CNN 2010-02-26

JOHN ZARRELLA, CNN CORRESPONDENT: For 18 hours, Romel Joseph lay buried in the rubble¹ of his music school in Port-au-Prince. For 18 hours until his rescue, the concert violinist stayed alert and alive going over in his head, one by one, every concerto² at every concert hall he'd ever played. Romel was badly broken. His legs crushed, bones in his left hand shattered. But the concrete that covered him would not, could not kill him.

 

ROMEL JOSEPH, VIOLINIST: I thought my time was up under the ground, and God says no, you have things to do.

 

ZARRELLA: Three weeks ago, we met Romel, who is legally blind, for the first time. He mentioned he'd like a keyboard to help strengthen the fingers in his left hand so that some day he could again play the violin. Stevie Wonder heard and answered Romel's request.

 

STEVIE WONDER, SINGER/SONGWRITER: What better way to really express our God's love than to give something that is special to you to someone else who is in need. So, that's why I did what I did.

 

ZARRELLA: Wonder's keyboard was packed and shipped, arriving Tuesday at Miami's Jackson Memorial Hospital. Romel didn't know it was on the way.

 

ZARRELLA: Romel.

JOSEPH: Yes, sir.

ZARRELLA: Hey, John Zarrella from CNN. How are you?

JOSEPH: Oh, my goodness.

ZARRELLA: It's so good to see you again. You look terrific. I think we have something for you.

JOSEPH: Oh, it came?

ZARRELLA: It came. It's coming in the door right now.

JOSEPH: Oh, my goodness.

ZARRELLA: Now, who sent this to you? Stevie Wonder.

JOSEPH: Oh.

ZARRELLA: As the keyboard was set up, Romel was carefully moved to a wheelchair.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: The chair is over here.

JOSEPH: OK.

 

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: So, I'm going to have you go sideways. Keep your legs on the bed.

ZARRELLA: He sat over the keyboard, his legs, one held together with metal rods, resting on pillows.

 

JOSEPH: I'll play something.

ZARRELLA: He began to play. Of course, a Stevie Wonder song. Even the fingers on his damaged left hand glided³ across the keys with a gentle touch. Romel will be out of the hospital soon. When that happens, he'd like nothing more than to play a concert for Haiti. He on the violin and Stevie Wonder on the keyboard.

 

JOSEPH: I mean, you know, nothing is impossible.

(END VIDEO)
 

1 rubble   

n.（一堆）碎石，瓦砾

参考例句：

• After the earthquake,it took months to clean up the rubble.地震后，花了数月才清理完瓦砾。
• After the war many cities were full of rubble.战后许多城市到处可见颓垣残壁。

2 concerto   

n.协奏曲

参考例句：

• The piano concerto was well rendered.钢琴协奏曲演奏得很好。
• The concert ended with a Mozart violin concerto.音乐会在莫扎特的小提琴协奏曲中结束。

3 glided   

v.滑动( glide的过去式和过去分词 )；掠过；（鸟或飞机 ） 滑翔

参考例句：

• The President's motorcade glided by. 总统的车队一溜烟开了过去。
• They glided along the wall until they were out of sight. 他们沿着墙壁溜得无影无踪。 来自《简明英汉词典》