重點句型
1. Songs that are spoken rather than sung are called rap.
采用近乎念白方式而不是唱的歌曲被叫做rap。
2. As well as attracting huge audiences in its Hong Kong home, Cantopop has spread offshore, and its stars are known in Beijing', London and New York.
粵語流行音樂不僅僅吸引了本地的大量聽眾,而且傳到海外的其他國家,并且香港的歌星在北京、倫敦和紐約都很有名。
3. "My message is that it doesn't matter if you're black, white, fat, thin, old and young — we're all the same, it's a great world and you can do something with your life."
“我想告訴大家的是,不管你是黑人還是白人,肥胖還是瘦小,年長還是年幼,這些都不重要——我們都是一樣的,這是一個美妙的世界,你可以在有生之年做些事情。”
句型探究:
1. The DJs at block parties in the 1970s played a lot of soul music and they noticed that people preferred the percussion breaks in the songs because they were the best parts to dance to.
20世紀70年代街區舞會上,音樂的主持人(DJ)會播放很多靈樂,他們注意到大家很喜歡樂曲中的打擊樂,因為打擊樂非常適合跳舞。
(1) dance to 隨著……跳舞,應和著……的節拍;to為介詞
She always dances to her husband?s tune.
她總是夫唱婦隨。
(2) prefer 的用法:
①prefer+n.
— Would you like meat or fish?
——你想要肉還是魚?
— I'd prefer meat,please.
——我更喜歡肉。
②prefer+動名詞
Do you prefer cooking for yourself or eating in a restaurant?
你自己做飯還是喜歡下館子?
③prefer+不定式
I prefer to spend the weekend at home.
我喜歡在家里度周末。