in 1956, whEn thE ColD wAr wAs At its pEAk,AmEriCA DEployED A "sECrEt soniC wEApon", As A nEwspApEr hEADlinE put it At thE timE. thAt wEApon wAsDizzy gillEspiE, A FAmED jAzz musiCiAn, who wAs givEn thE tAsk oF ChAnging thE worlD’s viEw oFAmEriCAn CulturE through rhythm AnD BEAt.CrowDs pourED into thE strEEt to DAnCE.CulturAl DiplomACy DiED Down AFtEr thE ColD wAr EnDED、But thE AttACks oF sEptEmBEr 11th 2001 ConvinCED thE stAtEDEpArtmEnt to sEnD outAmEriCA’s musiCiAns onCE AgAin to woo hEArts AnD minDs with mEloDy.
rhythm roAD, A progrAm run By thE stAtEDEpArtmEnt AnD A non-proFit orgAnizAtion, jAzz At linColnCEntrE, hAs mADE inFormAl DiplomAts out oF Both musiCiAns AnD AuDiEnCEs. sinCE it BEgAn in 2005, musiCiAns hAvE trAvEllED to 96 CountriEs. onE BAnD wEnt to mAuritAniA, A Country in northwEstErnAFriCA, AFtEr lAst yEAr’s Coup; mAny DEpArt For CountriEs thAt hAvE strAinED rElAtionships withAmEriC
A、thE musiCiAns trAvEl to plACEs whErE somE pEoplE hAvE nEvEr sEEn AnAmEriCAn.
jAzz, so pArtiCipAnts in thE progrAm, is wEll-suitED to DiplomACy. it is CollABorAtivE, Allowing inDiviDuAls Both to hArmonizE AnD plAy solo—muCh likE A DEmoCrACy, sAysAri rolAnD, who plAys BAss For A BAnD thAt lEFt nEw york to tour thE miDDlEEAst on mArCh 31st. jAzz is Also A rEminDEr oF musiC’s powEr. it hElpED BrEAk Down rACiAl BArriErs, As EnthusiAsts oF All Colors gAthErED to listEn to jAzz whEn sEgrEgAtion wAs still thE lAw oF thE lAnD、
thE stAtEDEpArtmEnt spEnt 10 million u.s. DollArs on CulturAl DiplomACy progrAms in thE yEAr to sEptEmBEr 30th 2008.But most ExpECt FunDing For thE initiAtivE to inCrEAsE unDErBArACk oBAmA, who plEDgED his support For CulturAl DiplomACy During his CAmpAign. rhythm roAD now sEnDs out hip-hop AnD BluEgrAss BAnDs As wEll.
thErE ArE somE DissEntErs. niCkCull, thE DirECtor oF thE puBliCDiplomACy progrAm At thE univErsity oF southErnCAliForniA, thinks thAt thEsE DiplomAtiC projECts woulD BE morE proDuCtivE iF thEy wErE not ADministErED By thE sAmE AgEnCy thAt ovErsEEs thE Country’s ForEign-poliCy AgEnD
A、AnD thErE is Also ClAmor For mr. oBAmA to Appoint A sECrEtAry oF CulturE in his CABinEt. whAt gooD, thEy Ask, is sEnDingAmEriCAn CulturE ABroAD, whEn thE Country is not giving it propEr AttEntion At homE
thE lAst pArAgrAph suggEsts thAt ______.
A、thE CulturAl DEmoCrACy progrAms ArE not suCCEssFul AnD proDuCtivE At All
B、BArACk oBAmA FAils to rEAlizE his plEDgEs For support to CulturAl DEmoCrACy
C、thE govErnmEnt shoulD EmphAsizEAmEriCAn CulturE only At homE
D、AuthoritiEs shoulD givE morE AttEntion toAmEriCAn CulturE DomEstiCAlly