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70 史密森民间文化节
DATE=7-16-01
TITLE=THIS IS AMERICA #1073 - Smithsonian Folklife Festival
BYLINE=Nancy Steinbach, Paul Thompson
VOICE ONE:
The (1)Smithsonian Institution in Washington D.C. is famous around the world. Each summer, the Smithsonian (2)organizes a celebration of (3)cultural (4)traditions. It is called the Smithsonian Folklife Festival. I'm Sarah Long.
VOICE TWO:
And I'm Shirley Griffith. We tell about the recent Smithsonian Folklife Festival on our report today on the VOA Special English program, THIS IS AMERICA.
((THEME))
VOICE ONE:
Visitors to Washington usually spend some time on the open grassy area called the National Mall. The United States Capitol building is at the east end of the Mall. The monument honoring America's sixteenth president, Abraham Lincoln, is at the west end. Museums and Smithsonian Institution buildings are on the north and south sides of the Mall.
Usually, the Mall is a place where people walk, sit or play. But for ten days each summer, part of the area is crowded with unusual sights, sounds and smells. That is when the Smithsonian holds its Folklife Festival. Today, we bring you some of these sights and sounds.
((CUT 1: CHINESE OPERA MUSIC))
VOICE TWO:
That is the sound of Chinese (5)classical music (6)performed at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival this year. It was just one of many kinds of music that Festival visitors enjoyed.
People have been visiting The Smithsonian Folklife Festival each summer for the past thirty-five years. The word folklife (7)describes the cultural traditions of a people. It includes their music and art. Their stories and celebrations. The things they make for their homes and to sell.
These cultural traditions are passed from old people to the young. Few traditions are taught in schools. Young people learn them from living within a cultural group.
The Smithsonian Institution's Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage organized the festival. It ended on July eighth. Each festival is about different cultures and people. This year, the festival presented the cultures of New York City and the islands of (8)Bermuda.
VOICE ONE:
Bermuda includes more than three-hundred islands in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. About sixty-three-thousand people live on twenty of the islands. One of these islands is also called Bermuda. About four-hundred-thousand people visit that island each year. (9)Presentations at the Folklife Festival showed some of what those visitors see.
Three-hundred artists and crafts workers showed the different kinds of work performed by people in Bermuda. These included a (10)beekeeper and his bees and boat builders with their boats. One grassy area of the Mall was covered with small Bermudan boats and flowers common in the islands. Bermudan (11)athletes played (12)cricket while (13)announcers explained the sport and told stories about it. Visitors saw a small Bermudan house. They learned about weddings and preparing food. A large tent sold traditional food from Bermuda.
On the musical stage, Bermudan musicians performed native music. These included Bermudan (14)jazz, (15)religious songs, (16)calypso and (17)reggae. Here the calypso group called the Bermudan (18)Strollers performs the song "Don't Worry, Be Happy."
((CUT 2: DON'T WORRY, BE HAPPY))
VOICE TWO:
New York City was the other culture (19)represented at the Folklife Festival. Festival officials decided to show the city as its own people see it. So the festival included people who (20)demonstrated how (21)stocks and (22)bonds are bought and sold on Wall Street in the financial area of New York. The festival also included explanations and (23)demonstrations of the different kinds of (24)transportation used in New York. Visitors saw an underground rail car or subway. They also saw a taxicab and a city bus. New York City bus driver Tony Palombella told stories about his eighteen years driving a bus in New York. And he cooked some Italian food at the festival, too. He learned to cook Italian food from his mother.
VOICE ONE:
Another kind of food that is culturally linked to New York City is the (25)bagel. A bagel is a thick, round piece of bread with a hole in the middle. Old stories say the bagel was first developed in Poland and brought to New York by Polish Jews. Bagels have become (26)extremely (27)popular in the United States. You can buy them just about anywhere in the country today. But many Americans say the best bagels are made and sold in New York City.
Steve Ross probably would agree. He has owned a bagel shop in New York for more than sixty years. At the Folklife Festival, he demonstrated how to make bagels and another kind of bread, a (28)bialy. A bialy is also a round piece of bread, but it is thinner than a bagel and has no hole in the middle. Instead, it has (29)onions in the middle.
VOICE TWO:
The Folklife Festival representation of New York City was really a celebration of many different cultures. Each culture represented a group of people who came to the United States from a different country and settled in New York City. These people include (30)Greeks, Indians, Chinese, (31)Albanians, (32)Caribbeans, Africans, Europeans, (33)Lebanese, (34)Ukrainians and many others.
