NBC晚间新闻 小兄妹用音乐陪伴邻居老人

I'm ready to hear music. In uncertain times, music to our ears. A front porch symphony in Clintonville, Ohio. Taran Tien, 9, and his sister, Calliope, 6, now home from school. They have to practice the cello¹ anyway. So mom Rebecca wielded² her conductor's baton³. It started off for us as a personal bright spot. Their 78-year-old neighbor Helen is isolating⁴ herself at home as a precaution.

She was stuck inside of her house, so we decided⁵ to do something for her. We just wanted to make her happy. So the mini maestros are in their sunday best, from a safe distance, of course, put fingers to work on a positive note. This will give us perspective. And make us aware, i hope, of what good things we have in our lives.

我准备好要听音乐了。在无常的时候，听听音乐。俄亥俄州克林顿维尔市有个前廊交响乐队。9岁的塔兰·提恩和他6岁的妹妹卡丽奥佩现在放学回家。反正他们也得练习大提琴。所以妈妈丽贝卡就挥舞了她的指挥棒。一开始这对我们来说就是件高兴的事。他们78岁的邻居海伦把自己隔离在家，预防病毒。她被困在房子里了，所以我们决定为她做点什么。我们就是想让她开心。这两个小音乐家穿着他们的礼拜服，弹奏着积极的音符。当然，他们保持了安全距离。这件事情给了我们一个启示。我希望它能让我们意识到我们生活中美好的东西。

1 cello   

n.大提琴

参考例句：

• The cello is a member of the violin family.大提琴是提琴家族的一员。
• She plays a melodious cello.她拉着一手悦耳的大提琴。

2 wielded   

手持着使用（武器、工具等）( wield的过去式和过去分词 )； 具有； 运用（权力）； 施加（影响）

参考例句：

• The bad eggs wielded power, while the good people were oppressed. 坏人当道，好人受气
• He was nominally the leader, but others actually wielded the power. 名义上他是领导者，但实际上是别人掌握实权。

3 baton   

n.乐队用指挥杖

参考例句：

• With the baton the conductor was beating time.乐队指挥用指挥棒打拍子。
• The conductor waved his baton,and the band started up.指挥挥动指挥棒，乐队开始演奏起来。

4 isolating   

adj.孤立的，绝缘的v.使隔离( isolate的现在分词 )；将…剔出（以便看清和单独处理）；使（某物质、细胞等）分离；使离析

参考例句：

• Colour filters are not very effective in isolating narrow spectral bands. 一些滤色片不能很有效地分离狭窄的光谱带。 来自辞典例句
• This became known as the streak method for isolating bacteria. 这个方法以后就称为分离细菌的划线法。 来自辞典例句

5 decided   

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。