Rock Superstars : What Do They Tell Us About Ourselves and Our Society ?
1. Rock Superstars 摇滚乐超级明星
rock : rock music , rock ' n ' roll ( or : rock and roll )摇滚乐
早期的摇滚乐是源于美国的民歌( folk )爵士乐( jazz )勃鲁斯歌曲(blues)等的一种音乐,其特征是具 有强烈的节奏 ( rhythm )单纯的旋律 ( melody )一再重复的歌词和音符的后拍音 ( after beat )
2. Rock is the music of teenage rebellion .摇滚乐是青少年的反叛音乐
a. teenage adj. pertaining to a teenager ( 13 至 19 岁的 ) 青少年的.
其名词形式为teenager: (13至19岁的青少年).
b. rebellion : resistance to or defiance of any authority 造反,反派.
如;
a rebellion against old traditions 对旧传统的反叛.
3. By a man ' s heroes ye shall know him . 你将从一的英雄得知其人.
a.这句句子的句型与英语中常说的 judge a man by the company he keeps(以一个人所交的朋友断定其为人)很相似.
b. ye = you 用于古英语或诗歌中,是第二人称代词thou的复数.
如:
Ye are the salt of the earth .你们是社会的中坚. (出自<<圣经>>)
4. '' Midnight Rambler '' :
ramble : walk for pleasure漫游,既可表动词,也可作名词.
如;
They rambled through the woods.他们在林中漫步.
5. ... he said , '' grabs a half-gallon jug of water and runs along the front platform , sprinkling its contents over the first rows of sweltering listeners ... ''
a. grab : to seize suddenly , eagerly , or roughly ; snstch 急抓,夺取.
如: He jumped up from the table , grabbed his hat and ran out of the door .
他从桌子旁跳了起来,抓起自己的帽子,奔出门去.
另外,grab后面可以跟其他名词或名词短语.
如:
grab a shower快速冲了澡,
grab a sandwich,胡乱吃了一个三明治,
grab a taxi 赶搭出租车.
有时,还可以作不及物动词.
如:
He grabbed at the opportunity of going abroad . 他设法抓住这次出国的机会 b. sprinkle : to scatter drops or particles of water , powder or the like on 洒液体,撒粉末等(于......上).
如:
They sprinkled ashes on the icy sidewalk .他们在积水溜滑的人行道上撒了灰.
We sprinkle the lawn every day .我们每天给草坪洒水.
以'' sprinkling ''引导的短语是动词的 '' - ing '' 形式作伴随状语.
再如:
They stood there , watching the basketball .他们站在那里,观看篮球比赛.
6. They surge to follow him , eager to be touched by a few baptismal drops .
a. surge : to move or swell forward in or like waves 如波涛汹涌而至.
A crowd surged out of the theater .观众从剧院里蜂拥而出.
b. 以形容词'' eager ''引导的不定式词组在语法功能上起着并列分句的作用.
7. Some 14,000 screaming fans were cruching up to the front of the stage at Capital Center , ...
a. some : ( before a number ) approximately , about (在数字前
)大约.
如:
some twenty students大约20个学生.
b. scream to make a loud , sharp cry 尖声大叫.
'' screaming ''是动词 scream的 '' - ing ''形式作前置修饰语, '' screaming fans '' 意为"尖声大叫的歌迷"
c. crunch : to proceed with a crushing noise嘎吱嘎吱地往前.
如:
The children crunched through the snow .孩子们嘎吱嘎吱地踩着雪走.
8. I ought to be crawling on my knees .
a. crawled : to move with the face downward and the boye close to the ground爬行.
如;
The bus crawled along .公共汽车缓慢地行进.
注意:短语 crawl into the favor of one's superiors表示"卑躬屈膝地讨好上司".
b. on one's knees : 双膝跪地.
9. How do you feel about all this adulation and hero worship ?
a. feel about : consider , think of 觉得,感到.经常用于疑问句中,
如:
How do you feel about the suggestion ?你认为这个建议怎么样?
b. adulation 是adulate的名词形式.
adulate : flatter or admire excessively过分赞赏,奉承,恭维.
如:
One can hardly understand why young people so adulate film stars.
年轻人为什么如此过分赞赏影星,真让人费解.
10. Or are you drawn somehow to this strange clown , perhaps because he acts out your wildest fantasies ?
a. draw : atteact 吸引.
