VOA美国人物志(翻译+字幕+讲解):歌唱普通人和社会问题的音乐家—伍迪·格思里(2)
日期:2019-10-15 17:30

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I'm Mary Tillotson. And I'm Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program, PEOPLE IN AMERICA. Today, we complete our story about songwriter and singer Woody Guthrie.
Woody Guthrie grew up in Oklahoma and Texas during the nineteen twenties. A short time later, many farms in these states failed. Extreme dry weather ruined the soil. This area became known as the Dust Bowl.
Like many people, Woody left for California to find work. However, many people could only find work on farms gathering fruit or other crops. These workers often lived in camps with poor conditions.
Woody visited these farm worker camps. He played his guitar and sang songs he wrote that described the conditions at the camp he was visiting.
Labor union organizers in California found Woody Guthrie useful to their cause. They urged him to go to New York City to make recordings of his songs.
Woody liked the idea and left California for New York City in nineteen forty. There he met Alan Lomax, an expert on America's traditional music. Lomax worked for the United States Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. He collected and recorded traditional American folk music. When he heard Woody sing, Lomax knew he had found a true singer of American folk music.
Alan Lomax recorded many of Woody's songs for the Library of Congress. He also helped Woody find work in New York. One company agreed to record some of Woody's songs. The record he made was called "Dust Bowl Ballads." The songs told stories of people who had lost their land. Many music critics praised Woody and the songs he wrote.
Lomax also helped Woody get a job with CBS Radio. He sang and played folk music on a radio program that was broadcast across the United States.
Woody and several other musicians joined together to write political protest songs. One of these was Pete Seeger. Woody wrote performed with a group called the Almanac Singers. Later, some members of the group formed the folk singing group called the Weavers.
It was during this time in New York that Woody wrote what became his most famous song, "This Land is Your Land." He described the beauty and richness of America that he had seen during his travels. He believed America should be a place that belongs to rich and poor people alike. The first version of his song expressed opposition to private property.
In nineteen forty-one, the Interior Department asked Woody Guthrie to write songs supporting the building of the Bonneville Dam on the Columbia River in Washington state. He wrote twenty-six songs in a month. The best known of these is "Roll On Columbia."
Woody Guthrie wrote a book about his early life in Oklahoma and Texas. It was published in nineteen forty-three. He called it "Bound for Glory." He described his childhood, and the pain of watching his mother slowly becoming insane. He also wrote about his travels and the needy people he saw in many parts of America. One book critic wrote: "Someday, people are going to wake up and realize that Woody Guthrie and his songs are a national treasure, like the Yellowstone or Yosemite parks."
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During World War Two, Woody joined America's Merchant Marine. The Merchant Marine transported soldiers and supplies across the Atlantic Ocean to Europe. Later, Woody served in the Army. He returned to New York when the war ended.
Woody's wife had left him a few years earlier. In nineteen forty-five, he married Marjorie Mazia. She was a dancer with the Martha Graham dance group. Woody and Marjorie had a daughter named Cathy Ann. In nineteen fifty, Woody began writing songs for children. These became very popular. Here is one called "Riding in My Car." It shows his sense of fun and humor.
One day, while Woody and Marjorie were away, a fire started in their house. Their daughter Cathy Ann was severely burned. She died the next day. Woody was crushed by her death. He remembered how his sister had died the same way. He was never the same after Cathy Ann died. He had trouble earning money. He began drinking alcohol. Woody and Marjorie had several more children after Cathy Ann's death. But their marriage ended.
Woody Guthrie began noting something strange about himself. He found that the words he wrote often did not make sense. And he had sudden attacks of uncontrollable shaking. In nineteen fifty-two, doctors confirmed his worst fears. He had Huntington's chorea, the same disease of the brain and nervous system that had killed his mother. Woody Guthrie was forty years old.
There was no treatment for the disease. His condition got worse. In nineteen fifty-four, Woody Guthrie traveled one more time across America. He wanted to see the places where he had lived and the workers' camps where he had sung. Old friends had trouble recognizing him. Instead of a young man full of life, they saw an old man who could not speak clearly or control his shaking.
Finally, he entered a hospital because he could no longer care for himself. But while he seemed to be forgotten, his music was not. By the late nineteen fifties, folk music became popular again in the United States. More Americans began listening and playing the songs of Woody Guthrie.
Young folk singers, like Bob Dylan, came to New York to visit Woody in the hospital. Dylan and others copied the way Woody sang and played the guitar. And like Woody, they wrote protest songs that called for social and political justice.
Woody Guthrie remained in the hospital until he died in nineteen sixty-seven. His family and friends visited him each week. In the last years of his life, Woody could hardly speak. But his family and friends knew he still believed in the causes he had sung and written about all his life. They knew this because when they sang his songs, Woody's eyes would become brighter and his defiant spirit would shine through.

