英语听力：自然百科 热带风潮的革命 Tropicalia Revolution—12
时间：2019-01-22 作者：英语课 分类：自然百科2012年
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The timing 1 was right for a new internationally influenced musical movement. 1968 was a year of global upheavals 2 and rock music provided the soundtrack.
In communist Czechoslovakia, Soviet 3 tanks rolled in to end Dubcek’s experiment in “socialism with a human face”.
In Britain as in America, there were violent protests against the Vietnam War. In France, student clashes with the police, escalated 4 into serious riots and even fears that the state itself was under threat.
While in Brazil, there was also increasing chaos 5. The soldiers had originally promised that they would relinquish 6 power in 1967 but they stayed on, with military hardliners determined 7 to crack down on any form of opposition 8.
On June 26th, 1968, a mass demonstration 9, the march of a hundred thousand, was held in Rio, organized in protest at the killing 10 of a student shot by police. Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil, Chico Buarque, Edu Lobo, Paulinho Da Viola and Milton Nascimento were among the musicians who took part.
n.时间安排，时间选择
- The timing of the meeting is not convenient.会议的时间安排不合适。
- The timing of our statement is very opportune.我们发表声明选择的时机很恰当。
突然的巨变( upheaval的名词复数 )； 大动荡； 大变动； 胀起
- the latest upheavals in the education system 最近教育制度上的种种变更
- These political upheavals might well destroy the whole framework of society. 这些政治动乱很可能会破坏整个社会结构。
adj.苏联的，苏维埃的；n.苏维埃
- Zhukov was a marshal of the former Soviet Union.朱可夫是前苏联的一位元帅。
- Germany began to attack the Soviet Union in 1941.德国在1941年开始进攻苏联。
v.（使）逐步升级( escalate的过去式和过去分词 )；（使）逐步扩大；（使）更高；（使）更大
- The fighting escalated into a full-scale war. 这场交战逐步扩大为全面战争。
- The demonstration escalated into a pitched battle with the police. 示威逐步升级，演变成了一场同警察的混战。
n.混乱，无秩序
- After the failure of electricity supply the city was in chaos.停电后，城市一片混乱。
- The typhoon left chaos behind it.台风后一片混乱。
v.放弃，撤回，让与，放手
- He was forced to relinquish control of the company.他被迫放弃公司的掌控权。
- They will never voluntarily relinquish their independence.他们绝对不会自动放弃独立。
adj.坚定的；有决心的
- I have determined on going to Tibet after graduation.我已决定毕业后去西藏。
- He determined to view the rooms behind the office.他决定查看一下办公室后面的房间。
n.反对，敌对
- The party leader is facing opposition in his own backyard.该党领袖在自己的党內遇到了反对。
- The police tried to break down the prisoner's opposition.警察设法制住了那个囚犯的反抗。
n.表明，示范，论证，示威
- His new book is a demonstration of his patriotism.他写的新书是他的爱国精神的证明。
- He gave a demonstration of the new technique then and there.他当场表演了这种新的操作方法。