#79. Whom in your country would you choose to build a statue for?
If my city has decided to build a statue to honor a famous person in my country, I would choose a late singer, Teresa Teng. She was born in 1950s, and died of a severe asthma attack at age 41 in May 1995 while holidaying in Chiang Mai, Thailand, triggering an outpouring of grief among her legions of fans in Asia and elsewhere. During her brilliant stage career, favored by fans all over Asia, she moved millions of people. Her famous songs include "sweet","story of small town", and "the moon represents my heart", etc.
It was said that it was her who introduced several generations in China to a certain field of popular music. Her songs have accompanied the growth and development of many people in China. In the home of these generations' soul, her sweet voice has become immortal beauty and memory. Although she's gone, her sound of singing has never vanished. She is constantly commemorated; from Beijing to Taipei, Hong Kong to Singapore, her ubiquitous fans observe her commemoration from time to time, cherishing her incredible beauty, and her voice that sounds to come from heaven. Her sweet songs made her a legend, and are still regularly heard on radio, and continue to have a following in Chinese communities all over the world.
She should be remembered not only because of her beauty and voice, but also because of her great charity. She founded"Teresa Teng Foundation" during her lifetime. The purpose of the foundation is to cultivate and support gifted artists, and at the same time the foundation includes a trust to distribute scholarship to make sure that art students have opportunities to accomplish what they actually can. Every year, The Teresa Teng Foundation also send a great amount of money as a charity to help homeless children. And these activities are supported by her fans all over the world.
79. 你会选择为你国家的哪个人塑像？
如果我的城市决定塑一座雕像纪念我国一个名人的话，我会选择已故歌手邓丽君。她生于20世纪50年代，于1995年5月因严重气喘于泰国响买过世，享年41岁。她的死引起了无数亚洲以及其他地区的歌迷的悲痛。在她辉煌的舞台生涯里，她在整个亚洲都有歌迷，感动了成千上万的人。她的著名歌曲包括“甜蜜蜜”、“小城故事”，以及“月亮代表我的心”。
对几代中国人来说，流行音乐的启蒙是从邓丽君开始的。她的歌伴随很多中国人成长成熟。在他们的心灵之家里，那甜美动人的歌声是永不磨灭的美丽和回忆。尽管她已经去了，她的歌声从未消失。人们不停地纪念她，北京到台北，从香港到新加坡，她无所不在的歌迷不停地举办她的纪念活动，怀念她惊人的美丽，还有天籁般的歌声。她那甜蜜的歌曲使她成为一个传奇，也仍然可以不时地在收音机里听到，并在全世界的华人圈里有着许多的追随者。
她之所以值得人们纪念不仅是因为她的美貌和声音，更因为她的高尚的慈善行为。她生前建立了“邓丽君文教基金会”。基金会的目标是培养并支持有天赋的艺术家，并且基金会同时包括一个奖学金基金用来确保学艺术的人确实能实现他们原本可以实现的成就。每年，“邓丽君文教基金会”也发送大量金钱作为慈善基金去帮助无家可归的孩子们。这些活动也获得来自全世界的她的歌迷的支持。
- late ［leit］ adj. 已去世的，已故的
- asthma ［ˈæzmə］ n. 气喘（病）
- legions of 大批的
- immortal ［iˈmɔ:tl］ adj. 永生的；不朽的
- vanish ［ˈvæniʃ］ v. 消失不见
- commemorate ［kəˈmeməˌreit］ vt. 纪念，庆祝
- ubiquitous ［juˈbikwətəs］ adj. 无所不在的
- cherish ［ˈtʃeriʃ］ vt. 怀念
- trust ［trʌst］ n. 奖学金基金会