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08 一位赛车手在上周的比赛中身亡
DATE=3-2-2001
TITLE=AMERICAN MOSAIC #807 - Dale Earnhardt-NASCAR
BYLINE=Paul Thompson
HOST:
(Start at 1'01") American (1)automobile racing (2)driver Dale Earnhardt died last week. He was killed during ond!of the most famous races in the United States, the Daytona Five-Hundred. He was forty-nine years old. Shep O'Neal has more.
ANNCR:
Dale Earnhardt was killed when his race car hit a wall while traveling more than two-hundred-eighty kilometers an hour. He was very near the finish of the Daytona Five-Hundred Mile Race at the Daytona International(3)Speedway in Daytona, Florida. Earnhardt was trying to block the paths of the drivers behind him. He was in third place. The two cars ahead of him were driven by his son Dale and Michael Waltrip. Waltrip won the race.
The Daytona Five-Hundred is an extremely popular race in the United States. It is supported by the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing, known as (4)NASCAR. Thousands of people attend NASCAR races. Millions more watch them on television.
NASCAR races began in the southern United States after World War Two. Many of the first drivers had used their cars to (5)transport illegal (6)alcohol. Then people began to pay money to watch them race. Leadess of auto racing organizations formed NASCAR in Nineteen-Forty-Seven. They did so to support the races, (7)publish rules and organize the sport.
Since then, NASCAR races have become extremely (8)popular. Many of the top drivers are famous throughout the United States. In addition to Dale Earnhardt, they include Richard Petty, Bobby Allison, Cale Yarborough and Darell Waltrip. They have become heroes to people who follow the races. These men have also earned millions of dollars racing cars.
Everyone knows it is extremely dangerous to race cars at speeds of more than two-hundred-eighty kilometers an hour. NASCAR is trying to make the sport safer. All racing cars have special (9)devices to protect drivers. They also have special devices that prevent fires.
However, race officials say it is impossible to protect a driver who crashes into a wall. The sudden stop almost always results in death. Race officials are looking for a vay to (10)design a wall that would protect the crowds, and still prevent the sudden stop that results from a crash.
Dale Earnhardt was one of the most successful and best loved drivers in NASCAR history. NASCAR officials say they will (11)investigate his accident to find ways to make the race safer in the future.
外国留学生系列报道摘要（一）
DATE=3-2-2001
TITLE=AMERICAN MOSAIC #807 - Foreign Student Series, Part 24: Health (12)Insurance
BYLINE=Nancy Steinbach
HOST:
Our VOA listener question today comes in an e-mail from China. Zhang Mei-zhen asks about the health insurance required of every foreign student who attends an American college or university.
Most full-time students at American universities must have health insurance. This is because health costs in the United States are high. Colleges are not able to pay the costs if students suffer serious (13)accidents or sickness.
Many American colleges have health centers where doctors and nurses treat students' medical problems. This (14)service may be included in the cost of attending college. Health insurance is usually needed for extra services.
Students may already be protected under their parents' health insurance (15)policies. If not, many colleges offer their own insurance plans.
For example, students at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor are treated without charge for minor medical problems at the university health center. But the university suggests that students buy its health insurance plan. It costs about eight-hundred dollars a year. The insurance pays for hospital services, (16)emergency room care and visits to doctors. It also pays for laboratory tests and x-rays. And it pays ninety percent of the!cost of drugs ordered by a doctor. The plan does not pay for birth control, care of the teeth or (17)eyeglasses. And it does not pay for (18)preventive care such as injections that prevent disease.
Students at Boston College in (19)Massachusetts are required to have their own health insurance plan or to buy the college accident and sickness insurance. The college plan costs about five-hundred dollars a year. It pays for any medical care needed within a time period. It does not pay for eyeglasses, hearing aids, or dental treatment.
Students can also buy independent insurance policies from insurance companies. The (20)details of such policies are different, depending on where the student lives. Usually, these policies pay for doctor visits, (21)treatment of (22)injuries and hospital costs.
Sometimes foreign students do not understand the need for health insurance, especially if they do not need such insurance in their own countries. However, people in the United States are responsible for their own medical costs. These can be extremely high in cases of serious illness or accidents. The (23)purpose of health insurance is to make sure that these costs will be paid for.
第43届格莱美奖于上周颁发
DATE=3-2-2001
TITLE=AMERICAN MOSAIC #807 - Grammy Awards
BYLINE=Nancy Steinbach
HOST:
The National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences presented its forty-third yearly Grammy Awards last week. Shirley Griffith tells us about the Grammies and some of the songs that won this year.
ANNCR:
The Grammy Awards recognize excellent musical recordings and the musicians who create them. The award is a small statue. It is shaped like the early record player called a (24)gramophone. The word "grammy" is a short way of saying gramophone.
Members of the Recording Academy choose the best work each year. This year, one-hundred awards were given at a (25)ceremony in Los Angeles, California.
The Song of the Year is an award for the best songwriter. The winner this year was the group U-Two for writing the song "Beautiful Day." The song also won the (26)Grammy for Best Single Record of the Year.
((CUT 1: BEAUTIFUL DAY))
The Grammy for best Album of the Year went to the rock group Steely Dan for the album "Two Against Nature." It also won the award for best Pop Vocal (27)Album. A song on that album won the Grammy for best Pop Duo or Group. We leave you now with that song, "(28)Cousin Dupree."
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(3) speedway[5spi:dweI]n.机器脚踏车的竞赛场, 高速公路
(4) NASCARabbr.National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing (美国) 全国汽车比赛协 会
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(7) publish[ 5pQbliF ]v.出版, 刊印vt.公布, 发表
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(11) investigate[ in5vesti^eit ]v.调查, 研究
(12) insurance[ in5FuErEns ]n.保险, 保险单, 保险业, 保险费
(13) accident[ 5AksidEnt ]n.意外事件, 事故
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(15) policy[ 5pClisi ]n.政策, 方针
(16) emergency[ i5mE:dVnsi ]n.紧急情况, 突然事件, 非常时刻, 紧急事件
(17) eyeglass[5aI^lB:s]n.镜片, [复]眼镜
(18) preventive[ pri5ventiv ]adj.预防性的
(19) Massachusetts[ 7mAsE5tFu:sits ]n.麻萨诸塞州
(20) detail[ 5di:teil, di5teil ]n.细节, 详情vt.详述, 细说
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(23) purpose[ 5pE:pEs ]n.目的, 意图, 用途, 效果, 决心, 意志vt.打算, 企图, 决心
(24) gramophone[ 5^rAmEfEun ]n.留声机
(25) ceremony[ 5serimEni ]n.典礼, 仪式, 礼节, 报幕员
(26) Grammy[`^rAmI]n.格莱美奖(美国镀金唱片奖，一年一度地奖励录音工业中有特别 成就的奖，如奖给灌制唱片方面成绩卓著者的奖)
(27) album[ 5AlbEm ]n.集邮本, 照相簿, 签名纪念册
(28) Cousin[ ku:zAN ]库辛（Victor， 1792-1867， 法国哲学家、教育改革家； 折
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