VOA慢速英语:A TV Quiz Show for Teens Turns 50

Question: Which program is in Guinness World Records as the world's longest running TV quiz show? Answer:
问题：吉尼斯世界纪录中播出时间最长的电视竞猜节目是什么？答案：

MAC McGARRY: "It's Academic!"
MAC McGARRY: " It's Academic!"

"It’s Academic" is a Saturday morning program for high school students. The show has aired in the Washington area for fifty years. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton competed on the show when she was a teenager.
"It's Academic!"是周六早上为高中生而设的节目。该节目已经在华盛顿地区播出了50多年的时间。国务卿希拉里．克林顿还是青少年的时候就曾经参加过这个节目的竞赛。

Teams from local schools face subjects like history, literature, math, science, religion, politics and sports.
来自当地学校的各个小组将面临历史，文学，数学，科学，宗教，政治和体育方面的科目。

MAC McGARRY: "You should take a looooong look at these questions because all the clues contain the word long. Identify the following, number one: the 'Long Gray Line' refers to cadets at this US military academy. [Bell] Macgruder."
MAC McGARRY：“你应该花费很长的时间来看这些问题，因为所有的线索中都包含长这个词。请仔细听，第一，'Long Gray Line'在美国军事学院中代表的是军校实习生。[铃声]Macgruder。”

MAGRUDER HIGH SCHOOL TEAM: "West Point."
Macgruder高中队：“西点军校”。

MAC McGARRY: "Right. He didn't live to see the staging of his drama 'Long Day's Journey Into Night.' [Bell] Magruder."
MAC McGARRY：“正确。他没有活足够长的时间观看他的话剧《长夜漫漫路迢迢》走上舞台表演。[铃声]Magruder。”

MAGRUDER HIGH SCHOOL TEAM: "T.S. Eliot."
Macgruder高中队：“托马斯．斯特尔那斯．艾略特。”

MAC McGARRY: "Eugene O'Neill. Sorry ... "
MAC McGARRY：“对不起，是尤金．奥尼尔。”

Susan Altman is the producer.
Susan Altman是这个节目的制作人。

SUSAN ALTMAN: “It's a great age group to work with. They’re fun, they’re enthusiastic, they say funny things without even meaning to half the time."
SUSAN ALTMAN：“与这个年龄段的人一起工作真的太棒了。他们非常有趣，非常有热情，他们很多次都不自觉地说出很有趣的内容。”

Ms. Altman's mother, Sophie, was a TV producer in the nineteen fifties. She started "It's Academic" after local school officials asked her to create a program that showed outstanding students.
Altman的母亲Sophie在二十世纪五十年代曾经是电视制片人。在当地学校官员邀请她创作一个展示优秀的学生的节目之后她开创了"It's Academic"。

SUSAN ALTMAN: “At that time -- nineteen sixty-one -- the United States was going through a lot of upheaval with school integration, and they wanted things to help out to make the schools look good and to show that integration could work and work well. So this is what she came up with.”
SUSAN ALTMAN：“当时是1961年，美国在学校整合方面经历了许多剧变，他们希望能有什么来帮助学校看上去很好，并表明学校整合行之有效。于是她想到了这个节目。”

The show's host, Mac McGarry, says the teams became more diverse over the years.
该节目的主持人Mac McGarry称，多年来，参赛团队越来越多样化。

MAC McGARRY: "When we first started, the young people from various countries were not evident so much. Now, each program presents young people from all over the world, at least descendents from people all over the world."
Mac McGarry：“我们的节目刚刚开始的时候，来自不同国家的年轻人并不那么明显。但现在，每期节目都有来自世界各地的学生参加，至少也是来自世界各地人们的后裔。”

Mac McGarry is eighty-four and has hosted "It’s Academic" since the beginning.
Mac McGarry现在是84岁，从节目开播以来一直主持"It's Academic"。

MAC MCGARRY: “Every time I look up, I see people who are just seventeen years old, and somehow I think, well, I must not be growing older at all. Their enthusiasm is contagious, no question about it. You really have to rev yourself up to keep up with them.”
Mac McGarry：“每次抬起头我都会看到只有17岁的年轻人，我就会想，我一定不能变老。他们的热情极富感染力，这是毫无疑问的。你必须加快速度才能保持与他们步伐一致。”

More than twenty thousand students have appeared on the show. Mac McGarry has asked more than two hundred thousand questions and gotten more than a few funny answers.
超过2万名学生参加过这个节目。Mac McGarry共提出了超过20万个问题，得到了许多有趣的答案。

MAC McGARRY: “We had a question one time: 'Who defeated Napoleon at Waterloo?' and the young fellow answered Duke Ellington. Another time, we had a question of 'Who along with Frederick Engel wrote the Communist Manifesto?' Groucho Marx!"
MAC McGARRY：“有一次，我们的问题是‘谁在滑铁卢打败拿破仑？’一个年轻人回答是艾灵顿。还有一次，我问，‘谁和恩格尔一起创作了共产党宣言？’有人回答是Groucho Marx。”

The correct answers, of course, are the Duke of Wellington and Karl Marx. Kelly Reeder knows that. She led the team from Rockville High School in Maryland last year. Her school has won the championship on "It's Academic" several times.
当然，正确答案是威灵顿和卡尔．马克思。Kelly Reeder知道。去年，她去年率领马里兰州罗克维尔高中队参加了节目。她的学校曾经多次在"It's Academic"节目中赢得冠军。

KELLY REEDER: “Me and all the other people on the team, we’ve put in a lot of effort over the years and a lot of time to be where we are. It’s a really huge honor to end up on the A Team.”
Kelly Reeder：“我和我们团队的其他人付出了许多努力，许多时间。最终能够成为冠军队伍真的非常荣幸。”

And what do other students think?
那么，其他学生是怎样认为的呢？

KELLY REEDER: “My friends who are on 'It’s Academic' think it’s cool that I’m the captain of the A Team, but my friends who are not on 'It’s Academic' think it’s kind of funny.”
KELLY REEDER：“参加了It's Academic节目的朋友认为我作为冠军队伍的队长很酷。但是没有参加过节目的朋友只是觉得很有趣。”