高龄老人摩西的艺术创作历程

29 高龄老人摩西的艺术创作历程

DATE=4-20-2001
TITLE=AMERICAN MOSAIC¹ #814 - Grandma Moses Show
BYLINE=Caty Weaver²

    HOST:
（Start at 55"）The American (1) artist known as Grandma Moses did not begin (2) painting until she was more than seventy-five years old. But her work soon was popular around the world. Shep O'Neal tells about her paintings now being shown in Washington, D-C.
ANNCR:
Jane Kallir (kuh-leer) is an (3) expert on the art of Grandma Moses. Mizz Kallir's grandfather was an art dealer³ in New York City. He organized Grandma Moses's first major show in Nineteen-Forty.
Sixty-one years later, Mizz Kallir is the guest organizer for a show of Grandma Moses's work. It is called "Grandma Moses in the Twenty-First Century." The （4）exhibit is at the National Museum of Women in the Arts.
About ninety paintings are in the show. The colorful pictures show everyday life in small farming villages during the last century. That is the kind of life Grandma Moses knew in the states of New York and Virginia.
Grandma Moses wrote that her art was a （5）combination of memory and hope. There is a sense of well being in most of the paintings. The people look healthy and happy. Farmhouses⁴ and other buildings appear strong and well built. The farm animals are clean and fat. The grass is deep green. The snow is pure white.
But the life shown is not an easy one. Many of Grandma Moses's paintings show the hard labor⁵ connected to farm life. Men are gathering⁶ hay⁷ and hunting. Women are (6) sewing quilts and taking care of children.
Mizz Kallir writes that Grandma Moses used pictures in magazines and newspapers to help create her paintings. She cut out the pictures of people, animals and other things. She placed the cuttings on a piece of wood and drew around them. Then she painted them. This gives her subjects a flat quality.
Grandma Moses's name was Anna Mary Robertson Moses. She began painting when the disease⁸ （7）arthritis prevented her from doing the sewing she loved. She showed her paintings at country fairs and stores. An art collector discovered them and had them shown in New York City. By the early Nineteen-Fifties, Grandma Moses was famous around the world.
Grandma Moses died in Nineteen-Sixty-One at the age of one- hundred- one. She had produced more than one- thousand- six- hundred paintings in the last twenty years of her life.

美国的传统节日--复活节

DATE=4-20-2001
TITLE=AMERICAN MOSAIC #814 - Easter Traditions
BYLINE=Nancy Steinbach

 HOST:
(Start at 4'34")Our VOA listener question this week comes from Germany. Michael Westphal asks about Easter (1) customs in the United States.
Christians¹¹ in the United States celebrated¹² Easter last Sunday, April fifteenth. (2) Easter is the day (3) Christians believe that （4）Jesus Christ⁹ rose from the dead about two- thousand years ago. Most Christians believe Jesus was sent to Earth to save humans from （5）wrongdoing, and to give them everlasting¹³ life.
Thousands of American churches held services outside on Easter morning. This tradition is very old. It probably was started by Moravian Christians in the Eastern State of Pennsylvania in 1743. This Moravian service of praise still is held today.
Sunrise services in the United States are usually planned to include members of many Christian¹⁰ religious groups. One of the most famous takes place at the Hollywood Bowl, an outdoor center in Los Angeles, California. People arrive the night before to try to gain attendance¹⁴ to this event.
Many Americans also observe Easter customs not directly linked to religious tradition. People in many cities walk through the streets on Easter morning after attending church. Each year, thousands of people in New York City wear new clothes to take part in this Easter (6) parade on Fifth Avenue.
Some families color eggs and hide them for their children to find. Parents say a rabbit leaves the Easter eggs. The rabbit is known as the Easter （7）Bunny. Here in Washington, a big celebration takes place each year the day after Easter. The President of the United States invites children to play a game rolling colored Easter eggs on the grounds around the White House.
President Rutherford Hayes and his wife, Lucy, started this American Easter (8) tradition in Eighteen-Seventy-Eight. This year, rain forced officials to cancel the White House Easter Easter_Egg Roll. But the children who had planned to take part got a special tour of the White House, and received a wooden Easter egg instead.

 

美国流行音乐家约翰·菲利浦

DATE=4-20-2001
TITLE=AMERICAN MOSAIC #814 - John Phillips
BYLINE=Nancy Steinbach

HOST:
(Start at 7'55")American （1）singer and songwriter John Phillips died last month. He is best known as a member of the （2）popular Nineteen-Sixties singing group "The Mamas and the Papas." Shirley Griffith has more.
ANNCR:
John Phillips was singing with a （3）folk group in New York City in the Nineteen-Sixties. He and his wife Michelle formed The Mamas and the Papas with two friends, Denny Doherty and Cass Elliot. They moved to California in Nineteen-Sixty-Five.
The group recorded songs John Phillips had written. Their first big hit was one he wrote after walking through New York on a snowy day. It is "California Dreaming'."
((CUT 1: CALIFORNIA DREAMIN')
The Mamas and the Papas had other hit records. They performed all over the world. The group won a （4）Grammy award in Nineteen-Sixty-Six for another song John Phillips wrote, "Monday, Monday."
((CUT 2: MONDAY, MONDAY))
The Mamas and the Papas broke up in Nineteen-Sixty-Eight. John and Michelle Phillips ended their marriage. He wrote songs for other （5）performers. John Phillips had problems with alcohol¹⁵ and drugs and talked publicly about them. He was arrested for （6）illegal drug use in Nineteen-Eighty. He suffered health problems, including a liver¹⁶ -transplant operation in Nineteen-Ninety-Two. John Phillips continued to write and record music. He completed a new album just before he died.
We leave you now with another hit song written by John Phillips and recorded by the Mamas and the Papas, "I Saw Her Again."
注释：
（1） artist[ 5B:tist ]n.艺术家, 画家
（2） painting[ 5peintiN ]n.上油漆, 着色v.描绘
（3） expert[ 5ekspE:t ]n.专家, 行家adj.老练的, 内行的
（4） exhibit[ i^5zibit ]v.展出, 陈列n.展览品
（5） combination[ 7kCmbi5neiFEn ]n.结合, 联合
（6） sewing[ 5sEuiN ]n.裁缝, 缝纫
（7） arthritis[ B:5Wraitis ]n.关节炎