如:
Some mutual interests draw us together .一些共同的兴趣把我们吸引到一块了.
b. somehow : in some way not specified or known 不知什么缘故.
如:
Somehow I don't like this novel though it is so popular .
这本小说虽然很流行,但不知什么原因我却不喜欢它.
c. fantasy : imagination , esp. when it is let free and not held back(自由奔放的)想象,幻想,狂想.
wildest fantasies ,最为狂妄的奇想.
11. These aren't idle questions .
idle : of no real worth or purpose 无聊的.
如:
idle rumor无聊的谎言.
12. Horwitz sees the rock music arena as a sort of debating forum , a place where ideas clash and crash .
a. see ... as ... : consider ... as ...把......看作......
b. forum : a meeting place of discussion of matters of public interest论坛.
c. a place 是a sort of debating forum的同位语,后面由 where引导的句子是定语从句,修饰 a place.
'' ideas chash and crash ''意为"各种思想冲撞".
13. '' The redefinition , '' Horowitz says '' is a task uniquely performed by the young...''
'' uniquely performed by the young '' 是过去分词短语,用于修饰前面的''a task''.
14. It is they alone who combine invention and exaggeration , ...
a.it is .. who ( that ) 是强调句式.
b.alone : ( after a noun or pronoun ) only(在名词或代词后面)仅,只.
His name alone was enough to draw a large audience .仅仅他的名字就足以吸引一大批观众.
15. '' Rock music ,'' he says '' is really a sociological expression rather than a musical force . ''
rather than : instead of 而不是(肯定前者,否定后者.)
比如:
H
e is a poet rather than a novelist .与其说他是小说家,不如说他是诗人.
这里介绍另一个短语or rather,意为 more exactly更为确切地说".
如:
late last night , or rather early this morning昨天深夜,更为确切地说,是今天清晨.
16. It's just that Elvis managed to embody the frustrated teenage spirit of the 1950s .
a. 句中的it有 the reason的意思, that = be cause .
b. embody : give a definite form to具体体现
如:
The statue embodies the sentiment of the sculptor .这尊塑像表现了雕像家的感情.
The latest model of the lorry embodies many improvements .卡车的最新式样体现了许多改进的地方.
17. TV network banned him .
a. network : a group of radio or television stations linked by wire or microwaves (广播,电视)广播网 b. ban : prohibit , forbid 禁止.
如:
Students are banned from reading dirty books .禁止学生阅读色情书刊.
18. Most of the older viewers frowned , while most of the younger viewers applauded .
a. frown: to wrinkle the forehead , such as when one is displeased or in deep thought皱眉.
如:听到我说错了答案,他便皱起了眉头.
短语frown on ( upon )表示"不赞同".
如:
He frowned upon my plan .他不赞同我的计划.
b. applaud : to clap the hands together in approval or appreciation鼓掌喝彩;称赞.
如:
The audience applauded wildly .观众热烈鼓掌.
c. 连接词while在这里表示对照,
再如:
I like books while my brother loves sports .我喜欢书,而我的兄弟则热衷于体育.
19. The Rolling Stones , arrogant street-fighting men , demanded revolution .
arrogant : acting as if one were more important than others傲慢的;妄自尊大的.
如;
He was just too arrogant to his subordinates .他对他的部下太傲慢了.
20. Feelings , always a part of any musical statement , were a major subject .
这里always a part of any musical statement 是feelings的同位语.
21. The Beatles showed there were a range of emotions between love and hate .
range : a number of different things of the same general sort or type (变动的,可供选择的)范围;幅度.
如:
a range of colors to choose from可以选择的一系列颜色;
a range of prices from 5 yuan to 50 yuan 从5元到50元不等的各种价格.
22. This country element , Horowitz feels , helped its audience express an urge to '' get away from it all , '' ...
urge : an instincitve drive .冲动.
如:
I felt an urge to further my studies in Europe .我有一种去欧洲深造的冲动.
23. ...these rock musicians mirror feelings...
mirror : reflect 反映.
如:
The election result reflects their opinions.选举结果反映了他们的观点.
24. ... where it's heading ?
head ( for ) : move toward (朝某一方向)前进.
如:
They were heading for the deep jungle for hunting .他们去丛林深处打猎.
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