3 Radio Days

Chapter 3 Radio Days No matter what the kids at school thought, Dolly's family was always proud of her. They saw that she was special and talented, and they did a lot to help her succeed. Uncle Louis noticed Dolly singing all the time and playing a guitar she had made for herself. When she was about eight, he gave her a guitar. It was an old one, but it was real. Dolly's uncle Bill Owens was a musician. He

不管学校里的孩子们怎么想，多莉的家人总是以她为傲。 他们看到了她的特殊和才华，他们做了很多帮助她成功。 路易斯叔叔注意到多莉一直在唱歌，还弹着一把她自己做的吉他。 当她八岁的时候，他给了她一把吉他。 这是一个旧的，但它是真的。 多莉的叔叔比尔·欧文斯是个音乐家。 他

wanted to help Dolly, too. He got her a chance to sing on the Cas Walker Radio Show, in Knoxville, Tennessee, forty miles away. Dolly had wanted to be on that show since going there on a class field trip. Cas Walker watched the small ten-year-old stand up to the microphone and sing a church song. The audience loved her. Cas hired her on the spot! Dolly sang on the show on Saturdays, during vacations, and all summer. Sometimes she even skipped school to perform. Soon Cas Walker also had a TV show, and Dolly got to be on it. But Dolly's family couldn't watch her, because they didn't have a TV. Once, Cas Walker did a publicity stunt before his show. He dared people to climb a fifty-foot pole to get a fifty-dollar bill at the top. The pole had grease on it and was very slippery. No one could

我也想帮助多莉。 他让她有机会在40英里外田纳西州诺克斯维尔的卡斯·沃克广播节目上唱歌。 多莉自从参加班级实地考察后就一直想上那个节目。 卡斯·沃克看着这个10岁的小男孩站到麦克风前，唱起了一首教堂歌曲。 观众喜欢她。卡斯当场就雇用了她！多莉在星期六、假期和整个夏天都在节目上唱歌。 有时她甚至逃学去表演。 不久，卡斯·沃克也有了一个电视节目，多莉也上了节目。 但是多莉的家人看不见她，因为他们没有电视。 有一次，卡斯·沃克在演出前做了一个宣传噱头。 他鼓励人们爬上一根50英尺高的杆子，在杆子顶上摘一张50美元的钞票。 杆子上有油渍，很滑。 没人能

do it. Dolly had an idea. After she got herself all wet, she rolled around in sand. Then she scooted right up the pole and grabbed the money! It was enough to buy her family a TV! What would Dolly have done without her family? Uncle Bill drove Dolly to her shows. Uncle Louis took Dolly to make tapes of her songs and sent them to record companies and the Grand Ole Opry. Uncle Bill helped Dolly to write a song, "Puppy Love." Another uncle, John Henry, paid for Dolly and her grandmother to go to

这样做。多莉有了一个主意。她全身湿透后，在沙子里打滚。 然后她径直爬上杆子，抓起了钱！这些钱足够给她家买台电视了！没有她的家人，多莉该怎么办？ 比尔叔叔开车送多莉去看演出。 路易斯叔叔带着多莉把她的歌录下来，寄给唱片公司和大奥普里剧院。 比尔叔叔帮多莉写了一首歌《早恋》。 另一个叔叔，约翰·亨利，支付了多莉和她的祖母去的费用

Louisiana so Dolly could record the song in a studio there. It was the first time either of them had ever been out of Tennessee. It was a hard trip. They missed a bus in Alabama. What would they do now? They didn't even have money for food. Somehow Dolly and her grandma got to the studio and back, and the record was made.

这样多莉就可以在那里的录音室里录这首歌了。 这是他们两人第一次离开田纳西州。 这是一次艰难的旅行。他们在阿拉巴马州错过了一辆公共汽车。 他们现在会怎么做？他们甚至没有钱买食物。 不管怎样，多莉和她的奶奶回到了录音室，唱片就这样完成了。

Dolly was still singing on the Cas Walker Show. She was only thirteen when she moved in with her Aunt Estelle near Knoxville to be closer to the show. THE CAS WALKER RADIO SHOW CAS WALKER STARTED THE RADIO SHOW TO ADVERTISE HIS GROCERY STORES. HE HIRED MANY WELL-KNOWN COUNTRY, GOSPEL, AND BLUEGRASS

多莉还在卡斯·沃克秀上唱歌。 为了离演出更近，她搬到诺克斯维尔附近的埃斯特尔姨妈家住时才13岁。 卡斯·沃克电台节目卡斯·沃克开始广播节目为他的杂货店做广告。 他聘请了许多著名的乡村音乐、福音音乐和蓝草音乐

MUSICIANS TO PERFORM IN PERSON. THE EVERLY BROTHERS, WHO WERE TEENAGED STARS, WERE OFTEN ON THE SHOW IN THE MID-1950S. THAT MUST HAVE MADE DOLLY WANT TO BE ON THE SHOW EVEN MORE. Uncle Bill took Dolly to Nashville to try to get her on the Grand Ole Opry. It was almost impossible because she was so young. Backstage before the show, Uncle Bill begged the performers to let Dolly go on. One of them let Dolly take his place. This was Dolly's biggest

音乐家们亲自表演。 20世纪50年代中期，少年明星埃弗利兄弟经常出现在节目中。 这肯定让多莉更想上节目了。 比尔叔叔带多莉去纳什维尔想让她坐上大奥普里。 这几乎是不可能的，因为她太年轻了。 演出前，比尔叔叔在后台恳求表演者让多莉继续表演。 其中一个让多莉代替了他。 这是多莉最大的一次