英语听力：自然百科 热带风潮的革命 Tropicalia Revolution—4
时间：2019-01-22 作者：英语课 分类：自然百科2012年
英语课
Mas que Nada became a top ten hit, the first Portuguese 1 language success in American pop history.
-That song, Mas que Nada, is magical. I told Jorge Ben the other day I saw him in LA. And I thank him for writing that song because there's not many songs like that. I mean a song that everybody can sing along with. And it's so simply and it's so catchy 2. It's like, er,...And it's all over the world. You go to Japan. I go to Japan every year and I play, you know, Mas que Nada is like the national anthem 3.
Music
Mas que Nada has been re-recorded over 200 times. It's been used as a football anthem though the lyrics 4 have nothing to do with football. And it's been given a hip 5 hop 6 treatment by The Black Eyed Peas.
Sergio Mendes remained in America, to become Brazil's most commercially successful musician of the 60s. When the fashion for bossa nova finally ended, giving way to the English invasion led by the Beatles, he notched 7 up another hit single with his own easy listening version of the Beatles' Fool On The Hill, which he performed on The Andy Williams TV Show.
n.葡萄牙人；葡萄牙语
- They styled their house in the Portuguese manner.他们仿照葡萄牙的风格设计自己的房子。
- Her family is Portuguese in origin.她的家族是葡萄牙血统。
adj.易记住的，诡诈的，易使人上当的
- We need a new slogan.The old one's not catchy enough.我们需要新的口号，旧的不够吸引人。
- The chorus is very catchy to say the least.副歌部分很容易上口。
n.圣歌，赞美诗，颂歌
- All those present were standing solemnly when the national anthem was played.奏国歌时全场肃立。
- As he stood on the winner's rostrum,he sang the words of the national anthem.他站在冠军领奖台上，唱起了国歌。
n.歌词
- music and lyrics by Rodgers and Hart 由罗杰斯和哈特作词作曲
- The book contains lyrics and guitar tablatures for over 100 songs. 这本书有100多首歌的歌词和吉他奏法谱。
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。
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？