2006年VOA标准英语-Fans Await Madonna's Moscow Debut
时间：2019-01-07 作者：英语课 分类：2006年VOA标准英语（九月）
By Lisa McAdams
Moscow
12 September 2006
U.S. pop music star Madonna is scheduled to entertain tens of thousands of fans in Moscow, Tuesday night, in her first concert in Russia. The show had been scheduled for September 11 - the fifth anniversary of the U.S. terrorist attacks - but was changed amid concerns the date was inappropriate.
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Madonna smiles as she arrives at Moscow hotel Monday, September 11
Madonna's much-awaited debut 1 in Moscow is set to take place Tuesday night at Moscow's Luzhniki Olympic complex, amid tight security.
The original plans called for the concert to be held on September 11 on a hilltop near Moscow State University. Those plans were scrapped 2 amid worries police could not handle the security. There were also fears students at the nearby university, who could not afford the ticket price, might fall from their windows as they strained to hear Madonna's music.
There was then a brief discussion about holding the concert at the vast Tushino airfield 3, in northwestern Moscow. But that was the site where female Chechen separatists strapped 4 with explosives killed 15 people during a summer rock festival in 2003.
Madonna's concert has drawn 5 a series of protests from the Russian Orthodox Church, which accuses the pop star of inappropriately exploiting Christian 6 symbols. In one such protest, demonstrators ripped up posters advertising 7 the singer's upcoming concert and symbolically 8 drove a stake through her picture.
Various protesters have said they would like Madonna to drop the number in which she sings wearing a crown of thorns, hitched 9 to a wooden cross, in a mock crucifixion.
The protesters say the song is offensive and insults Christians 10.
But if this hit song is any indication, it would appear Madonna is used to the complaints, or has heard them all before.
Madonna's Confessions 11 concert in Moscow has been sold out for weeks, with some street prices now as high as several thousand dollars.
- That same year he made his Broadway debut, playing a suave radio journalist.在那同一年里，他初次在百老汇登台，扮演一个温文而雅的电台记者。
- The actress made her debut in the new comedy.这位演员在那出新喜剧中首次登台演出。
- This machine is so old that it will soon have to be scrapped. 这架机器太旧，快报废了。
- It had been thought that passport controls would be scrapped. 人们曾认为会放开护照管制。
- The foreign guests were motored from the airfield to the hotel.用车把外宾从机场送到旅馆。
- The airfield was seized by enemy troops.机场被敌军占领。
- Make sure that the child is strapped tightly into the buggy. 一定要把孩子牢牢地拴在婴儿车上。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The soldiers' great coats were strapped on their packs. 战士们的厚大衣扎捆在背包上。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- All the characters in the story are drawn from life.故事中的所有人物都取材于生活。
- Her gaze was drawn irresistibly to the scene outside.她的目光禁不住被外面的风景所吸引。
- They always addressed each other by their Christian name.他们总是以教名互相称呼。
- His mother is a sincere Christian.他母亲是个虔诚的基督教徒。
- Can you give me any advice on getting into advertising? 你能指点我如何涉足广告业吗?
- The advertising campaign is aimed primarily at young people. 这个广告宣传运动主要是针对年轻人的。
- By wearing the ring on the third finger of the left hand, a married couple symbolically declares their eternal love for each other. 将婚戒戴在左手的第三只手指上，意味着夫妻双方象征性地宣告他们的爱情天长地久，他们定能白头偕老。
- Symbolically, he coughed to clear his throat. 周经理象征地咳一声无谓的嗽，清清嗓子。
- They hitched a ride in a truck. 他们搭乘了一辆路过的货车。
- We hitched a ride in a truck yesterday. 我们昨天顺便搭乘了一辆卡车。
- Christians of all denominations attended the conference. 基督教所有教派的人都出席了这次会议。
- His novel about Jesus caused a furore among Christians. 他关于耶稣的小说激起了基督教徒的公愤。
- It is strictly forbidden to obtain confessions and to give them credence. 严禁逼供信。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- Neither trickery nor coercion is used to secure confessions. 既不诱供也不逼供。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》