VOA标准英语2013--华盛顿年轻人"让哥伦比亚特区"微笑
时间:2019-01-03 作者:英语课 分类:VOA常速英语2013年(十月)
Young Washingtonian Makes DC Smile 华盛顿年轻人"让哥伦比亚特区"微笑
Many consider Mondays to be the worst day of the week. And for many years, so did thirty year-old Washington night club promoter Massoud Adipour. A little more than a year ago, he decided 1 to change that, both for himself and his community. Little did he know, the project would evolve to something much larger. He says that making Monday commuters smile has had a big impact on his own life.
“My life has probably changed 180 degrees since the start of the project just because by doing these projects I am reminded of these simple messages that I need as reminders 2 in my own life.
My name is Massoud Adipour and I am the founder 3 of Make DC Smile.
I decided to put on my 'bucket list' [list of things someone wants to do before he/she dies, or “kicks the bucket”] to hold up a sign 'Honk 4 if you love someone' at a busy intersection 5. So I just got a couple of people involved and we started in August of 2012 and we did it for 6 months straight every Monday once a week. And it kind of developed into other projects and we turned it into an overall project called 'Make DC Smile'.
It was kind of like a social experiment at first but at the end of the day it turned into more than that. We realized after 5 minutes a lot people of were waving, they were smiling…you could just see the difference in people’s faces.
Of course at first you think its kind of weird 6 because it’s like what are you doing? You’re going to a busy intersection on a Monday morning? I decided Monday is the day of the week that no one looks forward to the most…including myself.
Every day is like a battle sometimes because we go into work and sometimes we don’t have time for the things we truly love in life…
People expect when you’re out here that you’re protesting or something that is very political or negative since we’re in DC but I don’t know its just something that is just vey simple that everyone needs.
Today my girlfriend joined me for sign holding. She’s been there since the start. It was like a week after [I met her] that I wanted to do sign holding so I told her hey we’re doing this sign holding event and we’re just showing positive messages to random 7 strangers.”
“You know of course at first I was like this is crazy. Why would we do this? But we were pretty quick to realize that it was making a bigger impact than we all realized," said Bonnie Culpepper.
“It’s been great because we’ve been able to share this special project not just with ourselves but with the entire community, the country and the world. So it's been very special," said Adipour.
“I think that stepping outside of your comfort zone is a really big drive of the project and that’s something that I’ve definitely learned from Massoud. You know you learn to live a fuller life by doing so," said Culpepper.
“Its just one of those things that sometimes its hard to get up but when you come out here and you actually experience it first hand then you realize the difference that you’re making…so I don’t know its just a small thing that add up to something bigger in life. So this is kind of the point of the project. I don’t know I think there’s a bright future for it," said Adipour.
- This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
- There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。
- The film evokes chilling reminders of the war. 这部电影使人们回忆起战争的可怕场景。
- The strike has delayed the mailing of tax reminders. 罢工耽搁了催税单的投寄。
- He was extolled as the founder of their Florentine school.他被称颂为佛罗伦萨画派的鼻祖。
- According to the old tradition,Romulus was the founder of Rome.按照古老的传说,罗穆卢斯是古罗马的建国者。
- Don't honk the horn indiscriminately.不要乱鸣喇叭!
- While passing another vehicle,you must honk your horn.通过另一部车时必须鸣按喇叭。
- There is a stop sign at an intersection.在交叉路口处有停车标志。
- Bridges are used to avoid the intersection of a railway and a highway.桥用来避免铁路和公路直接交叉。
- From his weird behaviour,he seems a bit of an oddity.从他不寻常的行为看来,他好像有点怪。
- His weird clothes really gas me.他的怪衣裳简直笑死人。