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重点解析

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参考译文

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我是玛丽·蒂洛森,我是史蒂夫·恩贝尔,这里是VOA慢速英语栏目《美国人物志》NlI8i.dZKHMsjV。今天我们继续讲述词曲作家和歌手伍迪·格思里的故事s|N5I3!8xCEZQw4Em.
20世纪20年代,伍迪·格思里在俄克拉荷马州和得克萨斯州长大!,I2M7U=O~ZjY56hF。不久之后,这些州的很多农场都失败了76qxrA^=amn。极度干旱的天气毁了土壤XMQ567V(36wpW;GlmWW。这些地区被称为尘暴区S5A)DKr=X7-s
像很多人一样,伍迪离开加州去找工作faJp2m;bFo83x*(。然而,很多人只能找到采摘水果或其他作物的农场工作FU[ybE]^rfgZ。这些工人经常居住在条件恶劣的营地;p*cnS.%PYrK~a_f50iU
伍迪参观过这些农场工人的营地sj(428*of5~FX3_。他弹奏吉他,演唱那些他创作的关于自己参观的营地状况的歌曲AeMN)Xdgr*9
加州工会组织者发现伍迪·格思里对他们的事业很有帮助XH;bOp|ia!)PmYlb.bE&。他们劝他去纽约录制他的歌曲eRKDg]0IM05#7W%O7nS
伍迪喜欢这个主意,并于1940年离开加利福尼亚前往纽约b^eYjF3+.OB^MAB0。在那里,他遇到了美国传统音乐专家艾伦·洛马克斯2.Efrb^M.Ndn)H。洛马克斯在华盛顿特区的美国国会图书馆工作l!|~hV(XjQ。他收集并录制美国传统民间音乐9oKTV*yu^,3。当洛马克斯听到伍迪唱歌时,他知道自己找到了一位真正的美国民谣歌手XNCV3;]IZ;B2CRf&.
艾伦·洛马克斯为美国国会图书馆录制了很多伍迪的歌曲NawC!iKUT^7KP。他也帮助伍迪在纽约找工作%xGn*zW-e]mB^#CV~。一家公司同意录制伍迪的一些歌曲dMpI.MC;.|W&V。他录制的专辑名为《沙尘暴民谣》%7aOej@Bnyku~ehYB。这些歌曲讲述了失去土地的人们的故事T@tkn#JDkv8|,。很多音乐评论家称赞了伍迪和他创作的音乐*E|-Cm#zzZ9_7MhY_
洛马克斯也帮助伍迪找到了一份在CBS电台的工作0.-M[yw#,!CvviBnsI9U。他在美国各地播出的一个电台节目中演唱民谣Tv^flEcB5s+aGv(
伍迪和其他几位音乐家一起创作政治抗议歌曲J=lt%2(-BL]l。其中之一就是皮特·西格s]|IpxGOQj5Jzy2W_P。伍迪和一个叫年历歌手的团体一起创作表演^L3jj&w(1KFq;vOg-。后来,这个团体的一些成员组建了名为织工合唱团的民谣团体2~j5DpPgL~=SYev610
就是在这段时间,伍迪在纽约创作了他最著名的歌曲《这是你的土地》[mE3e0^Go&Im!;kuc&。他描述了自己在旅行中看到的美国的美丽和富饶h0m=OTqz+N[bm68vi。他认为美国应该成为一个富人和穷人都享有的地方EV(7&wFUs=roFU~5。他在第一版的歌曲中反对了私有财产)d]%CS!daEd
1941年,内政部要求伍迪·格思里为华盛顿州哥伦比亚河上的博纳维尔大坝的建设创作歌曲e^ngLyQctao2GBY1c。他一个月内写了26首歌lUA5d)DtK8Ho_。其中最著名的是《哥伦比亚向前冲》XLrIUU~Qec^Q
伍迪·格思里写了一本关于他早年在俄克拉荷马州和得克萨斯州生活的书9O0;nz7l!lF!。它发表于1943年wVEK[91@8R|fe。他称之为《走向荣耀》Za(Q6S1[f&QqJ)。他描写了他的童年,还有看着他母亲慢慢变疯的伤痛=^l7&@hP4dlpy-AE(aa。他也写到了他的旅行和他在美国很多地方看到的贫困的人jOK[S4Guhi[BZm。一位书评家写道:“有一天,人们就会觉醒,意识到伍迪·格思里和他的歌曲就是国家宝藏,就像黄石公园和约塞米蒂国家公园一样%7*fI2EuhG)5iSH~。”
二战期间,伍迪加入了美国商船队zcn97_BHq^yNY+lh&~B|。商船渡过大西洋向欧洲运输士兵和供给B,wxPO^@rfe,L。后来,伍迪在军队中服役C3pnx,K8S.VLr。战争结束后他回到了纽约n2awSG*pZ~OC
