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1、美国名人女作家朱莉亚瓦德霍耶JuliaWardHoweplaystopmutemaxvolume13:33-01:12repeatByShelleyGollust2005-2-26(THEME)VOICEONE:mRayFreeman.VOICETWO:AndmShirleyGriffithwiththeSpecialEnglishprogram,PEOPLEINAMERICA.EveryweekwetellaboutapersonimportantinthehistoryoftheUnitedStates.Today,wetellaboutJuliaWardHowe.Shewroteoneo
2、fthegreatsongsoftheAmericanCivilWar,theBattleHymnoftheRepublic.(MUSIC)VOICEONE:Marchingsoldiers.noendtothelinesofsoldiersmarchingacrosstheland.TheycamefromthenorthernstatesfightingtokeeptheUniontogether.AndtheycamefromthesouthernstatesfightingforaseparateConfederategovernmentthatwouldprotecttheirrig
3、httohaveslaves.Insummerandwinter,thefightingcontinued.Thesunburnedlikefire.Thesoldiersmarchedon.Thecoldwinterwindsblewsnowintheirfaces.Thesoldiersmarchedon.TheUnitedStateswasanationcutintwobyabitterstruggleoverslaveryandastatesrighttoleavetheUnion.AmericasCivilWarlastedfouryears.Itdestroyedtheland.A
4、nditdestroyedtheyoungmenofthenation.VOICETWO:ManystorieshavebeentoldaboutthesoldiersoftheCivilWar.Theyhavetoldofthesoldiersfearandterror.theirgreatandheroicacts.howtheysufferedanddied.andhowtheysangbeforeandafterbattle.Onesong,morethananyother,caughtthespiritoftheUnionsoldiersoftheNorth.Thesongisthe
5、BattleHymnoftheRepublic.Hereisthefirstpartofthesong,sungbyOdetta:(MUSIC)VOICEONE:Thewordsarereligious.Theyarelikeahymn,asongofpraisetoGod.Thisisthestoryofthewomanwhowrotethesong.(MUSIC)VOICETWO:TheplacewasWashington,D.C.Theyearwaseighteensixty-one.Itwasawetwinternight.Therewerethousandsofsoldiersint
6、hecity.Thehospitalswerefull.ThefieldofbattlewasjustacrossthePotomacRiverinthesouthernstateofVirginia.Awomanlayasleepinherhotelroom.Shehadhadalong,hardday.ShehadcometoWashingtontovisittheUniontroops.Thesightandsoundsofthesoldiersgavehernorest.Eveninhersleepsheseemedtohearthem.Sheheardtheirsadvoicesas
7、theysatbesidetheirfires.Sheheardthemsinging.Theysangamarchingsongsheknew.ItwasasongaboutJohnBrownzanactivistagainstslavery.Thesongtoldabouthowhisbodyturnedtoearthinthegrave.Ittoldabouthowhisspiritlivedon.VOICEONE:ThewomansnamewasJuliaWardHowe.Shewasawriterandsocialreformer.ShewasborninNewYorkCityine
8、ighteennineteen.Herfatherwasawealthybanker.JuliamarriedSamuelGridleyHowe.Hewasareformerandteacheroftheblind.JuliaandSamuelHowemovedtoBoston.MissusHoweraisedfivechildren.Andshepublishedseveralbooksofpoetry.VOICETWO:JuliaWardHoweandSamuelGridleyHowewereleadersinthemovementinAmericatoendslavery.Theypub
9、lishedananti-slaverynewspapercalledtheCommonwealth.MissusHowehadmetJohnBrown.Likehim,shewasananti-slaveryactivist.SheopposedthoseAmericanswhousedblackpeopleasslaves.Unlikehim,shedidnotapproveofusingviolencetoendslavery.Ineighteenfifty-nine,JohnBrowntriedtostartarevoltofslaves.HeledanattackonHarpersF
10、erry,atowninwhatwasthenthestateofVirginia.Editorsnote:ThatareadidnotbecomethestateofWestVirginiauntil1863.Thetownhadafactorythatmadegunsforthearmy.Italsohadastoragecenterformilitaryequipment.TheattackonHarpersFerryfailed.JohnBrownwasputontrialfortreason.Hewasfoundguiltyandwasexecuted.VOICEONE:Inthen
11、orthernstates,JohnBrownbecameahero.Hisstorywastoldthroughsong.Thesongwasmostpopularwithsoldiers.ItbecametheunofficialmarchingsongoftheUnionArmy.JuliaWardHowealsolikedtosingthesong.Shefeltthatthemusicwasbeautiful,butthewordsaboutJohnBrownwerenot.Soshedecidedtowritedifferentwordstothemusic.Thosewordsc
12、ametoherthatnightasshelayinherhotelroominWashington.Shewasawakenedbyherdreamsofmarchingsoldiers.VOICETWO(WOMANSVOICE):Ifoundtomysurprisethatthewordswereformingthemselvesinmyhead.Ilaystilluntilthelastlinehadcompleteditselfinmythoughts.ThenIquicklygotoutofbed.IthoughtIwouldforgetthewordsifIdidnotwrite
13、themimmediately.Ilookedforapieceofpaperandapen.ThenIbegantowritethelinesofapoem:MineeyeshaveseenthegloryofthecomingoftheLord.Heistramplingoutthevintagewherethegrapesofwratharestored,HehathloosedthefatefullightningofHisterribleswiftsword,Histruthismarchingon.,IwroteuntilIwasfinished.ThenIlaydownagain
14、andfellasleep.Ifeltsomethingimportanthadhappenedtome.VOICEONE:AnAmericanmagazine,TheAtlanticMonthly/boughtMissusHowe,spoem.Shewaspaidfourdollars.Themagazinepublishedthepoemineighteensixty-two.Thepoembecameverypopular.Ithadjusttherightwordsforthegreatmarchingmusic.ThesoldiersoftheUnionArmybegantosing
15、thewordsJuliaWardHowehadwritten.Itsoonbecametheirofficialmarchingsong-TheBattleHymnoftheRepublic.VOICETWO:JuliaWardHowebecamefamous.ShewasinvitedtotheWhiteHousetomeetPresidentAbrahamLincoln.AfterdinnerattheWhiteHouse,thegueststalkedabouttheCivilWar.Theyweresad.TheUnionarmyhadsufferedmanydefeats.Then
16、someonebegantosingTheBattleHymnoftheRepublic.MissusHoweandPresidentLincolnjoinedinthesinging.ThereweretearsinthePresidentseyes.Hereisthelastpartofthesong,sungbytheMormonTabernacleChoir:(MUSIC)VOICEONE:AftertheNorthwontheCivilWarineighteensixty-five,JuliaWardHowebecameinvolvedinothersocialreformmovements.ShebecamealeaderinthemovementtogainequalrightsforAmericanwomen
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