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41 马里兰的绵羊及毛线节
DATE=5-25-01
TITLE=AMERICAN MOSAIC #819 - Sheep and Wool Festival
BYLINE=Shelley Gollust
HOST:
(Start at 1'01")About fifty- thousand people enjoyed the Maryland Sheep and Wool （1）Festival earlier this month. Shep O'Neal tells us about what they saw.
ANNCR:
The Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival are held every year at the Howard County (2) Fairgrounds, north of Washington, D-C. The two-day festival supports sheep and products made of （3）wool. This is the twenty-eighth year it has been held. The festival provides information for people who raise sheep. And it has many activities for the public. It is the largest event of its kind in the country.
People who raise sheep can enter several （4）competitions at the festival. There are competitions for the best sheep and the best wool. Another competition includes teams that try to cut the （5）fleece off a sheep, spin the wool into (6) yarn, and weave a piece of clothing all in one day.
Visitors to the Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival can see about 1,000 sheep of many different kinds. They can watch people make clothing of wool. They can buy many kinds of yarns, knitted clothing and other hand-made objects. Visitors also can hear traditional musical performances and watch colorful ethnic dancers. They can learn how to cook (7) lamb. And they can taste many good foods.
The Maryland Sheep and Wood Festival has demonstrations to help people who raise sheep. For example, experts tell how to provide the best diet for female sheep. They also show how to test animal wastes for harmful organisms.
One of the most popular events at the festival is the working sheepdog demonstration. Sheepdogs are dogs that are specially trained to work with sheep. Visitors can watch the dogs as they compete to move a group of sheep. The (8) sheepdogs are skilled at getting the sheep to move in the right direction to a desired place.
The Maryland Sheep Breeders Association organizes the festival. The group provides education and marketing support for the sheep industry in the state.
This year the group wanted to recognize the European farmers who have lost their animals because of foot-and-mouth disease. So many visitors to the festival signed their names in a special "get well" book for farmers in Europe.
纪念战争中逝去的英雄
DATE=5-25-2001
TITLE=AMERICAN MOSAIC #819 - Memorial Day
BYLINE=Nancy Steinbach
HOST:
(Start at 4'26")Our VOA listener question this week comes in E-mail from (1) Iran. Nima Foroud asks about the American holiday, Memorial Day.
Americans will celebrate Memorial Day on Monday, May twenty-eighth. The holiday honors the men and women who died fighting in wars for the United States.
The idea of （2）celebrating such a day began after the American Civil War in the Eighteen-Sixties. It was the idea of a daughter of a Union officer who had been killed in battle. She wrote a letter to an organization of soldiers who served in the Union Army that had won the Civil War. She described a German （3）tradition of placing flowers on soldiers' burial places each spring. She said Americans should do the same.
The commander of the soldiers' organization agreed. He ordered that May thirtieth, Eighteen-Sixty-Eight, be named "Decoration Day" to honor （4）soldiers who had died in the Civil War.
"（5）Decoration Day" became popular. It was also called "Memorial Day." A (6) confederate Memorial Day was observed in some southern states.
New York declared Memorial Day a legal state holiday in Eighteen-Seventy-Three. It was the first state to make it a holiday. Congress made it a national holiday in Eighteen-Eighty-Eight. After World War One, Memorial Day became a day to remember those who died in all the nation's wars.
Today, Americans celebrate the Memorial Day holiday in different ways. Towns and cities hold （7）parades over Memorial Day weekend. Many people attend special ceremonies to hear speeches and band music. People enjoy the warm weather with their families. They may cook dinner outdoors, go swimming or have a party.
Some people travel to Washington, D-C to attend national Memorial Day (8) ceremonies at Arlington Cemetery near the city. The ceremonies are held at the burial place of the nation's unknown soldiers.
You can hear more about Memorial Day and the four major war memorials in Washington. Listen to the Special English program "This Is America" on Monday.
美国歌手帕瑞·科牧
DATE=5-25-2001
TITLE=AMERICAN MOSAIC #819 - Perry Como
BYLINE=Nancy Steinbach
HOST:
(Start at 7'46")American singer Perry Como died recently. He was eighty-eight years old. Sarah Long tells us about him.
ANNCR:
Pierino (PYEHR-EE-NO) Como was born in Nineteen-Twelve in a small town near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He was one of thirteen children. His parents had come to the United States from Italy. Perry Como started working at the age of ten in a （1）barbershop. He learned to cut hair. By the time he was fourteen, he had his own barbershop. He also liked to sing. After high school, he got a job with a band and （2）performed around the country.
Perry Como began recording alone in Nineteen-Forty-Three. His first hit record was "Till The End of Time," recorded in Nineteen-Forty-Five.
((CUT 1: TILL THE END OF TIME))
Perry Como began appearing on television in Nineteen-Forty-Eight. He had his own weekly program from Nineteen-Fifty-Five until Nineteen-Sixty-Three. He won two （3）Emmy awards for his show. He also won a （4）Grammy award from the recording industry in Nineteen-Fifty-Eight for this song, "Catch A Falling Star."
((CUT 2: CATCH A FALLING STAR))
Perry Como always said he was just a simple man who did not ask too much of life. Yet he sold more than one- hundred- million records and won many show business （5）honors. We leave you now with another hit song by Perry Como, "It's （6）Impossible."
注释：
（1） festival[ 5festEvEl ]n.节日, 喜庆日
（2） fairground[5feE^raJnd]n.举行赛会的场所, 露天市场
（3） wool[ wul ]n.羊毛, 毛织品
（4） competition[ kCmpi5tiFEn ]n.竞争, 竞赛
（5） fleece[ fli:s ]n.羊毛, 羊毛状之物v.剪下羊毛, 诈取
（6） yarn[ jB:n ]n.纱, 纱线, 故事
（7） lamb[ lAm ]n.小羊, 羔羊v.生小羊
（8） sheepdog[5Fi:pdR^]n.牧羊犬
注释：
（1） Iran[ i5rB:n ]n.伊朗
（2） celebrate[ 5selibreit ]v.庆祝, 祝贺
（3） tradition[ trE5diFEn ]n.传统, 惯例
（4） soldier[ 5sEuldVE ]n.士兵, 军人
（5） decoration[ 7dekE5reiFEn ]n.装饰, 装饰品
（6） confederate[ kEn5fedErit ]n.同盟者, 同盟国adj.同盟的, 联合的v.(使
（7） parade[ pE5reid ]n.游行, 炫耀v.游行, 炫耀
（8） ceremony[ 5serimEni ]n.典礼, 仪式
注释：
（1） barbershop[5ba:b[FRp]n.理发店
（2） perform[ pE5fC:m ]v.履行, 执行, 表演, 演出
（3） Emmy[ 5emi ]n.艾美奖
（4） Grammy[`^rAmI]n.格莱美奖
（5） honor[ 5CnE ]n.尊敬, 敬意v.尊敬, 给以荣誉
（6） impossible[ im5pCsEbl ]adj.不可能的, 不会发生的
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