时间:2018-12-25 作者:英语课 分类:美语三级跳


英语课

喜欢流行乐的Ernie和酷爱嘻哈乐的Beth打算组个乐队。


P: Today they're discussing what kind of music their band should play.


Beth: Ernie, I'm really excited about starting this band together. We're going to be the two coolest students on campus.


Ernie: I know! It's gonna be great. But what kind of music do you think we should play?


Beth: That's a good question. You know I love hip 1 hop 2, so maybe we can play some Vanilla 3 Ice songs.


Ernie: Hmm ... Vanilla Ice? I know his most famous song, "Ice Ice Baby," but I don't know his other songs.


Beth: That's OK. You can buy his songs on iTunes and listen to them.


P: Winnie, what does Beth think will happen if she and Ernie start a band?


她说,组了乐队,他们就变成学校最酷的两个人! 不过,说实话,我可不这么觉得。


他们要唱"Vanilla Ice"的歌,他的歌早就过时了!


P: Well, Vanilla Ice was a popular rapper in the 1990s. I'm sure he still has fans today, like Beth.


E: Well, I've never downloaded music before. How does it work?


B: You haven't? If you've never tried it I can show you how.


E: Alright. But why is downloading music better than buying CDs at the store?


B: Downloading music is really fast and convenient, and you can preview all the songs before you buy them.


P: So Winnie, why does Beth like downloading music?


她说从网上下载歌曲又快又方便,还可以在购买前"preview,"“试听”一下。不过,Ernie居然说他从来没下载过音乐。天啊,难道他一直住在火星上么?


P: Yeah, even old people know how to download music these days. Let's see if Ernie can catch up.


E: That sounds pretty good. But isn't downloading music illegal?


B: Not if you pay for it. For example, if you download from iTunes and pay with your credit card, it's legal.


E: OK, I'm going to get iTunes and download some Vanilla Ice songs.


B: Awesome 5. You'll see that they are really catchy 6.


Professor, 他们说这些歌很catchy, 这是什么意思呢?


P: You can say a song is "catchy" if it's fun and easy to listen to, and you want to hear it all the time.


哦,就是“好听,上口”的意思。


P: Exactly. Sometimes a "catchy" song can get "stuck in your head."


不过, 我觉得Vanilla Ice的歌可没有这种魔力。


B: Now that we know what kind of music we will play, we have to decide what each of us will do.


E: Well, I love hip hop dancing, so I should probably dance. Do you know how to rap?


B: Oh yeah! I'm a great rapper. And I know all the Vanilla Ice lyrics 7 by heart.


E: Excellent. I'll start practicing my dance moves.


俩人一唱一跳,跟真的似的! 可我对他们实在没信心。


P: Well, you never know, maybe they will be really good and surprise you. But Winnie, do you know what song lyrics are?


当然知道, lyrics就是歌词。不过, to “know the lyrics by heart”是什么意思呢?


P: That means you have memorized them.


Oh, 原来to know something by heart就是“记住”、“熟练于心”的意思。


B: But Ernie, we're still missing something. We need someone to play the music!


E: Oh right ... you know, my friend Eric is a DJ. Maybe he would like to play with us.


B: Hmm ... does he have a good ear for hip hop music?


E: Well, I don't know, but we can find out. We can talk to him and ask if he wants to join our group.


P: Well Winnie, can you guess what it means to "have an ear" for a kind of music?


Sure,这就是说对某种音乐有天生的感觉和才华。唉,真希望Eric能让这两个人清醒点,帮他们选几首好歌。


P: Let's hope so. Tune 4 in 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 vanilla
n.香子兰,香草
  • He used to love milk flavoured with vanilla.他过去常爱喝带香草味的牛奶。
  • I added a dollop of vanilla ice-cream to the pie.我在馅饼里加了一块香草冰激凌。
4 tune
n.调子;和谐,协调;v.调音,调节,调整
  • He'd written a tune,and played it to us on the piano.他写了一段曲子,并在钢琴上弹给我们听。
  • The boy beat out a tune on a tin can.那男孩在易拉罐上敲出一首曲子。
5 awesome
adj.令人惊叹的,难得吓人的,很好的
  • The church in Ireland has always exercised an awesome power.爱尔兰的教堂一直掌握着令人敬畏的权力。
  • That new white convertible is totally awesome.那辆新的白色折篷汽车简直棒极了.
6 catchy
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。
7 lyrics
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。
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