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AMERICAN MOSAIC1 - Disabled Cyclists Prepare For Summer Paralympic Games

JUNE SIMMS: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC in VOA Special English.

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I’m June Simms. On the program today, new music from The Ting Tings…
And we consider some of the advice you have offered on our relationship blog…
But first, a look at some of the people hoping to compete this summer at the Paralympic Games in London.
Paracyclists in Los Angeles
JUNE SIMMS: Disabled bikers from all over the world have been competing in Los Angeles, California. They are seeking a chance to compete at the twenty-twelve Paralympic Games in London. The games are to open in August after the end of the London Olympics.
Christopher Cruise2 tells us about the hopeful paracyclists in Los Angeles.
CHRISTOPHER CRUISE: Many of the riders are missing arms or legs. Others are blind, and ride with able-bodied cyclists. American cyclist Jennifer Schuble rides alone. She suffered a traumatic brain injury as a student at the United States Military Academy at West Point. She lost some of the feeling in her feet. Her arm was later damaged in a car accident and she has multiple sclerosis. But, she says cycling has let her return to competitive3 sports.
JENNIFER SCHUBLE: “I played soccer and I ran indoor and outdoor track. And so being physically4 fit has always been part of my life, and with cycling, I’m able to clip5 my feet into the pedals6.”
Jennifer Schuble won the gold medal in the five-hundred meter event at the Beijing Paralympic Games in two thousand eight.
Craig Griffin is training director for the United States paracycling team. He says most of the riders have moved beyond their disabilities, dealing7 with daily life just like everyone else.
CRAIG GRIFFIN: “They cope every day with everything we do on a day to day basis and they do very well at it. So they’ve learned to adapt to opening a bag of potato chips, to hopping8 into a car, dealing with ill-fitting prosthetics.”
More than two hundred athletes from thirty-three countries traveled to Los Angeles for the events. American Sam Kavanagh lost his leg in a skiing accident seven years ago. After recovering, he returned to cycling, something he had enjoyed in college.
Sam Kavanagh says Europeans are leaders in paracycling events. He says the American teams will face fierce competition.
SAM KAVANAGH: “You’ve got your perennial9 favorites. When it comes to the track, Great Britain’s a pretty hard program to top. The Aussies always come flying. They’re super strong. And you’ve got select athletes from other countries that have obviously upped the fame.”
British Paralympic champion Sarah Storey has won gold medals in both cycling and swimming. She competed in her first games in nineteen ninety-two. She also competed in the Commonwealth10 Games in two thousand ten against non-disabled athletes.
Sarah Storey was born without a working left hand. She says getting ready for the Paralympic Games takes continuous training and deep desire. She knows from experience how to move forward from Los Angeles.
SARAH STOREY: “I think we’re just going to continue the qualification period as strongly as we can and then go straight back into training and start building up on the road again, and just trying to make sure that we’re fitter and stronger and stay healthy all the way through the hopefully decent11 British summer and then welcome the whole world to London.”
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Relationship Blog Comments
JUNE SIMMS: Now, we turn to some of the comments that have appeared on our relationship blog. Thank you all for the thoughtful advice.
Many of you offered guidance to the woman in Mongolia who wondered if she was too old to end a relationship with her boyfriend. She wrote that they had been together for six years but did not live together. She also said the two of them still act like a “new couple.”
But the woman does not know if she wants him for life or if she loves him. And she worries that at twenty-seven, she is too old to find another man.
Almost everyone who commented wrote that the Mongolian woman should not let age decide who she marries. Axtue in Hong Kong wrote that twenty-seven is not too old. Axtue said it would be terrible to marry someone that she does not love. Another writer, Gaadad Girl from Mongolia, agrees. She wrote, You are young, obviously educated and I’m guessing you live in the capital, Ulan Bator. Don’t worry, more and more city women are waiting later to get married and have kids. But Lan in Vietnam has a different suggestion: Tell him what you’re thinking about and give each other time to think carefully.
