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                      20 著名的舞蹈演员科利吉恩

DATE=3-25-01
TITLE=PEOPLE IN AMERICA #1814 - GENE1 KELLY
BYLINE=NANCY STEINBACH
 
    VOICE ONE:   
    I'm shirley griffith.
     Voice two:
     And I'm steve ember with the v-o-a special english program, people in america. Every week we tell about a person important in the history of the united states. Today, we tell about actor and dancer gene kelly. Experts say he did more than anyone (1)else to make dance popular in america.
     ((cut 1: gotta dance))
     voice one:
     Eugene curran kelly was born in pittsburgh, (2)pennsylvania in nineteen-twelve. His mother wanted all five of her children to play music and to dance. Gene was more interested in becoming an (3)athlete. Yet he continued his dance lessons even as he became (4)successful in sports. He said later that he never started out to be a dancer. He wanted to play (5)professional (6)baseball for the (7)pittsburgh pirates2 baseball team. But, he said, he discovered girls liked his dancing.
     Voice two:
     Gene kelly graduated from the (8)university of pittsburgh in nineteen-thirty-three. He started teaching3 at a dancing school. He also (9)directed local plays and (10)performed with his brother fred.
     He went to new york city in nineteen-thirty-eight. He was twenty-seven years old. After dancing in a few broadway shows, he got the lead part in the musical play"pal joey" in nineteen-forty.
     Critics in new york praised gene kelly for his ability to sing and dance, and at the same time, create a believable (11)character on stage. Soon, he was offered work in (12)hollywood. He went to california in nineteen-forty-one.     Voice one:
     Gene kelly's real success in movies began in nineteen-forty-four. He and director stanley donen created a special dance for the movie,"cover girl." in it, gene kelly appears to be dancing with himself. Cameras took pictures of him doing two dances separately. Then the two pictures were placed on a single piece of film. In the movie, two gene kellys seem to chase4 each other up and down steps, threaten each other, and leap over each other's heads.
     Gene kelly said later that he had made a huge discovery in that movie. He said dancing in a (13)movie does not look the way it does on the stage. So he tried to do things differently for the movies. He tried to invent dance movements that were especially created for cameras.
     Voice two:
     In nineteen-forty-five, gene kelly first used a method of filming seen often today. He shared the movie screen with a drawing. In the movie"(14)anchors (15)aweigh", he (16)appeared to dance with a (17)cartoon mouse. It cost one-hundred-thousand dollars to film the eight minute dance.
     Gene kelly danced first. Then cartoon artists filmed the drawings of the mouse's movements. The two films were combined into one. In the movie, gene and the mouse are happily dancing and singing together.
     Voice one:
     Gene kelly was part of another movie-making first in nineteen-forty-nine. It happened in"on the town." it was the first movie musical to be filmed in a real city."on the town" is about three (18)sailors in new york. The movie shows sailors getting off their ship. Then they sing and dance (19)through the city streets.
     Musicials were normally5 filmed on sets built in hollywood to look like other places. Gene said movie company officials at the time thought filming in the real city was (20)crazy, but it worked. It changed movie musicals forever. Gene kelly called "on the town" his (21)favorite movie. It opens with the song,"new york, new york":
     ((cut 2: new york, new york))
     voice two:
     Some critics say gene kelly's greatest success was the nineteen-fifty-one movie,"an american in paris." it won eight (22)academy awards, including best picture. Gene won a special (23)oscar for his singing, dancing, acting6 and creating dances. The movie ended with a seventeen minute ballet dance. It showed the effect of the city of paris on the hero. In the (24)ballet, gene kelly and leslie caron danced to george gershwin's"an american in paris":     ((cut 3: an american in paris))
     voice one:
     Many people think the best gene kelly movie of all is"singin' in the rain." (25)experts say"singin' in the rain" was the last of the great movie (26)musicals. It was released7 in nineteen-fifty-two. In one part, gene kelly sings the title song while he dances. It is considered one of the best movie (27)scenes in history. In it, he shows how happy he is at the idea of being in love. He performs the song and dance while heavy rain falls on a lonely city street:
     ((cut 4: singin in the rain))
     voice two:
     Gene kelly appeared in forty-five movies. He danced and sang. He acted in movies that were not musicals. He produced movies and directed them, too. He also directed musical plays on new york city's broadway. He appeared on television, winning an (28)emmy award for the show"jack and the beanstalk."     Gene kelly was in the three"that's (29)entertainment" movies. In those movies, he worked with another great dancer, fred astaire. Fred astaire was a movie star when gene kelly was just starting to dance.
     Kelly said he was too big for the kind of dancing astaire did so well. He said his kind of athletic8 dancing was better done in pants and a shirt than in the more formal clothes astaire wore.
     Voice one:
     Gene kelly died on february second, nineteen-ninety-six following a series of (30)strokes. He was eighty-three years old. He had been (31)honored many times for his work. He was given awards by the kennedy center in washington d.c., and the american film (32)institute. The government of france gave him a chevalier of the legion of honor9. President clinton gave him the american national medal of arts.
     People said he had created a new kind of american dance by mixing modern, tap and ballet in an (33)athletic way. Gene kelly always said he was not that important. He said he really was just a song and dance man.
     ((cut 5: gotta dance))
     voice two:
     This special english program was written by nancy steinbach. It was produced and directed by lawan davis. I'm steve ember.
     Voice one:
     And I'm shirley griffith. Listen again next week at this time to people in america on the voice of america.


