AMERICAN MOSAIC - Songs by Hank Williams Junior / The effect

AMERICAN MOSAIC¹ -March 7, 2002: Songs by Hank Williams Junior / The effects of the Olympics on Salt
Lake City / A visit to Hemingway's house

Broadcast:
HOST:
Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC
—
VOA’s radio magazine in Special English.
(THEME)
This is Doug Johnson. On our program today we:
play some songs by Hank Williams Junior ..
.
answer a question about the Olympic Games that just ended ..
.
and report about a house owned by a famous American writer.

Hemingway House

HOST:

Ernest Hemingway was one of America’s most famous writers. He wrote many of
his best known² books and stories in the little city of Key West, Florida. Visitors
today can see Hemingway’s house and the creatures that live there. Shep O ’Neal
tells us about it.

ANNCR:

The Hemingway house on Whitehead Street in Key
West is across the street from a tall lighthouse. The powerful³ light in the tower
warns⁴ ships at sea that they are approaching land. Friends of Ernest Hemingway
liked to say the light also helped him find his way home at night after he left his
favorite drinking place.

Hemingway’s house was built in Eighteen-Fifty-One. Its walls are made of coral⁵
rocks found on the grounds. The rooms have many high windows and doors. These
could be opened during the extremely⁶ hot summer days.

A smaller house is just behind the main house. This is where Ernest Hemingway worked, in a small room on the
second floor filled with pictures and books. He wrote more than half of his most famous books and stories here.
These include the books “For Whom the Bell Tolls,
”
and “To Have And Have Not,
”
and short stories like
“The Snows of Kilimanjaro.
”

Ernest Hemingway would begin work each day in the little room at about six in the morning. He would write for
about six hours. Then he might go deep-sea fishing. Or he might go to his favorite drinking place with his friends.

Ernest Hemingway loved cats. About fifty of them lived in his house in Key West. He left the house in Nineteen-
Forty. No one lives there now --except about sixty cats. Many of these animals are related⁷ to an unusual cat
given to Hemingway by a ship’s captain. That cat had six toes on each of its paws⁸. Many of the cats living there

now also have six toes.

Ernest Hemingway named his cats after famous writers and movie actors. That tradition is still alive. If you visit
Hemingway’s house you can meet cats named William Shakespeare⁹, Charlie Chaplin and many others.


People who visit the house usually want to know why Hemingway had so many cats. Hemingway answered the
question many years ago. He said, “One cat leads to another.
”

Effects of Winter Olympics

HOST:

Our VOA listener¹⁰ question this week comes from Mongolia. Amarkhuu
Ayulguisaikhan asks about the effects of the recent Olympic Winter Games on the
people of Salt Lake City, Utah.

The people of Utah prepared for the Olympic Winter Games for the past seven
years. They expected many changes as a result of the world competition.

Leaders of the Mormon Church hoped the Games would help more people around
the world understand their religion. News reports say they succeeded because of
their friendly welcome to all the athletes and visitors.

Another expected result was that the Games would bring new businesses to Utah. Experts say it is really too soon
to tell yet. But they note that the city now has new roads, hotels and transportation¹¹ systems that were built for the
Olympics.

The owners of the state’s ski¹² areas are hoping for a huge increase in business. About three-thousand-million
people around the world saw the beautiful mountain environment of Utah on television. Officials say special
competition areas built for Olympic sports like the luge and bobsled could make Utah a winter sports center.

The Salt Lake Olympic Organizing Committee¹³ has plans for the buildings and equipment used during the Games.
For example, the buildings where the athletes stayed will become housing¹⁴ for students at the University of Utah.
Local schools and governments will buy furniture and office equipment used by Olympic officials. The Gateway¹⁵
company that provided¹⁶ computers for the Games plans to give the equipment to schools and local communities.

Some store owners in the area say their business did not increase as a result of all the visitors. However, the Salt
Lake Organizing Committee says Utah will earn at least forty-million dollars from the Olympic Winter Games.
Some reports say Utah will enjoy a three-thousand-million dollar increase in business as a result of the Games
during the next seven years.

Hank Williams Junior

HOST:

Hank Williams Junior has recorded more than sixty albums¹⁸. He began singing on stage at the age of eight. He
recorded his first hit song when he was only fourteen years old. Mary Tillotson tells us more.

ANNCR:

Hank Williams Junior is the son of the most famous country and western musician
of all time, Hank Williams. Hank Williams wrote most of the songs he made famous
in the Nineteen-Forties and early Nineteen-Fifties. He died at the age of twenty-
nine. His son, Hank Junior, was only three years old.

Hank Junior learned¹⁹ to play guitar and sing his father’s songs soon after his
father’s death. He quickly became famous for his ability to copy his father’
s
singing voice. Few people could tell the difference.

But Hank Williams Junior wanted to play very different music from his father. He
expressed this difference in a hit recording²⁰ called “Family Traditions.
”

((CUT 1: FAMILY TRADITIONS))


That record was a major hit. Hank Junior has had ten top-selling records and thirteen top-selling albums. He was
voted the entertainer of the year three times by the Academy²¹ of Country Music. He received two entertainer of
the year awards from the Country Music Association²².

Millions of people around the world know Hank Williams Junior because of the song he sings before the popular
television show “Monday Night Football.
”
Here it is:

((CUT 2: MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL))

Hank Williams Junior has just released²³ a new album¹⁷. He recorded it in the same building where his father once
performed. It is called “Almeria Club.
”
We leave you now with a song from Hank Williams Junior’s new
album, “Almeria Club.
”
It is called “Go Girl Go.
”

((CUT 3: GO GIRL GO))

HOST:

This is Doug Johnson . I hope you enjoyed our program today. And I hope you will join us again next week for
AMERICAN MOSAIC
—
VOA’s radio magazine in Special English.

