杰奎琳·肯尼迪的服饰展

50 杰奎琳·肯尼迪的服饰展

DATE=6-15-2001 
TITLE=AMERICA MOSAIC¹ #822 - Jacqueline Kennedy Exhibit²
BYLINE=Jerilyn Watson

HOST: 
(Start at 0'56") Thousands of people are visiting a museum show in New York City about Jacqueline Kennedy.  She was the wife of John Fitzgerald Kennedy, the thirty-fifth president of the United States. The (1) Metropolitan³ Museum of Art is showing many of the clothes she wore when she lived in the White House.  
The exhibit will be open through July Twenty-Ninth. Then it will move to the Kennedy Library in Boston, Massachusetts. Sarah Long tells us more about it.
ANNCR:
Jacqueline Kennedy was thirty-one years old when her husband was elected president in Nineteen-Sixty.   She was a beautiful woman with dark hair and dark eyes.  She loved to wear beautiful clothes.  Many American women wanted to look like her.  They copied her clothes and the way she wore her hair. 
The Metropolitan Museum of Art exhibit begins with the clothes Missus Kennedy wore during the (2) presidential campaign.  Then the visitor sees clothes from the White House years.   These include travel clothes, everyday dresses and long gowns⁵ for official state dinners.   Missus Kennedy liked to ride horses and her riding clothes also are shown. 
 All the clothes are simple.  But the materials are rich.  Jacqueline Kennedy often wore the colors of the spring season. She liked light green, blue, pink and yellow.  Her (3) evening gowns were often (4) creamy white and shining.  World famous designer Oleg Cassini created some of her finest clothes for important events. For example, he designed the dress she wore at her husband's (5) inauguration⁶ (6) ceremony.  And he designed the black dress Missus Kennedy wore to meet Pope⁷ John the Twenty-Third. 
Clothes are not the only objects in the exhibit. Music and videos play.  News photos and magazine covers help tell the story of Missus Kennedy's clothes.  They also help visitors remember her work in (7) restoring⁸ the White House and supporting the arts in America.  
Jacqueline Kennedy's White House years came to an unexpected⁹ and terrible end in Nineteen-Sixty-Three when President Kennedy was (8) murdered.   Missus Kennedy continued to be a leader in women's clothing fashions until she died in Nineteen-Ninety-Four.  But she always said she wanted people to know there was a brain under her fine hats.

 

父亲节的由来

DATE=6-15-2001
TITLE=AMERICAN MOSAIC #822 - Father's Day
BYLINE=Paul Thompson, Nancy Steinbach

HOST:
(Start at 4'26") Our VOA listener question comes from China. Zhang Jianjun asks about Father's Day in the United States. That day is celebrated¹⁰ on the third Sunday in the month of June.
   A woman named Sonora Louise Smart Dodd got the idea for Father's Day in Nineteen-Oh-Nine. She was living in Spokane, in the state of Washington.
   Missus Dodd was listening to a (1) religious message about Mother's Day.  She decided¹¹ that fathers should be (2) recognized too.  She especially wanted to honor¹² her own father, William Jackson Smart.  He had raised six children by himself after his wife died.
   Missus Dodd asked for help from Spokane's religious leaders.  She asked them to honor fathers on the first Sunday in June, her own father's birthday.  But they did not give speeches honoring¹³ fathers until two weeks later, the third Sunday in June.
Sonora Dodd's campaign was successful.  The first Father's Day in the United States was (3) celebrated in Spokane, Washington on June nineteenth, Nineteen-Ten.  The idea of a day to honor fathers quickly spread to other parts of the country.
In Nineteen-Twenty-Four, President Calvin Coolidge said Americans should honor their fathers on the third Sunday in June.  He said the day should be used to establish better relations between fathers and their children and to remind fathers of their responsibilities.  As the years passed, efforts were made to make the day an official national holiday. In Nineteen-Seventy-Two, President Richard Nixon signed a law making Father's Day an official (4) observance.
This Sunday, American families will celebrate Father's Day.  Many will gather for a special dinner or an outdoor (5) picnic.  Families may do special things for Father on his day.  They may prepare the foods he likes best, play his favorite games or attend a special show.  And most children will give their fathers cards and gifts.

