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63 为电视剧人物"玛丽·理查兹"立雕像

DATE=7-6-2001
TITLE=AMERICAN MOSAIC¹ #825 - Mary Richards Statue
BYLINE=Nancy Steinbach
 
((THEME FROM "MARY TYLER MOORE SHOW"))
HOST:
(Start at 0'54") That is the theme song from an American television program first (1) broadcast in the Nineteen-Seventies.  "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" told about a young single woman named Mary Richards. She lived in (2) Minneapolis, (3) Minnesota. The people of that city are planning to honor her. Shirley Griffith has more.
ANNCR:
"The Mary Tyler Moore Show" is still being broadcast on an American (4) cable television network called TV Land. Some (5) critics say it was one of the best television shows ever produced.
The TV Land network is paying about one-hundred-fifty-thousand dollars to build a metal (6) statue of Mary Richards played by Mary Tyler Moore.  It says the statue will stand on the street in Minneapolis where Mary Tyler Moore threw her hat into the air at the opening of each show. TV Land hopes to present the statue to the city in the fall. 
The (7) mayor of Minneapolis has welcomed the planned statue.  Sharon Sayles Belton said Mary Richards was an important (8) character to millions of American women in the Nineteen-Seventies. She also noted² that the program showed Minneapolis as a good place to live.  Citizens of Minneapolis hope people will want to visit the statue.
Other American cities have built similar statues. (9) Philadelphia, (10) Pennsylvania has a statue of the character Rocky Balboa played by Sylvester Stallone in the movie "Rocky."  New York City (11) honors a character from the old television show "The Honeymooners".  It has a statue of the bus driver Ralph Cramden, played by Jackie Gleason.  The statue is outside New York's main bus station.
Some critics (12) object to the idea of honoring people who never existed. They say it will only create (13) confusion in the future about what was real and what was not.  Evan Maurer is (14) director of the Minneapolis Institute of Arts. He says enough people are (15) confused already.  He lives in the house that is shown on television as the home of Mary Richards.  He says people come to his door wanting to know if Mary Richards still lives there.

 

美国马赛克 #825 - 美国司法体系简介

DATE=7-6-2001
TITLE=AMERICAN MOSAIC #825 - US Court System
BYLINE=Nancy Steinbach
 
HOST:
(start at 04'00") Our VOA listener question this week comes in an e-mail from (1) South Korea.  Hoon Lee asks about the system of (2) courts in the United States. 
The United States court system includes (3) federal and state courts. Federal courts deal with (4) criminal and civil actions (5) involving the United States (6) Constitution or federal laws.  Federal courts hear cases involving the United States government.  They hear cases between people from different states and cases involving other countries or their citizens.  They also hear cases involving situations that took place on the sea and (7) violations³ of (8) patent and (9) copyright (10) ownership.
Each state has at least one federal (11) district court.  District courts are the first courts to hear cases involving violations of federal laws.  Then the cases may be tried in courts of (12) appeals. The United States is divided into twelve district areas.  Each one has a court of appeals.  There is also a federal court of appeals.
The federal court system also includes special courts.  They try cases involving claims against the federal government, (13) tax disputes, and (14) military questions.  The United States Supreme⁴ Court is the highest court in the nation.  A person who loses a case either in a federal appeals court or in the highest state court may appeal to the (15) Supreme Court.
State courts receive their power from state constitutions and laws.  The first court that hears a case involving a state law is local, such as a county court.  Other local courts hear only one kind of case. For example, small claims courts try cases involving small amounts of money.  Probate courts handle family (16) financial situations following a death.  Other special courts deal with (17) traffic accidents and disputes among family members. 
Higher state courts are known as (18) circuit courts, or superior courts.  These hear more serious cases.   The decisions from these cases may be appealed to an even higher court.  The highest court in most states is its supreme court.

