ lAm ]n.小羊, 羔羊v.生小羊
            （8） sheepdog[5Fi:pdR^]n.牧羊犬

注释：
 （1） Iran[ i5rB:n ]n.伊朗
（2） celebrate[ 5selibreit ]v.庆祝, 祝贺
（3） tradition[ trE5diFEn ]n.传统, 惯例
（4） soldier[ 5sEuldVE ]n.士兵, 军人
（5） decoration[ 7dekE5reiFEn ]n.装饰, 装饰品
（6） confederate[ kEn5fedErit ]n.同盟者, 同盟国adj.同盟的, 联合的v.(使
（7） parade[ pE5reid ]n.游行, 炫耀v.游行, 炫耀
             （8） ceremony[ 5serimEni ]n.典礼, 仪式

注释：
（1） barbershop[5ba:b[FRp]n.理发店
（2） perform[ pE5fC:m ]v.履行, 执行, 表演, 演出
（3） Emmy[ 5emi ]n.艾美奖
（4） Grammy[`^rAmI]n.格莱美奖
（5） honor[ 5CnE ]n.尊敬, 敬意v.尊敬, 给以荣誉
（6） impossible[ im5pCsEbl ]adj.不可能的, 不会发生的

 

1 mosaic   

n./adj.镶嵌细工的，镶嵌工艺品的，嵌花式的

参考例句：

• The sky this morning is a mosaic of blue and white.今天早上的天空是幅蓝白相间的画面。
• The image mosaic is a troublesome work.图象镶嵌是个麻烦的工作。

2 yarn   

n.纱，纱线，纺线；奇闻漫谈，旅行轶事

参考例句：

• I stopped to have a yarn with him.我停下来跟他聊天。
• The basic structural unit of yarn is the fiber.纤维是纱的基本结构单元。

3 yarns   

n.纱( yarn的名词复数 )；纱线；奇闻漫谈；旅行轶事

参考例句：

• ...vegetable-dyed yarns. 用植物染料染过色的纱线 来自辞典例句
• Fibers may be loosely or tightly twisted into yarns. 纤维可以是膨松地或紧密地捻成纱线。 来自辞典例句

4 knitted   

v.（使）愈合( knit的过去式和过去分词 )；编结；（使）紧密地结合；织平针

参考例句：

• I knitted this cardigan myself. 我自己织的这件开襟毛衣。
• Our two nations are knitted together by common concerns. 共同关心的问题使我们两国团结一致。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 ethnic   

adj.人种的，种族的，异教徒的

参考例句：

• This music would sound more ethnic if you played it in steel drums.如果你用钢鼓演奏，这首乐曲将更具民族特色。
• The plan is likely only to aggravate ethnic frictions.这一方案很有可能只会加剧种族冲突。

6 demonstration   

n.表明，示范，论证，示威

参考例句：

• His new book is a demonstration of his patriotism.他写的新书是他的爱国精神的证明。
• He gave a demonstration of the new technique then and there.他当场表演了这种新的操作方法。

7 demonstrations   

证明( demonstration的名词复数 )； 表明； 表达； 游行示威

参考例句：

• Lectures will be interspersed with practical demonstrations. 讲课中将不时插入实际示范。
• The new military government has banned strikes and demonstrations. 新的军人政府禁止罢工和示威活动。

8 specially   

adv.特定地；特殊地；明确地

参考例句：

• They are specially packaged so that they stack easily.它们经过特别包装以便于堆放。
• The machine was designed specially for demolishing old buildings.这种机器是专为拆毁旧楼房而设计的。

9 marketing   

n.行销，在市场的买卖，买东西

参考例句：

• They are developing marketing network.他们正在发展销售网络。
• He often goes marketing.他经常去市场做生意。

10 cemetery   

n.坟墓，墓地，坟场

参考例句：

• He was buried in the cemetery.他被葬在公墓。
• His remains were interred in the cemetery.他的遗体葬在墓地。

11 recording   

n.录音，记录

参考例句：

• How long will the recording of the song take?录下这首歌得花多少时间？
• I want to play you a recording of the rehearsal.我想给你放一下彩排的录像。