| 歌曲 | The City of Brotherly Love |
| 歌手 | 英语听力 |
| 专辑 | VOA慢速英语：词汇典故 |
| [00:10.00] | Now, the VOA Special English program, |
| [00:15.20] | WORDS and THEIR STORIES. |
| [00:17.60] | Almost all American cities have nicknames. |
| [00:22.80] | They help establish a city's identity. |
| [00:26.30] | They can also spread unity and pride among its citizens. |
| [00:31.69] | Two east coast cities -- Philadelphia and Boston |
| [00:36.88] | -- were both important |
| [00:38.84] | in the early history of the United States. |
| [00:42.44] | Philadelphia is best known as The City of Brotherly Love. |
| [00:48.73] | In sixteen eighty-one, King Charles the Second of England |
| [00:54.53] | gave William Penn a large amount of land to establish a colony. |
| [01:01.19] | The king named the colony Pennsylvania in honor of Penn's father. |
| [01:08.13] | William Penn was a Quaker. |
| [01:11.48] | He brought his beliefs about equality, |
| [01:15.04] | religious freedom and brotherly love to this new land. |
| [01:20.75] | Penn was also an expert in Latin and Greek. |
| [01:25.79] | He established a city and named it Philadelphia, |
| [01:30.76] | which is Greek for "brotherly love." |
| [01:34.81] | An ancient city called Philadelphia |
| [01:38.55] | was also noted in Christianity's holy book, the Bible. |
| [01:44.05] | Philadelphia became the social, |
| [01:47.40] | political and geographical center of the American colonies. |
| [01:53.05] | In the late seventeen hundreds, |
| [01:56.16] | many events that took place in Philadelphia |
| [02:00.40] | gave birth to the American Revolution and independence. |
| [02:05.84] | For example, the Declaration of Independence |
| [02:10.00] | and the Constitution were signed in the city. |
| [02:14.44] | Philadelphia was the temporary capital of the new nation |
| [02:19.28] | from seventeen ninety to eighteen hundred. |
| [02:23.12] | Some of Philadelphia's other nicknames are The Quaker City, |
| [02:29.52] | The Cradle of Liberty and The Birthplace of America. |
| [02:34.93] | Philadelphia is a long name. |
| [02:38.47] | So many people just call it Philly. |
| [02:42.33] | (Music) |
| [02:48.21] | Boston is another important city. |
| [02:51.56] | It is one of the oldest cities in the United States. |
| [02:56.41] | In sixteen thirty, Puritan settlers from England established Boston |
| [03:02.85] | in what would become the state of Massachusetts. |
| [03:07.20] | Several major events took place in Boston before |
| [03:12.40] | and during the American Revolution. |
| [03:15.40] | You may have heard of the Boston Massacre, |
| [03:19.08] | the Boston Tea Party and the Battle of Bunker Hill. |
| [03:23.73] | So, like Philadelphia, Boston is called The Cradle of Liberty. |
| [03:30.73] | Another nickname is The Cradle of Modern America. |
| [03:35.49] | However, Boston's most famous nickname is Beantown. |
| [03:41.90] | But it was not because the city grew a lot of beans. |
| [03:46.77] | In the seventeen hundreds, Boston was a major trading center. |
| [03:52.91] | It received a lot of sugarcane from the West Indies. |
| [03:57.57] | Beans baked in molasses, a sugar product, |
| [04:02.67] | became a favorite food in the city. |
| [04:05.98] | Today, no companies there make Boston baked beans. |
| [04:11.52] | Restaurants in Boston rarely serve it. |
| [04:15.38] | But many Americans eat this tasty dish at home. |
| [04:20.39] | (MUSIC) |
| [00:10.00] | xiàn zài, shì měi guó zhī yīn tè bié yīng yǔ jié mù |
| [00:15.20] | dān cí hé tā men de gù shì |
