VOA建国史话(翻译+字幕+讲解):20世纪50年代的美国(下)
日期:2021-01-25 17:51

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Another famous actor was James Dean, best known for the nineteen fifty-five movie "Rebel without a Cause." That same year he died in a car accident at the age of twenty-four. In literature, there were writers and poets who came to be known as the "Beat Generation." These included Jack Kerouac, Gregory Corso and Allen Ginsberg. To them, much of life in nineteen-fifties America was empty and meaningless. The painter Jackson Pollock represented a spirit of rebellion in art. Pollock would drop paint onto a canvas. What did his works mean? People had to decide for themselves.

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In music, the rebel was Elvis Presley -- the king of rock and roll. Elvis was a twenty-one-year-old truck driver when he sang on television for the first time. Some parents and religious leaders thought he was a bad influence. They thought the way he moved his body to the music was too suggestive. But young people screamed for more. They listened to Elvis' music on records, on the radio and on the television program "American Bandstand." "American Bandstand" became the most popular dance party in America. Every week, young people danced to the latest songs in front of the TV cameras. But it wasn't all rock and roll. Whether on Bandstand-type television programs or at local "record hops," or at home, young Americans – and their parents – danced cheek to cheek to romantic ballads as well.

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Television in the nineteen-fifties included dramas acted live on TV. And there were quiz shows, and game shows, and comedy programs. If Elvis was the king of rock and roll, Lucille Ball was the queen of comedy. During the nineteen fifties, millions of Americans watched "I Love Lucy." Lucille Ball starred with her husband Desi Arnaz. They played Lucy and Ricky Ricardo. Ricky is a Cuban bandleader in New York. Lucy is a housewife who wishes she could be famous like her husband. What'll I have to do? You gonna get me back on the television show. How? I don't know how. But, if you don't, I'll... I will, Ricky. I'll get you back on the show. Don't even think of what you'll do if I don't.

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Lucille Ball and "I Love Lucy" were both big influences on generations of entertainers and TV comedy producers. Variety shows offered a mix of entertainment. Americans watched shows hosted by comics like Milton Berle, Jackie Gleason and Sid Caesar. Ed Sullivan was not a comedian, but for years his show brought new acts into American homes every Sunday night. Television shows were all in black-and-white. But one night in nineteen fifty-three, Americans got their own time-machine glimpse into the future of TV. It happened with an announcement during Sid Caesar's "Your Show of Shows." "This is Richard Harkness in Washington. This week will long be remembered in the annals of television, for on Thursday December seventeenth, the Federal Communications Commission approved Compatible Color Television." That meant that owners of TV sets could still watch programs broadcast in color, in black and white, instead of having to buy a new set. Color TV's popularity grew quickly, and the prices of color TVs came down, meaning more color TVs in American homes...and more and more programs produced in color.

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"The Following program is brought to you in Living Color on NBC." During the nineteen fifties, most of the people who appeared on television were white. If black actors appeared, they were usually in jobs working for white people. But in real life, a civil rights movement was beginning to gather strength. Legal battles were fought to end racial separation, especially in public schools. In nineteen fifty-four, the United States Supreme Court made a historic ruling. The case was known as Brown v. Board of Education. The court ruled that the requirement in some states for racially separate schools was unconstitutional. The court rejected the idea that schools for black students could be "separate but equal" to those attended by white students. By the nineteen sixties, the civil rights movement would shake American society. Dwight Eisenhower was president for most of the nineteen fifties. He faced the problems of communism, nuclear threats and racial tensions. "Ike" had a calm way of speaking to the public. Many Americans saw him as a fatherly president. They thought that even in a dark and dangerous world, everything would be all right.

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重点解析

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1.be known as 被称为;被称作

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This design came to be known as the Oriental style.

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2.at home 在家里;在国内

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3.more and more 越来越多的;越来越……

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4.instead of 替代;取代

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参考译文

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另一位著名的演员是詹姆斯·迪恩,他因1955年的电影《无因的反叛》而闻名#p=3TFc=Z^wN=JKs&。同年,他死于车祸,年仅24岁e_M12*tWbhgo+1O(3o。在文学界,有一些作家和诗人被称为“垮掉的一代”,其中包括杰克·凯鲁亚克、格雷戈里·科尔索和艾伦·金斯伯格fj02PX|foo38D。对他们来说,20世纪50年代美国的大部分生活既空虚又无意义UE|H*TS6[;,[M*+[g0aq。画家杰克逊·波洛克在艺术中表现出一种反叛精神,波洛克会把颜料滴到画布上~58=sw;z)_0。他的作品是什么意思?人们必须自己决定)RhIqnyomp[0i!

