时间:2019-01-17 作者:英语课 分类:2017年NPR美国国家公共电台6月


英语课

 


RACHEL MARTIN, HOST:


It is a good time for the spoken word. There's a whole lot out there - from radio to podcasts to audio books. Turns out there are lots of choices out there for young audiophiles too.


(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "WOW IN THE WORLD")


THE POP UPS: Stay seated - three, two, one, ignition.


MARTIN: That is sound from a new podcast from NPR, for kids. It's called Wow In The World, and it's about science, technology and discovery.


(SOUNDBITE OF PODCAST, "WOW IN THE WORLD")


MINDY THOMAS, BYLINE 2: There are lots of different types of pollution to give a hoot 3 about.


GUY RAZ, BYLINE: Yeah.


THOMAS: There's water pollution and air pollution...


MARTIN: For the first piece in our series, What's My Kid Doing?, NPR's Elizabeth Blair explores lots of choices.


ELIZABETH BLAIR, BYLINE: There are children's podcasts for just about everything. For science, there's Brains On.


(SOUNDBITE OF PODCAST, "BRAINS ON")


UNIDENTIFIED GIRL: Internal combustion 4 engines create tiny explosions by combining fuel, air and heat.


BLAIR: Need help with bedtime? There's "Storynory."


(SOUNDBITE OF PODCAST, "STORYNORY")


UNIDENTIFIED MAN #1: Mr. Fox was strolling through the woods when he noticed a plump hen sitting on the branch of a tree.


BLAIR: And let's call it the self-help category - there's "Dream Big," co-hosted by 8-year-old Eva Karpman.


(SOUNDBITE OF PODCAST, "DREAM BIG")


EVA: One of Nicholas' biggest advice for you, big dreamers, is not to worry too much and the importance of keeping a positive attitude.


BLAIR: Most of these kids podcasts started with an adult.


JENNY TURNER HALL: We were dismayed that our kids were obsessed 5 with their screens.


BLAIR: Jenny Turner Hall is a writer and performer who lives in Maplewood, N.J. She and a few of her friends are fans of "Serial 6," a suspenseful 7, non-fiction podcast for adults.


TURNER HALL: As "Serial" broke new ground in podcasting and opened the possibilities of storytelling and really addictive 8 storytelling, we wanted to do that but bring it into the realm of a fiction and for kids.


BLAIR: The result, "The Unexplainable Disappearance 9 Of Mars Patel."


(SOUNDBITE OF PODCAST, "THE UNEXPLAINABLE DISAPPEARANCE OF MARS PATEL")


UNIDENTIFIED MAN #2: So if your mom or dad is listening, tell them not to pay attention. I created this podcast for you.


BLAIR: Mars Patel is a middle school student whose friends go missing one by one.


(SOUNDBITE OF PODCAST, "THE UNEXPLAINABLE DISAPPEARANCE OF MARS PATEL")


UNIDENTIFIED CHILD #1: She hasn't posted anything on Instagram all week. There's no one at her house.


UNIDENTIFIED CHILD #2: Just cause someone forgets to say goodbye doesn't mean she's missing. I mean, wouldn't her parents be freaking out?


UNIDENTIFIED CHILD #1: We don't even know where they are.


BLAIR: "The Unexplainable Disappearance Of Mars Patel" recently won a Peabody Award. Last year, The Guardian 10 named it one of the top 50 podcasts of the year for kids or adults. But best-of doesn't always mean most listened to. According to the data source Podtrac, less than 1 percent of podcast downloads are for those aimed at kids. Jenny Turner Hall admits kids podcasters have a ways to go.


TURNER HALL: We're continuing to try to reach people and let people know that something like this does exist, and we're not the only ones out there doing it.


BLAIR: Turns out audio just doesn't compete with screens, unless an adult introduces the idea.


Who even got the idea that audio books was a possibility?


OMAYMA AL-AWAR: Gosh, I don't even remember how it started.


KIYAN: It was you.


AL-AWAR: It was me?


KIYAN: Yep.


BLAIR: I spoke 1 with Omayma Al-Awar and her 9-year-old son Kiyan at their house in Washington, D.C. They didn't even know there were podcasts for kids, but they're big fans of audio books as a supplement to reading aloud together.


KIYAN: The first one that you got for me was, like, "Goosebumps."


AL-AWAR: Oh, that's right. It was before "Harry 11 Potter."


KIYAN: Yeah, then I got "Mouse And The Motorcycle."


AL-AWAR: And he's a voracious 12 listener. Let's put it this way (laughter). So it's...


KIYAN: I don't want to stop.


BLAIR: For now, young audiophiles like Kiyan are the exception, not the rule. But they may have a leg up on their peers academically. Past studies have shown that listening comprehension is a good predictor of reading success later on. Elizabeth Blair, NPR News.



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
  • 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。
n.署名;v.署名
  • 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。
n.鸟叫声,汽车的喇叭声; v.使汽车鸣喇叭
  • The sudden hoot of a whistle broke into my thoughts.突然响起的汽笛声打断了我的思路。
  • In a string of shrill hoot of the horn sound,he quickly ran to her.在一串尖声鸣叫的喇叭声中,他快速地跑向她。
n.燃烧;氧化;骚动
  • We might be tempted to think of combustion.我们也许会联想到氧化。
  • The smoke formed by their combustion is negligible.由它燃烧所生成的烟是可忽略的。
adj.心神不宁的,鬼迷心窍的,沉迷的
  • He's obsessed by computers. 他迷上了电脑。
  • The fear of death obsessed him throughout his old life. 他晚年一直受着死亡恐惧的困扰。
n.连本影片,连本电视节目;adj.连续的
  • A new serial is starting on television tonight.今晚电视开播一部新的电视连续剧。
  • Can you account for the serial failures in our experiment?你能解释我们实验屡屡失败的原因吗?
adj.悬疑的,令人紧张的
  • If his experiences then had been carefully recorded, it would undoubtedly have made a suspenseful and moving book. 若是把他所经历的事实记录下来,那就是一部充满着大智大勇,惊心动魄的小说。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
  • Lily is an atmospheric and suspenseful tale of love, loss and obsession. 这是一个关于爱情、失落与迷恋的故事,充满情调与悬疑色彩。 来自互联网
adj.(吸毒等)使成瘾的,成为习惯的
  • The problem with video game is that they're addictive.电子游戏机的问题在于它们会使人上瘾。
  • Cigarettes are highly addictive.香烟很容易使人上瘾。
n.消失,消散,失踪
  • He was hard put to it to explain her disappearance.他难以说明她为什么不见了。
  • Her disappearance gave rise to the wildest rumours.她失踪一事引起了各种流言蜚语。
n.监护人;守卫者,保护者
  • The form must be signed by the child's parents or guardian. 这张表格须由孩子的家长或监护人签字。
  • The press is a guardian of the public weal. 报刊是公共福利的卫护者。
vt.掠夺,蹂躏,使苦恼
  • Today,people feel more hurried and harried.今天,人们感到更加忙碌和苦恼。
  • Obama harried business by Healthcare Reform plan.奥巴马用医改掠夺了商界。
adj.狼吞虎咽的,贪婪的
  • She's a voracious reader of all kinds of love stories.什么样的爱情故事她都百看不厌。
  • Joseph Smith was a voracious book collector.约瑟夫·史密斯是个如饥似渴的藏书家。
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A.F.C
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treib
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X-ray Luminosity of cluster of galaxies