美国国家公共电台 NPR--Indianapolis stadium hosts an impressive collection of pop culture memorabilia

Indianapolis stadium hosts an impressive collection of pop culture memorabilia

Transcript¹

Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay is offering a peek² at his collection of American memorabilia, which includes some historically significant musical instruments.

AMART?NEZ, HOST:

The NFL season got started last night, but today the Indianapolis Colts stadium plays host to a different sort of crowd. Fans are coming to see an impressive collection of pop culture memorabilia.

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST:

Jim Irsay owns the Colts. He's also an avid³ collector. He's taken some of his artifacts on the road for public display throughout the year. Irsay owns Jack⁴ Kerouac's scroll⁵ of "On The Road," along with first editions of Mark Twain's "Tom Sawyer" and "Huckleberry Finn," the shoes Muhammad Ali wore during the Thrilla in Manila and even one of Jackie Robinson's bats - also signed letters from Presidents Washington, Jefferson and Lincoln.

MART?NEZ: But musical instruments is where Irsay really goes deep. He has the Fender Stratocaster from when Bob Dylan went electric at the 1965 Newport Folk Festival and was booed.

(SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING)

BOB DYLAN: (Singing) I ain't going to work on Maggie's farm no more.

MARTIN: But there were no boos when Eric Clapton played MTV's "Unplugged" series in 1992. Jim Irsay owns the 1939 Martin guitar that Clapton used on songs like his reimagined slowdown of "Layla."

(SOUNDBITE OF TV SHOW, "MTV UNPLUGGED")

ERIC CLAPTON: (Singing) What will you do when you get lonely, no one waiting by your side? You've been running and hiding much too long. You know it's just your foolish pride. Layla...

MART?NEZ: One of his newer and more expensive acquisitions is a 1969 blue Fender Mustang used by Kurt Cobain in Nirvana's hit "Smells Like Teen Spirit."

(SOUNDBITE OF NIRVANA SONG, "SMELLS LIKE TEEN SPIRIT")

MART?NEZ: Irsay dropped 4.5 million bucks⁶ on that one, and the Cobain family donated a portion of those proceeds to the Colts' mental health awareness⁷ campaign.

MARTIN: Plus the Gibson Les Paul guitar that Journey used for this iconic hit - Irsay owns that one, too.

(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "DON'T STOP BELIEVIN'")

JOURNEY: (Singing) Don't stop believing. Hold on.

MARTIN: That could be the rallying cry for Colts fans. The team kicks off the season on the road Sunday against the Houston Texans.

(SOUNDBITE OF JOURNEY SONG, "DON'T STOP BELIEVIN'"

1 transcript   

n.抄本，誊本，副本，肄业证书

参考例句：

• A transcript of the tapes was presented as evidence in court.一份录音带的文字本作为证据被呈交法庭。
• They wouldn't let me have a transcript of the interview.他们拒绝给我一份采访的文字整理稿。

2 peek   

vi.偷看，窥视；n.偷偷的一看，一瞥

参考例句：

• Larry takes a peek out of the window.赖瑞往窗外偷看了一下。
• Cover your eyes and don't peek.捂上眼睛，别偷看。

3 avid   

adj.热心的；贪婪的；渴望的；劲头十足的

参考例句：

• He is rich,but he is still avid of more money.他很富有,但他还想贪图更多的钱。
• She was avid for praise from her coach.那女孩渴望得到教练的称赞。

4 jack   

n.插座，千斤顶，男人；v.抬起，提醒，扛举；n.（Jake）杰克

参考例句：

• I am looking for the headphone jack.我正在找寻头戴式耳机插孔。
• He lifted the car with a jack to change the flat tyre.他用千斤顶把车顶起来换下瘪轮胎。

5 scroll   

n.卷轴，纸卷；(石刻上的)漩涡

参考例句：

• As I opened the scroll,a panorama of the Yellow River unfolded.我打开卷轴时，黄河的景象展现在眼前。
• He was presented with a scroll commemorating his achievements.他被授予一幅卷轴，以表彰其所做出的成就。

6 bucks   

n.雄鹿( buck的名词复数 )；钱；（英国十九世纪初的）花花公子；（用于某些表达方式）责任v.（马等）猛然弓背跃起( buck的第三人称单数 )；抵制；猛然震荡；马等尥起后蹄跳跃

参考例句：

• They cost ten bucks. 这些值十元钱。
• They are hunting for bucks. 他们正在猎雄兔。 来自《简明英汉词典》

7 awareness   

n.意识，觉悟，懂事，明智

参考例句：

• There is a general awareness that smoking is harmful.人们普遍认识到吸烟有害健康。
• Environmental awareness has increased over the years.这些年来人们的环境意识增强了。