This AMERICAN MOSAIC program was written by Nancy Steinbach and Paul Thompson. Our studio²⁴ engineer
was Lee Dravis. And our producer was Paul Thompson.

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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 known   

adj.大家知道的；知名的，已知的

参考例句：

• He is a known artist.他是一个知名的艺术家。
• He is known both as a painter and as a statesman.他是知名的画家及政治家。

3 powerful   

adj.有力的，有权力的，强大的

参考例句：

• The UN began to get more and more powerful.联合国开始变得越来越强大了。
• Such are the most powerful voices of our times!这些就是我们时代的最有力的声音！

4 warns   

v.警告( warn的第三人称单数 )；提醒；告诫；预先通知

参考例句：

• He warns that there are some important safety rules for paragliding. 他提醒说滑翔运动里有一些非常重要的安全规则。 来自超越目标英语 第2册
• Cancer expert Barrie Cassileth warns that alternative treatments may pose serious dangers. 癌症专家巴瑞 - 卡西莱斯警告，一些替代性的治疗方法可能导致严重的危险。 来自英汉非文学 - 生命科学 - 癌症与艾滋病

5 coral   

n.珊瑚；adj.珊瑚色的，珊瑚红的

参考例句：

• Kate is wearing a coral necklace.凯特戴着一条珊瑚项链。
• The ship was wrecked on a coral reef.这条船在珊瑚暗礁上撞毁了。

6 extremely   

adv.极其，非常，极度

参考例句：

• The film is extremely good,I just cannot miss it.这部电影太精彩了，我非看不可。
• The old man was extremely difficult to get along with.这个老人极难相与。

7 related   

adj.有关系的，有关联的，叙述的，讲述的

参考例句：

• I am not related to him in any way.我和他无任何关系。
• We spent days going through all related reference material.我们花了好多天功夫查阅所有有关的参考资料。

8 paws   

n.爪子( paw的名词复数 )；手

参考例句：

• Take your filthy paws off me! 把你的脏手从我身上拿开！
• Take your dirty little paws off me! 别用你的小黑手抓着我。 来自《简明英汉词典》

9 Shakespeare   

n.莎士比亚(16世纪英国剧作家、诗人)

参考例句：

• Shakespeare is a giant among writers.莎士比亚是作家中的巨擘.
• He read Shakespeare to help his English.他阅读莎士比亚的作品以提高自己的英语水平。

10 listener   

n.听众；收听者

参考例句：

• I'm a regular listener to her show.我经常收听她的节目。
• She became an attentive listener.她变成了一个专心致志的聆听者。

11 transportation   

n.运输，运输系统，运输工具

参考例句：

• The transportation of goods by air costs a lot.航空运输货物花费很高。
• He finally solved the difficulty of transportation.他终于解决了运输的困难。

12 ski   

n.滑雪橇，滑雪板；vi.滑雪

参考例句：

• The ski is wooden.这滑雪板是木制的。
• Do you have the skill to ski such a difficult slope?你有沿着这样一个陡坡滑雪的本事吗？

13 committee   

n.委员会，全体委员

参考例句：

• We referred the matter back to the Finance Committee.我们把这事转回给财政委员会处理。
• I am going to speak out against the committee's decision.我打算直言反对委员会的决定。

14 housing   

n.房屋，住宅；住房建筑；外壳，外罩

参考例句：

• Do you think our housing sales will turn around during this year?你认为今年我们的住宅销路会好转吗？
• The housing sales have been turning down since the summer.入夏以来，房屋的销售量日趋减少。

15 gateway   

n.大门口，出入口，途径，方法

参考例句：

• Hard work is the gateway to success.努力工作是通往成功之路。
• A man collected tolls at the gateway.一个人在大门口收通行费。

16 provided   

conj.假如，若是；adj.预备好的，由...供给的

参考例句：

• Provided it's fine we will have a pleasant holiday.如果天气良好，我们的假日将过得非常愉快。
• I will come provided that it's not raining tomorrow.如果明天不下雨，我就来。

17 album   

n.集子，粘贴集，影集，邮集，歌曲集

参考例句：

• The photos belong in an album.这些照片应该放在相册里。
• Will you look over his album?你要不要去看看他的歌集唱片？

18 albums   

n.粘贴簿( album的名词复数 )；集邮簿；相册；唱片

参考例句：

• His albums are available on tape and CD. 他的歌曲专辑有磁带和光盘出售。
• My dad had to buy CDs of all the albums he already owned on vinyl. 我爸爸就是要买他已有的所有黑胶唱片的CD版。

19 learned   

adj.有学问的，博学的；learn的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• He went into a rage when he learned about it.他听到这事后勃然大怒。
• In this little village,he passed for a learned man.在这个小村子里，他被视为有学问的人。

20 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。

21 academy   

n.(高等)专科院校；学术社团，协会，研究院

参考例句：

• This is an academy of music.这是一所音乐专科学院。
• I visited Chinese Academy of Sciences yesterday.我昨天去访问了中国科学院。

22 association   

n.联盟，协会，社团；交往，联合；联想

参考例句：

• Our long association with your company has brought great benefits.我方和贵公司的长期合作带来了巨大的利益。
• I broke away from the association ten years ago.我10年前就脱离了那个团体。

23 released   

v.释放( release的过去式和过去分词 )；放开；发布；发行

参考例句：

• He was released on bail pending committal proceedings. 他交保获释正在候审。
• With hindsight it is easy to say they should not have released him. 事后才说他们本不应该释放他，这倒容易。

24 studio   

n.摄影棚（场）；演播室；画室；工作室

参考例句：

• They are building a modern studio.他们正在修建一座现代化的摄影室。
• He had to spend long hours in the recording studio.他不得不花很长的时间在录音室里。