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1、2010高级口译阅读训练文章：铜管乐队的衰落SavingBritain’sproudbrassbandlegacy PracticenightforCarltonMainFrickleyCollieryBand,oneoftheoldestbrassbandsinBritain.HistorylinesthewallsoftheYorkshireband’spracticeroom:gleamingtrophiesofpastvictories,abannerforBestofBrassChampions1983a
2、nd,ononewall,aposter:“TheYorkshireCoalfield—Memories.”Itshowsaminer,faceblackenedfromthepit,andnameseveryclosedYorkshirecolliery. OnlythreeformerminersplayforCarltonMainthesedays;thebandhassurvivedwithoutthepit,itsranksswelledbyyoungmaleandfemaleprofessionalsa
3、ndfivemembersunder20.Thisisthetypical,new,middle-classfaceofbrassbands.Yettheirlinkstoabygoneminingtraditionpersist. Twenty-fiveyearsafterbrassbandsmarchedduringtheminers’strike,thisundergroundmusicisinthespotlightagain.Anewcompilation,TheMusicLivesonNowtheMin
4、esHaveGone,brings11collierybandstogether,includingCarltonMain.Theywilllineupagainstanothercollierybrassalbum,bytheDinningtonCollieryBand,fromSheffield,thestarsoftheBBCshowABandforBritain,whichfollowsSuePerkins’seffortstosaveDinnington.Andnextmonth,theLeeds-base
5、dOperaNorthcommemoratestheyear-longminers’strikewithSongsattheYear’sEnd,asongcycleforbrassband. Butwhatfuturedothesehistoricgroupshave?Mostbrassbandstodayhaveoutlivedtheirminingcommunities,andtheeffectsareprofound.Whencollieriesandtheirbandsweretheheartofaclos
6、e-knit,thrivingvillage,bandsplayedforpleasureandpride. TheYorkshire-bornStanLippeatt,60,isaformerGrimethorpebandsmanwhostartedplayingwhenhewas10yearsold.Hisfatherplayed,sodidhisgrandfathers,hisunclesandhistwobrothers.“Bandsbecamethepillarsofthevillage;theyturn
7、edouttomarchonArmisticeSunday,theywouldplaytheChristmascarols.Theyweresomethingforvillagerstogotowhentherewasn’tmuchTVabout,”hesays.LippeattfoundedtheannualButlinsMineworkersOpenBrassBandChampionships.“AguywouldbeonhisholidaysinTorquayandhe’dbeproudtoboasthecam
8、efromthehometownofaband.” TheBarnsleypoetIanMcMillan,whohaswrittenthewordsforOperaNorth’sSongsattheYear’sEnd,believesthatbrassbandsstillplayaroleintheircommunities.“Theyare
