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1、美国名人歌手汉克威廉姆斯CountryandWesternSingerHankWilliamsWroteSongsAboutLoveandHeartbreakplaystopmutemaxvolume00:00-16:20repeatByHankWilliams2006-4-29(THEME)VOICEONE:PEOPLEINAMERICA-aprograminSpecialEnglishbytheVoiceofAmerica.(THEME)Everyweekatthistime,wetellyouastoryaboutpeoplewhoplayedapartinthehistoryofthe

2、UnitedStates.mTonyRiggs.Today,LarryWestandItellthestoryofcountryandwesternsingerandsongwriter;HankWilliams.(MUSIC)VOICETWO:ThatwastherecordHankWilliamsmadewhenhefirsttriedtointerestrecordingcompaniesinhismusic.Noneofthecompanieslikeditatthetime.Butafewyearslater,thehighsharpvoiceofHankWilliamswouldc

3、utlikeaknifethroughthemusicworld.Whenhesanghissongs,peoplelistened.Theyarestilllistening,longafterhisdeath.VOICEONE:HankWilliamswasborninnineteentwenty-threeonasmallfarmnearMountOlive,Alabama.LikemostpeopleatthattimeinthesouthernUnitedStates,theWilliamsfamilywaspoor.Hanksfathercouldnotwork.Hehadbeen

4、injuredinWorldWarOne.HespentmanyyearsinahospitalwhenHankwasaboy.TheWilliamsfamilydidnotownmanythings.Butitalwayshadmusic.Hanksanginchurch.Whenhewaseightyearsold,hegotanoldguitarandtaughthimselftoplay.Fromthenon,musicwouldbethemostimportantthinginhislife.VOICETWO:BythetimeHankwasfourteen,hehadalready

5、puttogetherhisowngroupofmusicians.Theyplayedatdancesandparties.Theyalsoplayedatasmalllocalradiostation.TheywereknownasHankWilliamsandhisDriftingCowboys.Formorethantenyears,Hankremainedpopularlocally,butwasunknownnationally.Then,innineteenforty-nine,herecordedhisfirstmajorhitrecord.ThesongwasLovesick

6、Blues.(MUSIC)HankWilliamsandhisgroupperformedLovesickBluesonthestageoftheGrandOleOpryhouseinNashville,Tennessee.Peopleinthetheaterwouldnotlethimstopsinging.Theymadehimsingthesongsixtimes.Afteryearsofhardwork,HankWilliamshadbecomeastar.VOICEONE:Hankwrotemanysongsintheyearsthatfollowed.Singersarestill

7、recordingthemtoday.Theymaysingthesongsinthecountryandwesternstyle-thewayHankwrotethem.Ortheymaysingtheminotherpopularstyles.Eitherway,thesongswillalwaysbehis.HankWilliamswrotebothhappysongsandsadsongs.Butthesadsongsarerememberedbest.WhenHanksangasadsongzthosewholistenedknewitwasaboutsomethingthathad

8、happenedtohim.Somehow,hewasabletosharehisfeelingsinhismusic.OneofthemostfamousofthesesadsongsisYourCheatinHeart.Onemusicexpertsaid:YourCheatinHeart,issosad,itsoundslikeajudgesentencingsomebodytoapunishmentworsethandeathitself.(MUSIC)YourCheatinHeartwaswrittenintheearlynineteenfifties.Ithasbeenrecord

9、edbymorethanfiftysingersandgroupsinalmosteverystyleofpopularmusic.VOICETWO:ManyyearsafterHankWilliamsdeath,newfansofhismusichaveaskedwhyhecouldputsomuchofhislifeintohissongs.Thereisnoeasyanswertothatquestion.HankWilliamshadmanyproblemsduringhislife.HeandhiswifeAudreydidnothaveahappymarriage.Manyofhi

10、ssongsseemedtoask:Whycantwemakethismarriagework?ManypeopleknewthatwhenHanksangthissong,ColdColdHeart,hewassingingabouthiswifeandtheirproblems.ThosewhohadsimilarproblemsfeltthatHankwassingingaboutthem,too.(MUSIC)VOICEONE:HankWilliamsdranktoomuchalcohol.ThosewhoknewHankWilliamssayhedidnothavetheemotio

11、nalstrengthtodealwithhisproblems.Theysayheoftenfelthehadnocontroloverhislife.Everythingseemedtobemovingtoofast.Hecouldnotstop.Andhecouldnotescape.Hehadmoneyandfame.Buttheydidnotcurehisloneliness,hisdrinking,orhismarriageproblems.Hankwasalwayssurroundedbypeople,especiallyafterhebecamefamous.None,howe

12、ver;couldbreakthroughtheterriblesadnessthatseemedtofollowhimeverywhere.Onesong,TmSoLonesomeICouldCry,expresseshisfeelingsofloneliness.(MUSIC)VOICETWO:WhenHankWilliamsbegantorecordhissongs,countryandwesternmusicwasnotpopularwithmostAmericans.ItwasthemusicofthepoorfarmingareasoftheSouth.However,becaus

13、eHankssongstoldofreal-lifetroubleswithsuchgreatemotion,somethingunusualbegantohappentohismusic.RadiostationsthathadneverplayedcountryandwesternmusicbegantoplayHankWilliamssongs.FamousrecordingstarswhoneversangcountryandwesternmusicbeganrecordingsongswrittenbyHankWilliams.Hehadcreatedacollectionofmus

14、icthatstretchedfarpasthimselfandhistimes.HankWilliamslifeandcareerwerebrief.HediedonNewYearsDay,nineteenfifty-three.Hewastwenty-nineyearsold.(MUSIC)VOICEONE:YouhavebeenlisteningtoPEOPLEINAMERICA,aprograminSpecialEnglishbytheVoiceofAmerica.YournarratorswereLarryWestandTonyRiggs.PEOPLEINAMERICAwaswrittenbyPaulThompson.