 

 

美国马赛克 - 蓝调音乐家 约翰·李·胡克

DATE=6-6-2001
TITLE=AMERICAN MOSAIC - John Lee Hooker
BYLINE=Caty Weaver⁵

HOST:
(Start at 07'21") (1) Blues⁶ musician John Lee Hooker died at his home near (2) San Francisco, (3) California last month. He was eighty-three years old. Steve Ember tells about one of the most (4) influential⁷ blues artists of all time. 
ANNCR:
John Lee Hooker was born in (5) Mississippi. His interest in music came early.  He sang (6) religious songs in church as a boy.
Hooker's father was a (7) Christian⁸ (8) clergyman. He did not approve of his son's interest in music.  But John Lee Hooker learned how to play the (9) guitar anyway.
Hooker dreamed of becoming a (10) professional blues singer.  His dream came true in Nineteen-Forty-Eight when his first recorded song became a (11) hit. "Boogie Chillen" was one of the most popular (12) Rhythm and Blues songs that year. 
(CUT ONE-BOOGIE CHILLEN)
John Lee Hooker was a major influence on other musicians and rock and roll bands. He invited some of them to record with him. The result was Hooker's album "The Healer" (13) released in Nineteen-Eighty-Nine.  John Lee Hooker won a (14) Grammy award for a song on the (15) album.  It is called "I'm In the Mood".  He performs it with Bonnie Raitt.
(CUT TWO-I'M IN THE MOOD) 
"The Healer" became the best selling blues album of all time.  Hooker said it was the finest recording⁹ he ever made.  John Lee Hooker is honored in the (16) Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the Blues Hall of Fame. He also won five music industry Grammy awards.  Last year he received a special Grammy for his lifetime of music.  We leave you now with John Lee Hooker singing "Mister Lucky."
(1) broadcast [ 5brC:dkB:st ] n.广播, 播音 v.播撒(种子), 广播
(2) Minneapolis [ 7mini5ApElis ] 明尼阿波利斯(美国城市)
(3) Minnesota [ 7mini5sEutE ] n.明尼苏达州(美国州名)
(4) cable television n. 有线电视
(5) critic [ 5kritik ] n.批评家, 评论家
(6) statue [ 5stAtju: ] n.雕像
(7) mayor [ mZE ] n.市长
(8) character [ 5kAriktE ] n.特征, 人物 vt.写, 刻, 印
(9) Philadelphia [ 7filE5delfjE ] n.费城
(10) Pennsylvania [ pensil5veinjE] n.宾夕法尼亚州
(11) honor [ 5CnE ] n.尊敬vt.尊敬, 给以荣誉
(12) object to 反对
(13) confusion [ kEn5fju:VEn ] n.混乱, 混淆
(14) director [ di5rektE] n.主任, 主管, (团体)理事, (公司)董事
(15) confuse [ kEn5fju:z ] vt.搞乱, 使糊涂

(1) South Korea [ sauW  kE5riE] n.韩国
(2) court [ kC:t ] n.法院, 庭院, 朝廷
(3) federal [ 5fedErEl ] adj.联邦的, 联合的, 联邦制的, 同盟的
(4) criminal [ 5kriminl ] n.罪犯, 犯罪者 adj.犯罪的, 犯法的
(5) involving vbl.包括,使...陷于
(6) constitution [ 7kCnsti5tju:FEn ] n.宪法, 构造, 体质, 体格, 国体
(7) violation [ 7vaiE5leiFEn ] n.违反, 违背, 妨碍, 侵害
(8) patent [ 5peitEnt] n.专利权, 执照, 专利品 adj.特许的, 专利的vt.
(9) copyright [ 5kCpirait ] n.版权, 著作权
(10) ownership [ 5EunEFip ] n.所有权, 物主身份
(11) district court <美>(美国每个地区的)联邦地方法院
(12) appeal [ E5pi:l ] n.请求, 呼吁, 上诉vi.求助, 诉请, 要求 vt.控诉
(13) tax disputes n.税收争议
(14) military [ 5militEri ] adj.军事的, 军用的
(15) Supreme Court 最高法院
(16) financial [ fai5nAnFEl] adj.财政的, 金融的
(17) traffic [ 5trAfik ] n.交通, 通行, 运输, 贸易, vi.交易, 买卖 vt
(18) circuit court [美]巡回法庭