(1)  else[ els ]adj.别的, 其他的adv.另外, 其他
(2) Pennsylvania[ pensil5veinjE, -niE ]n.宾夕法尼亚州(美国州名)
(3) athlete[ 5AWli:t ]n.运动员, 运动选手
(4) successful[ sEk5sesful ]adj.成功的
(5) professional[ prE5feFEnl ]n.自由职业者, 专业人员, 职业运动员, 职业艺人adj.专业的,
(6) baseball[ 5beisbC:l ]n.棒球, 棒球运动
(7) Pittsburgh[ 5pitsbE:^ ]n.匹兹堡
(8) university[ 7ju:ni5vE:siti ]n.(综合)大学
(9) directed[ di5rektid, 5dai- ]有指导的 有管理的 定向的 被控制的
(10) perform[ pE5fC:m ]vt.履行, 执行, 表演, 演出v.完成任务
(11) character[ 5kAriktE ]n.(事物的)特性, 性质, 特征(的总和), (人的)品质, 字符, 性格,
(12) Hollywood[ 5hCliwud ]n.好莱坞(位于美国加利福尼亚洛杉矶城的西北), 美国电影业
(13) movie[ 5mu:vi ]n.电影
(14) anchor[ 5ANkE ]n.锚v.抛锚, 锚定
(15) aweigh[ E5wei ]adv.离开海底
(16) appear [ E5piE ]vi.出现, 看来, 似乎, 公开露面, 出版, 发表(vbl.Appear) 出现,出席,发表
(17) cartoon[ kB:5tu:n ]n.(报刊上的)政治性漫画, 讽刺画, 卡通画, 漫画(常有解说词)v.
(18) sailor[ 5seilE ]n.海员, 水手, 不大会晕船的人, 船员
(19) through[ Wru: ]prep.穿过, 通过, 从开始到结束, 经由, 以adv.从头到尾, 自始至终, 直达
(20) crazy[ 5kreizi ]adj.疯狂的, 狂热的, (指建筑等)不安全的
(21) favorite[ 5feivErit ]n.特别喜欢的人(或物), 喜欢的事物, 亲信, 心腹, 幸运儿adj.喜爱的,
(22) academy[ E5kAdEmi ]n.(高等)专科院校, 研究院, 学会, 学术团体, 学院
(23) Oscar[ 5CskE ]n.奥斯卡
(24) ballet[ 5bAlei, bA5lei ]n.芭蕾舞, 芭蕾舞剧, 芭蕾舞乐曲
(25) expert[ 5ekspE:t ]n.专家, 行家, [军](特等)射手adj.老练的, 内行的, 专门的vt.在...
(26) musical[ 5mju:zikEl ]adj.音乐的, 悦耳的音乐喜剧
(27) scene[ si:n ]n.现场, 场面, 情景, 景色, 发生地点, [戏剧]一场, 布景, 道具布置
(28) Emmy[ 5emi ]n.艾美奖
(29) entertainment[entE5teinmEnt ]n.款待, 娱乐, 娱乐表演
(30) stroke[ strEuk ]n.击, 敲, 报时的钟声, (网球等)一击, (划船等)一划, (绘画等)一笔,
(31) honor[ 5CnE ]n.尊敬, 敬意, 荣誉, 光荣vt.尊敬, 给以荣誉
(32) institute[ 5institju:t ]n.学会, 学院, 协会vt.创立, 开始, 制定, 开始(调查), 提起(诉讼)
(33) athletic[ AW5letik ]adj.运动的


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1 gene WgKxx     
n.遗传因子,基因
参考例句:
  • A single gene may have many effects.单一基因可能具有很多种效应。
  • The targeting of gene therapy has been paid close attention.其中基因治疗的靶向性是值得密切关注的问题之一。
2 pirates cbb038d74db4fd0e22ac501524f92158     
n.海盗( pirate的名词复数 );剽窃者;侵犯版权者;非法播音的人(或组织)
参考例句:
  • Children dressed (themselves) up as pirates. 孩子们假扮成海盗。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
  • The pirates treated their captives with barbarity. 海盗们残暴地对待他们的俘虏。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
3 teaching ngEziT     
n.教学,执教,任教,讲授;(复数)教诲
参考例句:
  • We all agree in adopting the new teaching method. 我们一致同意采取新的教学方法。
  • He created a new system of teaching foreign languages.他创造了一种新的外语教学体系。
4 chase qUWyK     
vt.追逐,追赶,追求;n.追赶
参考例句:
  • The police grabbed the robbers after a long chase.警察经过长距离追赶后逮住了抢劫犯。
  • Would you chase me if I did?如果我逃开了,你会来追吗?
5 normally ln8zVb     
adv.正常地,通常地
参考例句:
  • I normally do all my shopping on Saturdays.我通常在星期六买东西。
  • My pulse beats normally.我脉搏正常。
6 acting czRzoc     
n.演戏,行为,假装;adj.代理的,临时的,演出用的
参考例句:
  • Ignore her,she's just acting.别理她,她只是假装的。
  • During the seventies,her acting career was in eclipse.在七十年代,她的表演生涯黯然失色。
7 released 23690fd759f17135ec9879b56ff2600c     
v.释放( release的过去式和过去分词 );放开;发布;发行
参考例句:
  • He was released on bail pending committal proceedings. 他交保获释正在候审。
  • With hindsight it is easy to say they should not have released him. 事后才说他们本不应该释放他,这倒容易。
8 athletic sOPy8     
adj.擅长运动的,强健的;活跃的,体格健壮的
参考例句:
  • This area has been marked off for athletic practice.这块地方被划出来供体育训练之用。
  • He is an athletic star.他是一个运动明星。
9 honor IQDzL     
n.光荣;敬意;荣幸;vt.给…以荣誉;尊敬
参考例句:
  • I take your visit as a great honor.您的来访是我莫大的光荣。
  • It is a great honor to receive that prize.能拿到那个奖是无上的光荣。

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