VOA建国史话(翻译+字幕+讲解):20世纪50年代的美国(上)
日期:2021-01-19 18:12

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Welcome to THE MAKING OF A NATION – American history in VOA Special English. I'm Steve Ember. Imagine a time machine. You've just climbed into it for the purpose of visiting the United States – in the nineteen-fifties. What would you expect to find? In the nineteen fifties, America was a nation whose population was growing as never before. It was a nation where the popular culture of television was both reflecting and influencing its lifestyle. But it was also a nation that believed it was on the edge of nuclear war.

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Americans were happy to put World War Two behind them. The war ended in nineteen forty-five. People were hopeful. They thought the world would be peaceful for a while. By nineteen fifty, however, political tensions were high again. The United States and the Soviet Union were allies in World War Two. But, after the war, they became enemies in what came to be known as the Cold War. Communists took control of one eastern European nation after another. The Soviet Union led by Josef Stalin strengthened its armed forces. However, the United States thought America alone possessed the most powerful weapon of all -- the atomic bomb. But in nineteen forty-nine, a United States Air Force plane discovered strange conditions in the atmosphere. What was causing them? The answer came quickly: the Soviet Union had tested its own atomic bomb.

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The nuclear race was on. The two nations competed to build weapons of mass destruction. A "doomsday clock" on the cover of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists warned of a growing danger of nuclear destruction. Members of that group were afraid of what science had produced, and even more afraid of what it could produce. By nineteen forty-nine, the time on the doomsday clock was three minutes to midnight. In nineteen fifty, North Korea invaded South Korea. The Korean War increased efforts in the United States to develop a weapon even more deadly than the atomic bomb. That weapon was the hydrogen bomb. The Soviets were also working to develop their own hydrogen bomb. Some Americans built bomb shelters in their backyards, hoping to have a safe place for their families in case of a nuclear attack. Other Americans, however, were tired of being afraid. After years of sacrifice, they wanted to enjoy the good life in a growing economy. Nineteen fifty-two was a presidential election year. Americans elected Dwight Eisenhower, a military hero of World War Two. The years after the war produced the Baby Boom generation. In nineteen fifty there were twenty-four million young children in America. By nineteen sixty that number was thirty-five million.

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More families meant the need for more houses. And bigger families needed bigger houses. In nineteen fifty alone, almost one and a half million new homes were built in America. Most of these new houses were located in suburbs, the areas outside cities. People moved to the suburbs because they thought the schools there were better than city schools. They also liked having more space for their children to play in. More space meant children had room to lay out electric train sets. In a lot of American homes, playing with electric trains was an activity that brought the whole family together. Television ads for Lionel trains even featured baseball great Joe DiMaggio. "Lionel Trains proudly present The Joe DiMaggio Show, starring the Yankee Clipper, Joe DiMaggio himself." The late nineteen fifties brought the Barbie doll and a big circular tube of colorful plastic called the Hula Hoop. People had to learn to move their hips in a circular motion, like a hula dancer in Hawaii, to spin it around their body. Hula Hoops became hugely popular in America.

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Also popular was the poodle cut -- not for dogs, but for women who wanted to look stylish. They fixed their hair into lots of small curls, like the hair on a poodle. Actress Mary Martin had made the poodle cut famous in the musical "South Pacific." That play opened on Broadway in New York in nineteen forty-nine and ran into the early nineteen-fifties. In Hollywood, one of the biggest movie stars of the nineteen fifties was Marilyn Monroe. She starred in films like "Gentleman Prefer Blondes" in nineteen fifty-three. Her platinum-blonde hair style also became popular among American women. "I woke up this morning, you know, and the sun was shining. And it was nice, and all that type of stuff. And the first thing, I saw you, and I said, now, boy this is gonna be one terrific day..."

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重点解析

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1.for a while 暂时;片刻

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For a while, she lost the use of her limbs.

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2.even more 更加;更多

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She's even more intelligent than her sister.

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3.lots of 大量的;许多的

There are lots of people there who can actually help you.

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4.become popular 流行起来;受欢迎

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Why did a foreign festival become popular in China?

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为什么外国节日在中国很受欢迎?