Several people also wrote to advise a man from Brazil who wants to improve his relationship with his big brother. He says every time they see each other they argue. He says he thinks part of the problem is that he has been very successful in a career. His brother is unemployed12. But the writer says he has struggled to give his brother advice about work.
Alex from Russia suggested the little brother may need to change his behavior. He wrote, I suppose you shouldn't give him any advice how to change his life. He considers you as a little brother and, as you noticed, he is not willing to hear you.
Veronica Ayala from Brazil made a similar comment. Maybe you shouldn't give him advice just because he didn't ask. She suggests spending time together doing things they both enjoy -- like watching sports, or playing a game with the older brother’s children.
But she says there one thing the advice seeker must do for his older brother. She writes: Show and tell him that you love him. We need to know that we are beloved! Perhaps he wants to hear it.
Finally, we spoke13 this week to licensed14 clinical social worker Debby Rubenfeld in the Washington area. We asked her about a problem suggested by a young woman in Russia who claims to be “disappointed in love and guys.” She wrote that she is still in love and longing15 for a boyfriend she had in high school. He did not treat her well and yet she can not forget him. She writes of a “big hole in her soul.”
Debby Rubenfeld says this writer’s pain in understandable. A person’s first love experience is powerful.
DEBBY RUBENFELD: “You are a beautiful writer. I’m sure you do feel disappointed in love and guys, because it sounds like this relationship was with a guy who treated you and saw you as a sexual16 object. It’s a terrible, terrible feeling to be used. And to permit ourselves to be used is also a painful thing to come to understand about oneself. And it’s important to explore that a little more, to see what was driving that.”
Debby Rubenfeld has a lot more advice for our writer from Russia and another young woman in a similar situation in Brazil. We will continue our talk with the psychotherapist on the program next week.
Until then, please visit our relationship blog at voanews.cn. Feel free to offer advice or add comments.
You can also send us problems to [email protected]. Put “relationship” in the subject line. No need to provide your name but please include your sex, age and country.
The Ting Tings “Sounds from Nowheresville”
JUNE SIMMS: Katie White and Jules de Martino are The Ting Tings. The British group just released its second album -- “Sounds from Nowheresville.” Shirley Griffith has more.
SHIRLEY GRIFFITH: Katie White told a reporter that “Sounds from Nowheresville” came from The Ting Tings’ desire “to make a record that didn’t sound like an album.” She and Jules de Martino wanted the album to represent the way most people listen to music now. Rarely, do they play albums, the Ting Tings said. Instead, they listen to individual songs on their mp3 players.
The Ting Tings might listen to a song from the dance band Depeche Mode. The next could be singer Nancy Sinatra. Then, one from the metal band AC/DC.
The first single from “Sounds from Nowheresville” is “Hang it Up.”
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Jules De Martino said The Ting Tings had to get out of England and the influence of Manchester, their home town.
The Ting Tings went to Germany and Spain to record the new album. Jules de Martino says the weather in Berlin helped get the work done. He says the extreme cold kept them inside writing and playing.
He also says they heard a lot of Europop electronic music. You can hear the influence in several songs on “Sounds from Nowheresville,” including “Silence.”
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The Ting Tings say they were influenced by music from groups like The Spice Girls and Talking Heads. We leave you with a song from “Sounds From Nowheresville” inspired by the all-girl singing group TLC. Here is “Day to Day.”
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JUNE SIMMS: I’m June Simms. This program was written by and produced by Caty Weaver17. Mike O’Sullivan provided additional reporting. Join us again next week for music and more on American Mosaic in VOA Special English.

