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1、高级英语(上)LessonOneRockSuperstars:WhatDoTheyTellUsAboutOurselvesandOurSociety背景知识(Backgroundknowledge)RockMusicAformofpopularmusicthatischaracterizedbyapronounced,amplifiedbeat.Electricguitarsarealmostalwaysthemaininstrumentalsoundsource.Themodemrockba
2、nd'sbasicelementsareoneormorevocalists,anelectricleadguitarandbassguitaranddrums.Arhythmguitarisoftenincluded,andmanybandsalsousekeyboards."Rock-and-roll"wascoinedinthemid-1950'sbyaClevelandbroadcaster,AlanFreed,toreplace"rhythm-and-blues"——atermthat
3、Freedthoughthadtoomanyracialovertones'.(Itwasbeingcalled"racemusic"insomequartersatthetime.)Rhythm-and-blueswasitselfanupdated,urbanizedstylizationoftheblues,whichhadbeendevelopedmainlybyruralorcountry-orientedblackmusicians.Whenthemusicwasrenamedro
4、ck-and-roll,italsounderwentanelementalchange,particularlywhenwhiteperformerssawhoweagerlyyoungaudiencesresponded."White"music——thatisessentiallyconventionalpopularmusicwithadecidedcountry-and-westernflavor——wasblendedwithrhythm-and-blues,andyoungpeo
5、plecontinuedtoholdaproprietaryattitudeaboutit.Rockwentthroughitsshareofphasesandparticipatedinanumberofpopculturefads.课文要义(Mainideaofthetext)Theauthorfocusesonthesocialinfluencesoftherockmusicintermsofsociology.Bycontrastingdifferentattitudestoward
6、therockamongtheyoungandadultaudience,theauthorpointsoutthatrockisservedasanexpressionofsocialideas,andalsoprovidesadebatingstagefordifferentideas.Rock'n'rollstarsexpresstheyounggeneration'sviewpointsonvariouspoliticalandsocialproblems,andalsohelpthes
7、ocietyseeitsownbeliefsandattitudes,andexpresstheyoungmen'sfeelingsandhope.词汇(Vocabulary)1.sprinkle:v.scatterorthrowsth.insmalldropsorparticlesetc.on(asurface);spreadEverymorningthesanitationworkerssprinklewateronthedustystreets.每天早上清洁工人都要往尘土飞扬的街道上洒水。
8、Sprinklesandalongtheicypath.把沙撒在冰封的路上。2.adulation:n.excessiveadmirationorpraise;flatteryThemagazineisfullofthefan'sadulationoftheirfavoritepopstars.杂志上充满了歌迷对他们所喜爱的歌手的吹捧。adulate:v.flatterHerespectedsciencewithoutadulatingit.他尊重科学而不迷信科学。3.reject:v.puta
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