VOA常速英语:Smithsonian Opens Exhibit Dedicated to Oprah Winfrey’s Legacy

TV host, actress, producer, human rights activist and billionaire,Oprah Winfrey has had the energy and the passion to do many things in her historic career and to do them well.Her influence on modern American culture is inestimable which may explain why hundreds gathered at the doors of the museum to see the new exhibit about her life.
她是电视节目主持人，演员，制片人，人权活动家和亿万富翁，奥普拉·温弗瑞有能力也有热情发展自己的事业并且做得很出色。她对现代美国文化的影响力无法估量，这也许可以解释为什么数百人聚集在博物馆门前，来参观“观看奥普拉”的展览。

“It’s really a beautiful opportunity, to be able to connect and understand what it means you know sort of from a cultural phenomenon standpoint,what it really means to sort of see the story of a young woman who has grew up in Mississippi, in Nashville in Milwaukee,be able to have such a sort of impact on the world.”
“这真的是一个很棒的机会，能够让你从文化现象的角度去看待并理解奥普拉的成功，从而看到一个曾经在密西西比州长大，在纳什维尔，密尔沃基等地生活过的年轻女性最终是怎样成长为具有世界影响力的成功人士的。”

From hundreds of videos, old photographs, personal belongings and the dresses that she wore on TV to her books,her numerous rewards, several Emmies, a presidential medal of freedom, the Golden Globe,organizers say it was not easy choosing which items to exhibit.
从数百部影片，无数张旧照片，私人物品和她曾在节目中穿过的礼服到她写的书，获得的诸多奖项，好几座艾美奖奖杯，总统自由勋章以及金球奖，展览的组织者说，选择展示哪些物品并不容易。

Winfrey’s daytime program was one of the most successful talk shows in the history of American television.First aired 25 years ago and seen in nearly 150 countries, her show was not just popular, it helped shape American pop culture. With over 4500 episodes in more than 25000 guests,Winfrey’s show covered almost every topic under the sun from politics, sports, economic and the environment.Many believe her show brought people together at the time when they needed it most.
在白天播出的节目中，温弗瑞的节目是美国电视史上最成功的脱口秀节目之一。奥普拉的节目25年前首播，电视观众遍布世界近150个国家，她的节目不仅流行，还塑造了美国流行文化。在超过25000位访谈宾客的4500期节目中，几乎涵盖了所有话题：政治，体育，经济和环境等。许多人认为，在人们最需要的时候，奥普拉的节目让人们团结在一起。

“I think it’s important to realize that the Oprah Winfrey Show looked at so many of the issues that have divided us,issues that are really important, and created a conversation about how to make a country better.I think today we even need that conversation even more.”
“我认为重要的是要认识到，《奥普拉脱口秀》看到了很多导致我们分裂开来的问题，看到了很多真正重要的问题，并创造了一个对话机会，来探讨如何让国家变得更美好。我想直到今天，我们仍需要更多这样的对话。”

One of the notable exhibits is Oprah’s desk which she used for over 25 years.As head of the company Harpo Studio in Chicago,Winfrey became the first African American to start her own motion picture studio and the first African-American woman billionaire.
其中一件值得注意的展品是奥普拉的桌子，她用了超过25年的时间。作为芝加哥“哈博出品”的董事长，温弗瑞成为第一位创办自己的电影制片厂和第一位成为亿万富翁的非裔美国女性。

“So this desk is a representation of Oprah’s kind of seat of power if you will,the kind of nerve center of her media company where she ran her business,where she met with her producers to decide what the, what the shows would be about for the Oprah Winfrey Show.”
“所以你可以把这张桌子看做奥普拉权力和地位的表现，她就像她创办的媒体公司的神经中枢系统一样，在那里经营生意，与制作人会面，决定《奥普拉脱口秀》的主题。

Recognized by both her peers and by her many fans around the world,perhaps the most difficult thing to exhibit is the love and admiration so many people have expressed. Despite the long lines of people waiting to see the Opera exhibit,organizers say it’s just a fraction of the millions of people Oprah Winfrey has touched over the years.
她不仅获得了同行的认可，也收获了全世界观众的好评，可能展览中最难展示的是许多人对她的爱和钦佩。尽管有许多人排队等待参观这场“观看奥普拉”的展览，组织者表示，这只是奥普拉·温弗瑞多年来吸引的数百万观众中的一小部分。

Maxim Moskalkov, for VOA News, Washington.
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