(1) Blues [blu:z] n.忧郁布鲁斯歌曲(蓝调音乐)
(2) San Francisco [ 7sAnfrEn5siskEu ] n.旧金山
(3) California [ kAli5fC:njE ] n.加利福尼亚, 加州
(4) influential [ 7influ5enFEl ] adj.有影响的, 有势力的
(5) Mississippi [ 7misi5sipi ] n.密西西比河, 密西西比州(美国州名)
(6) religious [ ri5lidVEs ] adj.信奉宗教的, 虔诚的, 宗教上的
(7) Christian [ 5kristjEn ] n.基督徒, 信徒 adj.基督教的, 信基督教的
(8) clergyman [ 5klE:dVimEn ] n.牧师, 教士
(9) guitar [ ^i5tB: ] n.吉他, 六弦琴 vi.弹吉他
(10) professional [ prE5feFEnl ] adj.专业的, 职业的
(11) hit [ hit ] n(演出等)成功
(12) rhythm and blues n.节奏和布鲁斯
(13) release [ ri5li:s ] vt.释放, 解放, 放弃, 让与, 免除, 发表
(14) Grammy awards  n.格莱美奖
(15) album [ 5AlbEm ] n.集邮本, 照相簿, 签名纪念册
(16) rock and roll n.摇摆舞

 

 

 

1 mosaic   

n./adj.镶嵌细工的，镶嵌工艺品的，嵌花式的

参考例句：

• The sky this morning is a mosaic of blue and white.今天早上的天空是幅蓝白相间的画面。
• The image mosaic is a troublesome work.图象镶嵌是个麻烦的工作。

2 noted   

adj.著名的，知名的

参考例句：

• The local hotel is noted for its good table.当地的那家酒店以餐食精美而著称。
• Jim is noted for arriving late for work.吉姆上班迟到出了名。

3 violations   

违反( violation的名词复数 )； 冒犯； 违反（行为、事例）； 强奸

参考例句：

• This is one of the commonest traffic violations. 这是常见的违反交通规则之例。
• These violations of the code must cease forthwith. 这些违犯法规的行为必须立即停止。

4 supreme   

adj.极度的，最重要的；至高的，最高的

参考例句：

• It was the supreme moment in his life.那是他一生中最重要的时刻。
• He handed up the indictment to the supreme court.他把起诉书送交最高法院。

5 weaver   

n.织布工；编织者

参考例句：

• She was a fast weaver and the cloth was very good.她织布织得很快，而且布的质量很好。
• The eager weaver did not notice my confusion.热心的纺织工人没有注意到我的狼狈相。

6 blues   

n.抑郁，沮丧；布鲁斯音乐

参考例句：

• She was in the back of a smoky bar singing the blues.她在烟雾弥漫的酒吧深处唱着布鲁斯歌曲。
• He was in the blues on account of his failure in business.他因事业失败而意志消沉。

7 influential   

adj.有影响的，有权势的

参考例句：

• He always tries to get in with the most influential people.他总是试图巴结最有影响的人物。
• He is a very influential man in the government.他在政府中是个很有影响的人物。

8 Christian   

adj.基督教徒的；n.基督教徒

参考例句：

• They always addressed each other by their Christian name.他们总是以教名互相称呼。
• His mother is a sincere Christian.他母亲是个虔诚的基督教徒。

9 recording   

n.录音，记录

参考例句：

• How long will the recording of the song take?录下这首歌得花多少时间？
• I want to play you a recording of the rehearsal.我想给你放一下彩排的录像。