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1、美国名人词作家诗人社会活动家茱丽雅沃尔德何奥JuliaWardHowe,1819-1910:TheAnti-SlaveryActivistWroteOneoftheGreatCivilWarSongsplaystopmutemaxvolume00:00-15:11repeatByShelleyGollust2008-1-12VOICEONE:mRayFreeman.VOICETWO:AndmShirleyGriffithwiththeSpecialEnglishprogram,PEOPLEINAMERICA.Everyweekwetellaboutapersonimportantinthehi

2、storyoftheUnitedStates.JuliaWardHoweToday,wetellaboutJuliaWardHowe.ShewroteoneofthegreatsongsoftheAmericanCivilWar,theBattleHymnoftheRepublic.(MUSIC)VOICEONE:Marchingsoldiers.Noendtothelinesofsoldiersmarchingacrosstheland.TheycamefromthenorthernstatesfightingtokeeptheUniontogether.Andtheycamefromthe

3、southernstatesfightingforaseparateConfederategovernmentthatwouldprotecttheirrighttohaveslaves.Insummerandwinter,thefightingcontinued.Thesunburnedlikefire.Thesoldiersmarchedon.Thecoldwinterwindsblewsnowintheirfaces.Thesoldiersmarchedon.TheUnitedStateswasanationcutintwobyabitterstruggleoverslaveryanda

4、statesrighttoleavetheUnion.AmericasCivilWarlastedfouryears.Itdestroyedtheland.Anditdestroyedtheyoungmenofthenation.VOICETWO:ManystorieshavebeentoldaboutthesoldiersoftheCivilWar.Theyhavetoldofthesoldiersfearandterror.Theirgreatandheroicacts.Howtheysufferedanddied.Andhowtheysangbeforeandafterbattle.On

5、esongzmorethananyother,caughtthespiritoftheUnionsoldiersoftheNorth.ThesongistheBattleHymnoftheRepublic.Hereisthefirstpartofthesong,sungbyOdetta:(MUSIC)VOICEONE:Thewordsarereligious.Theyarelikeahymn,asongofpraisetoGod.Thisisthestoryofthewomanwhowrotethesong.(MUSIC:BattleHymnoftheRepublic)VOICETWO:The

6、placewasWashington,D.C.Theyearwaseighteensixty-one.Itwasawetwinternight.Therewerethousandsofsoldiersinthecity.Thehospitalswerefull.ThefieldofbattlewasjustacrossthePotomacRiverinthesouthernstateofVirginia.Awomanlayasleepinherhotelroom.Shehadhadalong,hardday.ShehadcometoWashingtontovisittheUniontroops

7、.Thesightandsoundsofthesoldiersgavehernorest.Eveninhersleepsheseemedtohearthem.Sheheardtheirsadvoicesastheysatbesidetheirfires.Sheheardthemsinging.Theysangamarchingsongsheknew.ItwasasongaboutJohnBrown,anactivistagainstslavery.Thesongtoldabouthowhisbodyturnedtoearthinthegrave.Ittoldabouthowhisspiritl

8、ivedon.VOICEONE:ThewomansnamewasJuliaWardHowe.Shewasawriterandsocialreformer.ShewasborninNewYorkCityineighteennineteen.Herfatherwasawealthybanker.JuliamarriedSamuelGridleyHowe.Hewasareformerandteacheroftheblind.JuliaandSamuelHowemovedtoBoston.MissusHoweraisedfivechildren.Andshepublishedseveralbookso

9、fpoetry.VOICETWO:JuliaWardHoweandSamuelGridleyHowewereleadersinthemovementinAmericatoendslavery.Theypublishedananti-slaverynewspapercalledtheCommonwealth.MissusHowehadmetJohnBrown.Likehim,shewasananti-slaveryactivist.SheopposedthoseAmericanswhousedblackpeopleasslaves.Unlikehim,shedidnotapproveofusin

10、gviolencetoendslavery.JohnBrownIneighteenfifty-nine,JohnBrowntriedtostartarevoltofslaves.HeledanattackonHarpersFerry,atowninwhatwasthenthestateofVirginia.Thetownhadafactorythatmadegunsforthearmy.Italsohadastoragecenterformilitaryequipment.TheattackonHarpersFerryfailed.JohnBrownwasputontrialfortreaso

11、n.Hewasfoundguiltyandwasexecuted.VOICEONE:Inthenorthernstates,JohnBrownbecameahero.Hisstorywastoldthroughsong.Thesongwasmostpopularwithsoldiers.ItbecametheunofficialmarchingsongoftheUnionArmy.JuliaWardHowealsolikedtosingthesong.Shefeltthatthemusicwasbeautiful,butthewordsaboutJohnBrownwerenot.Soshede

12、cidedtowritedifferentwordstothemusic.ThosewordscametoherthatnightasshelayinherhotelroominWashington.Shewasawakenedbyherdreamsofmarchingsoldiers.VOICETWO:Ifoundtomysurprisethatthewordswereformingthemselvesinmyhead.Ilaystilluntilthelastlinehadcompleteditselfinmythoughts.ThenIquicklygotoutofbed.Ithough

13、tIwouldforgetthewordsifIdidnotwritethemimmediately.Ilookedforapieceofpaperandapen.ThenIbegantowritethelinesofapoem:MineeyeshaveseenthegloryofthecomingoftheLord.Heistramplingoutthevintagewherethegrapesofwratharestored,HehathloosedthefatefullightningofHisterribleswiftsword,Histruthismarchingon.,Iwrote

14、untilIwasfinished.ThenIlaydownagainandfellasleep.Ifeltsomethingimportanthadhappenedtome.VOICEONE:AnAmericanmagazine,TheAtlanticMonthly/boughtMissusHowe,spoem.Shewaspaidfourdollars.Themagazinepublishedthepoemineighteensixty-two.Thepoembecameverypopular.Ithadjusttherightwordsforthegreatmarchingmusic.T

15、hesoldiersoftheUnionArmybegantosingthewordsJuliaWardHowehadwritten.Itsoonbecametheirofficialmarchingsong-TheBattleHymnoftheRepublic.VOICETWO:PresidentAbrahamLincolnJuliaWardHowebecamefamous.ShewasinvitedtotheWhiteHousetomeetPresidentAbrahamLincoln.AfterdinnerattheWhiteHouse,thegueststalkedabouttheCi

16、vilWar.Theyweresad.TheUnionarmyhadsufferedmanydefeats.ThensomeonebegantosingTheBattleHymnoftheRepublic.MissusHoweandPresidentLincolnjoinedinthesinging.ThereweretearsinthePresidentseyes.Hereisthelastpartofthesong,sungbytheMormonTabernacleChoir:(MUSIC)VOICEONE:AftertheNorthwontheCivilWarineighteensixty-fivezJuliaWardHowebecameinvolvedinothersocialreformmovements.She