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AMERICAN MOSAIC1 - Millions of Teens Show a Taste for "The Hunger Games"

 
JUNE SIMMS: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC in VOA Special English.
(MUSIC)
I’m June Simms. On the program today, we hear about a new album from jazz musician Esperanza Spalding…
We also talk to a relationship expert…
But first, a report about a new movie that millions of book fans are hungry for.
(MUSIC)
“The Hunger Games”
JUNE SIMMS: The book “The Hunger Games” became an international best seller following its release in two thousand eight. It was the first in a three-book series.
“The Hunger Games” appeared on the New York Times’ Best Sellers list for almost two years. Currently, there are more than twenty-three million copies in print in the United States alone. Now the book has made into a movie, which opens on Friday. Faith Lapidus has more.
FAITH LAPIDUS: More than fifteen million tickets to “The Hunger Games” were sold before the film even opened. And the ticket sales website, Fandango, says “The Hunger Games” has become its top selling movie opener of all-time. It says that, by the middle of the week, more than two thousand show times were sold out.
The film stars the Oscar nominated actor Jennifer Lawrence as Katniss Everdeen. She lives in a dark future world where some children are forced to kill or be killed in a competition called The Hunger Games. Katniss volunteers to take the place of her younger sister who had been chosen for the deadly event.
(SOUND: “The Hunger Games”)
KATNISS EVERDEEN: “I volunteer! I volunteer as tribute.”
GAMES ANNOUNCER: “What did you say to your sister when you volunteered at the reaping?”
KATNISS EVERDEEN: “I told her I would try to win for her.”
GAMES ANNOUNCER: “And try you will.”
Jennifer Lawrence admits she had some concerns about playing Katniss -- a part she knew would change her life.
JENNIFER LAWRENCE: “She is this incredible character in this incredible story for our generation. Personally, I was nervous because I knew everything would change. I didn’t know what would change and if I would like it or dislike it. But, I knew it would never go back to normal.”
The actor thinks she will play Katniss in the two other movies planned for “The Hunger Games” series.
Suzanne Collins wrote all three books and the movie version of “The Hunger Games.” She recently wrote a letter to readers that appeared on the website of publisher Scholastic2. She noted3 that she is pleased with how the film came out. “I feel like the book and the film are individual yet complementary pieces,” she said.
Suzanne Collins also said that movie director Gary Ross was true to the book version. But she said he was also able to provide a rich and powerful new look into the future she created.
(MUSIC)
Advice for Two Women
JUNE SIMMS: Debby Rubenfeld has been giving a lot of thought to a couple of people who sent in problems to our relationship blog. Ms. Rubenfeld is a licensed4 clinical social worker in the Washington, DC area. We spoke5 with her briefly6 last week. And today we share more of her guidance for two young women, one an eighteen year old Russian; the other is twenty-five and from Brazil.
Both women reported that their boyfriends were unkind. One wrote that her boyfriend treated her as if she did not matter. The other expressed a sense of being used for sex. She wrote, “My love was trampled7 under his foot.”
Now, both women find it difficult to break away from the former relationships and move forward. Debby Rubenfeld says they need to build belief and trust in themselves.
DEBBY RUBENFELD: “Lingering attachments8 to unkind men can suggest a lack of confidence in one’s own ability to read a situation correctly. It isn’t that you aren’t reading a situation correctly; it’s that you don’t trust that you are.”
Ms. Rubenfeld says there is a simple way to start to build one’s confidence. Try something new.
DEBBY RUBENFELD: “It can be as simple as listening to a new piece of music every day, or trying a new yoga or exercise class; seeing a play. Trying new activities, even once, builds confidence.”
More confidence could help these women choose new and healthier relationships.
DEBBY RUBENFELD: “We move toward what we know. So we really have to learn to move toward what we don’t know.”
But while that advice may be simple, carrying it out is not necessarily easy, especially when emotions are low. Depression can cause a feeling of extreme tiredness, even pain, which makes it harder to get up and out. But, even making a small move could help these two women begin to recover.
