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全球乐迷纪念列侬诞辰70周年
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10月9日，全球各地的乐迷举行各类纪念活动，纪念“甲壳虫”乐队已故主唱约翰•列侬诞辰70周年。当天，美国的乐迷聚集在纽约曼哈顿中央公园的“草莓地”，点燃蜡烛，摆上鲜花和列侬的照片，哼唱着列侬的经典作品。中央公园还免费放映纪录片《列侬在纽约》，表达对列侬的敬仰和怀念。 在列侬的家乡英国利物浦，他的前妻辛西娅和他们的儿子朱利安跟当地歌迷一起参加了“和平与和谐”纪念碑揭幕仪式。在冰岛，由列侬遗孀小野洋子创作的艺术品“想象和平塔”在夜空之下被点亮，艺术品各个表面由多种语言书写“想象和平”字样，传达出列侬生前所追求的世界和平理念。[文章版权 禁止转载:考试与评价 http://www.trgroup.com.cn/te/ \k?~g$P.=3 =7v_ P=xFroG]

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A crush of fans circled a flower-graced mosaic in Central Park's Strawberry Fields and sang lyrics from Imagine on Saturday to honour Beatles legend John Lennon on his 70th birthday.

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On the day when the Liverpool Lad would have become a septuagenarian, thousands of fans around the world gathered to remember the floppy-haired British superstar who just wanted to give peace a chance.

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Fans began arriving on Friday, spilling onto the sidewalk of Central Park West, where Lennon and wife Yoko Ono lived in the famed Dakota building for nine years. He was shot to death by a deranged gunman as he came home on the evening of December 8, 1980.

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Police erected barricades to contain the crowd alongside passing traffic.

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This year, the memorial to the slain ex-Beatle and peace activist includes a mosaic donated by the city of Naples, Italy. A plaque lists 121 countries that endorse Strawberry Fields as a Garden of Peace.

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The one hectare site was created by Ono and named after the Lennon song, Strawberry Fields Forever, which also observes that 'living is easy with eyes closed, misunderstanding all you see.'

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The birthday celebration got started early on Friday in his native England, where Google UK released a 32-second video 'doodle' with an Imagine soundtrack. The interactive electronic art generates a butterfly and a flower - reflecting Lennon's devotion to world peace.

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In Liverpool, Lennon's first wife, Cynthia and, their son, Julian, unveiled a sculpture to celebrate his life.

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Hundreds of people gathered at the city center's Chavasse Park to watch the pair cut a ribbon to reveal the statue, called Peace and Harmony. The sculpture, which features a colorful globe with doves flying above it, was designed by 19-year-old American artist Lauren Voiers.

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The two held hands and joined the crowd in singing John Lennon's 'Give Peace a Chance.'

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'I think the mourning is over for John. I think it's time to celebrate,' said Cynthia, 71. 'Think about his life that was positive and good and just enjoy that.'

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She was married to John Lennon from 1962 to 1968.

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In New York, planned celebrations include a Saturday evening benefit concert at the Society For Ethical Culture, a short walk from Strawberry Fields. The proceeds will go to the human rights organisation Amnesty International.

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Capping the New York remembrances will be a Central Park screening of a documentary detailing Lennon's life in the city. Titled LENNONYC the new public television film will be shown in the park's Rumsey Playfield, with picnic-style seating on the ground.

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Ono was set to mark her late husband's milestone birthday in Iceland with a performance by the Yoko Ono Plastic Ono Band. She also was to present awards to people who had contributed to peace.

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Just before Lennon was killed, the couple collaborated on a last album 'that was so different from anything he did before,' said David Edwards, a college student in Kentucky who drove 14 hours to New York City to pay tribute.

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The 22-year-old found a different way to honour the slain Beatle in the bustling crowd of admirers: He sat alone on a bench with earphones on, listening to Lennon's music on his iPod while reading his book Skywriting By Word of Mouth.

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'What gets me is his humanity,' Edwards said. 'He was one of the first superstars who showed that he was vulnerable - he was Everyman.'

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