VOA标准英语2011--US National Recording Registry Adds New

US National Recording¹ Registry Adds New Music Selections

Each year, the United States Library of Congress selects 25 songs at least 10-years-old that are "culturally, historically, or aesthetically² significant" to add to the National Recording Registry. This year's additions include a wide range of musical genres³.
Professor Longhair was an important part of the New Orleans music scene for decades, with his piano style influencing countless⁴ other musicians. That 1953 recording of "Tipitina" has just joined the National Recording Registry, along with some of the very first sound recordings⁵ from the 19th century. Also added this year is a 1968 Country hit that divided American women. Some were furious with the message of "Stand By Your Man," released as the women's movement in the U.S. was on the rise.
The Library of Congress description of the song says it is an "ode to the weakness of men, the strength of their women, love, loyalty⁶, and support." No matter how you feel about the message of this Tammy Wynette tune⁷, there's no denying it's a real American country classic, with a great sing-a-long chorus.
The National Recording Registry is a result of the National Recording Preservation⁸ Act of 2000, which aims to develop a national program to guard America's sound recording heritage. The yearly additions to the National Recording Registry are chosen for their cultural significance. Not all are songs: the list this year includes the first mechanically reproduced sounds, known as "phonoautograms," along with a 1953 sermon by the Reverend C.L. Franklin, the father of Aretha Franklin. Long before his daughter became a household name, her father was a recording star in his own right. Reverend Franklin was among the first ministers to record full length sermons and offer them for sale.
Also on the list this year: a part of VOA history.
From 1954 until his 1996 death, Willis Conover hosted VOA's jazz programs, sending the music to countries where jazz was often not allowed. His 1956 interviews with musicians including Duke Ellington, Billie Holiday, Stan Getz and others are now a part of the Library of Congress National Recording Registry. According to Library of Congress officials, these interviews are important because they were a "first chance to hear the thoughts of great jazz artists who came of age with the music itself."
The selections for the National Recording Registry this year cover the entire musical spectrum⁹. They include a 1931 recording by The Boswell Sisters and the Dorsey Brothers Orchestra showcasing the Boswells' great harmonies, the jazz-pop-rock of Steely Dan's "Aja," comedy from Mort Sahl, and a 1908 recording of the unofficial anthem¹⁰ of America's national pastime.
The famous chorus of "Take Me Out To The Ballgame" is what's most often heard, but the version added to the National Recording Registry also includes the verses, which tell the story of a baseball loving young woman, who would rather go to the ballpark than to the theater!
Also on the list this year: Al Green's soul classic "Let's Stay Together."
You can find the complete list of additions to the National Recording Registry, and the reasons behind each selection by visiting the Library of Congress web site.

1 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。

2 aesthetically   

adv.美地，艺术地

参考例句：

• Segmental construction contributes toward aesthetically pleasing structures in many different sites. 对于许多不同的现场条件，分段施工都能提供美观，颇有魄力的桥型结构。
• All isolation techniques may be aesthetically unacceptable or even dirty. 所有的隔离方法都有可能在美观方面使人难以接受，或甚至是肮脏的。

3 genres   

（文学、艺术等的）类型，体裁，风格( genre的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Novel and short story are different genres. 长篇小说和短篇小说是不同的类别。
• But confusions over the two genres have a long history. 但是类型的混淆，古已有之。 来自汉英文学 - 散文英译

4 countless   

adj.无数的，多得不计其数的

参考例句：

• In the war countless innocent people lost their lives.在这场战争中无数无辜的人丧失了性命。
• I've told you countless times.我已经告诉你无数遍了。

5 recordings   

n.记录( recording的名词复数 )；录音；录像；唱片

参考例句：

• a boxed set of original recordings 一套盒装原声录音带
• old jazz recordings reissued on CD 以激光唱片重新发行的老爵士乐

6 loyalty   

n.忠诚，忠心

参考例句：

• She told him the truth from a sense of loyalty.她告诉他真相是出于忠诚。
• His loyalty to his friends was never in doubt.他对朋友的一片忠心从来没受到怀疑。

7 tune   

n.调子；和谐，协调；v.调音，调节，调整

参考例句：

• He'd written a tune,and played it to us on the piano.他写了一段曲子，并在钢琴上弹给我们听。
• The boy beat out a tune on a tin can.那男孩在易拉罐上敲出一首曲子。

8 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。

9 spectrum   

n.谱，光谱，频谱；范围，幅度，系列

参考例句：

• This is a kind of atomic spectrum.这是一种原子光谱。
• We have known much of the constitution of the solar spectrum.关于太阳光谱的构成，我们已了解不少。

10 anthem   

n.圣歌，赞美诗，颂歌

参考例句：

• All those present were standing solemnly when the national anthem was played.奏国歌时全场肃立。
• As he stood on the winner's rostrum,he sang the words of the national anthem.他站在冠军领奖台上，唱起了国歌。