2019-2020学年高中英语 Module 4 Music Born in America Sec

TheBackstreetBoysTheBackstreetBoysareanAmericanvocalgroup,formed①inOrlando,Floridain1993.ThegroupconsistsofA．J.McLean,HowieDorough,NickCarter,KevinRichardson,andBrianLittrell.Thegrouprosetofamewiththeirdebut(初次登台)internationalalbum,BackstreetBoys(1996).Inthefollowingyeartheyreleasedtheirsecondinternationalalbum②Backstreet'sBack(1997),andtheirU．S.debutalbumwhichcontinuedthegroup'ssuccessworldwide.Theyrosetosuperstardom(超级明星界)withtheirthirdstudioalbumMillennium(1999)anditsfollow­upalbum,Black&Blue(2000)．Afteratwo­yearhiatus(间断),theyregroupedandreleased③acomebackalbumNeverGone(2005).Richardsonleftthegroup,aftertheconclusionoftheNeverGoneTour,in2006topursue④otherinterests.Thegroupthenreleasedtwoalbumsasaquartet:Unbreakable(2007)andThisIsUs(2009)．In2012,thegroupannouncedthatRichardsonhadrejoinedthempermanently⑤.Inthefollowingyeartheycelebratedtheir20thanniversary⑥andreleasedtheirfirstindependentalbum,InaWorldLikeThis(2013).Thegroupalsoreleasedtheirfirstdocumentary⑦movie,titledBackstreetBoys:Show'EmWhatYou'reMadeofinJanuary2015.[多积词汇]①fromv．组成②albumn.音乐专辑③releasev.发布④pursuev.追求⑤permanentlyadv.永久地；长期不变地⑥anniversaryn.周年纪念日⑦documentaryadj.记录的，纪实的SectionⅠIntroduction&Reading—Pre­reading①hiphop嬉蹦乐②movement/'muːvmənt/n．运动③inthe1970s在20世纪70年代也可以用inthe1970's表示。④atblockparties在街区舞会上⑤which引导定语从句，修饰anAmericanculturalmovement。⑥especiallyadv.尤其⑦过去分词短语作后置定语，修饰district。[原文呈现][读文清障]AllYouNeedtoKnowAboutHipHop①Part1Whatishiphopandhowdiditstart?HiphopisanAmericanculturalmovement②whichstartedinthe1970s③atblockparties④inNewYork⑤，especially⑥inadistrictcalledtheBronx⑦.Therearefour⑧breakdancen．霹雳舞⑨graffiti/grə'fiːti/n．涂鸦；乱涂乱抹⑩plusprep.并且，和(＝andalso)⑪DJ­ingandrapping流行音乐和说唱乐⑫MC­ing/ˌem'siːIŋ/n．司仪；节目主持⑬soulmusic灵乐[原文呈现][读文清障]mainaspectsofhiphop:breakdance⑧andgraffiti⑨artplus⑩twotypesofhiphopmusic—DJ­ingandrapping⑪.RappingisalsoknownasMC­ing⑫(comingfromthetermmasterofceremonies).TheDJsatblockpartiesinthe1970splayedalotofsoulmusic⑬andtheynoticedthatpeople⑭percussion/pə'kʌʃn/n．打击乐器⑮danceto伴着……跳舞dancetomusic伴着音乐跳舞⑯technique/tek'niːk/n．技巧；手法⑰过去分词短语作后置定语，修饰technique。⑱who引导定语从句，修饰Jamaicans。⑲reggae/'regeI/n．雷盖[原文呈现][读文清障]preferredthepercussion⑭breaksinthesongsbecausetheywerethebestpartstodanceto⑮.Sotheystartedrepeatingthepercussionbreaks.Thisisatechnique⑯usedbyDJsinJamaica⑰.TherewerealotofJamaicansinNewYorkwhobroughttheideawiththem⑱.Atfirst,theyplayedalotofreggae⑲.你需要了解的所有有关嬉蹦乐的知识[第一部分]什么是嬉蹦乐？嬉蹦乐是怎样开始的？嬉蹦乐是一场美国文化运动，始于20世纪70年代纽约的街区舞会，特别是布朗克斯区。嬉蹦乐包含四个主要方面：霹雳舞、涂鸦艺术和另外两种嬉蹦乐音乐——流行音乐和说唱乐。