1、标题：voa慢速英语:音乐俱乐部成为人生课堂对应音频：1104a.mp3听力内容：Music Teacher in Boston Offers Life Lessons to Young PeopleThis is the VOA Special English Education Report.Twenty-five-year-old Rick Aggeler says he discovered early in life that music is magic.RICK AGGELER: Music made me feel like anything was possible.At t
2、he age of seven, a medical condition required him to have a brain operation. It also prevented him from playing sports. So his mother suggested that he learn to play drums instead.RICK AGGELER: I started playing drums with Ronit Glick. She was my elementary teacher. I remember just the joy it brough
3、t to me. It was my favorite thing. Sixth grade was a new school to me and I had a hard time kind of getting along with all the kids. And Ms. Glick just took me in and I had so much fun at the program. It just felt great all the time.Rick Aggeler graduated from the Berklee College of Music in Boston,
4、 Massachusetts, in two thousand seven. While there, he volunteered as a music teacher at a youth center in the Dorchester neighborhood of Boston.He helped create a small music club within the center. The Music Clubhouse at the Blue Hill Boys and Girls Club quickly grew.Young people come to the Music
5、 Clubhouse after school and during summer break. The club provides a safe environment to learn to play instruments and to perform together in bands. The club even has its own recording studio.(MUSIC-Super Hero)The club has released two albums. Super Hero is one of the songs from the second album, Be
6、cause of You.Fourteen-year-old Javon Martin performs under the name Yung Fresh. He joined the Music Clubhouse three years ago.YUNG FRESH: It has impacted my life in a big way because I never thought I would be doing this. We now give shows. Im on the radio. People are actually starting to see me as
7、like an artist.(MUSIC: Blue Hill Shuffle)Ten-year-old Akheylah Hunter joined the club last year but did not play an instrument. Now, she plays piano and sings in a band. What she likes best, she says, is performing.AKHEYLAH HUNTER: We performed in different places like at Berklee College of Music. W
8、e go on trips, like we went to the House of Blues and we went on stage and we performed, and it was very fun.The Music Clubhouse opened three years ago and has served almost five hundred young people. Rick Aggeler says preparing and performing is good for them.RICK AGGELER: I can see what it does fo
9、r them, and it just develops confidence. Its also an escape. A big problem we have in the neighborhood is obviously gangs, and family dynamics. And we have a lot of challenges. We can have those conversations and then they can write, too. They can rap about it and kind of let it out a little bit.(MU
10、SIC-Wake Up)Rick Aggeler says he is happy but not surprised by the results of the Music Clubhouse at the Blue Hill Boys and Girls Club.RICK AGGELER: As much fun as I do have drumming and performing live, its definitely more rewarding and more fun, watching these kids grow up and develop.And thats th
11、e VOA Special English Education Report. Im Steve Ember.这里是VOA特别英语教育报道。25岁的Rick Aggeler说，他很早就发现了音乐是神奇的。Rick Aggeler：“音乐让我感觉到任何事情都是有可能的。”7岁的时候，一场疾病使他不得不进行脑部手术，还导致他不能进行体育运动。所以，他的母亲建议他学习击鼓。Rick Aggeler：“我开始跟Ronit Glick学习击鼓。她是我的启蒙老师。我只记得击鼓带给我的快乐，这是我最喜欢的事情。六年级对我来说是一所新的学校，我难以和所有孩子相处。Glick夫人接纳了我，我在击鼓中找到了许多乐
