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Songs of Remembrance: Dolly Parton's 'Dumb Blonde' was her grandmother's favorite

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Kristin Ziegler of Denver, Colo., remembers her grandmother Elfriede Liselotte Matza Froisland. She died of COVID-19 in 2020.

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST:

More than 1 million Americans have died from COVID-19. And we are recalling some through the music they loved. Kristin Ziegler of Denver, Colo., lost her grandmother in 2020.

KRISTIN ZIEGLER: My grandmother's name was Elfriede Liselotte Matza Froisland. She had this massive blonde hair. She would wear big costume jewelry², huge earrings³, leopard⁴ print, bright red. You couldn't miss Elfriede in a room.

(SOUNDBITE OF DOLLY PARTON SONG, "DUMB BLONDE")

ZIEGLER: My grandmother's favorite song was Dumb Blonde by Dolly Parton.

(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "DUMB BLONDE")

DOLLY PARTON: (Singing) Just because I'm blonde, don't think I'm dumb 'cause this dumb blonde ain't nobody's fool.

ZIEGLER: It's a song about resilience and humor. It's a song about feeling maybe a little bit scorned, perhaps by ex-husbands, perhaps by the world. And I think that she really found a lot of empowerment in that song.

(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "DUMB BLONDE")

PARTON: (Singing) When you left, you thought I'd sit, and you thought I'd wait, and you thought I'd cry. You called me a dumb blonde.

ZIEGLER: She was from Augsburg, Germany. She was born six years before Hitler's rise to power. So she was present in Germany during Nazi⁵ Germany. I think that the horrors and the atrocities⁶ of World War II and of Nazi Germany left a terrible scar and imprint⁷ on her. But through that all, she had such a lust⁸ for life, such a zest⁹ for life. And that was her way of overcoming things.

(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "DUMB BLONDE")

PARTON: (Singing) Ah, but somehow, I lived through it. And you know if there's one thing this blonde has learned, blondes have more fun.

ZIEGLER: Life gets hard. And there are absolutely huge things that serve as barriers to our enjoyment¹⁰ of life. But through it all, life is still really worth living, especially if you make that fun for yourself. And she did a great job of doing that for 93 years. And I hope to do the same.

(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "DUMB BLONDE")

PARTON: (Singing) Just because I'm blonde, don't think I'm dumb 'cause this dumb blonde ain't nobody's fool.

INSKEEP: Kristin Ziegler remembering her grandmother, Elfriede Liselotte Matza Froisland. She died of COVID in 2020 at the age of 93.

(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "DUMB BLONDE")

PARTON: (Singing) When you left, you thought I'd sit, and you thought I'd wait...

1 transcript   

n.抄本，誊本，副本，肄业证书

参考例句：

• A transcript of the tapes was presented as evidence in court.一份录音带的文字本作为证据被呈交法庭。
• They wouldn't let me have a transcript of the interview.他们拒绝给我一份采访的文字整理稿。

2 jewelry   

n.（jewllery）（总称）珠宝

参考例句：

• The burglars walked off with all my jewelry.夜盗偷走了我的全部珠宝。
• Jewelry and lace are mostly feminine belongings.珠宝和花边多数是女性用品。

3 earrings   

n.耳环( earring的名词复数 )；耳坠子

参考例句：

• a pair of earrings 一对耳环
• These earrings snap on with special fastener. 这付耳环是用特制的按扣扣上去的。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 leopard   

n.豹

参考例句：

• I saw a man in a leopard skin yesterday.我昨天看见一个穿着豹皮的男人。
• The leopard's skin is marked with black spots.豹皮上有黑色斑点。

5 Nazi   

n.纳粹分子，adj.纳粹党的，纳粹的

参考例句：

• They declare the Nazi regime overthrown and sue for peace.他们宣布纳粹政权已被推翻，并出面求和。
• Nazi closes those war criminals inside their concentration camp.纳粹把那些战犯关在他们的集中营里。

6 atrocities   

n.邪恶，暴行( atrocity的名词复数 )；滔天大罪

参考例句：

• They were guilty of the most barbarous and inhuman atrocities. 他们犯有最野蛮、最灭绝人性的残暴罪行。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The enemy's atrocities made one boil with anger. 敌人的暴行令人发指。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

7 imprint   

n.印痕，痕迹；深刻的印象；vt.压印，牢记

参考例句：

• That dictionary is published under the Longman imprint.那本词典以朗曼公司的名义出版。
• Her speech left its imprint on me.她的演讲给我留下了深刻印象。

8 lust   

n.性(淫)欲；渴(欲)望；vi.对…有强烈的欲望

参考例句：

• He was filled with lust for power.他内心充满了对权力的渴望。
• Sensing the explorer's lust for gold, the chief wisely presented gold ornaments as gifts.酋长觉察出探险者们垂涎黄金的欲念，就聪明地把金饰品作为礼物赠送给他们。

9 zest   

n.乐趣；滋味，风味；兴趣

参考例句：

• He dived into his new job with great zest.他充满热情地投入了新的工作。
• He wrote his novel about his trip to Asia with zest.他兴趣浓厚的写了一本关于他亚洲之行的小说。

10 enjoyment   

n.乐趣；享有；享用

参考例句：

• Your company adds to the enjoyment of our visit. 有您的陪同，我们这次访问更加愉快了。
• After each joke the old man cackled his enjoyment.每逢讲完一个笑话，这老人就呵呵笑着表示他的高兴。