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It's springtime in Washington DC. These days, the world-famous Yoshino cherry trees are at peak bloom.
华盛顿特区进入春天，这几天，世界著名的东京樱花盛开。
The colorful scene draws not just tourists.
五颜六色的景色不仅吸引了游客。
Traditionally, students flock to the nation's capital, too and they bring their school spirit with them.
按照惯例，学生簇拥到了首都，他们还传播了学校精神。
And sometimes, they bring music. These students from Battle High School band in Columbia, Missouri, are here to perform.
有时他们还会带来音乐，来自密苏里州哥伦比亚市的战斗高中乐队来这里演出。
We came down here for educational purposes, cause most of these kids have never been to Washington DC,
我们来这里是为了教学，因为多数孩子没来过首都，
but we also came down here to perform at the US Navy Memorial.
而且我们要去美国海军纪念馆演出。
The band plays a couple of songs, winning the attention of pedestrians.
乐队演奏了几首曲目，吸引了过路人的注意。
Adrian Maddox has been playing the French Horn for six years. It is the senior's first time to the nation's capital.
艾德琳·马多克斯弹奏圆号有六年了，这也是这名毕业班学生第一次来首都。
I love Washington, I love big cities. It's been really cool seeing like the natural kind of history
我热爱华盛顿，我喜欢大城市，看到了最本质的历史，这很酷，
and how everything comes together, cause you only ever read about it, so that's interesting.
这里汇聚了所有的东西，因为你之前只是读过，所以很有趣。
And it is very different from her hometown, she says.
她还说这里和家相比很不一样。
Missouri is so rural, there is so many rural cities, there is only like three big cities, so it's completely different. Polar opposites.
密苏里州是乡下，有许多农村城市，只有三座大城市，所以很不一样，完全相反。
In Columbia, where we live, we don't have a city like this. Our downtown is very small compared to this.
在我们居住的哥伦比亚市，我们没有这样的城市，我们的市中心和这个比很小。
Traffic is very minimal compared to this, so the kids have enjoyed the honking of all the horns.
没有什么车流量，所以孩子们喜欢鸣笛声。
Like other visiting student groups, the Battle High band members also toured sites
和其他来首都参观的学生群体一样，战斗高中乐队成员在回家之前，
like Arlington National Cemetery, and some of the many museums in the city, before heading for home.
前往了阿灵顿国家公墓，以及许多博物馆，
This springtime tradition will soon give way to another one,
这种春季传统不久将让位于另外一个传统，
when another wave of young people is expected to visit Washington during their summer break.
届时还有一波年轻人即将在暑假参观华盛顿。
Markus Meyer-Gehlen for VOA news, Washington
马克思·美伊尔-格林，VOA新闻，华盛顿报道。