伍迪的妻子几年前离开了他6zCD0SW=gX。1945年,他娶了马乔里·马西娅pK-_XFLq^+ef[。她是玛莎·格雷厄姆舞蹈团的舞蹈演员,mzd&jvNrh8olMR_LmLF。伍迪和马乔里有个女儿叫凯茜·安cjH^Xyjc!3TO6HGQ。在1950年,伍迪开始为儿童写歌bI_rpA@wAREFJRYSTPm。这些歌曲非常受欢迎%41Gf#,nHK7EraNZSbQf。这首歌名为《开着我的小汽车》hxF6YwTNsOyuDO0。歌曲展现了他的有趣和幽默%WoO6aB0fnbt5al5
一天,伍迪和马乔里没在家,家里找了火QFNHDTZZ]60XXFS@^jM。他们的女儿凯西被严重烧伤Pw@3h|l(ChSG-Jq)#C。凯西第二天死了zL#Y|2+_s~4-Pvk%G4B[。伍迪因女儿的死崩溃了@++CyC2K8awH。他记得他的妹妹也是这样死的kMv6[5Nww!u5i%5。凯西·安死后,他再也不是从前的自己了Rw,aHOQT&cG;.aT3*Ro。他很难再挣到钱f;j=%_-i^JJdu。他开始饮酒^xDTCQ4&O.UJ6!!L。凯西·安死后,伍迪和马乔里又有了几个孩子n+Rz9I@jw#,C%f2KEFh_。但是他们的婚姻结束了k*@NcgA&1VTcyn-+Q
伍迪·格思里开始意识到自己有些奇怪h;if@9D!40MCBLv。他发现他写的字常常是不对的1cKV3Xq|^brg,)=!。他会突然出现了不控制的颤抖kyw3ZwRb=1(bEfhm]w_。1952年,医生确诊了他最担心的疾病rl1~vM]u&55gz23k。他患有亨廷顿舞蹈病,这是一种大脑和神经系统的疾病,他的母亲就是死于这种病(9XIr=G2cwP.x@I,a8+。伍迪·格思里当时40岁w.A8uxkR_P1_NkZuxAS
没有方法能治疗这种疾病KI9HRCOu5eX。他的状况变得更糟了ho2s7K9-l_y*0(c#。1954年,伍迪·格思里再一次去美国各地旅行jhjDX#CzliQ_&。他想去自己曾生活过的地方,还有他曾唱过歌的工人营地l^!FU0])fJZc1Sq-a。老朋友很难认出他来tpa~Q*VsMnotqjVm。他们看到的不是一位充满生机的年轻人,而是一位谈吐不清、不能控制自己的颤抖的老人%PjzTmFds8pZ0H!
最终,他去了医院O23Sw1n7jn(J;H[^u6=)。因为他不能再照料自己了_drWk_(Y9]EuGV%P7。但是尽管他似乎被忘记了,他的音乐没有C3=P6Anl7fqJKa。20世纪50年代,民谣再次在美国流行起来%OF453]*ftpR=Z~IeU。更多的美国人开始聆听和演唱伍迪·格思里的音乐3V9kzo]Z0aHh
像鲍勃·迪伦这样的年轻的歌手来到纽约,去医院看望伍迪5EDveqVTgjV&~&。迪伦和其他人效仿了伍迪演唱和弹奏吉他的方式[o%YT*G3re。像伍迪一样,他们创作了呼吁社会和政治公平的抗议歌曲0MJygjYN+SzyowY;s+[4
伍迪·格思里一直在医院里,直到1967年去世G!6jBR*zjrm&mBIwU2。他的家人和朋友每周都来看他UP#W(X]FN0(2g!_^!q。伍迪在他生命的最后几年里,几乎不能说话mcqG@28l]01r|0A。但是但他的家人和朋友知道,他仍然相信他一生所唱所写的事业eNn4;q8.7X。他们知道这一点,因为在他们演唱伍迪的歌曲时,伍迪的眼睛会变得更亮,他的反抗精神将会闪耀lQ.SxQ_TXXpyf8Xtvm9

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重点单词
  • socialadj. 社会的,社交的 n. 社交聚会
  • popularadj. 流行的,大众的,通俗的,受欢迎的
  • protestn. 抗议,反对,声明 v. 抗议,反对,申明
  • uncertainadj. 不确定的
  • damn. 水坝,堤,障碍物 vt. 筑坝,抑制(情感等)
  • defiantadj. 挑衅的,目中无人
  • guitarn. 吉他
  • oppositionn. 反对,敌对,在野党
  • extremeadj. 极度的,极端的 n. 极端,极限
  • uncontrollableadj. 无法控制的;无法管束的;难以驾驭的