Lesson one Rock Superstars: What Do They Tell Us About Ourselves and Our Society ?
Exercises
A.Answer the following questions on the text:
1.what is the function of the two quotations ? Are they appropriate ? 2.What does the author attempt to illustrate with the three examples at the beginning of the article?
3.According to Irving Horowitz , what is the sociological significance of rock music ?
4.In what sense did Elvis Presley prove what Horowitz and Rundgren believed ? 5.How did Bob Dylan , the Beatles , and the Rolling Stones differ from each other politically ?
6.What other major subjects did rock music deal with apart from politics ? 7.What rewards did rock superstars get ?
8.Has the author given a complete answer to question he raises in the title? Why do you think the author ends the article the way he does ?
Key A
1.The author uses the two quotations to introduce his ideas . Yes , they are . 2.The author uses the three examples to show that the young people worship the rock superstars very much , but the adults find they are sick , The examples show that young people and adults have a totally different attitudes towards rock music .
3.Rock music can express its times . He sees it as a debating forum where American society struggles to define and redefine its feeling and beliefs .
4.When he appeared on the Ed . Sullivan Sunday night variety show , a debate took place . The old people frowned while the young viewers applauded.
5.Bob Dylan touched a nerve of disaffection. The Beatles urged peace and piety . The Rolling Stones demanded revolution .
6.Apart from politics , the rock music dealt with feelings and emotions. 7.The rock superstars got applause , praise and money .
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8.No , he hasn’t . He want s to leave the question to the readers and let them think .
B Translate the following into Chinese :
1.“Jagger,” he said , “grabs a half –gallon jug of water and runs along the front platform , sprinkling its contents over the first few rows of sweltering listeners .
2.How do you feel about all this adulation and hero worship ?
3.Or are you drawn somehow to this strange clown , perhaps because he acts out your wildest fantasies ?
4.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 , where you and your society are .
5.It’s just that Elvis managed to embody the frustrated teenage spirit of the 1950s . 6.Feelings always a part of any musical statement were a major subject . 7.This country element , Horowitz feels , helped its audience express an urge to “get away from it all , “ to “go back to the old days .”
8.In one 1972 national opinion poll , more than 10 percent of the high school boys and 20 percent of the girls said their hero was a rock superstar.
KeyB KeyB
1他描述道:”贾格尔拿着半加仑水, 顺着舞台前沿,边跑边把水洒向前排汗流浃背的歌迷身上.”
2. 你如何看待这种赞美和英雄崇拜?
3. 还是由于他把你狂热的幻想用行动表现出来,你神不知鬼不觉地被这个不可思议的小丑所吸引?
4. 一些社会学家认为你对这些问题的回答,很能说明你在想什么,社会在想什么..换句话说, 可以说明你和社会的态度.
5. 只不过艾尔维斯的演唱表现了50年代青少年那种沮丧的精神状态. 6. 感情总是任何音乐表达的必要成分,也是一个重要议题.
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7. 霍罗威茨认为这种结合表达了听众欲”摆脱现实一切”/”重归昔日”的强烈愿望.
9.在1972年的一次全国民意测验中, 10%以上的高中男生,20%的女生表示他们心目中的英雄是超摇滚歌星.
C.Fill in the blank in each sentence with the best word or expression from the box below,changing its form when necessary :
Sprinkle swelter in other words lazy rather than reject act out idle worship reverence drive embody
9.His paintings embody the spirit of the modern era .
10.How do you act out your frustrations , by throwing glasses or something ? 11.The peddler sprinkled some water over his vegetables to make them fresher and heavier.
12.In such heated air ,the sweltering students could hardly keep their minds on their lessons .
13.That’s idle gossip . Don’t listen to it .
14.She sent in her application for the job , but was rejected as unqualified . 15.The salesman considered it safe to go along with the boss rather than to contradict him .
8. Everybody should have a sincere reverence /worship for the laws of his country .
D.Choose the right word or expression in the brackets to complete each of the following sentences :
1.The whole nation watched the two candidates (arguing , debating ) the issue of raising taxes on TV .
2.It was a (proud , arrogant ) moment for my cousin when she shook hands with the President .
3.Even if you (mix , blend ) oil and water , they will not (mix , blend ).
4.Some people watch television so much that they cannot (conceive , imagine ) of living without it .
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5.As it was an informal dinner , most people (wore ,were dressed ) in their comfortable clothes .
6.Do you think those young people are (idealistic ,ideal ) or pragmatic ?
7.Filled with great (adulation , admiration ) for their integrity and courage , he was determined to be a man like them .
8.Deep at night , they could still hear gun-fire (rambling , rumbling ) in the distance .
E.Explain the underlined words in English :
1.“They think he is sick , sick , sick , “ Mike said . 2.Newspaper editorialized against him .
3.He poke of change and of the bewilderment of an older generation . 4.The Beatles … urged peace and piety …
5.His most notable songs …while the lyrics celebrate the simple joy … 6.… these rock musicians mirror feelings and benefits ….
7.Horowitz sees the rock music arena as …a place where ideas clash and crash . 8.What does he ---or any other current rock success ---tell us about his fans ? Key E 1.disgusting
2.Editors ‘ articles attacked and criticized him 3.the confusions of the old people 4.had a strong desire for peace and piety
5.The words of the song praise the natural happiness of the old days . 6.reflect emotions and outlooks
7.a place where ideas come into opposition and contradict to each other 8.other successful rock stars at present F . Translate the following into English :
摇滚乐于20世纪50年代末举起于美国. 它不仅是一种新型的音乐形式,更是美国的青年人表达他们对世界和人生看法的论坛. 在这个论坛上, 歌星们唱出了青年人对民权/战争与和平的态度, 唱出了他们对社会的不满,也唱出了爱与恨之
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间的各种情感. 总之, 在这个论坛上, 青年人把他们对美国社会的信仰及情感给以全新的解释. 早期的摇滚乐的主要代表人物有艾尔维斯.普雷斯利,歌星加诗人鲍勃.狄伦/甲壳虫乐队以及滚石乐队等等.他们都是青年人崇拜的文化英雄.
Key F
Rock music began in America in the late 1950’s . It was not only a new musical form , but a forum for the American youth to express their ideas of the world and life . In this forum , the stars sang out the attitudes of the youth towards civil rights , war and peace ,the disaffection of their society , and a range of emotions between love and hate . Allin all , in this forum , the American youth redefined the beliefs and feelings of their society . The typical representatives of the early rock music were Elvis Presley , singer and poet Bob Dylan , the Bealtles , the rolling Stones and so on . They were the culture heroes whom the young people worshipped .
G. Write a short passage of 150—200words in English on the topic “Do you Agree that Rock Is the Music of Teenage Rebellion ?:”
You should cover the following points : 1A general statement of your position ;
2Two or three arguments with a supporting example for each . Key G
Do You Agree that Rock Is the Music of Teenage Rebellion ?
Rock music began in America in the late 1950’s . It was not only a new musical form , but a forum for the American youth to express their ideas of the world and life .
Music expressed its times . Rock music was a sociological expression rather than a musical force . It embodied the frustrated teenage spirit of the 1950s. At that time young people might be dissatisfied with the society or they had some hatred toward the adult world , but they could not protest it openly . So they would use music as an outlet . Then they could get some balance in their minds .
Another aspect is that the young people could make their ideas and beliefs known to the world through music . By music , they could show their felling and dreams . So all in all , young people combined invention and exaggeration ,reason and motion , word and sound , music and politics as a whole .
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