1、The Backstreet BoysThe Backstreet Boys are an American vocal group,formedin Orlando,Florida in 1993.The group consists of AJ.McLean,Howie Dorough,Nick Carter,Kevin Richardson,and Brian Littrell.The group rose to fame with their debut(初 次 登台)international album,Backstreet Boys(1996).In the following
2、year they released their second international album Backstreets Back(1997),and their US.debut album which continued the groups success worldwide.They rose to superstardom(超级明星界)with their third studio album Millennium(1999)and its follow-up album,Black&Blue(2000)After a two-year hiatus(间断),they regr
3、ouped and releaseda comeback album Never Gone(2005).Richardson left the group,after the conclusion of the Never Gone Tour,in 2006 to pursueother interests.The group then released two albums as a quartet:Unbreakable(2007)and This Is Us (2009)In 2012,the group announced that Richardson had rejoined th
4、em permanently.In the following year they celebrated their 20th anniversary and released their first independent album,Ina World Like This(2013).The group also released their first documentary movie,titled Backstreet Boys:ShowEm WhatYoure Made of in January 2015.多积词汇from v 组成album n.音乐专辑release v.发布
5、pursue v.追求permanently adv.永久地；长期不变地anniversary n.周年纪念日documentary adj.记录的，纪实的Section Introduction&ReadingPre-readinghip hop 嬉蹦乐 movement/muvmnt/n运动in the 1970s 在 20 世纪 70 年代也可以用 in the 1970s 表示。at block parties 在街区舞会上which 引导定语从句，修饰 an American cultural movement。especially adv.尤其过去分词短语作后置定语，修饰distr
6、ict。原文呈现读文清障All You Need to Know About Hip HopPart 1What is hip hop and how did it start?Hip hop is an American cultural movementwhich started in the 1970s at block partiesin New York，especially in a district called the Bronx.There are fourbreakdance n霹雳舞graffiti/grfiti/n涂鸦；乱涂乱抹plus prep.并且，和(and al
7、so)DJ-ing and rapping 流行音乐和说唱乐MC-ing/emsiI/n司仪；节目主持soul music 灵乐 原文呈现读文清障main aspects of hip hop:breakdance and graffitiart plus two types of hip hop music DJ-ing and rapping.Rapping is also known as MC-ing(coming from the term masterofceremonies).The DJs at block parties in the 1970s played a lot o
8、f soul musicand they noticed that peoplepercussion/pkn/n打击乐器dance to 伴着跳舞 dance to music 伴着音乐跳舞technique/teknik/n技巧；手法过去分词短语作后置定语，修饰technique。who引 导 定 语 从 句，修 饰Jamaicans。reggae/regeI/n雷盖原文呈现读文清障preferred the percussionbreaks in the songs because they were the best parts to dance to .So they started
9、repeating the percussion breaks.This is a techniqueused by DJs in Jamaica .There were a lot of Jamaicans in New York who brought the idea with them.At first,they played a lot of reggae.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
10、和说唱乐。说唱乐也被称为节目主持(源于 master of ceremonies 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。breakthrough n 突 破 make a breakthrough 取得突破21 at the time 在那时，当时22 audience n听众，观众(集合名词)23 including prep.包括 including
11、 AA included24 rock and disco music 摇滚乐和迪斯科音乐Part 2What was the big breakthrough？DJ Herc,one of the most popular Jamaican DJs at the time 21，noticed that New York audiences 22 didnt really like reggae music,so he started playing other kinds of music,including23 rock and disco music24.The percussion原
12、文呈现读文清障breaks were usually short,but Herc and other DJs made them longer25by using two records on two turntables26，side by side27.Some of the DJs began speaking and shouting while28 the music played.Shouting DJs became known as MCs.And so the style of music known as rap was born.25 made them longer
