AMERICAN MOSAIC - VOA's Maurice Joyce remembered / Grand Cen

AMERICAN MOSAIC¹ -March 22, 2002: VOA's Maurice Joyce remembered / Grand Central Terminal in New

York / Oscar-nominated songs
HOST:
Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC —.. VOA’s radio magazine in Special English. (THEME)
This is Doug Johnson. On our program today we:
play songs nominated for an Academy Award ..
.
answer a question about a famous building in New York City ..
.
and remember a VOA announcer who died recently.

Maurice Joyce

HOST:

The Voice of America lost one of its best-loved announcers last month. Maurice (pronounced Morris) Joyce died
at a hospital in Lewes, Delaware. He was ninety-four years old. People who listen to VOA Special English
programs have heard Maurice Joyce for many years. Shep O’Neal remembers him.

ANNCR:

Maurice Joyce was known to us at VOA as Mo. He had a long and interesting life. Mo Joyce grew up in the
Washington, D.C. area. After high school, he attended Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut.

Mo loved being an announcer. As a young man, he worked in Hollywood, California. He later returned to
Washington and became active in the broadcasting industry. Mo was too old for active military service during
World War Two. Yet he joined the Army as a civilian² worker and moved to New York City. He made military
training films during the war.

After the war, Mo worked as an announcer. He described major world events for
short newsreel films. Later, he returned to Washington and began working at the
Voice of America.

Mo was a wonderful Special English announcer. His reading sounded effortless. He
read several programs, including American Stories, Science in the News, and Words
and Their Stories.

((TAPE: CUT ONE – “WORDS AND THEIR STORIES”))

“Now, the Special English program, WORDS AND THEIR STORIES. Every week at this time, the Voice of
America tells about popular words and expressions used in the United States . ”

Those of us who knew Maurice Joyce remember that he was serious about his work. He always arrived at the
office in plenty of time to study his parts before it was his time to read. He also helped those around him improve
their work. Mo never seemed to get angry. He let other, less experienced broadcasters make mistakes. This
helped them to trust in their abilities.

Before retiring, Mo worked at VOA headquarters once a week. After he finished his work, he invited others to
join him for something to eat. He enjoyed telling stories. And, he always paid for everybody ’s meals. Maurice
Joyce left VOA in the early Nineteen-Nineties. Yet you will continue to hear his voice in some programs that we
repeat.


((TAPE: CUT TWO – “WORDS AND THEIR STORIES ”.. MUSIC))

Grand Central

HOST:

Our VOA listener question this week comes from China. Song bin³ asks about the history of Grand Central
Terminal in New York City.

Grand Central Terminal is one of the most famous buildings in New York. But most people call it Grand Central
Station. The word “station”.. means a stopping place along a transportation line. A “terminal”.. describes
either end of the line. Grand Central Terminal is a huge train station where train lines begin and end.

American railroad developer Cornelius Vanderbilt was responsible for building the
first Grand Central Terminal in Eighteen-Seventy-One. Thirty years later, steam
trains were being replaced by electric ones. So officials decided⁴ to destroy the
existing station and create a new electric train terminal.

Their plan called for hiding the rail tracks under four city blocks and permitting
developers to place buildings over the track area. The terminal took ten years to
build, and it changed the city of New York.

The new Grand Central Terminal opened in Nineteen-Thirteen. It was a huge and beautiful
building with statues of Greek and Roman gods and a large metal clock. Its presence led to
the building of large hotels, office and apartment buildings nearby.

Grand Central also changed during the years. At different times, the huge building included
an art gallery, an art school, a movie theater, and a rail history museum. At one point, it was
the busiest train station in the country, serving nearby areas and those far away. In the
Nineteen-Fifties, other transportation methods became more popular than trains. The
railroads were losing money. They began destroying old stations.

In Nineteen-Sixty-Seven, New York City established an organization to save such historic buildings. Railroad
officials tested the law in court in an effort to destroy Grand Central. But city leaders were able to save it. In
Nineteen-Seventy-Six, the federal government protected Grand Central Terminal by naming it a National
Historic Landmark⁵.

Grand Central Terminal has been restored and improved. Today, it includes many stores, eating places and food
markets. Five -hundred-thousand people visit the famous building every day. And it continues to be one of the
busiest train stations in the world. More than one-hundred-fifty-thousand people use it every day to travel to
towns in New York State and Connecticut.

Oscar Nominated Songs

HOST:

People who make movies will be honored Sunday in Los Angeles, California. That is when the American
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences presents its yearly awards, the Oscars. The movie industry will
honor the best work of directors, actors, technical experts and songwriters. Mary Tillotson tells us about the
nominations⁶ for best song.

ANNCR:

Five songs written for movies have been nominated for the best original song Academy Award. One song is from
the movie “Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring.”.. Enya sings “May It Be.”..

((CUT 1: MAY IT BE))

Another song nominated for an Oscar is the song “Vanilla⁷ Sky”.. from the movie of the same name. A third
nominated song is from the movie “Pearl Harbor.”.. Faith Hill sings “There You’ll Be.”..


((CUT 2: THERE YOU’LL BE)
)
The fourth nominated song is “Until”
from the movie “Kate and Leopold.
"
We leave you with the final song nominated as best orginal song from a movie. It is from the animated⁸ movie,

“Monsters, Inc.
”
John Goodman and Billy Crystal sing “If I Didn ’t Have You.
”

 

((CUT 3: IF I DIDN’T HAVE YOU))

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 George Grow and Nancy
Steinbach. Our studio engineer was Kwase Smith. 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 civilian   

adj.平民的，民用的，民众的

参考例句：

• There is no reliable information about civilian casualties.关于平民的伤亡还没有确凿的信息。
• He resigned his commission to take up a civilian job.他辞去军职而从事平民工作。

3 bin   

n.箱柜；vt.放入箱内；[计算机] DOS文件名:二进制目标文件

参考例句：

• He emptied several bags of rice into a bin.他把几袋米倒进大箱里。
• He threw the empty bottles in the bin.他把空瓶子扔进垃圾箱。

4 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

5 landmark   

n.陆标，划时代的事，地界标

参考例句：

• The Russian Revolution represents a landmark in world history.俄国革命是世界历史上的一个里程碑。
• The tower was once a landmark for ships.这座塔曾是船只的陆标。

6 nominations   

n.提名，任命( nomination的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Nominations are invited for the post of party chairman. 为党主席职位征集候选人。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Much coverage surrounded his abortive bids for the 1960,1964, and 1968 Republican Presidential nominations. 许多消息报道都围绕着1960年、1964年和1968年他为争取提名为共和党总统候选人所做努力的失败。 来自辞典例句

7 vanilla   

n.香子兰，香草

参考例句：

• He used to love milk flavoured with vanilla.他过去常爱喝带香草味的牛奶。
• I added a dollop of vanilla ice-cream to the pie.我在馅饼里加了一块香草冰激凌。

8 animated   

adj.生气勃勃的，活跃的，愉快的

参考例句：

• His observations gave rise to an animated and lively discussion.他的言论引起了一场气氛热烈而活跃的讨论。
• We had an animated discussion over current events last evening.昨天晚上我们热烈地讨论时事。