1、Lesson one Rock Superstars: What Do They Tell Us About Ourselves and Our Society ?ExercisesA. 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
2、 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 d
3、id 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 ,
4、 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
5、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 disaffecti
6、on. 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 . 8. No , he hasnt . He want s to leave the question to the readers and let them think . B
7、 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 t
8、his 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. Its just that Elvis managed to embod
9、y 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 , mo
10、re than 10 percent of the high school boys and 20 percent of the girls said their hero was a rock superstar. KeyBKeyB1 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 5
11、0 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.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 l
12、azy 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
13、 heated air ,the sweltering students could hardly keep their minds on their lessons . 13. Thats idle gossip . Dont 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 hi
14、m . 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 wa
15、s 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 . 5. As it was an informal dinner , m
16、ost 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 hea
17、r 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
18、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 E1. disgusting 2. E
19、ditors 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
20、 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
21、年人崇拜的文化英雄 .Key FRock music began in America in the late 1950s . 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
22、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 Ston
23、es and so on . They were the culture heroes whom the young people worshipped . G. Write a short passage of 150200words in English on the topic “Do you Agree that Rock Is the Music of Teenage Rebellion ?:”You should cover the following points :1 A general statement of your position ;2 Two or three ar
24、guments with a supporting example for each . Key GDo You Agree that Rock Is the Music of Teenage Rebellion ?Rock music began in America in the late 1950s . 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
25、. 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
26、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
27、,reason and motion , word and sound , music and politics as a whole . Lesson Two Four Choices for Young People A. Answer the following questions on the text :1. How do American young people look at the adult world in general ?2. What does “drop out “ mean ? Why does the author say that the dropouts
28、lead a parasitic way of life ?3. In What way are those who flee different from the dropouts ?4. Why is this solution no longer practical on a large scale ?5. What kind of young people tend to follow the strategy of armed revolution ?6. Why does the author say that the most unfortunate are those whos
29、e revolutions have succeeded ?7. What are some of the new problems faced by the young people ?8. What is the fourth alternative ? Why does the author favor this alternative ?Key A1. They view the adult world with great skeptism .They think their world is in pretty much of a mess , full of injustice
30、,poverty and war . 2. “Drop out “means its practioners escape the traditional way of life , refuse to take any responsibility and live a parasitic life . Because its practioners batten on the society which they scorn and in which they refuse to take any responsibility . 3. Those who flee are not par
31、asites.They are willing to support themselves and to contribute something to the general community . 4. Because our planet is running out of noble savages and unsullied landscapes , except for the polar regions , the frontiers are gone . 5. The young people who have no patience with the tedious work
32、ings of the democratic process or who believe that basic institutions can only be changed by force tend to follow this strategy . 6. Because they live in bitter disillusionment to see the establishment they have overthrown replaced by a new one , just as hard faced and stuffy . 7. The unprecedent pr
33、oblems of an affluent society , of racial justice , of keeping our cities from becoming uninhabitable, of coping with war in unfamiliar guises , and of population explosion . 8. The fourth alternative is to try to change the world gradually .Because it offers a better chance for remedying some of th
34、e world s outrages than any other available strategy . .B. Translate the following into Chinese :1. Apparently he speaks for a lot of his contemporaries .2. During the last few years , I have listened to scores of young people ,in college and out , who were just as nervous about the grown up world .
35、3. They are willing to support themselves and to contribute something to the general community , but they simply dont like the environment of civilization ;that is ,the city , with all its ugliness and tension . 4. A few gentleman farmers with plenty of money can still escape to the bucolic life .5.