12、趣。它让我一直感觉到非常好。”2007年，Rick Aggeler从马萨诸塞州的波士顿伯克利音乐学院毕业。在那里，他志愿担任波士顿多而且斯特社区青少年中心的音乐老师。他帮助在该中心建立了一个小的音乐俱乐部。Blue Hill Boys and Girls俱乐部的音乐俱乐部Music Clubhouse迅速发展起来。年轻人在放学后和暑假期间来到Music Clubhouse。该俱乐部为孩子们学习乐器和与乐队表演创造了安全带环境。该俱乐部甚至拥有自己的录音工作室。该俱乐部已经发布了两张专辑。“超级英雄”是第二章专辑“因为你”中的一首歌曲。14岁的Javon Martin以Yung Fresh这个名
13、字进行演出。他于三年前加入Music Clubhouse。Yung Fresh：“这个俱乐部极大地影响了我的一生，因为我从未想过我能做这些。我们现在进行演出，上电台。人们开始像艺术家一样看待我。”10岁的Akheylah Hunter去年加入该俱乐部，但是当时并不会乐器。现在，她可以弹钢琴，也可以在乐队中演唱。她说，她最喜欢的就是演出。Akheylah Hunter：“我们在不同的地方演出，例如伯克利音乐学院。我们进行旅行，我们会去House of Blues，我们也登台演出，真的非常有趣。”Music Clubhouse三年前开办，已经为大约500名年轻人提供了服务。Rick Aggeler
14、说，准备和表演对他们非常有益。Rick Aggeler：“我可以看到参加这个俱乐部对他们的影响，使他们树立了信息，同时也是一种逃脱。我们在社区中面临的一个重大问题就是犯罪团伙和家庭暴力。我们面临许多挑战。我们可以进行这样的对话，他们也可以写下来。他们可以唱出来，可以进行宣泄。”Rick Aggeler说，对于Music Clubhouse俱乐部的成果，他感到高兴，但是并不惊讶。Rick Aggeler：“击鼓和现场表演对我来说是很大的乐趣，但是亲眼见证这些孩子的成长是更大的奖励，是更有趣的事情。”1.magic a.神奇的,魔术的,魔术般的,不可思议的例句：Their latest recor
15、d is really magic. 他们的最新唱片真是棒极了。2.volunteer vt.vi.自动提供, 自愿效劳例句：How many of them volunteered? 他们当中有多少人愿意自愿效劳? My friend volunteered an interesting piece of news. 我的朋友自动说了一则有趣的消息。3.album n.（唱片或盒式磁带等上的）音乐专辑，歌曲专辑；歌集唱片，唱片例句：Will you look over his album? 你要不要去看看他的歌集唱片?4.dynamics n.动力学、力学5.definitely adv.明
16、确地, 确切地例句：He ll definitely be back by the weekend. 周末以前他肯定会回来。6.rewarding adj.报答的;值得做的;有益的;有报酬的;值得的例句：a satisfying as well as a financially rewarding career 令人满意且薪水丰厚的职业I did not expect the job to be intrinsically rewarding.我并没有期望这份工作本身会有什么好处。1.Twenty-five-year-old Rick Aggeler says he discovered ea
17、rly in life that music is magic.1)“人 + be + 数字 + （ years old ）”表“某人多少岁了”。如： The little girl is eight （years old）。 这个小女孩 8 岁了。She is only one and a half （years old）。 她只有一岁半。2)“ ones age + be + 数字”表“某人的年龄是多少。如： My grandmas age is eighty. 我奶奶已 80 高龄了。Their ages are eleven and thirteen. 他们的年龄是 11 岁和 13
18、岁。3)“ in ones + 整十数的复数形式”表“某人的岁数是多少了”。如： （be） in ones teens 十几岁（ 13-19 岁）（be） in ones twenties / thirties / forties / … 二十多岁 / 三十多岁 / 四十多岁……如： In the 1870s， when Marx was already in his fifties， he round it important to study the situation in Russia， so he began to learn Russian
19、. 在 19 世纪 70 年代，马克思五十多岁时，他认为研究俄国的形势很重要，便开始学习俄语。4)表“不确定的岁数”时，可借助介词 above， over below， under， nearly， close to， between … and 等。如： over / above thirty 三十多岁below / under thirty 不到三十岁nearly / close to thirty 将近三十岁about / around thirty 大约三十岁Their English teacher is between 20 and 30. 他们英语老师的年龄在二十岁
20、至三十岁之间。2.So his mother suggested that he learn to play drums instead.suggest有“建议”的意思。She suggested/ advised/ proposed that the class meeting (should) not be held on Saturday.她建议班会不要在星期六举行。We suggested/ advised/ proposed that he (should) go and make an apology to his teacher.我们建议他去向老师道歉。3. Sixth grad
21、e was a new school to me and I had a hard time kind of getting along with all the kids.have a hard time处境艰难,困苦不堪例句：He would have a hard time contradicting her. 跟她作对，他不会有好日子过的。get along with与…和睦相处例句：He is good-tempered; he gets along with everyone. 他脾气好, 和谁都处得来。 He is sincere and easy to get a
22、long with. 他为人诚恳, 很好相处。4.They can rap about it and kind of let it out a little bit.let out非正使(某人)得到解开脱例句：“The regular teacher is back, isnt he?”“Good, that lets me out!” “那位正式教员回来了, 对吗?”“好哇, 那我就算解脱了。”I was glad to be let out of that nasty affair, and have someone more experienced handle the trouble.我真高兴能从那件棘手的事情中解脱出来, 让更有经验的人去对付那个难题。