The Festival presented music of these different groups. Many New Yorkers still perform and enjoy this music as a way of keeping their culture alive. Here is an example - (35)Romanian-(36)Gypsy music.
((CUT 3: MILLINO KOLO))
VOICE ONE:
Artists were also represented in the New York celebration at the Folklife Festival. One group is called Tats Cru. It is a six-person (37)graffiti organization. Graffiti is artwork painted on the subway cars in New York. (38)Teenagers would paint the cars and the station walls with bright colors, words and pictures. Such graffiti has been (39)illegal in New York for many years.
The three founding members of Tats Cru started painting graffiti in New York twenty years ago. Tats Cru is now a legal business. It paints pictures on buildings. The artists have worked in the United States, Canada and Europe. At the Folklife Festival, they painted a large picture on a special wall.
VOICE TWO:
The musical shows presented on (40)Broadway in New York were also represented at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival. People who make clothes for performers in Broadway shows demonstrated their skills. So did a (41)theatrical (42)wig maker, a person who makes false hair for people acting in plays. Actors and singers showed how a Broadway musical is prepared. We leave you now with some music from that show, "Guys and Dolls".
((CUT 4: GUYS ANDS DOLLS OVERTURE INSTEAD OF CLOSING THEME))
VOICE ONE:
This program was written by Nancy Steinbach and Paul Thompson. It was produced by George Grow. I'm Sarah Long.
VOICE TWO:
And I'm Shirley Griffith. Join us again next week for another report about life in the United States on the VOA Special English program, THIS IS AMERICA.
((OUT ON GUYS AND DOLLS))
(1)Smithsonian Institution史密森学会
(2)organize [ 5C:^Enaiz ] vt.组织
(3)cultural [5kQltFEr(E)l] adj.文化的
(4)tradition [ trE5diFEn ] n.传统, 惯例
(5)classical [ 5klAsikEl ] adj.古典的
(6)perform [ pE5fC:m ] vt.表演, 演出
(7)describe [ dis5kraib ] v.描述
(8)Bermuda [ bE(:)5mju:dE ] n.百慕大群岛(北大西洋西部群岛)
(9)presentation [ 7prezen5teiFEn ]n.介绍
(10)beekeeper n.养蜂人
(11)athlete [ 5AWli:t ] n.运动员, 运动选手
(12)cricket [ 5krikit ] n. [运动]板球
(13)announcer [ E5naunsE ] n.广播员, 告知者, 报幕员
(14)jazz [ dVAz ] n.(20世纪产生于美国的一种舞曲性音乐)爵士乐
(15)religious [ ri5lidVEs ] adj.宗教上的
(16)calypso [ kE5lipsEu ] n.卡里普索(特立尼达岛上土人即兴演唱的歌曲)
(17)reggae [ 5re7^ei ] n. 瑞格舞（西印度群岛的一种舞蹈及舞曲）
(18)stroller [ 5strEulE ] n.散步者, 流浪者
(19)represent [ 7ri:pri5zent ] vt. 再上演
(20)demonstrate [ 5demEnstreit ] vt.示范
(21)stock [ stCk ] n. 股票
(22)bond [ bCnd ] n. 债券
(23)demonstration [ 7demEns5treiFEn ] n.示范, 实证
(24)transportation [ 7trAnspC:5teiFEn ] n.运输, 运送
(25)bagel [ 5bei^l ] n.百吉饼(先蒸后烤的发面圈)
(26)extremely [ iks5tri:mli ] adv.极端地, 非常地
(27)popular [ 5pCpjulE ] adj.受欢迎的
(28)bialy [ bi5B:li ] <美>比亚利碎洋葱面包卷
(29)onion [ 5QnjEn ] n.洋葱
(30)Greek [ ^ri:k ] n.希腊人
(31)Albanian [ Al5beinjEn ] n. 阿尔巴尼亚人
(32)Caribbean [ kAri5bi(:)En ] n.加勒比海人
(33)Lebanese [ 7lebE5ni:z ] n.黎巴嫩人
(34)Ukrainian [ ju(:)5kreinjEn ] n.乌克兰人
(35)Romanian [rEJ5meInIEn] n.罗马尼亚人
(36)Gypsy [ 5dVipsi ] n.吉普赛人
(37)graffiti [ ^rE5fi:tEu ] n.一种雕刻艺术
(38) teenager [ 5ti:n7eidVE ] n.十几岁的青少年
(39)illegal [ i5li:^El ] adj.违法的
(40)Broadway [ 5brC:dwei ] n. 百老汇
(41)theatrical [ Wi5AtrikEl ] adj.戏剧性的
(42)wig [ wi^ ] n.假发
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