VOA慢速英语 美国夏季音乐节

　　Summer Brings Out the Music at US Festivals

　　美国夏季音乐节

　　VOICE ONE:

　　Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. I'm Steve Ember.

　　VOICE TWO:

　　And I'm Barbara Klein. This week on our program, we talk about summer music festivals in the United States.

　　(MUSIC: "Heavy Things")

　　VOICE ONE:

　　Sixty-four year old Rachael Birdwell cheers as Robert Plant and Alison Krauss perform at the Bonnaroo music festival in Tennessee last June.

　　That was "Heavy Things" by Phish. The newly reunited band is one of the groups to perform this year at the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival.

　　The festival takes place on a farm about one hundred kilometers from Nashville, Tennessee. This is the eighth year. The four-day event has movies and comedy in addition to music.

　　VOICE TWO:

　　This year's music lineup at Bonnaroo also includes the Beastie Boys, Nine Inch Nails and TV on the Radio. Plus, Bela Fleck, Lucinda Williams, and Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band.

　　(MUSIC)

　　VOICE ONE:

　　The Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival is June eleventh to the fourteenth. Then, four days later, the Telluride Bluegrass Festival brings American musical traditions to the high mountains of Colorado. The festival has four days of concerts, music workshops and songwriting contests.

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