VOA标准英语2010年-Website of the Week — C-SPAN Video L

More than two decades of Washington events, unedited and uncut

Art Chimes | Washington, DC 26 March 2010

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C-SPAN Video Archive

Time again for our Website of the Week, when we showcase interesting and innovative¹ online destinations.

This time, it's a source for more than two decades of Congressional debates, Washington press conferences, newsmaker interviews, policy forums², and all the other machinery³ of government as captured live and unedited by the cameras of America's leading public affairs television network.

 

"The C-SPAN Video Library is an online digital collection of all material that's aired on C-SPAN since 1987," says Robert Browning, the director of the C-SPAN archive at c-spanvideo.org.

C-SPAN is the Cable-Satellite Public Affairs Network, which broadcasts live from the Senate and House of Representatives when they are in session, and fills the rest of its schedule with the policy conversation that sets the stage for decision making here in Washington.

What's different about C-SPAN is that while a news report may give you a 10-second sound bite from a lawmaker or analyst⁴, on C-SPAN you get the whole thing.

"We don't do edits; we don't cut out portions. We air the entire event. And so it really makes this programming that is airing every day usable for historians, for educators, and just for public citizens."

C-SPAN's archive includes 160,000 hours of tape, fully⁵ indexed and often transcribed⁶ to help you find what you're looking for.

"We developed a lot of technology to help us record and index, and we even do a lot of within-programming indexing, where you can get every speaker by the little segment where they spoke⁷ at a Congressional hearing or the House and Senate floor. So we make the material a lot more usable."

If you just want to browse⁸, the C-SPAN Video Library blog has links to some memorable⁹ moments, such as the 1987 Reagan-Gorbachev summit and George W. Bush announcing the capture of Saddam Hussein. That and much, much more uncut and unedited history at c-spanvideo.org, or visit our site, VOAnews.com, for the link to this and hundreds of other Websites of the Week.  
 

1 innovative   

adj.革新的，新颖的，富有革新精神的

参考例句：

• Discover an innovative way of marketing.发现一个创新的营销方式。
• He was one of the most creative and innovative engineers of his generation.他是他那代人当中最富创造性与革新精神的工程师之一。

2 forums   

讨论会； 座谈会； 广播专题讲话节目； 集会的公共场所( forum的名词复数 )； 论坛，讨论会，专题讨论节目； 法庭

参考例句：

• A few of the forums were being closely monitored by the administrators. 有些论坛被管理员严密监控。
• It can cast a dark cloud over these forums. 它将是的论坛上空布满乌云。

3 machinery   

n.(总称)机械，机器；机构

参考例句：

• Has the machinery been put up ready for the broadcast?广播器材安装完毕了吗？
• Machinery ought to be well maintained all the time.机器应该随时注意维护。

4 analyst   

n.分析家，化验员；心理分析学家

参考例句：

• What can you contribute to the position of a market analyst?你有什么技能可有助于市场分析员的职务？
• The analyst is required to interpolate values between standards.分析人员需要在这些标准中插入一些值。

5 fully   

adv.完全地，全部地，彻底地；充分地

参考例句：

• The doctor asked me to breathe in,then to breathe out fully.医生让我先吸气，然后全部呼出。
• They soon became fully integrated into the local community.他们很快就完全融入了当地人的圈子。

6 transcribed   

（用不同的录音手段）转录( transcribe的过去式和过去分词 )； 改编（乐曲）（以适应他种乐器或声部）； 抄写； 用音标标出（声音）

参考例句：

• He transcribed two paragraphs from the book into his notebook. 他把书中的两段抄在笔记本上。
• Every telephone conversation will be recorded and transcribed. 所有电话交谈都将被录音并作全文转写。

7 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

8 browse   

vi.随意翻阅，浏览；(牛、羊等)吃草

参考例句：

• I had a browse through the books on her shelf.我浏览了一下她书架上的书。
• It is a good idea to browse through it first.最好先通篇浏览一遍。

9 memorable   

adj.值得回忆的，难忘的，特别的，显著的

参考例句：

• This was indeed the most memorable day of my life.这的确是我一生中最值得怀念的日子。
• The veteran soldier has fought many memorable battles.这个老兵参加过许多难忘的战斗。