Take Away English-UK Music Festivals 英国音乐节
时间：2019-01-02 作者：英语课 分类：Take Away English
Fans go wild at the Reading Festival
Summer in the UK is traditionally 1 the time when people go on holiday. It is also the time for quiet picnics and spending lazy days doing nothing.
Alternatively, you could watch the Wimbledon Tennis Championship, or spend five days watching cricket 2, a sport nobody seems to understand.
Does this sound too dull? Well, it is also the time for outdoor music festivals. Let’s look at some of the most famous ones.
The Glastonbury Festival first started in 1970, and is often seen as the standard to judge other festivals by. It takes place on a farm in the south-west of England over 3 days, and visitors camp in the fields around the site.
Acts in 2005 included Coldplay, The White Stripes 3 and Basement 4 Jaxx, among others. The only problem with Glastonbury is the unpredictable weather. Heavy rain meant that last year many of the fields flooded, spoiling 5 the fun for those whose tents were washed away.
While Glastonbury tries to keep an air of peace and love, the Reading Festival is a noisier, more aggressive 6 weekend. It is much easier to attend as it is in the centre of the city of Reading, and although you can camp you can also go just for the day. Up to 55,000 people are expected to attend on the weekend of the August Bank Holiday, and top British acts such as Franz Ferdinand and The Kaiser Chiefs will entertain 7 the crowds.
If you prefer house music to rock, then Creamfields is probably the place for you. Since 1998, this festival of dance music has taken place in Liverpool 8, also on the final weekend of August, but only for one day, so there is no need to bring your tent. Instead, just enjoy a boogie to top DJs and live acts.
Finally, Knebworth - Knebworth is a huge manor 9 house and the festival takes place in the gardens. It first took place in 1974, and since then acts such as The Rolling Stones, Queen, Elton John and Paul McCartney have all featured. More recently, Robbie Williams has sold out concerts to crowds of fans. In fact, his concert in 2003 was the largest ever in the UK with over 375,000 fans attending and more than 3.5 million watching live on TV.
So, whatever your tastes in music there is a festival taking place in England to suit you. Just don’t forget to pack your raincoat.
GLOSSARY 词汇表
picnics
野炊, 野餐
cricket
曲棍球
music festivals
音乐节
camp
露营地
flooded
洪水浸没的
tents
帐篷
aggressive
大张旗鼓
house music
大众化舞曲 (也称”浩室” 舞曲)
boogie
(随着摇摆舞音乐节奏)摆动身体
sold out
销售一空
lazy
懒惰的
dull
乏味的, 无趣的
takes place
举行
unpredictable weather
变幻无常的天气
spoiling
扫兴
washed away
被水冲走
August Bank Holiday
八月的公共假日
rock
摇滚
manor house
庄园主的住宅
tastes in music
对不同音乐种类的喜好
- Traditionally,people clean the house before the Spring Festival.传统上，人们在春节前打扫房子。
- Medicine is traditionally the first of the Nobel prizes awarded each year.根据传统，医学奖是诺贝尔奖每年颁发的第一个奖项。
- The England cricket team scored quite a useful total.英格兰板球队得分总数令人满意。
- We could hear the shrill of the midsummer cricket.我们可以听到仲夏时节蟋蟀的尖叫声。
- Your behaviour isn't cricket.你的行为不光彩。
- The plant's stem is marked with thin green longitudinal stripes. 这种植物的茎上长有绿色细长条纹。
- a zebra's black and white stripes 斑马的黑白条纹
- It is rather damp in the basement.地下室很潮湿。
- They live in a basement flat in North London.他们住在伦敦北部的一所地下公寓里。
- You are spoiling this man's son. 贼夫人之子。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- The murderer attempted to escape from law punishment by spoiling his own face. 那个杀人犯企图自毁容貌以逃脱法律的惩罚。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- You'd better keep the two aggressive boys apart.你最好把那两个好斗的男孩分开。
- These fish are very aggressive.这些鱼极具攻击性。
- Emma will be happy to entertain you.爱玛会很高兴招待你的。
- They entertain a great deal.他们常常招待客人。
- Are you traveling to Liverpool as well?We can go together.你也去利物浦吗？我们可以同行。
- His professional career started at Liverpool University.他的职业生涯是从利物浦大学开始的。