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Lesson One Rock Superstars : What Do They Tell Us About Ourselves and Our Society ? 1. Rock Superstars 摇滚乐超级明星 rock : rock music , rock ’ n ’ roll ( or : rock and roll )摇滚乐 早期的摇滚乐是源于美国的民歌( folk )爵士乐( jazz )勃鲁斯歌曲(blues)等的一种音乐,其特征是具 有强烈的节奏 ( rhythm )单纯的旋律 ( melody )一再重复的歌词和音符的后拍音 ( after beat )
2. Rock is the music of teenage rebellion .摇滚乐是青少年的反叛音乐 a. teenage adj. pertaining to a teenager ( 13 至 19 岁的 ) 青少年的. 其名词形式为teenager: (13至19岁的青少年). b. rebellion : resistance to or defiance of any authority 造反,反派. 如; a rebellion against old traditions 对旧传统的反叛.
3. By a man ’ s heroes ye shall know him . 你将从一个人崇拜的英雄得知其人. a.这句句子的句型与英语中常说的 judge a man by the company he keeps(以一个人所交的朋友断定其为人)很相似. b. ye = you 用于古英语或诗歌中,是第二人称代词thou的复数. 如: Ye are the salt of the earth .你们是社会的中坚. (出自<<圣经>>)
4. ’’ Midnight Rambler ’’ : ramble : walk for pleasure漫游,既可表动词,也可作名词. 如; They rambled through the woods.他们在林中漫步.
5. ... he said , ’’ grabs a half-gallon jug of water and runs along the front platform , sprinkling its contents over the first rows o
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f sweltering listeners ... ’’ a. grab : to seize suddenly , eagerly , or roughly ; snstch 急抓,夺取. 如: He jumped up from the table , grabbed his hat and ran out of the door . 他从桌子旁跳了起来,抓起自己的帽子,奔出门去. 另外,grab后面可以跟其他名词或名词短语. 如: grab a shower快速冲了澡, grab a sandwich,胡乱吃了一个三明治, grab a taxi 赶搭出租车. 有时,还可以作不及物动词. 如: He grabbed at the opportunity of going abroad . 他设法抓住这次出国的机会 b. sprinkle : to scatter drops or particles of water , powder or the like on 洒液体,撒粉末等(于......上). 如: They sprinkled ashes on the icy sidewalk .他们在积水溜滑的人行道上撒了灰. We sprinkle the lawn every day .我们每天给草坪洒水. 以’’ sprinkling ’’引导的短语是动词的 ’’ - ing ’’ 形式作伴随状语. 再如: They stood there , watching the basketball .他们站在那里,观看篮球比赛.
6. They surge to follow him , eager to be touched by a few baptismal drops . a. surge : to move or swell forward in or like waves 如波涛汹涌而至. A crowd surged out of the theater .观众从剧院里蜂拥而出. b. 以形容词’’ eager ’’引导的不定式词组在语法功能上起着并列分句的作用.
7. Some 14,000 screaming fans were cruching up to the front of the stage at Capital Center , ... a. some : ( before a number ) approximately ,about (在数字前)大约. 如: some twenty students大约20个学生. b. scream to make a loud , sharp cry 尖声大叫. ’’ screaming ’’是动词 scream的 ’’ - ing ’’形式作前置修饰语, ’’ screaming fans ’’ 意为"尖声大叫的歌迷" c. crunch : to proceed with a crushing noise嘎吱嘎吱地往前. 如: The children crunched through the snow .孩子们嘎吱嘎吱地踩着雪走.
8. I ought to be crawling on my knees . a. crawled : to move with the face downward and the boye close to the ground爬行. 如; The bus crawled along .公共汽车缓慢地行进. 注意:短语 crawl into the favor of one’s superiors表示"卑躬屈膝地讨好上司". b. on one’s knees : 双膝跪地.
9. How do you feel about all this adulation and hero worship ? a. feel about : consider , think of 觉得,感到.经常用于疑问句中, 如: How do you feel about the suggestion ?你认为这个建议怎么样? b. adulation 是adulate的名词形式. adulate : flatter or admire excessively过分赞赏,奉承,恭维. 如: One can hardly understand why young people so adulate film stars. 年轻人为什么如此过分赞赏影星,真让人费解.
10. Or are you drawn somehow to this strange clown , perhaps because he acts out your wildest fantasies ? a. draw : atteact 吸引. 如: Some mutual interests draw us together .一些共同的兴趣把我们吸引到一块了. b. somehow : in some way not specified or known 不知什么缘故. 如: Somehow I don’t like this novel though it is so popular . 这本小说虽然很流行,但不知什么原因我却不喜欢它. c. fantasy : imagination , esp. when it is let free and not held back(自由奔放的)想象,幻想,狂想. wildest fantasies ,最为狂妄的奇想.
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