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34 母亲节特别礼物--阿米对答机
DATE=5-11-2001
TITLE=AMERICAN MOSAIC #817 - Amy's Answering Machine
BYLINE=Nancy Steinbach
HOST:
(Start at 59")Sunday, May thirteenth is Mother's Day in the United States. It is a day to honor mothers. Most Americans send their mothers flowers or give them gifts on Mother's Day. Amy Borkowsky has a (1) suggestion for an unusual Mother's Day gift - a record and book she produced about her own mother. Steve Ember has more.
ANNCR:
Amy Borkowsky lives in New York City, more than one- thousand (2) kilometers away from her mother. Amy is more than thirty years old, yet her mother still worries about her health and safety. So she leaves unwanted messages of advice on Amy's telephone answering machine. Amy saved the funny messages and began playing them to audiences when she performed as a （3）comedian. They were a big hit. So, last year, she released a record of some of them. It was called "Amy's Answering Machine." Here is an example.
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AMY: So I'm an adult, OK, and I have a job, my own (4) apartment...but my mother still doesn't seem to realize that I'm capable of taking care of some really very basic needs.
MA: Hi Amila...It's me, honey. If you haven't already left to go to the Motor Vehicle Bureau, keep in mind that the wait is very long, so before you go you may want to empty your (5) bladder. All right, honey? That's all for now. Bye. ))
This year, Amy Borkowsky has written a book, "Amy's Answering Machine: Messages From Mom". It includes messages not on the record. It also includes stories behind each of the messages, and cartoon pictures of the funny situations described in the book. We leave you now with another message from Amy Borkowsky's mother. This one is about her birthday.
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"Happy Birthday To You,
Happy Birthday To You,
Happy Birthday, Dear Amila,
Happy Birthday to you,
How old are you now?
How old are you now?
Better hurry and find a husband,
Before your (6) ovaries shut down."
All right, that's just a little (7) creativity for my birthday girl.
I love you sweetie.))
因特网的传播系统及发展历程
DATE=5-11-2001
TITLE=AMERICAN MOSAIC #817- Internet
BYLINE=Paul Thompson
HOST:
(Start at 4'05")We answer two questions this week from listeners in Brazil. Both want to know about the （1）Internet (2) communications system. Daniela Andressa Arrano asks how the Internet began. Marlene Sol asks how many Americans use the World Wide Web.
The Internet permits the world to communicate. Both Marlene and Daniela sent their questions to American Mosaic using the Internet.
The Internet began more than thirty years ago. It was designed to link computers. Its goal was to increase communication among universities, the government and some major American businesses. The Internet made it easy for them to send large amounts of information quickly.
As time passed, more people began using the Internet. In Nineteen-Eighty-One, the Internet linked two- hundred- thirteen computers. Only nine years later, it linked more than three- hundred- fifty- thousand computers. Today experts say there are about three- hundred- million computers connected to the Internet.
Business leaders began using the Internet as a （3）valuable tool. Companies around the world now use the Internet. Many could not exist without the Internet. A recent report in the American magazine, Newsweek, said more than eighty- nine- million Americans now use the Internet at work.
The Internet has changed the way people work. A newspaper recently told about a young woman who moved from Washington, D-C to the far northern state of (4) Alaska. She continues to work for a company in Washington but does her work in Fairbanks, Alaska using a computer and the Internet.
The World Wide Web is the part of the Internet that lets computer users find written （5）material, pictures and sound. It is the most popular part of the Internet system.
No one really knows how many Americans use the World Wide Web part of the Internet. A good guess would be a number in the hundreds of millions. People use it to play games. They use it for business. And students use computers to search the World Wide Web for information for their (6) schoolwork.
The Internet is becoming more important than anyone had thought possible. And its importance is expected to （7）increase even more in the future.
美国流行爵士歌乐手凯利·史密斯
DATE=5-11-2001
TITLE=AMERICAN MOSAIC #817 - Keely Smith
BYLINE=Nancy Steinbach
HOST:
(Start at 7'50")Keely Smith was a popular jazz singer in the Nineteen-Fifties. She is probably most famous for her work with her husband, （1）bandleader Louis Prima. Jim Tedder has more.
ANNCR:
Keely Smith was born in Nineteen-Thirty-Two in Norfolk, Virginia. She started working with Louis Prima in New York City in Nineteen-Forty-Nine. They were married four years later. They performed at the Sahara Hotel in Las Vegas, （2）Nevada, and recorded many songs together. Perhaps their most famous is this one, "That Old Black Magic."
((CUT 1: THAT OLD BLACK MAGIC))
Keely Smith and Louis Prima ended their (3) marriage in Nineteen-Sixty-One. She stopped singing for a time to care for her children. She started again when they had grown up. A few years ago, she recorded an album of swing music. Here is the title song, "(4) Swing, Swing, Swing."
((CUT 2: SWING, SWING, And SWING))
Earlier this year, Keely Smith released another album, "Keely Smith Sings Sinatra." It was recorded in Nineteen-Ninety-Five. Frank Sinatra died soon after. She decided not to release the （5）album then because of his death. Keely Smith says she had sent him the recordings and he especially liked one of the songs. We leave you now with that song, "New York, New York."
注释：
（1）suggestion[ sE5dVestFEn ]n.提议, 意见
（2）kilometer[ 5kilEmi:tE ]n. [物]千米, 公里
（3）comedian[ kE 5mi:diEn ]n.喜剧演员
（4）apartment[ E5pB:tmEnt ]n. <美>公寓住宅, 单元住宅
（5）bladder[ 5blAdE ]n.膀胱, 气泡, 球胆
（6）ovary[ 5EuvEri ]n. (生物)卵巢, (植物)子房
（7）creativity[9kri:eI`tIvEtI ]n.创造力, 创造
注释：
(1) Internet[5IntEnet]n.因特网, 国际互联网络
(2) communications[kEmju:nI5keIF(E)nz]n.[计] 通信
(3) valuable[ 5vAljuEbl ]adj.贵重的, 有价值的
(4) Alaska[ E5lAskE ]n.阿拉斯加州(美国州名)
(5) material[mE5tIErIEl]n.材料, 原料adj.物质的, 肉体的
(6) schoolwork[5sku:lw:k]n.(包括课堂作业和家庭作业)作业
(7) increase[ in5kri:s ]n.增加, 增大, 增长v.增加, 加大
注释：
(1) bandleader[`bAnd9li:dE(r)]n.伴舞乐队的指挥
(2) Nevada[ ne5vB:dE ]n.内华达州(美国西部内陆州)
(3) marriage[ 5mAridV ]n.结婚, 婚姻
(4) swing[ swiN ]v.摇摆, 摆动n.秋千, 摇摆
(5) album[ 5AlbEm ]n.集邮本, 照相簿
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