DEBBY RUBENFELD: “Physical movement, just moving, opens up different systems in your brain that help to re-regulate you emotionally.”
We hope this helps our letter writers from Brazil and Russia. And we hope the two women will let us know of their progress. They, and you, are invited to post to our relationship blog and voanews.cn. And if you have a relationship problem please send it to [email protected]. Type relationship in the subject line. And please tell us your age, sex and country.
(MUSIC)
Esperanza Spalding “Radio Music Society”
JUNE SIMMS: The surprise winner last year of the best new artist Grammy has released another record album. “Radio Music Society” is the fourth album from jazz artist Esperanza Spalding. It is the second in a series that began two years ago with “Chamber Music Society.” Shirley Griffith has more about the performer and her new album.
SHIRLEY GRIFFITH: Esperanza Spalding does more than play bass9. She also is an excellent singer. At the Academy Awards last month, she showed millions just how good she is. She performed during part of the show that honored actors who died in the past year. She performed the classic Louis Armstrong song, “What a Wonderful World.”
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The new album, “Radio Music Society,” is part of a series that began with “Chamber Music Society,” an album released in twenty-ten.
Esperanza Spalding says the idea for “Radio Music Society” came partly from her concern that too few people are unfamiliar10 with jazz. She told a reporter that “Radio Music Society” is an attempt to showcase jazz that might get played on the radio. She said people deserve, and want, the chance to hear many kinds of music.
Here she performs “Radio Song,” from her new album.
(MUSIC)
Esperanza Spalding helped make music videos for many of the songs on “Radio Music Society.” One of them opens with a black father walking his two sons home from school. He discovers that the study of African history and culture at their school is lacking. Here is the song “Black Gold.”
(MUSIC)
Esperanza Spalding is from Portland, Oregon. She wrote a song for her hometown. We leave you with “City of Roses” from “Radio Music Society.”
(MUSIC)
JUNE SIMMS: I’m June Simms. This program was written and produced by Caty Weaver11. 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 scholastic 3DLzs     
adj.学校的,学院的,学术上的
参考例句:
  • There was a careful avoidance of the sensitive topic in the scholastic circles.学术界小心地避开那个敏感的话题。
  • This would do harm to students' scholastic performance in the long run.这将对学生未来的学习成绩有害。
3 noted 5n4zXc     
adj.著名的,知名的
参考例句:
  • The local hotel is noted for its good table.当地的那家酒店以餐食精美而著称。
  • Jim is noted for arriving late for work.吉姆上班迟到出了名。
4 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?
5 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。
6 briefly 9Styo     
adv.简单地,简短地
参考例句:
  • I want to touch briefly on another aspect of the problem.我想简单地谈一下这个问题的另一方面。
  • He was kidnapped and briefly detained by a terrorist group.他被一个恐怖组织绑架并短暂拘禁。
7 trampled 8c4f546db10d3d9e64a5bba8494912e6     
踩( trample的过去式和过去分词 ); 践踏; 无视; 侵犯
参考例句:
  • He gripped his brother's arm lest he be trampled by the mob. 他紧抓着他兄弟的胳膊,怕他让暴民踩着。
  • People were trampled underfoot in the rush for the exit. 有人在拼命涌向出口时被踩在脚下。
8 attachments da2fd5324f611f2b1d8b4fef9ae3179e     
n.(用电子邮件发送的)附件( attachment的名词复数 );附着;连接;附属物
参考例句:
  • The vacuum cleaner has four different attachments. 吸尘器有四个不同的附件。
  • It's an electric drill with a range of different attachments. 这是一个带有各种配件的电钻。
9 bass APUyY     
n.男低音(歌手);低音乐器;低音大提琴
参考例句:
  • He answered my question in a surprisingly deep bass.他用一种低得出奇的声音回答我的问题。
  • The bass was to give a concert in the park.那位男低音歌唱家将在公园中举行音乐会。
10 unfamiliar uk6w4     
adj.陌生的,不熟悉的
参考例句:
  • I am unfamiliar with the place and the people here.我在这儿人地生疏。
  • The man seemed unfamiliar to me.这人很面生。
11 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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