13、使它们(播放时间)更长此处为“make宾语adj.”结构26 turntable/tnteIbl/n(唱机的)转盘；唱盘27 side by side并 排；并 肩 shoulder to shoulder 肩并肩地28 while 意 为“在 的 过 程中”，引导时间状语从句。原文呈现读文清障29 at the beginning 起初30 repeating words and.是现在分词短语作伴随状语。31 improvise/ImprvaIz/v即兴演奏；即兴表演32 experiment with 尝试33 vocal/vkl/adj.嗓音的；与嗓音有关的34 rhythmic/rI
14、mIk/adj.有节奏的rhythm/rIm/n节律；节奏；律动to the rhythm of 随着的节奏35 approach/prt/n方法；步骤原文呈现读文清障At the beginning29，MCs often performed for hours,30repeating words and phrases and then improvising 31.Later,they experimented with32 different vocal33and rhythmic34approaches35，using 36 using rhyming words 是现在分词短语作方
15、式状语。37 at the same time 在此期间，与此同时38 the first time 第一次，其后的定语从句省略了 that。39 the moment I heard it是时间状语从句。the moment/minute/instant/second as soon as 一就，引导时间状语从句。原文呈现读文清障rhyming words36，often words from African-American culture.At the same time37，people started break-dancing at block parties.MC Dark St
16、ar remembers the first time38 he heard a rap singer.“The moment I heard it39”，he said,“I knew it was a completely new kind of music.”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
17、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。”Part 3Why was hip hop so successful?There are two main reasons.Firstly40，its cheap and easy you just need two turntable
18、s and a microphone41.Anyone can be an MC,using songs which have already been recorded42.Secondly,people were bored with43 the pop music of the day disco44 music原文呈现读文清障40 firstly(第一，首先)以及下一段开头的 secondly(第二，其次)用于列举。41 microphone/maIkrfn/n麦克风；话筒42 which 引导定语从句，修饰 songs。43 be bored with 厌烦 44 disco/dIs
19、k/n迪斯科(音乐)原文呈现读文清障and rock music were both in decline45 in the mid-1970s.However,disco music had a strong beat46，and it was easy to dance to.Hip hop took advantage of47 that and provided 48 a kind of disco music for people who hated disco49！45 decline/dIklaIn/n衰退；下降；减少in decline 在下降，在衰退，在减少(状态)fall/
20、go into decline 在下降，在衰退，在减少(动作)46 beat n节奏 the beat of 的节奏47 take advantage of 利用48 provide v提供provide sth.for sb.为某人提供某物(supply sth.to sb.provide/supply sb.with sth.)49 who 引导定语从句，修饰先行词 people。第三部分 嬉蹦乐为什么会如此成功？主要有两个原因。首先，嬉蹦乐的成本低廉，并且容易操作你只需要两个唱盘和一个麦克风。使用已被录制好的歌曲，谁都可以做节目主持人。其次，人们厌倦了当时的流行音乐20 世纪 70 年代
21、中期迪斯科和摇滚乐都在走下坡路。但是，迪斯科音乐节奏强烈，跳舞容易跟上节奏。嬉蹦乐利用了这一点，为那些不喜欢迪斯科的人们提供了别样的迪斯科音乐！50 record v录音，记录51 that 引导定语从句，修饰 time，此时that 为关系副词，意义上相当于 when。这时 that 常可省略。此句中 that 省略以后，可以理解为“the first time 引导时间状语从句，即“The first time rap artists recorded their music.”。52 backing track(音乐)伴奏曲53 rapper/rp/n说唱乐歌手54 generation
22、 n代from generation to generation 一代一代地，代代地原文呈现读文清障Part 4How did rap singers record50their songs?The first time that rap artists recorded their music51，musicians recorded the backing tracks 52 (the music without the singing)in the studio and the rappers53added their vocals later.The next generation54
23、 of rappers recorded their vocals at the same time as the musicians.New York was the capital of hip hop during the 1980s,and the style was known as55 East Coast rap.The style soon spread to other parts of the United States.There were a lot of West Coast rappers based in California56.In Miami,Florida
24、,a new style developed,strongly influenced by Cuban and Puerto Rican music57.55 be known as 作为而闻名be known for 因为而闻名be known to 为所知56 过去分词短语作定语，修饰 a lot of West Coast rappers。57 过去分词短语作状语。原文呈现读文清障In the late 1980s,hip hop spread across the world,to Japan,India and many parts of Europe,especially Fran
