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AMERICAN MOSAIC1 -March 15, 2002: Music written by John Williams / A question about Saint2 Patrick's
Day / Watching baseball players get ready for the season


Broadcast:
HOST:
Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC

VOA’s radio magazine in Special English.
(THEME)
This is Doug Johnson. Our program today we:
play music written by John Williams ..
.
answer a question about the holiday Saint Patrick’s Day ..
.
and tell how Americans watch players train for the professional baseball season.


Spring Training

HOST:

Many Americans love the sport of baseball. They are looking forward to the start of
the North American professional baseball season at the end of this month.
Currently3, teams are busy training for the new season. Mary Tillotson has more.

ANNCR:

Baseball has created many popular traditions. One of them is spring training. Each
February, Major League players report to their teams for training in warm
American states. The players work on a number of skills, including hitting,
throwing and running. They play games against other teams to help team officials
decide which players to keep.

Spring training is a popular activity for baseball fans. Thousands of people travel to
the states of Arizona and Florida to watch the games. Some of the people do this to
escape from winter weather in the north.

Norman Rockwell's ''100
Years of Baseball''
Cover of the July 8, 1939,
Saturday Evening Post
Florida, for example, is famous for its warm waters and activities for holiday travelers. Spring training is another
popular activity. The cost to attend a game is much lower than the cost of a game during the official baseball
season.

People of all ages enjoy spring training games. Boys and girls sit side by side with older adults. Parents take their
babies to the games. Even some businessmen attend the games. Many people come equipped with cameras,
baseballs, and something to write with. They ask players to sign their name on a baseball, a picture or a piece of
paper. The most popular players are easy to recognize. They are the ones in the center of the largest crowds.

This year, spring training is a little different. Increased security4 measures were added because of the terrorist5
attacks in the United States in September.

As a result, the interaction6 between players and crowds is being closely7 watched. People who attend spring
training games are no longer permitted to bring large cooling containers for food and drinks. Security officers
search small, personal objects. They examine the playing field before a game. They also inspect the areas where
people leave their cars.


Irish Prime8 Minister Bertie
Ahern presents a bowl of
shamrocks to President
Bush at the White House
Yet this has not kept Americans away from spring training. Some recent reports say it is now more popular than
ever.

Saint Patrick’s Day

HOST:

Our VOA listener question this week comes from Vietnam. Nguyen Thanh Duc asks
about the holiday Saint Patrick’s Day.

Saint Patrick’s Day is celebrated9 on March seventeenth. It is a religious holiday in
Ireland. It is the day to honor10 the man who brought the Roman Catholic11 religion to
Ireland more than one-thousand years ago.

Saint Patrick’s Day is not an official holiday in the United States. But a lot of
people celebrate it anyway. They show the traditional Irish color, green. People
wear green clothes. Some put green color in their hair or on their faces. Some public
eating places serve beer that is green. The city of Chicago even puts green color in
its river. Many Americans eat the traditional Irish food, corned beef and cabbage.
And they enjoy parties and parades.

Saint Patrick’s Day was first celebrated in the United States in Boston, Massachusetts about two-hundred-fiftyyears
ago. These celebrations involved only people whose families had come to the United States from Ireland.

Today, Americans who are not Irish also celebrate Saint Patrick ’s Day. Some cities have Saint Patrick’s Day
parades. An old story says this tradition began in New York City in Seventeen-Sixty-Two. Some members of the
New York State military guard at that time had been born in Ireland. They decided12 to march to breakfast on Saint
Patrick’s Day. These parades spread throughout the country as more Irish people came to live in the United
States.

Many Irish people who moved to the United States settled in big cities. Many became firefighters, police officers
and city leaders. They were able to stop work in the city for a day so they could have a parade to celebrate Saint
Patrick’s Day.

Today, New York City’s parade is the biggest. Hundreds of thousands of people march for eight kilometers

along Fifth Avenue. Millions of others gather along the street to watch. Many of these Americans are not really
Irish. But they like to say that everyone is a little bit Irish on Saint Patrick’s Day.This year, the parade in New
York City will be on March sixteenth, because it is never held on a Sunday. Also this year, there will be a minute
of silence for the people killed in the World Trade Center attacks.

John Williams’
Music

HOST:

The National Academy13 of Motion14 Picture Arts and Sciences will present its yearly15 Academy Awards on March
twenty-fourth. The awards honor people who make movies. One of the nominees16 this year is music writer John
Williams. He has been nominated17 for an Academy Award forty-one times. That is more than anyone else in
history. Shep O’Neal has more.

ANNCR:

John Williams may be best known for writing movie soundtracks, the music that is
heard throughout a movie. He has written the music and served as music director for
almost eighty movies. They include “E.T: The Extra -Terrestrial,” “Home
Alone,”.. and “Superman,”.. to name only a few. He has won five Academy
Awards. One was for the music from the movie “Jaws18.”..

((CUT 1: JAWS SOUNDTRACK))


John Williams is writing the music for the new series of “Star Wars”
movies. The

second of these will be released19 later this year. He also wrote the soundtracks for the
first three “Star Wars”
movies. He won an Academy Award for the first one in
Nineteen-Seventy-Eight.

((CUT 2: STAR WARS SOUNDTRACK))

John Williams is nominated for two Academy Awards this year. One is for the
music he wrote for the movie “A.I: Artificial20 Intelligence.

We leave you now
with the music that earned him the second nomination21 this year. It is from the movie
Harry22 Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone.