| [00:17.60] | jī hū suǒ yǒu de měi guó chéng shì dōu yǒu xiǎo míng |
| [00:22.80] | tā men bāng zhù yí gè chéng shì jiàn lì shēn fèn |
| [00:26.30] | tā men yě néng zài zì jǐ de shì mín zhōng chuán bō tuán jié hé róng yù gǎn |
| [00:31.69] | liǎng gè dōng bù yán hǎi chéng shì fèi chéng hé bō shì dùn |
| [00:36.88] | dōu tóng děng zhòng yào |
| [00:38.84] | duì yú měi guó de zǎo qī lì shǐ ér yán |
| [00:42.44] | fèi chéng zhù chēng wèi bó ài chéng |
| [00:48.73] | zài 1681 nián, yīng guó guó wáng zhā lǐ sī èr shì |
| [00:54.53] | shòu yǔ wēi lián pèi ēn yī dà piàn tǔ dì, yòng lái jiàn lì yí gè zhí mín dì |
| [01:01.19] | guó wáng jiāng zhí mín dì mìng míng wèi bīn xī fǎ ní yà zhōu, yǐ cǐ jì niàn pèi ēn de fù qīn |
| [01:08.13] | wēi lián pèi ēn shì yí gè guì gé pài jiào tú |
| [01:11.48] | tā bǎ zì jǐ duì yú píng děng |
| [01:15.04] | zōng jiào zì yóu hé bó ài de xìn yǎng dài dào le xīn dà dì |
| [01:20.75] | pèi ēn yě shì lā dīng hé xī là yǔ de zhuān jiā |
| [01:25.79] | tā jiàn lì le yí gè chéng shì bìng bǎ tā jiào zuò fèi chéng |
| [01:30.76] | zhè zài xī là yǔ zhōng shì" bó ài" de yì sī |
| [01:34.81] | yǒu zuò jiào zuò fèi chéng de gǔ chéng |
| [01:38.55] | yě zài jī dū jiào de shèng shū jí shèng jīng zhōng bèi jì zǎi |
| [01:44.05] | fèi chéng chéng le měi guó zhí mín dì de shè huì |
| [01:47.40] | zhèng zhì hé dì lǐ zhōng xīn |
| [01:53.05] | zài 1700 mò |
| [01:56.16] | xǔ duō fā shēng zài fèi chéng de shì jiàn |
| [02:00.40] | cù chéng le měi guó dà gé mìng hé měi guó dú lì de dàn shēng |
| [02:05.84] | lì rú, dú lì xuān yán |
| [02:10.00] | hé 1787 xiàn fǎ jiù shì zài fèi chéng qiān dìng de |
| [02:14.44] | fèi chéng shì zhè gè xīn shēng guó jiā zàn shí de shǒu dū |
| [02:19.28] | cóng 1790 nián dào 1800 nián |
| [02:23.12] | fèi chéng de yī xiē qí tā xiǎo míng yǒu guì gé huì jiào tú zhī chéng |
| [02:29.52] | zì yóu de yáo lán yǐ jí měi guó de dàn shēng zhī dì |
| [02:34.93] | fèi chéng shì yí gè hěn zhǎng de míng zì |
| [02:38.47] | suǒ yǐ hěn duō rén jiù jiào tā fèi |
| [02:42.33] | yīn yuè |
| [02:48.21] | bō shì dùn shì lìng yí gè zhòng yào de chéng shì |
| [02:51.56] | tā shì měi guó lì shǐ zuì yōu jiǔ de chéng shì zhī yī |
| [02:56.41] | zài 1630 nián, cóng yīng guó lái de qīng jiào tú yí jū zhě jiàn lì le bō shì dùn |
| [03:02.85] | hòu lái chéng wéi le mǎ sài zhū sè lián bāng |
| [03:07.20] | yǒu jǐ gè zài měi guó dà gé mìng zhòng hé dà gé mìng zhī qián de zhǔ yào shì jiàn jiù fā shēng zài bō shì dùn |
| [03:12.40] | yǒu jǐ gè zài měi guó dà gé mìng zhòng hé dà gé mìng zhī qián de zhǔ yào shì jiàn jiù fā shēng zài bō shì dùn |
| [03:15.40] | nǐ kě néng tīng shuō guò bō shì dùn cǎn àn |
| [03:19.08] | bō shì dùn chá huì hé bāng kè shān zhàn yì |
| [03:23.73] | suǒ yǐ, jiù xiàng fèi chéng yí yàng, bō shì dùn yě bèi jiào zuò zì yóu de yáo lán |
| [03:30.73] | tā de lìng yí gè nì chēng shì xiàn dài měi guó de yáo lán |
| [03:35.49] | rán hòu, bō shì dùn zuì zhù míng de nì chēng shì dòu dòu chéng |
| [03:41.90] | dàn zhè bú shì yīn wèi bō shì dùn zhǒng hěn duō dòu zi |
| [03:46.77] | zài 1700s, bō shì dùn shì zhǔ yào de mào yì zhōng xīn |
| [03:52.91] | tā jiē shòu le hěn duō lái zì xī yìn dù qún dǎo de zhè táng |
| [03:57.57] | táng mì kǎo dòu, yī zhǒng táng zhì pǐn |
| [04:02.67] | zài bō shì dùn chéng wéi le shòu huān yíng de shí pǐn |
| [04:05.98] | rú jīn, bō shì dùn bù zài yǒu gōng sī shēng chǎn táng mì kǎo dòu |
| [04:11.52] | hěn shǎo huì yǒu cān tīng gōng yìng tā |
| [04:15.38] | dàn shì hěn duō měi guó rén zài jiā lǐ chī zhè gè měi wèi de xiǎo shí |
| [04:20.39] | yīn yuè |