注释：
(1) custom[ 5kQstEm ]n.习惯, 风俗,海关v.定制
(2) Easter [5i:stE] n. [宗](耶稣) 复活节
(3) Christian[ 5kristjEn ]n.基督徒, 信徒adj.基督教的, 信基督教的
(4) Jesus[ 5dVi:zEs ]n.耶稣(基督教信奉的救世主)
(5) wrongdoing[`rCN`dU:IN;`rR:N-]n.坏事, 不道德行为
(6) parade[ pE5reid ]n.游行, 炫耀v.游行, 炫耀
(7) bunny[ 5bQni ]n.小兔子(儿童对兔子的昵称)
        (8) tradition[ trE5diFEn ]n.传统, 惯例

注释：
(1) singer[ 5sindVE ]n.歌手
(2) popular[ 5pCpjulE ]a.通俗的, 流行的, 受欢迎的
(3) folk[ fEuk ]n.人们, 亲属(复数), 民族adj.民间的
(4) Grammy[`^rAmI]n.格莱美奖
(5) performer[pE5fC:mE(r)]n.表演者
(6) illegal[ i5li:^El ]adj.违法的, 不合规定的

 

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 weaver   

n.织布工；编织者

参考例句：

• She was a fast weaver and the cloth was very good.她织布织得很快，而且布的质量很好。
• The eager weaver did not notice my confusion.热心的纺织工人没有注意到我的狼狈相。

3 dealer   

n.商人，贩子

参考例句：

• The dealer spent hours bargaining for the painting.那个商人为购买那幅画花了几个小时讨价还价。
• The dealer reduced the price for cash down.这家商店对付现金的人减价优惠。

4 farmhouses   

n.农舍，农场的主要住房( farmhouse的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Then perhaps she is staying at one of cottages or farmhouses? 那么也许她现在住在某个农舍或哪个农场的房子里吧？ 来自辞典例句
• The countryside was sprinkled with farmhouses. 乡间到处可见农家的房舍。 来自辞典例句

5 labor   

n.劳动，努力，工作，劳工；分娩；vi.劳动，努力，苦干；vt.详细分析；麻烦

参考例句：

• We are never late in satisfying him for his labor.我们从不延误付给他劳动报酬。
• He was completely spent after two weeks of hard labor.艰苦劳动两周后，他已经疲惫不堪了。

6 gathering   

n.集会，聚会，聚集

参考例句：

• He called on Mr. White to speak at the gathering.他请怀特先生在集会上讲话。
• He is on the wing gathering material for his novels.他正忙于为他的小说收集资料。

7 hay   

n.(用作饲料或覆盖的)干草

参考例句：

• Cows feed on hay.奶牛以干草为生。
• They usually keep the hay in the barn.他们通常将干草存放在谷仓中。

8 disease   

n.疾病，弊端

参考例句：

• The doctors are trying to stamp out the disease.医生正在尽力消灭这种疾病。
• He fought against the disease for a long time.他同疾病做了长时间的斗争。

9 Christ   

n.基督，救世主，耶稣

参考例句：

• I regarded him as the Christ.我把他当作救世主。
• Christ preached that we should love each other.基督在布道中说人们应该互爱。

10 Christian   

adj.基督教徒的；n.基督教徒

参考例句：

• They always addressed each other by their Christian name.他们总是以教名互相称呼。
• His mother is a sincere Christian.他母亲是个虔诚的基督教徒。

11 Christians   

n.基督教徒( Christian的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Christians of all denominations attended the conference. 基督教所有教派的人都出席了这次会议。
• His novel about Jesus caused a furore among Christians. 他关于耶稣的小说激起了基督教徒的公愤。

12 celebrated   

adj.有名的，声誉卓著的

参考例句：

• He was soon one of the most celebrated young painters in England.不久他就成了英格兰最负盛名的年轻画家之一。
• The celebrated violinist was mobbed by the audience.观众团团围住了这位著名的小提琴演奏家。

13 everlasting   

adj.永恒的，持久的，无止境的

参考例句：

• These tyres are advertised as being everlasting.广告上说轮胎持久耐用。
• He believes in everlasting life after death.他相信死后有不朽的生命。

14 attendance   

n.出席，出席人数，护理，照料

参考例句：

• The attendance of this class never dropped off.这个班的出席人数从未下降。
• The young man danced attendance on his rich aunt.这个年轻人小心侍候他有钱的姑妈。

15 alcohol   

n.酒精，乙醇；含酒精的饮料

参考例句：

• The law forbids shops to sell alcohol to minors.法律禁止商店向未成年者出售含酒精的饮料。
• The alcohol is industrial.这些酒精是供工业用的。

16 liver   

n.肝；肝脏

参考例句：

• He has a weak liver.他的肝脏不好。
• The largest organ in the body is the liver.人体最大的器官是肝脏。