美国国家公共电台 NPR As Eclipse Madness Sweeps U.S., A Stonehenge Made Of Cars Prepares
时间：2019-01-16 作者：英语课 分类：2017年NPR美国国家公共电台8月
DAVID GREENE, HOST:
And we're going to turn now to Nebraska and a roadside attraction that mixes mysticism and Motown. It's Carhenge.
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UNIDENTIFIED MAN: Rising like monoliths from ancient times stands a formation of vintage American automobiles 1 which replicates 2 Stonehenge.
GREENE: I have to visit this place. It has been trapping tourists since the 1980s. And now, NPR's Geoff Brumfiel reports that Carhenge is gearing up for a moment in the sun, or rather, 2 minutes and 30 seconds in the shade. Carhenge is right in the path of this month's total solar eclipse.
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GEOFF BRUMFIEL, BYLINE 3: So I never thought I'd be waiting on hold with the Visitors Bureau of Alliance, Neb., but these are unusual times.
KEVIN HOWARD: Hi, Geoff.
BRUMFIEL: Hello. Is that Kevin?
HOWARD: Yeah, this is Kevin. I'm sorry.
BRUMFIEL: Kevin Howard is in charge of eclipse planning, and his phone is ringing nonstop because later this month, the moon's shadow will fall on Carhenge.
HOWARD: Holy cow, man. Guess what? There's going to be an eclipse.
BRUMFIEL: He says the ancients who built Carhenge back in 1987 didn't know about this eclipse. It was a local named Jim Reinders who wanted to build a version of Stonehenge as a tribute to his dad. Now, the original Stonehenge in England was used to mark celestial 4 events. It was built of giant rocks that prehistoric 5 people dragged for miles from the quarries 6. But Jim was an engineer, a practical-minded guy.
HOWARD: So he decided 7, if we build it out of cars, the wheels on them would greatly simplify the logistics.
BRUMFIEL: During a family reunion, Reinders' relatives rolled up with a bunch of old jalopies and erected 8 Carhenge. And people have been coming ever since.
HOWARD: Carhenge is one of the things that brought me to Alliance. I wanted to know - what's the magic? What's the thing that makes an upright junkyard into a tourist attraction?
BRUMFIEL: And how long have you been there now?
HOWARD: I've been there six years.
BRUMFIEL: Any insights?
HOWARD: I haven't figured it out at all.
BRUMFIEL: Howard says the town is expecting thousands to swarm 9 Carhenge for the eclipse. They're planning concerts, a softball tournament. The local churches will put out all their best spreads.
HOWARD: And there's nothing better than a meal at the church. Those ladies put out the good stuff.
BRUMFIEL: You know what else Carhenge will have? Plenty of parking. Geoff Brumfiel, NPR News.
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- When automobiles become popular,the use of the horse and buggy passed away. 汽车普及后，就不再使用马和马车了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Automobiles speed in an endless stream along the boulevard. 宽阔的林荫道上，汽车川流不息。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- The bluetongue virus replicates in the insect. 蓝舌病病毒在这种昆虫体内繁殖。
- The chameleon's skin replicates the pattern of its surroundings. 变色龙的皮肤可随环境的模式而改变颜色。
- His byline was absent as well.他的署名也不见了。
- We wish to thank the author of this article which carries no byline.我们要感谢这篇文章的那位没有署名的作者。
- The rosy light yet beamed like a celestial dawn.玫瑰色的红光依然象天上的朝霞一样绚丽。
- Gravity governs the motions of celestial bodies.万有引力控制着天体的运动。
- They have found prehistoric remains.他们发现了史前遗迹。
- It was rather like an exhibition of prehistoric electronic equipment.这儿倒像是在展览古老的电子设备。
- This window was filled with old painted glass in quarries. 这窗户是由旧日的彩色菱形玻璃装配的。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- They hewed out the stones for the building from nearby quarries. 他们从邻近的采石场开凿出石头供建造那栋房子用。 来自辞典例句
- 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。