VOA标准英语2010年-Website of the Week – The Root

News and analysis from an African American perspective

Art Chimes | Washington, DC 19 February 2010

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February is African American History Month here in the United States, and so this week we feature a site that looks at news and culture from a black vantage point.

"TheRoot.com is a news and analysis site that brings an African American perspective to world affairs, culture, and business. So that means we look at events that are taking place and we bring the particular perspective of our audience to these issues," explains managing editor Joel Dreyfuss.
TheRoot.com is overseen¹ by editor-in-chief Henry Lewis Gates, the renowned² Harvard University scholar.

Dreyfuss outlined the scope of what The Root covers. "We're actually primarily covering politics and culture. And often the intersection³ of those two. What you'll find on The Root is a series of articles, most of them are analytical⁴ or opinion pieces that bring some analysis to current issues of the day."

The content of what they call a daily online magazine is constantly changing, but a sampling of recent articles includes an exploration of what "black history" should include and a financial portrait of African-Americans. Dreyfuss says these stories and other content help paint a portrait for an international audience that may want to know more about black Americans.

"They can see what kind of issues are being debated. We try to give people a sense of the discussion that's taking place in black America, and what are some of the characters who may be less known but still culturally very important."

Joel Dreyfuss just came to The Root a couple of months ago, and he says he plans to increase coverage⁵ of business and the media. He also hopes to return to an early focus, genealogy⁶, which is part of the reason this site on news and culture from an African American perspective is called The Root. Tap into the conversation at TheRoot.com, or visit our site, VOAnews.com, for the link to this and hundreds of other Websites of the Week.

 

1 overseen   

v.监督，监视( oversee的过去分词 )

参考例句：

• He was overseen stealing the letters. 他被人撞见在偷信件。 来自辞典例句
• It will be overseen by ThomasLi, director of IBM China Research Laboratory. 该实验室由IBM中国研究院院长李实恭(ThomasLi)引导。 来自互联网

2 renowned   

adj.著名的，有名望的，声誉鹊起的

参考例句：

• He is one of the world's renowned writers.他是世界上知名的作家之一。
• She is renowned for her advocacy of human rights.她以提倡人权而闻名。

3 intersection   

n.交集，十字路口，交叉点；[计算机] 交集

参考例句：

• There is a stop sign at an intersection.在交叉路口处有停车标志。
• Bridges are used to avoid the intersection of a railway and a highway.桥用来避免铁路和公路直接交叉。

4 analytical   

adj.分析的；用分析法的

参考例句：

• I have an analytical approach to every survey.对每项调查我都采用分析方法。
• As a result,analytical data obtained by analysts were often in disagreement.结果各个分析家所得的分析数据常常不一致。

5 coverage   

n.报导，保险范围，保险额，范围，覆盖

参考例句：

• There's little coverage of foreign news in the newspaper.报纸上几乎没有国外新闻报道。
• This is an insurance policy with extensive coverage.这是一项承保范围广泛的保险。

6 genealogy   

n.家系，宗谱

参考例句：

• He had sat and repeated his family's genealogy to her,twenty minutes of nonstop names.他坐下又给她细数了一遍他家族的家谱，20分钟内说出了一连串的名字。
• He was proficient in all questions of genealogy.他非常精通所有家谱的问题。