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'Hanoi Hannah,' Whose Broadcasts Taunted¹ And Entertained American GIs, Dies 

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All right, now here's a voice that many American troops came to know in Vietnam.

(SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING)

TRINH THI NGO: How are you, GI Joe?

GREENE: The broadcaster, who the troops nicknamed Hanoi Hannah, died last Friday at 87 years old in Ho Chi Minh City. NPR's Anthony Kuhn has her story.

ANTHONY KUHN, BYLINE³: Trinh Thi Ngo broadcast under the pseudonym⁴ Thu Huong, or Autumn Fragrance⁵. Pictures of her show a petite woman with curly hair and a broad smile.

At the height of the war, the Voice of Vietnam aired three 30-minute segments of hers a day. The North Vietnamese Defense⁶ Ministry's propaganda department wrote her scripts. Their aim was to degrade U.S. troops' will to fight.

(SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING)

TRINH: Defect, GI. It is a very good idea to leave a sinking ship. You know you cannot win this war.

(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "WE GOTTA GET OUT OF THIS PLACE")

THE ANIMALS: (Singing) Girl, there's a better life for me and you.

KUHN: Trinh played rock tunes⁷ such as "We Gotta Get Out Of This Place" by The Animals. She read the names and hometowns of GIs killed in action taken from the Stars and Stripes newspaper. She broadcast messages from U.S. anti-war activists⁸, including Jane Fonda. She also highlighted economic and racial inequality in the U.S. and the Detroit riots of 1967.

(SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING)

TRINH: Isn't clear that the war-makers are gambling⁹ with your lives while pocketing huge profit?

KUHN: She did not talk about the horrible losses suffered by North Vietnam. U.S. troops generally dismissed her broadcast, but she knew that they at least listened to her. She said she found this out years later by watching Robin¹⁰ Williams in the movie "Good Morning, Vietnam."

(SOUNDBITE OF FILM, "GOOD MORNING, VIETNAM ")

ROBIN WILLIAMS: (As Adrian Cronauer) Oh, my God. It's the wicked witch of the north. It's Hanoi Hannah.

KUHN: Trinh was born into a wealthy Vietnamese family in Hanoi in 1931. She studied English and loved Hollywood movies, especially "Gone With The Wind." In a 1992 interview with C-SPAN, she said she believed her own broadcasts.

(SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING)

TRINH: Our program served for a cause, so we believed in that cause. So we continued to broadcast.

KUHN: After the war, Trinh moved to Ho Chi Minh City with her husband. She worked in television until her retirement¹¹ in 1987. She says she never joined the Vietnamese communist party and quickly forgot any anger she had felt against Americans.

Anthony Kuhn, NPR News, Beijing.

1 taunted   

嘲讽( taunt的过去式和过去分词 )； 嘲弄； 辱骂； 奚落

参考例句：

• The other kids continually taunted him about his size. 其他孩子不断地耻笑他的个头儿。
• Some of the girls taunted her about her weight. 有些女孩子笑她胖。

2 browser   

n.浏览者

参考例句：

• View edits in a web browser.在浏览器中看编辑的效果。
• I think my browser has a list of shareware links.我想在浏览器中会有一系列的共享软件链接。

3 byline   

n.署名；v.署名

参考例句：

• His byline was absent as well.他的署名也不见了。
• We wish to thank the author of this article which carries no byline.我们要感谢这篇文章的那位没有署名的作者。

4 pseudonym   

n.假名，笔名

参考例句：

• Eric Blair wrote under the pseudonym of George Orwell.埃里克·布莱尔用乔治·奧威尔这个笔名写作。
• Both plays were published under the pseudonym of Philip Dayre.两个剧本都是以菲利普·戴尔的笔名出版的。

5 fragrance   

n.芬芳，香味，香气

参考例句：

• The apple blossoms filled the air with their fragrance.苹果花使空气充满香味。
• The fragrance of lavender filled the room.房间里充满了薰衣草的香味。

6 defense   

n.防御，保卫；[pl.]防务工事；辩护，答辩

参考例句：

• The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
• The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。

7 tunes   

n.曲调，曲子( tune的名词复数 )v.调音( tune的第三人称单数 )；调整；（给收音机、电视等）调谐；使协调

参考例句：

• a potpourri of tunes 乐曲集锦
• When things get a bit too much, she simply tunes out temporarily. 碰到事情太棘手时，她干脆暂时撒手不管。 来自《简明英汉词典》

8 activists   

n.（政治活动的）积极分子，活动家( activist的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• His research work was attacked by animal rights activists . 他的研究受到了动物权益维护者的抨击。
• Party activists with lower middle class pedigrees are numerous. 党的激进分子中有很多出身于中产阶级下层。 来自《简明英汉词典》

9 gambling   

n.赌博；投机

参考例句：

• They have won a lot of money through gambling.他们赌博赢了很多钱。
• The men have been gambling away all night.那些人赌了整整一夜。

10 robin   

n.知更鸟，红襟鸟

参考例句：

• The robin is the messenger of spring.知更鸟是报春的使者。
• We knew spring was coming as we had seen a robin.我们看见了一只知更鸟，知道春天要到了。

11 retirement   

n.退休，退职

参考例句：

• She wanted to enjoy her retirement without being beset by financial worries.她想享受退休生活而不必为金钱担忧。
• I have to put everything away for my retirement.我必须把一切都积蓄起来以便退休后用。