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I'm Faith Lapidus. And I'm Doug Johnson with the VOA Special English program PEOPLE IN AMERICA. Today we tell about world famous country music performer Johnny Cash.
That was Johnny Cash singing his first major hit record, "I Walk The Line". It has sold more than two million copies since it was released in nineteen fifty-six.
Music industry experts say Johnny Cash recorded one thousand five hundred songs during his life. He sold more than fifty million records. He recorded not only country music, but religious songs, rock and roll, folk and blues.
Johnny Cash's music could be as dark as the black clothes he always wore. Those songs told stories about poor people, outlaws, prisoners, coal miners, cowboys and laborers. He sang about loneliness, death, love and faith. He also sang very funny songs, like this one, "A Boy Named Sue."
Johnny Cash was born in nineteen thirty-two in the southern state of Arkansas. His parents were poor cotton farmers. He worked in the fields alongside his parents, three brothers and two sisters.
He also listened to country music on the radio. He began writing songs and he performed on radio programs. After high school, he joined the United States Air Force. He served as a radio operator in Germany.
He returned to the United States in nineteen fifty-four and married Vivian Liberto. They moved to Memphis, Tennessee. He got a job selling kitchen equipment and went to school to learn how to be a radio announcer.
Cash formed a band with two friends and performed at local events. They began recording for Sun Records in Memphis. One of the songs Cash wrote became the first country music hit record for the company. It was "Cry, Cry, Cry."
Johnny Cash continued to record on his own for Sun Records. He performed all across the United States and Canada. He also appeared on radio and television shows. His next big hit record sold more than one million copies. It was a hit for a second time in nineteen sixty-eight after Johnny Cash recorded it live at Folsom Prison. It was "Folsom Prison Blues."
By nineteen fifty-eight, Johnny Cash was a successful recording artist, songwriter and singer. He was invited to perform at the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, Tennessee. He performed his music in front of live audiences in the United States and in other countries. But he was often afraid to perform in front of a lot of people. He began using drugs to help him perform and quickly became dependant on the drugs. His serious drug problem caused the end of his marriage.
Johnny Cash said he took drugs regularly for seven years during the nineteen sixties. Then he would drive cars and boats too fast and get into dangerous accidents that almost killed him. He finally decided that he needed to stop taking drugs. One of his best friends, country singer June Carter, helped him through this difficult time. The Carter family is considered one of the earliest country and western singing groups.
Johnny Cash and June Carter recorded together. They won a Grammy award in nineteen sixty-eight for best country and western performance by a group. The song was "Jackson."
Johnny Cash and June Carter were married in nineteen sixty-eight. They performed many times with the Carter family. She also helped him re-discover his Christian faith.
Years earlier, June Carter had written a song about her feelings for Johnny. His record of that song became one of his biggest hits, "Ring Of Fire."
Johnny Cash had his own television show and also acted in movies. He published two books about his life. He won many awards, including eleven Grammy Awards and the Kennedy Center Honors. He was elected to both the Country Music Hall of Fame and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. He also received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.
Johnny Cash suffered many health problems as he got older. When June Carter Cash died in May, two thousand three, his friends feared the worst. But Cash decided to continue recording.
He recorded more than fifty songs in the four months before he died on September twelfth, two thousand three, in Nashville. He was seventy-one years old.
Fans say that Johnny Cash's music was important because it told simple stories about life and death. They say he cared about social issues and continued to express support for those who are poor and without political power. One of the last songs he recorded was one made popular by the rock and roll group Nine Inch Nails. It is called "Hurt."
A reporter once asked Johnny Cash what he hoped people would remember about his music. Cash said he hoped people would remember that his music described the feelings of love and life. That it was different. And that it was honest.
重点解析
1.serve as担任…；充当…
Abrahim and my father stopped in front of one of the houses, and Abrahim pulled back the curtain that served as the door.
亚伯拉罕和我父亲在其中一所房子前面停下了脚步，亚伯拉罕揭开了当作门用的帘子。
2.all across遍及
But one thing that has diverted me all across the country is the relationship between time and distance.
但是有一件事情使我在横跨全国的过程中分了心，那就是时间与距离的关系。
3.get into进入；陷入
They are sometimes slow to approach people they are interested in, but once they get into a relationship, those relationships are pretty meaningful.
有时候他们接近感兴趣的人速度太慢，但是一旦进入一段关系，那么他们的关系就会非常有意义了。
4.For a second time再一次
For a second time, I retreated a step while my attacker relented in his attack.
我再一次后退了一步，同时，我的袭击者的攻击也减缓了。
5.in front of在…前面
In the distance is a clubhouse and standing in front of it are all his friends and other politicians who had worked with him.
在远处是一个俱乐部而且站在俱乐部前面的都是他的朋友和以前与他一起工作过的政客。
6.care about关心
So your goal in these early conversationsis to let your team members know you care about them as individuals and you’rethere to help them achieve their goals.
