密歇根新闻广播 底特律人的传家宝在博物馆亮相

The National Museum of African American History and Culture opens this weekend in Washington. One of the items on display is a violin that, until now, was in Michigan with Shirley Burke.

Burke donated the violin to the new museum after inheriting it from family members. She said the 150-year-old violin originally belonged to Elisha Burke, her great-grandfather’s slave holder¹ in Arkansas. Jesse Burke, her great-grandfather, began playing the instrument while a slave and continued playing it later, when free.

After owning the violin for 35 years, Shirley Burke said she was ready to pass it on.

“It was time to make it visible for other people to see and enjoy,” she said.

1 holder   

n.持有者，占有者；(台，架等)支持物

参考例句：

• The holder of the office of chairman is reponsible for arranging meetings.担任主席职位的人负责安排会议。
• That runner is the holder of the world record for the hundred-yard dash.那位运动员是一百码赛跑世界纪录的保持者。