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参考译文

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欢迎收听VOA慢速英语之建国史话节目,我是史蒂夫·恩伯X@nocie;-b5#WTI!L6。想象有一台时间机器,你爬进去想去探访20世纪50年代的美国Q-BaZ,Sr4f|!_Z5g_。你希望会发现什么?20世纪50年代,美国的人口空前增长,电视流行文化既反映又影响着国民的生活方式v)hG+2iNJ1eOR。但它也是一个认为自己处于核战争边缘的国家J0=o8OQa#M_Wr|+jjo

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美国人很高兴二战于1954年结束了,人们满怀希望,他们认为世界会处于一段时间的和平时期B%4C4Q34%RV。然而到1950年,政治紧张局势再次高涨g%LE]fa3.X-V6]Op。美国和苏联在二战中是盟友,但在战后,他们成为了后来被称为冷战的敌人_yMXB6~99%+。共产党控制了一个又一个东欧国家,斯大林领导的苏联加强了武装力量FI=paAhpKkoof1t7OS。然而,美国认为只有自己拥有最强大的武器——原子弹H8^lJ[2R.&KY。但在1949年,一架美国空军飞机在大气层中发现了奇怪的情况,是什么导致出现这种情况?很快就有了答案:苏联在测试原子弹0TRj0)JU0(.p(

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核竞赛由此开启,这两个国家竞相制造大规模杀伤性武器wD2O10zmSqnqp。《原子科学家公报》封面上的“世界末日钟”是一种警示,核毁灭的危险越来越大]4B1X0k*,#H。该群体的成员害怕科学已经制造出的产物,但他们更害怕科学可能制造出的东西SGxG)#.]y11。1949年,世界末日时钟上显示的时间是还差3分钟就到午夜了mSeK.EU[Ic[llb9j=Qs。1950年,朝鲜入侵韩国dZ04J0-;a=^xO1,N。朝鲜战争加大了美国研制比原子弹更致命武器的力度,这种武器就是氢弹TD4^tp7FyqA5S4i。苏联也在努力研制氢弹dl;ng-xb~^Z~#s。一些美国人在后院建了防空洞,希望能为家人提供一个安全的地方,以防发生核攻击D^pofOuU3Ua8。然而,其他美国人已经厌倦了恐惧ep~rKYO!T3_z(。经历了多年的牺牲,他们想在经济增长中享受美好的生活gR.Cb^!z1v%VxF&E(。1952年是总统选举年,美国人选举艾森豪威尔为二战的军事英雄%Psvt|c3.5

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战后迎来了婴儿潮一代*WSFWbQH_7Io[jW。1950年,美国有2400万儿童出生7hk72)zxiwJlvO。到1960年,该数字是3500万jqwY3IvJAB8ZrrCXxT。更多的家庭意味着需要更多的房子,更大的家庭需要更大的房子EV&+96pSrVm6-MBTO.5e。仅1950年,美国就建造了将近150万套新房Fmg&OSK2sHG5uA。这些新房大多位于郊区,即城市以外的地区A~^!B9&wUo6。人们搬到郊区,因为他们认为那里的学校比城里的好,他们也喜欢拥有更多的空间让孩子玩耍o0EZO~=BvO2x;。更多的空间意味着孩子们有空间放置电动火车+2+ufta2aM0;,%l4。在许多美国家庭中,玩电动火车是让全家团聚的活动JcOp!vki~)k。莱昂内尔火车的电视广告中甚至出现了棒球巨星乔·迪马吉奥(WB46L5f。“莱昂内尔火车联手扬基快船、乔·迪马乔,自豪地主持了乔·迪马乔秀节目ecb,yf9,sXn。”20世纪50年代末,出现了芭比娃娃和一种叫呼啦圈的彩色塑料大圆管9Is)xM3kw00。人们要学着像夏威夷草裙舞演员那样,以圆周运动的方式移动臀部,使臀部绕着身体旋转LddcitpwGBv。呼啦圈在美国大受欢迎QE+,hg9qZBfc5ixAsHI+

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同样受欢迎的还有小鬈球,这不是给狗剪毛,而是给那些想看起来时髦的女人剪头发W7+7wpN*VIEfBDwSM。她们把头发固定成许多小卷发,就像贵宾犬的毛发一样x4_K8b,HDF7xg#D0)。女演员玛丽·马丁在音乐剧《南太平洋》中的演出让小鬈球这种发型出名,该剧于1949年在纽约百老汇上映,并一直上演到20世纪50年代初yCX01ipCVVanyIrr9yD。在好莱坞,20世纪50年代最重要的电影明星之一是玛丽莲·梦露=|M3u@^*]U。她主演的电影,如1953年的《绅士爱美人》,她那淡银灰色的发型也受到美国女性的欢迎qdBAeTZRvB!T[q1izy。“你知道,我今早醒来,阳光明媚,感觉很好,诸如此类GuS0w3]i[#_Oa76Kk。我看到你后的第一件事,我说,孩子,这将是了不起的一天......”

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