VOA慢速英语2011--American Music Students in Kenya
时间：2018-12-16 作者：英语课 分类：2011年VOA慢速英语(九)月
Education Report - American Music Students in Kenya
This is the VOA Special English Education Report. Current and former students from Berklee College of Music in Boston recently returned to the United States after three weeks in Kenya. They were part of a cultural exchange program aiming to influence lives through music. They taught music, performed and donated instruments to a Kenyan community center. They also learned about traditional Kenyan music.
Music is an important part of life in Kenya.
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SAM LUTOMIA: “Growing up, I sang a lot in school. And we had competitions and choir 1 and music every year.”
Sam Lutomia works for the Berklee College of Music. He was born and spent his early years in Kenya.
SAM LUTOMIA: “When I moved to the States, I get exposed to a higher level of music. And I was like, ‘Is there something I can do not that I’m in the States?’”
He helped to create a group called Global Youth Groove 2. Its goal is to bring western music to young Kenyans, and get them to consider music as a career.
SAM LUTOMIA: “I started talking with students at Berklee College of Music and faculty 3 members, and they all responded positively 4. And we started collecting instruments.”
Thirteen Americans made the trip to Kenya in July. They included four high school students from the Boston area. One of them was Marina Miller 5.
MARINA MILLER: “We started out in Nairobi. We got a chance to meet with local musicians and listen to them play.”
Project coordinator 6 Aaron Colverson says the Americans presented a gift during a visit to Kakamega in western Kenya.
AARON COLVERSON: “We’ve gathered like 20 instruments. We had some recorders and also an entire drum kit 7, lap tops and recording 8 software.”
Many Kenyans attended the activities offered by the group.
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Berklee student David Chapman says for some of the Kenyans, it was the first time to see and touch such instruments.
DAVID CHAPMAN: “Their music classes would just be them reading books about western instruments.”
Aaron Colverson says music can give someone a sense of power.
AARON COLVERSON: “When you put music in front of kids, it seems that their minds open up. Music gives them a chance to express themselves through songs and writing the songs.”
The American group also performed at a national music festival. During the trip, Aaron Colverson says, they met with local musicians and listened to them play. They also learned about traditional Kenyan instruments, dances and songs.
AARON COLVERSON (singing in Swahili): “It’s pretty music to say nice to meet you, in Kenya where there are no worries.”
Trip organizer Sam Lutomia says he is happy with the levels of energy the exchange program has produced. He hopes the trip will take place every year and expand to neighboring countries. I’m Bob Doughty 9.
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Contributing: Faiza Elmasry
- The choir sang the words out with great vigor.合唱团以极大的热情唱出了歌词。
- The church choir is singing tonight.今晚教堂歌唱队要唱诗。
- They're happy to stay in the same old groove.他们乐于墨守成规。
- The cupboard door slides open along the groove.食橱门沿槽移开。
- He has a great faculty for learning foreign languages.他有学习外语的天赋。
- He has the faculty of saying the right thing at the right time.他有在恰当的时候说恰当的话的才智。
- She was positively glowing with happiness.她满脸幸福。
- The weather was positively poisonous.这天气着实讨厌。
- Every miller draws water to his own mill.磨坊主都往自己磨里注水。
- The skilful miller killed millions of lions with his ski.技术娴熟的磨坊主用雪橇杀死了上百万头狮子。
- The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, headed by the Emergency Relief Coordinator, coordinates all UN emergency relief. 联合国人道主义事务协调厅在紧急救济协调员领导下，负责协调联合国的所有紧急救济工作。
- How am I supposed to find the client-relations coordinator? 我怎么才能找到客户关系协调员的办公室？
- The kit consisted of about twenty cosmetic items.整套工具包括大约20种化妆用品。
- The captain wants to inspect your kit.船长想检查你的行装。