 

                
荣获12项托尼大奖的音乐剧《制片人》

DATE=6-15-2001
TITLE=AMERICAN MOSAIC #822 - Tony Awards/The Producers
BYLINE=Nancy Steinbach

HOST:
(Start at 7'35") On June third, the American Theater Wing presented its yearly¹⁴ Tony awards.  The awards honor the best plays and performances on Broadway in New York City.
The musical play "The (1) Producers won twelve Tony awards.  That is the most Tony awards ever awarded to one show.  They included awards for best musical show, best performance by an actor in a musical, best dancing and best (2) directing.  Steve Ember tells us about the show. 
ANNCR:
"The Producers was first presented as a movie in Nineteen-Sixty-Eight.  It was written by Mel Brooks¹⁵.  He also wrote the stage show and its music.
 "The Producers is about two men, Max Bialystock and Leo Bloom¹⁶.  Max is an unsuccessful producer of Broadway shows.  The shows are always bad and he loses money.  Here the (3) chorus¹⁷ sings about it.
((CUT 1: OPENING NIGHT))
Leo Bloom is an (4) accountant.  He records the profits and losses from Max's shows.  But Leo really wants to be a producer of Broadway shows.  He sings about it here.
((CUT 2: I WANNA BE A PRODUCER))
Max and Leo discover a way to gain lots of money.  They (5) plot to get money from investors¹⁸ for a new Broadway show.  They want to produce a show that will be so bad that it will close immediately.  Then they will keep all the investors' money.  They decide to produce a show about Adolph Hitler and (6) Nazi¹⁹ Germany.  But the (7) audience loves the show because they think it is very funny.  Instead of a failure, the show is a huge success. 
That is what is happening in real life, too.  People love The Producers because it is extremely funny. In fact, all the tickets have been sold until next year. 
We leave you now with the final song from the show - The Producers. It is Mel Brooks's way of saying good-bye. (Stop at 12'28")
((CUT 3: GOOD-BYE))
(1) Metropolitan Museum of Art n. 城市艺术博物馆
(2) presidential [9prezi`denFEl] adj.总统的
(3) evening gown<sup>4</sup> n. 晚礼服
(4) creamy [ `kri:mi] adj. 奶油色的
(5) inauguration [i9nR:gjU`reiF[n] n.就职典礼, 开幕式
(6) ceremony [ `serimEni] n.典礼, 仪式
(7) restore [ris`tR:] vt.恢复, 使回复, 归还
(8) murder [ `mE:dE] n.谋杀, 凶杀 vt.谋杀, 凶杀

(1) religious [ri`lidVEs] adj.信奉宗教的, 虔诚的, 宗教上的
(2) recognize [`rekEgnaiz] vt.认可, 承认, 公认, 赏识
(3) celebrate [ `selibreit] v.庆祝, 举行
(4) observance [Eb`zE:vEns] n. 惯例, 仪式, 庆祝
(5) picnic [ `piknik] n.野餐

(1) producer [prE`djU:s[] n. (电影)制片人
(2) directing [dai`rektiN] 导演
(3) chorus [ `kR:rEs] n.合唱, 合唱队, 齐声
(4) accountant [E`kaUntEnt] n.会计(员), 会计师
(5) plot [plRt] vi.密谋, 策划
(6) Nazi [ `na:tsi:] n.纳粹党人 adj.纳粹党的
(7) audience [ `R:djEns] n.听众, 观众

 

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 exhibit   

vt.展览，展出，陈列；n.展览品；陈列品

参考例句：

• Next week those goods will exhibit in that shop. 下个星期，这些货物将在那家商店展出。
• The economy continued to exhibit signs of decline in September.9月份，经济继续呈现出衰退的迹象。

3 metropolitan   

adj.大城市的，大都会的

参考例句：

• Metropolitan buildings become taller than ever.大城市的建筑变得比以前更高。
• Metropolitan residents are used to fast rhythm.大都市的居民习惯于快节奏。

4 gown   

n.长袍，特殊场合穿的长服

参考例句：

• She pinned the gown at the neck with a safety pin.她在领子那儿用一枚别针把睡衣别住。
• He threw on his gown.他穿上他的礼服。