((CUT 3: HARRY POTTER SOUNDTRACK))

HOST:

This is Doug Johnson . I hope you enjoyed our program today. And I hope you will join us again next week for
AMERICAN MOSAIC

VOA’s radio magazine in Special English.

This AMERICAN MOSAIC program was written by George Grow and Nancy Steinbach. Our studio engineer
was Kwasi Smith. And our producer was Paul Thompson.


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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 saint yYcxf     
n.圣徒;基督教徒;vt.成为圣徒,把...视为圣徒
参考例句:
  • He was made a saint.他被封为圣人。
  • The saint had a lowly heart.圣人有谦诚之心。
3 currently SvMzI2     
adv.通常地,普遍地,当前
参考例句:
  • Currently it is not possible to reconcile this conflicting evidence.当前还未有可能去解释这一矛盾的例证。
  • Our contracts are currently under review.我们的合同正在复查。
4 security iTdzh     
n.安全,安全感;防护措施;保证(金),抵押(品);债券,证券
参考例句:
  • A security guard brought him down with a flying tackle.一名保安人员飞身把他抱倒。
  • There was tight security at the airport when the President's plane landed.总统的专机降落时,机场的保安措施很严密。
5 terrorist 9Iaz2     
n.恐怖主义者,恐怖分子
参考例句:
  • Without the gun,I'm a sitting duck for any terrorist.没有这支枪,我就成了恐怖分子下手的目标了。
  • The district was put on red alert during a terrorist's bomb scare.这个地区在得到恐怖分子炸弹恐吓后作了应急准备。
6 interaction 355x9     
n.交流;相互作用,相互影响,合作
参考例句:
  • The interaction of the two groups produced many good ideas.两个组的相互交流产生了许多好主意。
  • Price is determined through the interaction of demand and supply.价格在供需的相互作用中形成。
7 closely XwNzIh     
adv.紧密地;严密地,密切地
参考例句:
  • We shall follow closely the development of the situation.我们将密切注意形势的发展。
  • The two companies are closely tied up with each other.这两家公司之间有密切联系。
8 prime lBVyB     
adj.首要的,主要的;最好的,第一流的
参考例句:
  • The prime minister spoke of the general insecurity in the country.总理谈到了全国普遍存在的不安全。
  • He met with the Prime Minister of Japan for an hour.他和日本首相会见了一个小时。
9 celebrated iwLzpz     
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。
10 honor IQDzL     
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。
11 catholic irxzd     
adj.天主教的;n.天主教徒
参考例句:
  • The Pope is the supreme leader of the Roman Catholic Church.教皇是罗马天主教的最高领袖。
  • She was a devoutly Catholic.她是一个虔诚地天主教徒。
12 decided lvqzZd     
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。
13 academy FIxyW     
n.(高等)专科院校;学术社团,协会,研究院
参考例句:
  • This is an academy of music.这是一所音乐专科学院。
  • I visited Chinese Academy of Sciences yesterday.我昨天去访问了中国科学院。
14 motion nEzxY     
n.打手势,示意,移动,动作,提议,大便;v.运动,向...打手势,示意
参考例句:
  • She could feel the rolling motion of the ship under her feet.她能感觉到脚下船在晃动。
  • Don't open the door while the train is in motion.列车运行时,请勿打开车门。
15 yearly 0fxwM     
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。
16 nominees 3e8d8b25ccc8228c71eef17be7bb2d5f     
n.被提名者,被任命者( nominee的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • She's one of the nominees. 她是被提名者之一。 来自超越目标英语 第2册
  • A startling number of his nominees for senior positions have imploded. 他所提名的高级官员被否决的数目令人震惊。 来自互联网
17 nominated e2793e0460cef0e428b335fb795136f0     
adj.被提名的,被任命的 动词nominate的过去式和过去分词
参考例句:
  • She has been nominated for the presidency. 她已经获得了董事长职位的提名。
  • The movie was nominated for an Oscar. 这部电影获奥斯卡金像奖提名。
18 jaws cq9zZq     
n.口部;嘴
参考例句:
  • The antelope could not escape the crocodile's gaping jaws. 那只羚羊无法从鱷鱼张开的大口中逃脱。
  • The scored jaws of a vise help it bite the work. 台钳上有刻痕的虎钳牙帮助它紧咬住工件。
19 released 23690fd759f17135ec9879b56ff2600c     
v.释放( release的过去式和过去分词 );放开;发布;发行
参考例句:
  • He was released on bail pending committal proceedings. 他交保获释正在候审。
  • With hindsight it is easy to say they should not have released him. 事后才说他们本不应该释放他,这倒容易。
20 artificial iNuz6     
adj.人工的,人造的,人为的;做作的,假装的
参考例句:
  • The new dam will form a large artificial lake behind it.新筑的水坝将会在后面形成一个人工湖。
  • We don't use any artificial flavourings in our products.我们的产品不使用任何人工调味剂。
21 nomination BHMxw     
n.提名,任命,提名权
参考例句:
  • John is favourite to get the nomination for club president.约翰最有希望被提名为俱乐部主席。
  • Few people pronounced for his nomination.很少人表示赞成他的提名。
22 harry heBxS     
vt.掠夺,蹂躏,使苦恼
参考例句:
  • Today,people feel more hurried and harried.今天,人们感到更加忙碌和苦恼。
  • Obama harried business by Healthcare Reform plan.奥巴马用医改掠夺了商界。

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