时间:2018-12-02 作者:英语课 分类:美语三级跳


英语课

Ernie和Beth是大学同学,俩人想组个乐队。 不过,他们要先了解一下彼此的音乐口味是否相同。


Professor: So, let's find out what kind of music they like.


Ernie: So Beth, what kind of music do you listen to?


Beth: I listen to a lot of hip 1 hop 2. What about you?


Ernie: I mostly listen to pop music, but I like a lot of different stuff 3.


Beth: Yes, me too. I mostly listen to hip hop, but there are many genres 5 of music I like.


Professor: So Winnie, did you hear the music genres each of them likes?


Professor Bowman, 我正想问您,"genre 4"是什么意思啊?


Professor: It means "style" or "kind." For example, you can say a "music genre" or a "movie genre."


噢,原来 "genre" g-e-n-r-e就是类型,流派的意思。这么说,Beth 常听的是"hip hop",也就是嘻哈音乐。而Ernie常听"pop,"流行乐。Hmm ...我觉得他们的口味差得挺远的。


Professor: But are those the only kinds of music they listen to?


那倒不是。他们俩人都喜欢很多其它类型的音乐,也许还是能找到共同之处的。


Professor: Well, let's see. In the next section listen for the phrase "to get into something," which means to start to like something.


Ernie: How did you get into hip hop?


Beth: Well, all my friends listen to it, so I became a big fan too.


Ernie: Who is your favorite hip hop artist?


Beth: I'm a big fan of Snoop Dogg.


Professor: Winnie, why does Beth like hip hop?


她说,她喜欢上嘻哈乐是因为她的朋友都爱听这种音乐。而且,她还是Snoop Dogg “史努比狗狗”的粉丝。我可不喜欢Snoop Dogg,我觉得他早就过时了。


Professor: Well, even though you don't like him, Snoop Dogg is still popular. Now let's find out why Ernie likes pop music.


Beth: What about you, Ernie? How did you get into pop music?


Ernie: Well I always hear it on the radio, so I started to get into it.


Beth: Yeah, if something is on the radio it must be really good.


Ernie: I totally agree!


Professor: So did you hear how Ernie got into pop music, Winnie?


他呀,是因为老听广播里播的流行歌曲,所以就喜欢上了。要让我说啊,他跟Beth都没有什么音乐鉴赏能力,只会跟着别人走,人云亦云。


Professor: So if they started a band, you wouldn't go to see them?


肯定不会!不过,我们还是先来听听他们喜欢什么乐队吧!


Beth: What are the pop groups that you like?


Ernie: Oh, there are so many good ones! I loved the Spice Girls. They were so cool!


Beth: I agree! I cried for a week when they broke up.


Ernie: I was really sad too, but at least I can still listen to their CDs.


什么什么? Ernie最喜欢的乐队居然是辣妹组合!他们俩的音乐品味还真是有问题。不过,


Professor Bowman, 一个乐队难道也能像情侣那样"break up", 分手么?


Professor: Yes. When a band decides not to play together anymore, you can say it "broke up."


我明白了,break up在这里是 “解散”的意思。难道Ernie就没想到,辣妹组合解散是因为她们太烂吗?


Professor: I don't know ... some of their songs were good.


Wait, professor Bowman, 难道你也是她们的粉丝?


Professor: Of course not! I was ... uh ... just listening to some of their songs to prepare for this class.


Sure ...


Beth: You know Ernie, it seems we both like the same artists.


Ernie: Yes, we do. I think we have the same musical tastes.


Beth: But if we're going to start a band, we have to be able to sing and dance. Can you do that?


Ernie: I'm not a very good singer, but I'm a really great dancer! I love hip hop dancing.


Beth: Great! I'll sing, and you can dance in our band.


Professor: Winnie, is Ernie a better singer or dancer?


他说自己歌唱得一般,可舞跳得特别棒。不过,我看Beth和Ernie的音乐品味都不怎么样,肯定没人去看。


Professor: Well, we'll have to listen next time to find out!


这次的美语三级跳就播送到这里

 



1 hip
n.臀部,髋;屋脊
  • The thigh bone is connected to the hip bone.股骨连着髋骨。
  • The new coats blouse gracefully above the hip line.新外套在臀围线上优美地打着褶皱。
2 hop
n.单脚跳,跳跃;vi.单脚跳,跳跃;着手做某事;vt.跳跃,跃过
  • The children had a competition to see who could hop the fastest.孩子们举行比赛,看谁单足跳跃最快。
  • How long can you hop on your right foot?你用右脚能跳多远?
3 stuff
n.原料,材料,东西;vt.填满;吃饱
  • We could supply you with the stuff in the raw tomorrow.明天我们可以供应你原材料。
  • He is not the stuff.他不是这个材料。
4 genre
n.(文学、艺术等的)类型,体裁,风格
  • My favorite music genre is blues.我最喜欢的音乐种类是布鲁斯音乐。
  • Superficially,this Shakespeare's work seems to fit into the same genre.从表面上看, 莎士比亚的这个剧本似乎属于同一类型。
5 genres
(文学、艺术等的)类型,体裁,风格( genre的名词复数 )
  • Novel and short story are different genres. 长篇小说和短篇小说是不同的类别。
  • But confusions over the two genres have a long history. 但是类型的混淆,古已有之。 来自汉英文学 - 散文英译
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