Sergio Mendes ensured that the international image of Brazil was still that of an easy-going, exotic paradise.
塞爾吉奧·門德斯確保巴西的國際形象仍然是一種隨和的、奇異的天堂。
But back in Brazil, the reality was rather different.
但是回到巴西,現實卻截然不同。
Life was not easy.
生活非常不容易。
The soldiers had inherited serious economic problems, but the early days of the military regime were not as repressive as many on the left had feared.
士兵們繼承了嚴重的經濟問題,但早期的軍事政權并不像許多左翼人士所擔心的那樣專制。
And there was a new form of mass entertainment, television.
而一種新形式的大眾娛樂形式逐漸出現在人們的視野當中,這就是電視。
In the 60s, sales of TV sets in Brazil boomed, and the most popular programmes included live music contests.
在60年代,電視機的銷售在巴西非常繁榮,最受歡迎的節目包括現場的音樂比賽。
These festivals were organised by rival TV companies in Rio and Sao Paulo and were very different to Eurovision, for they featured the very best new singers in the country.
這些節日都是相互競爭的電視公司在里約熱內盧和圣保羅組織的,而和歐洲的顯著區別在于,他們精選在鄉下最好的新歌手。
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