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在音乐方面,反叛者是埃尔维斯·普雷斯利——摇滚之王r]QCRUJN3|LC^。埃尔维斯首次在电视上唱歌时,是一名21岁的卡车司机Mftjx_KVr(;QZ7)。一些家长和宗教领袖认为他是一个坏影响,他们认为他随着音乐移动身体的方式太具暗示性why4T7YjU!fmj2~。但年轻人却渴望得到更多,他们通过唱片、收音机和电视节目《美国乐队》收听猫王的音乐ha6P4PquDn2iu[Z!9e%。《美国乐队》成为美国最受欢迎的舞会趴,年轻人每周都在电视前跟着最新的歌曲跳舞kJ2-qhgJi;vz9A5b6v。但节目中不全是摇滚乐,无论是在电台类型的电视节目中、在当地的“唱片舞动”节目中,还是在家里,美国年轻人和他们的父母也在浪漫的民谣伴奏下面对面地跳舞JSG@4xH%FVOn|dp

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20世纪50年代的电视节目包括直播的剧集EG84Y6zed)jo=O%Enrm。还有智力竞赛节目、游戏节目和喜剧节目Y%akGZIC+*txt。如果说猫王是摇滚之王,露西尔·鲍尔就是喜剧女王B9G]nU~G,Wa@hy0。在20世纪50年代,数以百万计的美国人观看《我爱露西》,该剧由露西尔·鲍尔与丈夫德西·阿纳兹主演,分别扮演露西和瑞奇·利卡多Y(p)0^PRoIFS|)0。瑞奇是纽约的古巴乐队指挥,露西是一名家庭主妇,她希望自己能像丈夫一样出名;Qpkq7~o@]8.qh。我该怎么办?你会让我重演电视节目的57#-fOJ*+9sL5hV。怎么办到?我不知道怎么办到fr@zR(g|R95Rymb。但如果你没法这么做,我会......我会的,瑞奇,我会让你重返剧集s=yIJ;vD6X5a=ZN。不要去想如果我不这么干,你会怎么做8wKZk~W_)!J

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露西尔·鲍尔和《我爱露西》都对一代又一代的演员和电视喜剧制作人产生了重大影响4V!vQf+gdpTj3。综艺节目提供了多种娱乐形式,美国人观看米尔顿·伯勒、杰基·格里森和希德·凯撒等漫画公司举办的节目t,E;9MtSrOz5Go^7M(。埃德·沙利文不是喜剧演员,但多年来,他的节目每周日晚上都给美国家庭带来新的表演tkzJePWDp=G5pFJmNb。电视节目都是黑白的,但是在1953年的一个晚上,美国人瞥见了电视的未来,这发生在西德·凯撒的《秀出你自己》的节目中mDkVH!.s*MhP|C5F。“我是华盛顿的理查德·哈克内斯Uib1eR5EcN~~Zw4iR。本周将在电视编年史上久负盛名,因为12月17日星期四,联邦通信委员会批准使用兼容彩色电视ZyY9lqq]n@|#zR2KRg。”这意味着电视机的拥有者仍然可以观看彩色、黑白的节目,而不必购买新的电视机WUvpBc5*fnF+。彩电的普及迅速增长,其价格也下降了,这意味着美国家庭中的彩电越来越多,彩色的电视节目也越来越多+Sbf.B8mk4

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“以下节目由NBC《活色生香》节目呈现TV8ksnC5,(。”在20世纪50年代,大多数出现在电视上的人都是白人z1zngW@0ZV@][!。如果黑人演员出现,他们通常扮演为白人工作的角色;5M20mWhG6E.a。但在现实生活中,一场民权运动开始积聚力量(F_(=f5R;exT;oJ。法律斗争用以结束种族隔离,特别是在公立学校RH@kJ_Gla4rP3B9];1。在1954年,美国最高法院作出了历史性的裁决_g%Kd.;*|mwV--EeDx。该案被称为布朗状诉教育委员会,法院裁定,在一些州要求学校实施种族隔离违反了宪法ZHY8c!IkTGlzyBk,P。法院驳回了黑人学生的学校可以与白人学生的学校“分开但平等”的观点|Cgj)_d#xsn^。法院驳回了可以把黑人学生所在学校实施种族隔离,但要与白人学生的学校平等对待的想法4s#aFKTZjf。到20世纪60年代,民权运动将动摇美国社会TNC+M8dIJt。德怀特·艾森豪威尔在20世纪50年代的大部分时间里出任总统,他面临着共产主义、核威胁和种族紧张等问题ym=iUnGFrJ*bUtVt0=。“艾克”以一种平静的方式向公众发表演讲aOdMIZUVnk66Sr1]。许多美国人视他为慈父般的总统,他们认为即使在黑暗危险的世界里,一切都会好起来oxHQ|u!QXD

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