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Lesson one Rock Superstars:what Do They
Tell Us About Ourselves and our Society?
。Rock is the music of teenage rebellion.
。By a man's heroes ye shall know him。
、闷热,变成了摇滚的殿堂。...the Chicago Amphitheater was packed,sweltering,rocking.
,滚石乐队的米克·贾格尔正唱着《午夜漫步人》。
Onstage,Mick Jagger of the Rolling Stones was singing“Midnight Rambler”.
……抓起一个半加仑的水罐,顺着舞台前沿边跑边把水洒向前几排汀流浃背的歌迷们。Jagger...grabs a half-gallon jug of water and runs along the front platform,sprinkling its contents over the first few rows of sweltering listeners.
,渴望沾上几滴洗礼的圣水。They surge to follow him,eager to be touched by a few baptismal drops.
,……Some 14,000 screaming fans were crunching up to the front of the stage at Capital Center...
·库珀的表演接近尾声。Alice Cooper America'S singing ghoul,was ending his act.
·狄伦和他的乐队正在为音乐会上要用的乐器调音。...Bob Dylan and The Band Were tuning for a concert.
……我应该跪着爬进去。
This is Pilgrimage...I ought to be crawling on my knees.
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How do you feel about all this adulation and hero worship?
当米克·贾格尔的崇拜者把他视作大太教或神时,你是赞成还是反对呢?
When Mick Jagger’s fans look at him as a high priest or a god,are you with them or against them?
·辛格对鲍勃·狄伦的近乎宗教般的崇敬?
Do you share Chris Singer’s almost religious reverence for Bob Dylan?
·库珀的表演令人厌恶而拒绝接受呢?
Do you reject Alice Cooper as sick?
,你会不会因为舞台上这个怪异的小丑表达出了你内心最狂野手的幻想而莫名其妙地被吸引?Or are you drawn somehow to this strange clown,perhaps because he acts out your wildest
fantasies?
,你对这些问题的回答,很能说明你在想什么,你所在的社会在想什么——换句话说,可以说明你和你所在社会的立场。Some sociologists say that your answers to them could explain a lot about what you are thinking and about what your society is thinking-in other words, about where you and your society are.
,一个各种思想交锋的场所。Horowitz sees the rock music arena as a sort of debating forum,a place where ideas clash and crash.
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