2006年VOA标准英语-Young Musicians Sing HIV/AIDS Prevention Messag

By Zulima Palacio
Toronto, Canada
30 August 2006
 
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AIDS music performers 
  
A group of musicians has produced a CD intended to spread a message of HIV-AIDS prevention to young people. The CD is part of the AIDS Responsibility Project.  Melinda Smith narrates¹.

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The new CD is called  "What Are We Living For."  It was put together by volunteer singers and producers and launched at this month's International AIDS Conference in Toronto, Canada.  The songs emphasize hope, honesty and responsible behavior.  

 
Abner Mason
  
Abner Mason is the executive director of the AIDS Responsibility Project, which produced the CD. "We produced the 12 track album with songs in the hip³ hop² and R&B [rhythm and blues], and is targeted at young people who are most at risk for infection with HIV, but who are simultaneously⁴ harder to reach with traditional types of messages. Our view is that the challenge we face with HIV is so big that is going to require all segments of society to step up and take responsibility."

Several of the artists on the CD have already had close encounters with HIV-AIDS.

Rap singer Chad Phipps was born in New Orleans and is better known as "Ghost." He likes positive music with a message.

 
Chad Phipps
  
"I have friends who passed from HIV-AIDS related diseases,” says Phipps. “And I also had a cousin, but I am not too sure how she contracted it, because at the time it was like a new disease and nobody talked about it and everything got, like, swept under the rug."

Katie Marino is a pop and soul singer and a dance teacher. "I work with high school students and is important for me to impact them."

Besides the music CD, the Responsibility Project and A.R.P. Productions are also using video and the Internet. Their web site at “arpproductions.com” promotes HIV-AIDS awareness⁵.  Their video uses stories from Africa and testimonials of volunteers.

"It's cool to be smart. It's cool to be careful. It's cool to be aware of the possibility of contracting something. It's not cool to die young," says the soundtrack of the music video.

Abner Mason with the AIDS Responsibility Project hopes this CD is just the beginning. "We hope very much to attract other artists.  We hope other artists see what we're doing and see that they too can use their gift to fight HIV."

1 narrates   

v.故事( narrate的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• It narrates the unconstitutional acts of James II. 它历数了詹姆斯二世的违法行为。 来自辞典例句
• Chapter three narrates the economy activity which Jew return the Occident. 第三章讲述了犹太人重返西欧后的经济活动。 来自互联网

2 hop   

n.单脚跳，跳跃；vi.单脚跳，跳跃；着手做某事；vt.跳跃，跃过

参考例句：

• The children had a competition to see who could hop the fastest.孩子们举行比赛，看谁单足跳跃最快。
• How long can you hop on your right foot?你用右脚能跳多远？

3 hip   

n.臀部，髋；屋脊

参考例句：

• The thigh bone is connected to the hip bone.股骨连着髋骨。
• The new coats blouse gracefully above the hip line.新外套在臀围线上优美地打着褶皱。

4 simultaneously   

adv.同时发生地，同时进行地

参考例句：

• The radar beam can track a number of targets almost simultaneously.雷达波几乎可以同时追着多个目标。
• The Windows allow a computer user to execute multiple programs simultaneously.Windows允许计算机用户同时运行多个程序。

5 awareness   

n.意识，觉悟，懂事，明智

参考例句：

• There is a general awareness that smoking is harmful.人们普遍认识到吸烟有害健康。
• Environmental awareness has increased over the years.这些年来人们的环境意识增强了。