VOA标准英语2010年-Richmond's Jackson Ward Abounds in Bla
时间：2019-02-12 作者：英语课 分类：VOA标准英语2010年(二月)
America's first female bank president and vaudeville 1 entertainer Bojangles hail from same Virginia neighborhood
Ted 2 Landphair | Washington, DC 09 February 2010
The bright, well-kept home of Maggie Walker, now a National Historic Site, is, unfortunately, atypical for the economically depressed 3 neighborhood
In the years immediately following the American Civil War of the 1860s, thousands of African Americans, including former southern slaves and black northern soldiers, moved into a lively neighborhood in Richmond, Virginia - the capital city of the defeated Confederate States. It's Jackson Ward 4, which is remembered as the Harlem of the South, during this month's celebration of Black History Month.
Bill Bojangles Robinson's statue in Jackson Ward shows the flair 5 of the legendary 6 vaudeville and movie dancer.
Richmond is sometimes called the Monument City because of its boulevard of memorials to white, Confederate generals and admirals, as well as a lone 7 African American statue of tennis star Arthur Ashe. But in a grittier part of town stands another, far more jovial 8 statue. High on a pedestal, a concrete figure waves a bowler 9 hat above his head as he dances up a short flight of stairs.
Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, the pioneer tap dancer and singer who dazzled vaudeville and movie audiences in the 1920s and '30s, is Jackson Ward's most famous son.
During the first half of the 20th century in rigidly 10 segregated 11 Richmond, Robinson and other black celebrities 12 including bandleaders Duke Ellington, Cab Calloway and boxing champion Joe Louis frequented night spots and athletic 13 clubs on the Deuce. That's Second Street, the heart of the action in Jackson Ward.
This was the birthplace of black entrepreneurship in the United States. African Americans formed their own financial institutions and prospered 14 in medicine and law.
Maggie Walker, shown in this 1905 studio photo, was America's first female bank president
In 1903, a woman known as Miss Maggie, Maggie Lena Walker, became the first woman of any race to found and become president of an American bank.
Jackson Ward is largely blighted 15 these days, but the attractive Walker home is now a National Historic Site in the heart of the Harlem of the South.
- The standard length of a vaudeville act was 12 minutes.一个杂耍节目的标准长度是12分钟。
- The mayor talk like a vaudeville comedian in his public address.在公共演讲中，这位市长讲起话来像个歌舞杂耍演员。
- The invaders gut ted the village.侵略者把村中财物洗劫一空。
- She often teds the corn when it's sunny.天好的时候她就翻晒玉米。
- When he was depressed,he felt utterly divorced from reality.他心情沮丧时就感到完全脱离了现实。
- His mother was depressed by the sad news.这个坏消息使他的母亲意志消沉。
- The hospital has a medical ward and a surgical ward.这家医院有内科病房和外科病房。
- During the evening picnic,I'll carry a torch to ward off the bugs.傍晚野餐时，我要点根火把，抵挡蚊虫。
- His business skill complements her flair for design.他的经营技巧和她的设计才能相辅相成。
- He had a natural flair for business.他有做生意的天分。
- Legendary stories are passed down from parents to children.传奇故事是由父母传给孩子们的。
- Odysseus was a legendary Greek hero.奥狄修斯是传说中的希腊英雄。
- A lone sea gull flew across the sky.一只孤独的海鸥在空中飞过。
- She could see a lone figure on the deserted beach.她在空旷的海滩上能看到一个孤独的身影。
- He seemed jovial,but his eyes avoided ours.他显得很高兴，但他的眼光却避开了我们的眼光。
- Grandma was plump and jovial.祖母身材圆胖，整天乐呵呵的。
- The bowler judged it well,timing the ball to perfection.投球手判断准确，对球速的掌握恰到好处。
- The captain decided to take Snow off and try a slower bowler.队长决定把斯诺撤下，换一个动作慢一点的投球手试一试。
- Life today is rigidly compartmentalized into work and leisure. 当今的生活被严格划分为工作和休闲两部分。
- The curriculum is rigidly prescribed from an early age. 自儿童时起即已开始有严格的课程设置。
- a culture in which women are segregated from men 妇女受到隔离歧视的文化
- The doctor segregated the child sick with scarlet fever. 大夫把患猩红热的孩子隔离起来。
- He only invited A-list celebrities to his parties. 他只邀请头等名流参加他的聚会。
- a TV chat show full of B-list celebrities 由众多二流人物参加的电视访谈节目
- 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。
- The organization certainly prospered under his stewardship. 不可否认，这个组织在他的管理下兴旺了起来。
- Mr. Black prospered from his wise investments. 布莱克先生由于巧妙的投资赚了不少钱。