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1 mosaic CEExS     
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 cruise 2nhzw     
v.巡航,航游,缓慢巡行;n.海上航游
参考例句:
  • They went on a cruise to Tenerife.他们乘船去特纳利夫岛。
  • She wants to cruise the canals of France in a barge.她想乘驳船游览法国的运河。
3 competitive yOkz5     
adj.竞争的,比赛的,好竞争的,有竞争力的
参考例句:
  • Some kinds of business are competitive.有些商业是要竞争的。
  • These businessmen are both competitive and honourable.这些商人既有竞争性又很诚实。
4 physically iNix5     
adj.物质上,体格上,身体上,按自然规律
参考例句:
  • He was out of sorts physically,as well as disordered mentally.他浑身不舒服,心绪也很乱。
  • Every time I think about it I feel physically sick.一想起那件事我就感到极恶心。
5 clip dqBza     
n.夹子,别针,弹夹,片断;vt.夹住,修剪
参考例句:
  • May I clip out the report on my performance?我能把报道我的文章剪下来吗?
  • She fastened the papers together with a paper clip.她用曲别针把文件别在一起。
6 pedals ccb0f854b46e7ffb3e5daf8a6fb1c1c4     
n.(自行车或其他机器的)踏板( pedal的名词复数 );脚蹬子;(钢琴、风琴等的)踏板;踏瓣
参考例句:
  • I couldn't reach the pedals on her bike. 我骑她的车够不到脚蹬子。
  • The pedals of a cycle are attached to a crank. 自行车的踏板与曲柄相连。 来自辞典例句
7 dealing NvjzWP     
n.经商方法,待人态度
参考例句:
  • This store has an excellent reputation for fair dealing.该商店因买卖公道而享有极高的声誉。
  • His fair dealing earned our confidence.他的诚实的行为获得我们的信任。
8 hopping hopping     
n. 跳跃 动词hop的现在分词形式
参考例句:
  • The clubs in town are really hopping. 城里的俱乐部真够热闹的。
  • I'm hopping over to Paris for the weekend. 我要去巴黎度周末。
9 perennial i3bz7     
adj.终年的;长久的
参考例句:
  • I wonder at her perennial youthfulness.我对她青春常驻感到惊讶。
  • There's a perennial shortage of teachers with science qualifications.有理科教学资格的老师一直都很短缺。
10 commonwealth XXzyp     
n.共和国,联邦,共同体
参考例句:
  • He is the chairman of the commonwealth of artists.他是艺术家协会的主席。
  • Most of the members of the Commonwealth are nonwhite.英联邦的许多成员国不是白人国家。
11 decent mx6xr     
adj.象样的,不错的,体面的,正派的,恰当的
参考例句:
  • We want to raise our children to be decent men and women.我们盼望把孩子们培养成优秀人才。
  • There isn't even a decent table in this room.这屋里连张像样的桌子也没有。
12 unemployed lfIz5Q     
adj.失业的,没有工作的;未动用的,闲置的
参考例句:
  • There are now over four million unemployed workers in this country.这个国家现有四百万失业人员。
  • The unemployed hunger for jobs.失业者渴望得到工作。
13 spoke XryyC     
n.(车轮的)辐条;轮辐;破坏某人的计划;阻挠某人的行动 v.讲,谈(speak的过去式);说;演说;从某种观点来说
参考例句:
  • They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
  • The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。
14 licensed ipMzNI     
adj.得到许可的v.许可,颁发执照(license的过去式和过去分词)
参考例句:
  • The new drug has not yet been licensed in the US. 这种新药尚未在美国获得许可。
  • Is that gun licensed? 那支枪有持枪执照吗?
15 longing 98bzd     
n.(for)渴望
参考例句:
  • Hearing the tune again sent waves of longing through her.再次听到那首曲子使她胸中充满了渴望。
  • His heart burned with longing for revenge.他心中燃烧着急欲复仇的怒火。
16 sexual YiLzlw     
adj.性的,两性的,性别的
参考例句:
  • He was a person of gross sexual appetites.他是个性欲旺盛的人。
  • It is socially irresponsible to refuse young people advice on sexual matters.拒绝向年轻人提供性方面的建议是对社会不负责任。
17 weaver LgWwd     
n.织布工;编织者
参考例句:
  • She was a fast weaver and the cloth was very good.她织布织得很快,而且布的质量很好。
  • The eager weaver did not notice my confusion.热心的纺织工人没有注意到我的狼狈相。

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