无敌浩克One 发表于 2015-6-16 17:53
steep有一个意思是沉浸,可以引申为沉迷于吧?steep in rock rather than classics,这不是表明一种偏好吗 ...
可能因为我每次都是翻墙的所以不知道到底在不在墙外。。。给你复制下内容吧。
[析] 先逐句解剖這篇文章。 (1) Reviving the practice of using elements of popular music in classical composition, an approach that had been in hibernation in the United States during the 1960s, composer Philip Glass (born 1937) embraced the ethos of popular music without imitating it. 作曲家 P. G. 復甦了在古典樂中使用流行樂元素的傳統,此傳統在美國 1960 年代沉寂至今,他擁抱了流行樂精神而非模仿它。 注意:筆記中人名用縮寫表示以節省時間,P. G. = Philip Glass (2) Glass based two symphonies on music by rock musicians David Bowie and Brian Eno, but the symphonies’ sound is distinctively his. G. 有兩首交響樂源自搖滾樂手 D. B. 和 B. E. 的作品,但交響樂的聲音完全是他自己的。 (3) Popular elements do not appear out of place in Glass’s classical music, which from its early days has shared certain harmonies and rhythms with rock music. 流行樂元素在 G. 的古典作品裡並未走調,G. 早期的交響樂作品就融合了搖滾樂的旋律。 (4) Yet this use of popular elements has not made Glass a composer of popular music. 然而,使用流行樂元素並未使 G. 成為流行樂作曲家。 (5) His music is not a version of popular music packaged to attract classical listeners; it is high art for listeners steeped in rock rather than the classics. 他不是將流行樂加以包裝以吸引古典樂聽眾,他的音樂對搖滾樂聽眾是高雅藝術。 文章主旨在說明作曲家 G. 使用流行樂 (搖滾) 元素在古典樂 (交響曲) 中,但並非流行樂手,而是做一種融合。 4. The passage addresses which of the following issues related to Glass’s use of popular elements in his classical compositions? (A) How it is regarded by listeners who prefer rock to the classics
(B) How it has affected the commercial success of Glass’s music
(C) Whether it has contributed to a revival of interest among other composers in using popular elements in their compositions
(D) Whether it has had a detrimental effect on Glass’s reputation as a composer of classical music
(E) Whether it has caused certain of Glass’s works to be derivative in quality [解] 題目問文章對 G. 在古典作品中使用流行元素說明了什麼?我們逐項解析: (A) How it is regarded by listeners who prefer rock to the classics 對喜歡搖滾甚於古典樂的聽眾這表示了什麼? 文章未提及喜歡搖滾樂更甚古典樂 (針對音樂做比較) 的聽眾,句 (5) 是針對搖滾樂聽眾和古典樂聽眾做比較 (針對聽眾群做比較),對搖滾樂聽眾而非 (rather than) 古典樂聽眾來說,G. 的音樂是高雅藝術。注意括號裡比較對象的不同。 (B) How it has affected the commercial success of Glass’s music 這對 G. 音樂商業上成功有何影響? 未提到商業成功如 G. 的音樂是否賺錢。 (C) Whether it has contributed to a revival of interest among other composers in using popular elements in their compositions 這對引發其他作曲家在他們作品中使用流行元素的復甦是否有貢獻? 句 (1) 提到 G. 復甦了此傳統,但未提到他和其他作曲家的關連。 (D) Whether it has had a detrimental effect on Glass’s reputation as a composer of classical music 這對 G. 作為古典樂作曲家的名聲是否有負面的影響? 句 (4) 只說他仍然是古典樂作曲家,而非流行樂作曲家。這是身分問題,並未提及名聲是否受損。仍然是古典樂作曲家可能有好名聲,也可能有壞名聲,文章未提。 (E) Whether it has caused certain of Glass’s works to be derivative in quality 這對 G. 的作品是否造成品質下降? 句 (3) 說流行樂元素在他的古典樂作品中並未走調 (out of place),所以品質無下降。句 (5) 說他的音樂是高雅藝術是另一提示。答案選 (E)。 Consider each of the three choices separately and select all that apply. 5. The passage suggests that Glass’s work displays which of the following qualities? (A) A return to the use of popular music in classical compositions
(B) An attempt to elevate rock music to an artistic status more closely approximating that of classical music
(C) A long-standing tendency to incorporate elements from two apparently disparate musical styles [解] 再次出現複選題,題目問文章暗示 G. 的作品有下列何種特質。同樣地我們逐句解析: (A) A return to the use of popular music in classical compositions 回到過去在流行樂作品中使用流行音樂的傳統。 這句話是文章的主旨,出現在句 (1),return = revival,(A) 要選。 (B) An attempt to elevate rock music to an artistic status more closely approximating that of classical music 嘗試提升搖滾樂的藝術地位,使其接近古典樂的藝術地位。 文章中沒有提到兩者藝術地位的比較,也沒有提到 G. 要提升搖滾樂的藝術地位。 (C) A long-standing tendency to incorporate elements from two apparently disparate musical styles 長期以來試圖結合兩個看似不同的音樂風格。 句 (3) 後半段提到 G. 早期作品就融合搖滾樂旋律在交響樂作品中,所以是 long-standing tendency,(C) 要選。 6. Select the sentence that distinguishes two ways of integrating rock and classical music. [答] His music is not a version of popular music packaged to attract classical listeners; it is high art for listeners steeped in rock rather than the classics. [解] 選句子題型。題目問哪一句區分了兩種結合搖滾與古典樂的方式。光看字面可能不是很懂題目要問什麼?但重點在 two ways,文章主旨就是融合搖滾與古典,但哪一句話同時用了兩種方式 (表達) 呢?看來看去只有句 (5),因為中間有分號,所以事實上是一句拆成兩句,前一小句是針對古典樂聽眾說的,作者說 G. 並非拿流行樂包裝來敷衍古典樂迷 (正面評價),後一小句針對搖滾樂聽眾說的,作者說 G. 的音樂對搖滾樂迷也是高雅藝術 (還是正面評價)。所以句 (5) 作者用了兩種方式,針對不同族群對 G. 的音樂做了正面評價。
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