25、ce,Belgium and Italy.In England,a new music form emerged58，called trip hop,a mixture59 of jazz,hip hop and electronic60music(for example,music played on computers)61.58 emerge/Imd/v出现59 mixture n混合物60 electronic adj.电子的electronic music 电子音乐61 a mixture of jazz,hip hop.作trip hop 的同位语。原文呈现读文清障第四部分说唱歌手
26、是怎样录制歌曲的？说唱艺术家初次录制音乐时，演奏师先在录音室里录制背景音乐(一种不加歌声的音乐)，过后说唱歌手再加进歌声。下一代的说唱歌手在演奏师演奏的同时录制歌声。纽约在 20 世纪 80 年代是嬉蹦乐之都，其风格被称为东海岸说唱乐。这种风格很快就传到了美国其他地区，在加利福尼亚有许多西海岸说唱歌手。在佛罗里达州的迈阿密，受古巴和波多黎各音乐的强烈影响，产生了一种新的说唱风格。20 世纪 80 年代后期，嬉蹦音乐传到了世界各地日本、印度以及欧洲的许多地区，特别是法国、比利时和意大利。在英国，一种被称为迷幻舞曲的新音乐形式出现了，它融合了爵士乐、嬉蹦乐和电子音乐(例如电脑上播放的音乐)。.Ma
27、tch the word with its meaning.1movement A出现2technique B衰退；下降；减少3rhythm C方法；步骤4approach D节律；节奏；律动5decline E技巧；手法6emerge F运动答案：16 FEDCBA.Write down the meaning of phrases in each sentence.1The two bottles stood side by side on the shelf._2She took advantage of the childrens absence to tidy their rooms
28、._3He is a writer rather than a poet._4I love to dance to the music in the discos._并排利用而不是随着跳舞5To our satisfaction,the housing price has been in decline in the past few months._6It is obvious that the students have been bored with the boring class._7It is well-known that all matter consists of atoms
29、._8Apart from the normal work,he also spends two hours a day looking after the old people in the community as a volunteer._在下降对厌烦由组成除之外1.List some kinds of music you know.classical music;pop music;jazz;hip hop;rock androll;blues;country music;soul music;gospel music;folkmusic2Match the names with th
30、e following musical instruments.Apercussion Bdrum CtrumpetDpiano Eguitar Fviolin答案：ECDAFB.Fast-readingMatch the following parts with their main ideas.Part 1AThe wide spread and new styles of hip hopPart 2 BThe reasons of the success of hip hopPart 3 CThe definition and origin of hip hopPart 4 DThe d
31、evelopment of hip hop答案：Parts 14 CDBA.Careful-readingRead the text carefully and choose the best answer.1Which of the following is NOT true about hip hop?AIts an American cultural movement.BIts a music band from America.CIts mainly made up of breakdance,graffiti,DJ-ing and rapping.DIt started in the
32、 1970s in New York.2Which of the following statements is TRUE about the big breakthrough?AHerc started to play jazz music to attract the audience.BAt the beginning,MCs performed for hours,only repeating words and phrases.CDJ Herc noticed that New York audiences really liked reggae music.DThe MCs lat
33、er used rhyming words that came from African-American culture.3Which of the following was the capital of hip hop during the 1980s?AFlorida.BNew York.CMiami.DParis.4What can we infer from the text?ADisco music was the best to dance to.BDisco music and rock music were both in decline during the mid-19
34、70s.CThe development of music is the result of the tastes of the public.DIn the late 1980s,hip hop spread across to Japan and Europe.答案：14 BDBC.Study-readingAnalyze the following difficult sentences in the text.1The DJs at block parties in the 1970s played a lot of soul music and they noticed that p
35、eople preferred the percussion breaks in the songs because they were the best parts to dance to.尝试翻译 20 世纪 70 年代的街区舞会上，音乐主持人播放很多灵乐，他们注意到大家很喜欢乐曲中的打击乐，因为打击乐非常适合跳舞。2DJ Herc,one of the most popular Jamaican DJs at the time,noticed that New York audiences didnt really like reggae music,so he started playing other kinds of music,including rock and disco music.尝试翻译 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。“课时跟踪检测”见“Module 4 课时跟踪检测（一）”(单击进入电子文档)谢谢 观 看
