VOA标准英语2010年-LA Doctors Symphony Shares Love of Mus

Nearly 60 years ago, a group of Los Angeles doctors with a love of classical music created a symphony orchestra. Today, the Los Angeles Doctors Symphony Orchestra is still enriching lives through the healing power of music. Surgeon Ivan Shulman joined the orchestra in 1979 as an oboist. Today, he conducts the group of more than 70 musicians. "I usually tell people that if I'm doing this job, if they put MD after my name, it has nothing to do with medical doctor. It has to do with music director," he said.
The orchestra met one recent evening for a rehearsal¹ at the Wilshire Ebell Theatre, an historic venue² in Los Angeles.
When the symphony was formed, it included doctors, nurses, veterinarians, dentists, and members of other medical professions. Today, it has expanded. Trombone player Karim Elmahmoudi is a composer, and the orchestra commissioned a piece from him, which he calls Ancient Dreams, for its first performance of the season.
Elmahmoudi was born in Egypt and raised in the United States, and he says the musical composition was inspired by a papyrus³ called The Dream Book, which was used to decipher dreams in ancient Egypt. "I've always been drawn⁴ to these grand stories, these epic⁵ stories, and wanted to write something that used mythology⁶, and this story just connected with me because it immediately sounded musical," he said.
Helen Brown does research on the HIV virus at the University of California, Los Angeles. For the past 12 years, she has played violin in the Doctors Symphony in her spare time. "It's such a diverse group of people, but we've just [been] brought together by that singular love of music, and we just do it for the sheer enjoyment⁷ of it. And I think it's great to be among people who might be different ages, different backgrounds, different ethnicities, all kinds of diversity, but they just love music," she said.
Francesca Bori has been attending Doctors Symphony concerts since she was five years old nearly 50 years ago. Her mother was the group's principal cellist⁸, and today, Francesca fills that role. She says volunteer orchestras like this one are important.
"The preservation⁹ of music, especially of classical music, really lies with these types of orchestras, the community symphonies. It's an important part of any community to have an orchestra, to have community symphonies. It's an outlet¹⁰ not only for the players but for the audience," she said.
Some of these musicians have serious musical training. Francesca Bori is a music therapist and teaches at the prestigious¹¹ Colburn School Conservatory¹² of Music. Music director Ivan Shulman has credentials¹³ in two fields. The surgeon returned to the university to get a master's degree in orchestra conducting.
Others are serious and skilled amateurs, who say they come together and play because they love music

1 rehearsal   

n.排练，排演；练习

参考例句：

• I want to play you a recording of the rehearsal.我想给你放一下彩排的录像。
• You can sharpen your skills with rehearsal.排练可以让技巧更加纯熟。

2 venue   

n.犯罪地点，审判地，管辖地，发生地点，集合地点

参考例句：

• The hall provided a venue for weddings and other functions.大厅给婚礼和其他社会活动提供了场所。
• The chosen venue caused great controversy among the people.人们就审判地点的问题产生了极大的争议。

3 papyrus   

n.古以纸草制成之纸

参考例句：

• The Egyptians wrote on papyrus.埃及人书写用薄草纸。
• Since papyrus dries up and crumble,very few documents of ancient Egypt have survived.因草片会干裂成粉末所以古埃及的文件很少保存下来。

4 drawn   

v.拖，拉，拔出；adj.憔悴的，紧张的

参考例句：

• All the characters in the story are drawn from life.故事中的所有人物都取材于生活。
• Her gaze was drawn irresistibly to the scene outside.她的目光禁不住被外面的风景所吸引。

5 epic   

n.史诗，叙事诗；adj.史诗般的，壮丽的

参考例句：

• I gave up my epic and wrote this little tale instead.我放弃了写叙事诗，而写了这个小故事。
• They held a banquet of epic proportions.他们举行了盛大的宴会。

6 mythology   

n.神话，神话学，神话集

参考例句：

• In Greek mythology,Zeus was the ruler of Gods and men.在希腊神话中，宙斯是众神和人类的统治者。
• He is the hero of Greek mythology.他是希腊民间传说中的英雄。

7 enjoyment   

n.乐趣；享有；享用

参考例句：

• Your company adds to the enjoyment of our visit. 有您的陪同，我们这次访问更加愉快了。
• After each joke the old man cackled his enjoyment.每逢讲完一个笑话，这老人就呵呵笑着表示他的高兴。

8 cellist   

n.大提琴手

参考例句：

• The cellist's bowing was very sensitive . 那位大提琴手的弓法十分细腻。 来自辞典例句
• World-renowned cellist Yo-Yo Ma founded The Silk Road Project in 1998. 世界闻名的大提琴家马友友于1998年创建了丝路工程。 来自互联网

9 preservation   

n.保护，维护，保存，保留，保持

参考例句：

• The police are responsible for the preservation of law and order.警察负责维持法律与秩序。
• The picture is in an excellent state of preservation.这幅画保存得极为完好。

10 outlet   

n.出口/路；销路；批发商店；通风口；发泄

参考例句：

• The outlet of a water pipe was blocked.水管的出水口堵住了。
• Running is a good outlet for his energy.跑步是他发泄过剩精力的好方法。

11 prestigious   

adj.有威望的，有声望的，受尊敬的

参考例句：

• The young man graduated from a prestigious university.这个年轻人毕业于一所名牌大学。
• You may even join a prestigious magazine as a contributing editor.甚至可能会加入一个知名杂志做编辑。

12 conservatory   

n.温室，音乐学院；adj.保存性的，有保存力的

参考例句：

• At the conservatory,he learned how to score a musical composition.在音乐学校里，他学会了怎样谱曲。
• The modern conservatory is not an environment for nurturing plants.这个现代化温室的环境不适合培育植物。

13 credentials   

n.证明，资格，证明书，证件

参考例句：

• He has long credentials of diplomatic service.他的外交工作资历很深。
• Both candidates for the job have excellent credentials.此项工作的两个求职者都非常符合资格。