2019年6月英语四级听力VOA慢速英语练习题(第二十三套)

1、2019 年 6 月英语四级听力 VOA 慢速英语练习题（第二十三套）2019年6月英语四级听力VOA慢速英语练习题（第二十三套）US Holocaust Museum Show Inspires Hungarian Art StudentsA 1929 photo shows neighborhood boys in Bremen, Germany. It's part of a special exhibit at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum that inspired an art installation by Hungarian st

2、udents studying anti-discrimination. （US Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy ofAt first look, the black-and-white photograph seems sweet and innocent. The image was taken in 1929 in Bremen, Germany. Nine neighborhood boys stand together. They are smiling as they lookat the camera.But, the photograph

3、 is the start of a dark story that is part of a new exhibit. The show, called“Some Were Neighbors,is at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, DC.Many years after that photograph was taken, and after the end of World War II, one of the men in that old photo put it in the mail. He

4、 sent it and a letter to another man in the photo, seen standingwith a bicycle. The man with a bicycle was Jewish. During World War II, Nazis murdered hismother. Later, he became arabbi.In the letter, the other man explained that he had worked as a Nazi guard at Germany' s Bergen -Belsenconcentr

5、ation camp. But, he wrote, he “never touched a Jew.The rabbi wrote back to the sender of the letter.He said, “What I wanted to hear.was how he felt about his job. Did he think that killing Jews was theproperthing to do?”He never got an answer.The questions the rabbi asked the guard are central tothe

6、 “Some Were Neighbors ” exhibit. Millions ofordinarypeople saw the crimes of the Holocaust. They saw the crimes take place in citysquares, in stores and schools, in the countryside and other places. The Nazis found people allacross Europe who willing to take part in their crimes.“Some Were Neighbors

7、 ” explores what moves people to behave certain ways in difficult situations. The exhibitchallengesviewers to understand a dark period of history. It also examines theimportance of social responsibility.Zsuzsanna Koz a k runs the Visual World Foundation in Budapest, Hungary. The non-profitorganizati

8、on works to support peace through video and medialiteracy. Last year, Koza k and othereducators gathered at the U.S. museum for an international conference on Holocaust education.The museum organized the conference with UNESCO. The conference brought together teams from 10 countries that have limite

9、d educational material on the Holocaust and othergenocides. Thosecountries were Hungary, India, Lithuania, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, South Korea, Rwanda andTurkey.Each country ' s team left with a project plan. Koza k andthe team from Hung ary used the “SomeWere Neighbors” exhibit to create a tr

10、aveling student art project. The project centered on theHolocaust. But, it aims to create a discussion about current tensions in their country, including alarge new border fence that blocked migrants from entering Hungary.The anti- discrimination project is called“YourDecision. ” Kozak's team wo

11、rked with educators fromsix Hungarian schools. The students were from the very young to college age. The stude ntsexplored ideas oftolera nee oraccepting difference.Each group studied pieces of the“ Some Were Neighbors ”exhibit, such as a film clip of a Holocaust-era public shaming, or the Bremen ne

12、ighborhood boys ' photo. Each group was asked to make artcommunicating the ideas they had studied.The stu dents' works were displayed at an exhibit last week in Budapest at the Canadian embassy.Teenagers from a Jewish school in Budapest made a threedimensional copy of the Bremenneighborhood

13、boys ' photograph. They separated the man who received the letter and another boyfrom the rest of the group.Zsuzsanna Kozak was born in 1974. She recalled not learning much about World War II history inschool.“There issuch a cultural silence, ” she said.Peter Fredlake directs the Holocaust museu

14、m's teachereducation program. He said the“SomeWere Neighbors” exhibittries to change people's understanding of what the Holocaustwas.The Hungarian student art project, he said,“pushesback against the HolocaustnarrativeHungarians hear today, one that ignores perso nal responsibility and claim

15、s victimhood.Fredlake said that since the international conference, the other nine countries ' teams have alsobeen exploring new ways for talking aboutgenocide.The Hungarian students ' art project will be on display at the six participating schools starting inMay. It will then move on to sit

16、es like the International Jewish Youth Camp in Hungary and toagalleryin Austria.Koza k said she hopes the art project will be seen in many places, for many years, becauseintolerance“is auniversal challenge. ”Words in This Storyrabbi- n. a person who is trained to make decisions about what is lawful

17、in Judaismproper- adj. correct according to social or moral rulesordinary- adj. not unusual, different, or specialchallenge- v. to test the ability, skill, or strength of(someone or something)literacy- n. knowledge that relates to a specified subjecttolerance- n. willingness to accept feelings, habits, or belief