所以，刚开始的这些谈话中，你的主要目标应该是让团队成员觉得，你关心他们每一个人，并且乐于帮助他们实现目标。
参考译文
我是菲丝·拉伯蒂斯，我是道格·约翰逊，这里是VOA慢速英语栏目《美国人物志》。今天我们讲述世界著名的乡村音乐演奏家约翰尼·卡什的故事。
这首是约翰尼·卡什演唱的他的大热歌曲《勇往直前》。自从1956年这张唱片发行以来，它已经卖出了200多万张。音乐界专家说，约翰尼·卡什一生录制了1500首歌曲。约翰尼·卡什的唱片卖出了5000多万张。他不仅录制乡村音乐，还录制宗教歌曲、摇滚乐、民谣和蓝调音乐。
约翰尼·卡什的音乐就像他一直穿的黑色衣服一样黑暗。他的这些歌曲讲述了穷人、亡命之徒、囚犯、煤矿工人、牛仔和劳工的故事。他的歌曲表现了孤独、死亡、爱和信仰。他还唱了一些很有趣的歌，比如说这首《名为苏的男孩》。
约翰尼·卡什于1932年出生在阿肯色州南部。他的父母是贫穷的棉农。他和他的父母，三个兄弟和两个姐妹一起在地里干活。
约翰尼·卡什还听收音机里的乡村音乐。他开始写歌，并在广播节目中表演。高中毕业后，他加入了美国空军。他作为无线电报务员在德国任职。
他在1954年回到美国并与薇薇安·利博托结婚。他们夫妇搬到了田纳西州的孟菲斯。卡什找到了一份销售厨房设备的工作，并去学校学习如何成为一名电台播音员。
卡什和两个朋友组成了一个乐队，并在当地的活动中表演。他们开始在孟菲斯为太阳唱片公司录制唱片。卡什创作的一首歌曲成为该公司的第一张畅销乡村音乐唱片。这张唱片就是《哭吧，哭吧，哭吧》。
约翰尼·卡什继续为太阳唱片公司录制自己的唱片。他的表演遍及美国和加拿大。他还出现在广播和电视节目中。他的下一张大热唱片销量超过一百万张。1968年，约翰尼·卡什在福尔森监狱现场录制了这首歌，这是它的第二次走红。这首歌就是《福尔森监狱蓝调》。
到1958年，约翰尼卡什已成为一个成功的唱片艺术家，词曲作者和歌手。他被邀请在田纳西州纳什维尔的大奥普里剧院表演。卡什在美国和其他国家的现场观众面前表演他的音乐。但是他经常害怕在很多人面前表演。
卡什开始吸毒来帮助自己表演，很快他就对毒品产生了依赖性。他严重的毒品问题导致了他婚姻的结束。约翰尼·卡什说他在20世纪60年代有七年的时间经常吸毒。然后，他会把车和船开得太快，然后发生几乎要了他的命的危险事故。他最后决定他需要停止吸毒。他最好的朋友之一，乡村歌手琼·卡特帮助他度过了这段困难时期。卡特家族被认为是最早的乡村音乐和西方音乐团体。
约翰尼·卡什和琼·卡特一起录制了歌曲。他们在1968年获得格莱美奖最佳乡村和西部音乐团体表演奖。这首歌就是《杰克逊》。
约翰尼·卡什和琼·卡特于1968年结婚。他们和卡特家族一块表演了很多次，琼·卡特还帮助卡什重新唤起了自己的基督教信仰。
几年前，琼·卡特就写了一首关于她对约翰尼感情的歌。而约翰尼录制了这首歌之后，它成为了他的最热门歌曲之一。这首歌就是《火圈》。
约翰尼·卡什有自己的电视节目，他也演过电影。他出版了两本关于他的生活的书。他获得了许多奖项，包括11项格莱美奖和肯尼迪中心奖。约翰尼·卡什也被选为乡村音乐名人堂和摇滚名人堂的成员。他也获得了格莱美终身成就奖。
随着年龄的增长，约翰尼·卡什遭受了许多健康问题。当琼·卡特·卡什在2003年5月去世时，他的朋友们担心最坏的情况可能发生。但是卡什决定继续录制唱片。
他于2003年9月12日于纳什维尔去世，享年71岁。在去世前的4个月里，他录制了50多首歌曲。
歌迷们说约翰尼·卡什的音乐很重要，因为它讲述了简单的生与死的故事。他们说，约翰尼·卡什关心社会问题，并持续对那些贫穷和没有政治权力的人表示支持。卡什最后录制的歌曲之一《受伤》因摇滚乐队九寸钉乐队的演唱而流行起来。
一个记者曾问约翰尼·卡什，他希望人们怎样铭记自己的音乐。卡什回答说，他希望人们记得自己的音乐表达了爱和生活的感觉。这种感觉是不同的，同时也是真诚的。
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