5 gowns   

n.（法官、英国律师、大学学生在特别仪式上穿的）长袍( gown的名词复数 )；女长服；（尤指在医院穿的）罩衣；宽松长外衣

参考例句：

• The guests turned up dressed in sumptuous evening gowns. 客人们身着华丽的夜礼服出现了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• "Did you see those two men in black gowns? “看见么？那两个穿黑大衫的。 来自子夜部分

6 inauguration   

n.开幕、就职典礼

参考例句：

• The inauguration of a President of the United States takes place on January 20.美国总统的就职典礼于一月二十日举行。
• Three celebrated tenors sang at the president's inauguration.3位著名的男高音歌手在总统就职仪式上演唱。

7 pope   

n.（罗马天主教的）教皇

参考例句：

• The Pope is the spiritual leader of many Christians.教皇是众多基督徒的宗教领袖。
• The Pope is the supreme leader of the Roman Catholic Church.教皇是罗马天主教的最高领袖。

8 restoring   

v.归还( restore的现在分词 )；交还；使恢复；修复

参考例句：

• Morris intended to foster an art restoring the dignity of the craftsman. 莫里斯的目的在于扶植一种能恢复手工艺工人威望的艺术。 来自辞典例句
• She was aware of Peter McDermott's calm, restoring voice once more. 她又一次注意到彼得·麦克德莫特的平静而使人宽慰的声音。 来自辞典例句

9 unexpected   

adj.想不到的，意外的

参考例句：

• I always keep some good wine in for unexpected guests.我总保存些好酒，用来招待不速之客。
• His promotion was unexpected.他的升迁出人意料。

10 celebrated   

adj.有名的，声誉卓著的

参考例句：

• He was soon one of the most celebrated young painters in England.不久他就成了英格兰最负盛名的年轻画家之一。
• The celebrated violinist was mobbed by the audience.观众团团围住了这位著名的小提琴演奏家。

11 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

12 honor   

n.光荣；敬意；荣幸；vt.给…以荣誉；尊敬

参考例句：

• I take your visit as a great honor.您的来访是我莫大的光荣。
• It is a great honor to receive that prize.能拿到那个奖是无上的光荣。

13 honoring   

v.尊敬，给以荣誉( honor的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• They sat in silence, honoring the clan Jordache for a moment. 他们默默地坐了一会儿，对乔达虚家族表示了一番敬意。 来自辞典例句
• Instead of honoring this sacred obligation, America has given the Negro people a bad check. 美国没有履行这项神圣的义务，只是给黑人开了一张空头支票。 来自辞典例句

14 yearly   

adj.每年的，一年一度的；adv.一年一次地

参考例句：

• The flower show is a yearly event in our town.我们镇上的花展一年举行一次。
• The yearly rental of her house is 2400 yuan.她这房子年租金是2400元。

15 brooks   

n.小溪( brook的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Brooks gave the business when Haas caught him with his watch. 哈斯抓到偷他的手表的布鲁克斯时，狠狠地揍了他一顿。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Ade and Brooks exchanged blows yesterday and they were severely punished today. 艾德和布鲁克斯昨天打起来了，今天他们受到严厉的惩罚。 来自《简明英汉词典》

16 bloom   

n.花，花期；vi.开花；容光焕发，显露出健康

参考例句：

• The park is a picture when flowers are in bloom.当鲜花盛开时，这个公园的景色美极了。
• The flowers in the garden are now in full bloom.花园里的花盛开。

17 chorus   

n.合唱，合唱队，齐声

参考例句：

• Never before have I heard this song sung in chorus.我从来没有听过这首歌的合唱。
• The children repeated the words after her in chorus.孩子们跟她齐声朗读单词。

18 investors   

n.投资者，出资者( investor的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• a con man who bilked investors out of millions of dollars 诈取投资者几百万元的骗子
• a cash bonanza for investors 投资者的赚钱机会

19 Nazi   

n.纳粹分子，adj.纳粹党的，纳粹的

参考例句：

• They declare the Nazi regime overthrown and sue for peace.他们宣布纳粹政权已被推翻，并出面求和。
• Nazi closes those war criminals inside their concentration camp.纳粹把那些战犯关在他们的集中营里。