说唱乐也被称为节目主持(源于masterofceremonies这个词语)。20世纪70年代街区舞会上音乐主持人播放很多灵乐，他们注意到大家更喜欢乐曲中的打击乐，因为打击乐非常适合跳舞。于是，他们开始重复播放这些打击乐。这是牙买加音乐主持人使用的一种技艺。纽约有许多牙买加人，他们从自己的国家带去了有关音乐的理念。起初，他们播放许多雷盖音乐。⑳breakthroughn．突破makeabreakthrough取得突破○21atthetime在那时，当时○22audiencen．听众，观众(集合名词)○23includingprep.包括includingA＝Aincluded○24rockanddiscomusic摇滚乐和迪斯科音乐Part2Whatwasthebigbreakthrough⑳？DJHerc,oneofthemostpopularJamaicanDJsatthetime○21，noticedthatNewYorkaudiences○22didn'treallylikereggaemusic,sohestartedplayingotherkindsofmusic,including○23rockanddiscomusic○24.Thepercussion[原文呈现][读文清障]breakswereusuallyshort,butHercandotherDJsmadethemlonger○25byusingtworecordsontwoturntables○26，sidebyside○27.SomeoftheDJsbeganspeakingandshoutingwhile○28themusicplayed.ShoutingDJsbecameknownasMCs.Andsothestyleofmusicknownasrapwasborn.○25madethemlonger使它们(播放时间)更长此处为“make＋宾语＋adj.”结构○26turntable/'tɜːnˌteIbl/n．(唱机的)转盘；唱盘○27sidebyside并排；并肩shouldertoshoulder肩并肩地○28while意为“在……的过程中”，引导时间状语从句。[原文呈现][读文清障]○29atthebeginning起初○30repeatingwordsand...是现在分词短语作伴随状语。○31improvise/'ImprəˌvaIz/v．即兴演奏；即兴表演○32experimentwith尝试○33vocal/'vəʊkl/adj.嗓音的；与嗓音有关的○34rhythmic/'rIðmIk/adj.有节奏的rhythm/'rIðəm/n．节律；节奏；律动totherhythmof随着……的节奏○35approach/ə'prəʊtʃ/n．方法；步骤[原文呈现][读文清障]Atthebeginning○29，MCsoftenperformedforhours,○30repeatingwordsandphrasesandthenimprovising○31.Later,theyexperimentedwith○32differentvocal○33andrhythmic○34approaches○35，using○36usingrhymingwords是现在分词短语作方式状语。○37atthesametime在此期间，与此同时○38thefirsttime第一次，其后的定语从句省略了that。○39themomentIheardit是时间状语从句。themoment/minute/instant/second＝assoonas一……就……，引导时间状语从句。[原文呈现][读文清障]rhymingwords○36，oftenwordsfromAfrican­Americanculture.Atthesametime○37，peoplestartedbreak­dancingatblockparties.MCDarkStarremembersthefirsttime○38heheardarapsinger.“ThemomentIheardit○39”，hesaid,“Iknewitwasacompletelynewkindofmusic.”[第二部分]嬉蹦乐的重大突破是什么？埃尔克，当时最受欢迎的牙买加音乐主持人之一，注意到纽约观众并不真正喜欢雷盖音乐，于是他开始播放其他种类的音乐，其中包括摇滚乐和迪斯科。这些打击乐通常很短，但埃尔克和其他音乐主持人利用摆放在一起的两个唱盘将两盘录音反复播放，使打击乐播放时间更长。有些音乐主持人开始边放音乐边说话、叫喊。大声喊叫的音乐主持人就被称为节目主持人。这样，被称为“说唱乐”的音乐风格就诞生了。起初，这些节目主持人常常表演数小时，重复同样的单词和短语，然后即兴表演。后来，他们尝试用不同的发声和节奏方法，使用的经常是来自非裔美国人的文化当中的押韵词汇。与此同时，人们开始在街区舞会上跳霹雳舞。节目主持人达克·斯达回忆他第一次听到说唱歌手唱歌时的情景。他说：“我一听就知道这是一种全新的音乐。”Part3Whywashiphopsosuccessful?Therearetwomainreasons.Firstly○40，it'scheapandeasy—youjustneedtwoturntablesandamicrophone○41.AnyonecanbeanMC,usingsongswhichhavealreadybeenrecorded○42.Secondly,peoplewereboredwith○43thepopmusicoftheday—disco○44music[原文呈现][读文清障]○40firstly(第一，首先)以及下一段开头的secondly(第二，其次)用于列举。○41microphone/'maIkrəˌfəʊn/n．麦克风；话筒○42which引导定语从句，修饰songs。○43bebo