6 YouTube Play Creative Video Competition Draws 23，000Entries YouTube 创意视频播放大赛吸引23000人参与

仔细听

The video sharing website，YouTube，was created in two thousand five and became an overnight success.Google bought YouTube for more than one billion six hundred thousand dollars the were watched each day.

视频分享网站YouTube创建于2005年，一鸣惊人。第二年，谷歌以超过16亿美元的价格收购了YouTube。今年五月，YouTube宣布，该网站每天被观看的视频数达20亿个。

听力破解：在介绍YouTube时，播音员重读了谷歌收购YouTube的钱数one billion six hundred thousand dollars，强调这一数字之大，从侧面凸显了YouTube的成功；announced尾音[d]发音微弱，需要注意分辨。

仔细听

In June，the Guggenheim Museum in New York City announced it would hold a competition among YouTube videos.Now，the judges have chosen the top one hundred twenty-five videos.Mario Ritter has more.

今年六月，纽约古根海姆博物馆宣布将举办一场YouTube视频比赛。现在，评委已经选出了其中最优秀的125个视频。马里奥·理特带来更多报道。

听力破解：city发音应为[′siti]，口语中[t]音常常发生浊化，此处读为[′sidi]。

The Guggenheim and YouTube launched the competition called “YouTube Play.A Biennial of Creative Video.” The information technology companies HP and Intel are supporting the event.Twenty-three thousand videos entered the competition.They represented ninety-one countries and every possible style of moviemaking.

The rules of the competition were few.Videomakers had to be eighteen years or older.They could enter only one video.It had to be no more than ten minutes long.Any language，subject，sound and style were considered.

古根海姆博物馆与YouTube联合推出了名为“YouTube播放——创意视频双年展”。信息技术公司惠普和英特尔都对该赛事表示支持。报名参赛的视频共有2.3万个。它们来自91个国家，囊括了几乎所有的电影制作风格。

这次比赛的规则非常少。视频制作人必须要年满18岁，最多只可以上传一个视频，且视频时间不得超过10分钟，语言、主题、声音和风格都不限。听力破解：在本段YouTube launched the competition处，launched尾音[d]被弱读，几乎不发音，需注意此处的过去时态。

词汇宝典：support一词在这里是动词“资助”的意思，这个词经常被用作“提供金钱帮助”之意，如support the family“养家”；另外，support更常见的意思是表示“精神上的支持”，比如：I need your advice and support.我需要你的建议和支持。

仔细听

Eleven people are judging the videos.They include artists，musicians and filmmakers.Laurie Anderson is all three.Shesays all her art starts with a story.So she looks for a story as she judges the videos.

Other judges include the filmmaker Darren Aronofsky，the band Animal Collective and artist and filmmaker Shirin Neshat.

评判这些视频的有11位评委。其中包括艺术家、音乐家和电影制片人。劳丽·安德森占了所有三个头衔。她说，她的每个作品都来自于一个故事。因此，在评判视频的时候，她寻找的是其中的故事。

其他评委还包括导演达伦·阿罗诺夫斯基，动物共同体乐团，以及画家兼电影制片人希林·娜沙特。

听力破解：请注意本段列举评审时的语调，artists和musicians是升调，而filmmakers为降调，表示列举结束。

词汇宝典：judge这个词用法很多，在这里是动词“评判”的意思，如judge a literary competition“评判一场文学竞赛”；它还有名词词性“评委”，ajudge of the literacy competition就是“这场文学竞赛的评委”的意思。

学着说一说

1.support the event资助这场比赛

▶support 在新闻中偏重于“金钱”上的支持，在口语中它通常表示广义上的“支持”，如：

You have my support.我支持你。

▶另外，表示“支持”还可以用 behind，如：

I'm right behind you.我完全支持你。

=You have my full backing.

=I'm behind you 100%.

=I'm on your side.

2.start with从……开始

▶start with 是“从……开始”的意思。老外说话比较讲究条理性，常

用“首先，其次，最后”等词，下面我们就来看看这些词如何表达？

首先：in the first place、first of all、for one thing、for a start

其次：in the next place、secondly、the next

最后：the last but not least、finally、in conclusion