2011/3/3 Front Row Listening Notes

C1: Afghanistan: Crossroads Of The Ancient World Historian 大英博物館阿富汗歷史文物展
Tom Holland casts a critical eye over this exhibition highlighting the trading, cultural connections and riches in Afghanistan's history.

(1) curator 館長
(2) cultural diplomacy 文化外交
(3) redress the balance of the perception of his country 修正對其國家的看法
(4) sheer confluence of materials 各種素材的彙集
(5) make a statement about ... 
(6) carnage and looting 屠殺與劫掠

C2: Protest Songs: 抗議歌曲

Music journalist Dorian Lynskey and Arabic TV/Radio presenter Reda El Mawy look at direct responses to political events by musicians past and present.
(1) grass-roots 基層的

C3: BEN MCINTYRE - WORLD BOOK NIGHT : Agent Zigzag: 二次世界大戰的雙面間諜 Eddie Chapman

British author Ben Macintyre discusses his book Agent Zigzag, about a real-life double agent during WWII - Eddie Chapman.
(1) crook (n.) 騙徒 
(2) blackmail (n.) 勒索
(3) to take Chapman's claims with a large grain of salt. 對Chapman 的說法 持極大懷疑保留態度
(4) a flicker of thought 閃過,,,的念頭

C4: ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND 愛麗斯夢遊仙境芭蕾劇在ROH 演出
Dance critic Judith Mackrell reviews the first full-length ballet commissioned by The ROH in 20 years.
(1) preamble (n.) 開場白
(2) piercing sadness 深切的悲哀
(3) pantomine 默劇

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00yzjpb#p00fdl5t