VOA慢速英语:White Christmas: One of the Best Loved Holiday Songs

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Music fills the air. Colorful lights shine brightly in windows. Children and adults open gifts from loved ones and friends. These are all Christmas traditions.
音乐在空气中欢唱，无彩缤纷的颜色光彩夺目的照耀在窗户玻璃上。孩子们和大人们打开至爱的人和朋友送来的礼物。这便是圣诞节的传统习俗。

Another tradition is snow. Christmas in the northern part of the world comes a few days after the start of winter. In many places, a blanket of clean white snow covers the ground on Christmas Day. This is what is meant by a "White Christmas."
圣诞节另一个传统便是雪。在北方的世界里，冬季的开始几天之后便迎来了圣诞节。许多地方，圣诞节期间，世间万物包裹在洁白的雪被之中。这就是“白色圣诞节的”涵义所在。

Of course, many places do not get snow at Christmas. In fact, they may be very warm this time of year. People who like snow, but live where it is warm, can only dream of having a white Christmas.
当然，世界还有些地方圣诞节期间并不下雪。实际上，在这一时节，这些地区还会非常暖和。人们大都喜欢白雪，但是对于那些生活在此时正值温暖时节的人来说，只能梦想拥有一个白色的圣诞节。

American songwriter Irving Berlin captured these feelings in his song, "White Christmas." Hundreds of singers and musicians have recorded "White Christmas." But the version most people still know best was sung by Bing Crosby.
美国词作者欧文•伯林在他的歌词中描绘了这种感情，“白色圣诞节”。 数百位歌手和音乐家录制了这首 “白色圣诞节”, 但是由平克劳斯贝演唱的版本人们至今仍然最为熟悉。。
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Songwriter Irving Berlin was born in Russia in eighteen eighty-eight. He did not celebrate Christmas as a religious holiday. He was Jewish.
歌词作者欧文•伯林于1888年生于俄罗斯。他并不是以宗教假日的方式来庆祝圣诞节的，他是犹太人。

But his song celebrates an idea of peace and happiness that anyone, anywhere -- snowy or not -- can enjoy. This is Steve Ember.
但是他的歌曲所歌颂的和平和幸福的思想是任何地方的任何人，无论下雪抑或不下雪，都能体会的幸福。