36、 To them it offers a romantic appeal ,usually symbolized by some dashing and charismatic figure. 6. For at best their victory never dawns on the shining new world they had dreamed of , cleansed of all human meanness . 7. The revolutionary state , under whatever political label , has to be run not by
37、 violent romantics but by experts in marketing , sanitary engineering , and the management of bureaucracies. 8. About all that can be said for it is that it sometimes works that in this particular time and place it offers a better chance for remedying some of the world s outrages than any other avai
38、lable strategy . Key B1. 很显然他所说的代表了许多同龄人的想法.2. 在过去的几年中, 我听到过许多大学内外的年轻人的谈话, 对于成人世界,他们也有同感.3. 他们愿意自食其力,并对社会大众做些贡献.他们不喜欢文明的环境,也就是说, 不喜欢那种丑恶/紧张的城市生活.4. 一些极富有的乡绅可以回到农村的田园生活.5. 对他们来说,这有一种浪漫/传奇的色彩,通常是以某个有闯劲 /魅力超凡的人物为代表的. 6. 即使革命成功,胜利的曙光也不会照在光灿灿的/梦想的/ 消除了人类一切自私的新世界上. 7. 革命的机器,无论贴上什么样的政治标签,还得由市场销售/卫生工程/ 官僚机构
39、的行家们来操作,而不是由那些极端的浪漫主义者们去操作.8. 这种方法的惟一优点是, 它有时真的有效,-在一个特定的时间和地点, 与其它可选的方法相比,它可以更好地改善世界上的倒行逆施行为.C. Fill in the blank in each sentence with the best word or expression from the box below , changing its form when necessary :Strike run out of cleanse disappoint insoluble unprecedent satisfy virtual contr
40、ibute available symbolize vehement 1. For many Americans , it is their lifelong dream to buy a satisfying /satisfactory two-storied house with a garden . 2. To make Beijing our worthy capital , we must get it cleansed of polluted air , among other things . 3.In a lot of cultures , red roses are used
41、 to symbolize love . 4.Unfortunately , their car ran out of fuel , just ten miles short of Chicago . 5. An unprecedented event in history took place in 1969 , when two American astronauts landed for the first time on the Moon . 6. The detective finally gave up , declaring the mystery insoluble .7. T
42、hough high-sounding , his speech struck everyone at the meeting as totally irrelevant to what was discussed . 9. If you travel by plane , Beijing and Guangzhou are virtually neighboring cities . D. Choose the right word or expression in the brackets to complete each of the following sentences :1. Th
43、e professor looked over our papers with a hasty (sight , glance ). 2. Before ordering their dinner , they considered the (relevant , relative ) merits of chicken and roast beef . 3. The little boys constant noise (exhilarated , exasperated ) his father , who was busy writing a paper for a symposium
44、. 4. Isnt it (wholesome, noisome )to live in a city with so many vehicles passing day and night ?5. He was born in a small town (lived , inhabited ) by about 500 people . 6. Her desk was all (jumbled , cluttered ) with old papers , strings , and other odds and ends . 7. He thinks they are extremely
45、(idealistic , ideal ) , for all their pragmatism . 8. She made one last (attraction , appeal ) to her father for permission to go to the party . E. Explain the underlined words in English :1.who were just as nervous about the grown-up world . 2. Unlike the dropouts , they are not parasites . 3. This
46、 strategy also has ancient antecedents . 4. that is , the city , with all its ugliness and tension . 5. For at best their victory never dawns on the shining new world they had dreamed of .6. At first glance , this course is far from inviting . 7. it offers a better chance for remedying some of the w
47、orld s outrages than any other available strategy . 8. another one looms just ahead . Key E1. They are doubtful and critical about the way the older generation is running the world .2. They dont batten on the society . They support themselves . 3. This strategy is not new . We had similar ones in th
48、e old times . 4. The city is ugly and full of pressures . 5. Their success doesnt bring about a new world . 6. This strategy is not attractive . 7. Compared with other strategies , it can change the world for the better . It can stop some of the world s violence or crulty . 8. Another problem appear
49、s before them . F. Translate the following into English :60 年代的美国青年是反叛的一代. 他们看到美国这个富裕社会充满了贫困/不平等和虚伪.他们不再相信这个不属于他们的成人社会, 拒绝信奉它的信仰和价值观. 很多青年人积极投入到反对贫困/反对种族歧视和反对越南战争的斗争中去 ,有些青年人甚至试图以武装革命的方式推翻这个社会. 还有很多青年人以消极的方式表示他们的不满. 他们吸毒,过着不承担任何社会责任的寄生生活, 或者跑到未开垦的乡村去, 过着原始公社式的生活. Key FThe American young people in 1960s were a generation of rebellion . They found that the affluent American society was filled with poverty , injustice and gypocrisy . They didnt trust the adult world that didnt belong to them and refused to take their beliefs and values . Many young
