网站首页 > 复习资料 > 辅导资料 > 职称英语 > 综合类 > 职称英语综合类考试辅导资料:补全短文Happy Birthday to You

职称英语综合类考试辅导资料:补全短文Happy Birthday to You

2012-12-2  来自于:课评集

  综合类考试辅导资料:补全短文Happy Birthday to You

  The main problem in discussing American popular culture is also one of its main characteristics:it won’t stay American.No matter what it is,whether it is films,food and fashion,music,casual sports or slang,it’s soon at home elsewhere in the world1. There are several theories why American popular culture has had this appeal.

  One theory is that it has been“advertised”and marketed through American films,popular music,and more recently,television. They are,after all,in competition with those produced by other countries.

  Another theory,probably a more common one,is that American popular culture is internationally associated with something called“the spirit of America.”

  The final theory is less complex:American popular culture is popular because a lot of people in the world like it.

  Regardless of why it spreads, American popular culture is usually quite rapidly adopted and then adapted in many other countries “Happy Birthday to You,”for instance,is such an everyday song that its source,its American copyright,so to speak,is not remembered.Black leather jackets worn by many heroes in American movies could be found,a generation 1ater,on all those young men who wanted to make this manly-look their own.

  Two areas where this continuing process is most clearly seen are clothing and music.Some people can still remember a time when T-shirts,jogging clothes,tennis shoes,denim jackets,and blue jeans were not common daily wear everywhere.Only twenty years ago,it was possible to spot an American in Paris by his or her clothes.No longer so:those bright colors, checkered jackets and trousers,hats and socks which were once made fun of in cartoons are back again in Paris as the latest fashion.

  The situation with American popular music is more complex because in the beginning.when it was still clearly American,it was often strongly resisted.Jazz was once thought to be a great danger to youth and their morals,and was actually outlawed in several countries.Today, while still showing its rather American roots,it has become so well established.Rock‘n’roll and all its variations,country & western music, all have more or less similar histories.They were first resisted,often in America as well,as being“low-class,”and then as“a danger to our nation’s youth.” And then the music became accepted and was extended and developed,and exported back to the US.

  词汇:

  appeal n.吸引力 copyright n.版权

  spot v.认出 market v.推上市场,销售

  denim n.粗棉布

  注释:

  1.No matter what it is,whether it is films,food and fashion,music,casual sports or slang,it’s soon at home elsewhere in the world.:不论是哪一种形式的通俗文化,不论是电影还是食物和时装,是音乐还是休闲运动,或者是俚语,它都能很快在世界上别的地方安家。at home除了表示“在家”外,还有“自在,安然自得,得心应手”的意思,如:He is quite at home with the computer now.

  2.Regardless of why it spreads:不管它(美国通俗文化)传播的原因是什么

  3.No longer so: those bright colors,checkered jackets and trousers,hats and socks which were

  once made fun of in cartoons are back again in Paris as the latest fashion.:情况不再如此,一度在卡通片里作为笑料的艳丽颜色、格子面料的上衣和裤子、帽子和袜子,作为最新的时尚重返巴黎。

  4.Rock‘n’ roll and all its variations,county & western music:摇滚乐及其变体,乡村音乐和西部音乐

  练习:

  A As a result,its American origins and roots are often quickly forgotten.

  B But this theory fails to explain why American films,music,and television programs are so popular in themselves.

  C American in origin,informal clothing has become the world’s first truly universal style.

  D The BBC,for example,banned rock and roll until 1962.

  E American food has become popular around the world too.

  F This spirit is variously described as being young and free,optimistic and confident,informal and disrespectful.

  答案:1.B 2.F 3.A 4.C 5.D

  1  [下一页]
闂傚倸鍊搁崐鎼佸磹妞嬪海鐭嗗〒姘e亾妤犵偛顦甸弫宥夊礋椤掍焦顔囬梻浣告贡閸庛倝宕甸敃鈧埥澶愬閻樼數娼夐梻浣稿閸嬪棝宕抽妷銉庢盯宕ㄧ€涙ǚ鎷洪梺鍛婂姇瀵爼骞嗛崼銉︾厵闁告劕寮堕幑锝囩磼椤旇偐澧︾€规洖宕埥澶娾枎韫囧海绱﹀┑锛勫亼閸婃牠鎮ч鐘茬筏濞寸姴顑呴崙鐘绘煏閸繃宸濈痪鎯с偢閺岀喖骞忕仦鐣屽帿闁诲孩鐔幏锟� 闂傚倸鍊搁崐鎼佸磹妞嬪海鐭嗗〒姘e亾妤犵偞鐗犻、鏇㈡晝閳ь剛澹曢崷顓犵=濞达綀鍋傞幋婵冩瀺闁绘ê鍘栫换鍡涙煏閸繂鈧憡绂嶉幆褜娓婚柕鍫濋娴滄繄绱掔拠鑼ⅵ闁靛棔绀侀埢搴ㄥ箣濠靛洨鈧娊姊洪崨濠庢畼闁稿鍋ら、娆撳磼濞戞绠氶梺缁樺姦娴滄粓鍩€椤掍胶澧い顐㈢箲缁绘繂顫濋鈧崑宥夋偡濠婂啰绠绘鐐差樀楠炴﹢顢欓懞銉︻仧闂備浇娉曢崳锕傚箯閿燂拷 QQ缂傚倸鍊搁崐鎼佸磹閹间礁纾瑰瀣捣閻棗銆掑锝呬壕閻庢鍠氶弫濠氥€佸Δ鍛劦妞ゆ帒瀚ч埀顒佹瀹曟﹢顢欓挊澶屾濠电姰鍨归崢婊堝疾濠婂牊鍎庢い鏍仜閺嬩線鏌熼崜褏甯涢柡鍛倐閺屻劑鎮ら崒娑橆伓 闂傚倸鍊搁崐鎼佸磹閻戣姤鍤勯柛顐f礀閸屻劎鎲搁弮鍫濈畺婵☆垯璀﹀ḿ鈺傘亜閹烘垵鈧懓鈻撻幆褉鏀芥い鏂款潟娴犳粓鏌涚€n偅灏伴柕鍥у婵偓闁挎稑瀚崳浼存倵鐟欏嫭绀€鐎规洦鍓濋悘鍐╃節閻㈤潧孝闁稿﹤缍婇、娆撳磼濞戞绠氶梺缁樺姦娴滄粓鍩€椤掍胶澧い顐㈢箲缁绘繂顫濋鈧崑宥夋偡濠婂啰绠绘鐐差樀楠炴﹢顢欓懞銉︻仧闂備浇娉曢崳锕傚箯閿燂拷 濠电姷鏁告慨鐑藉极閹间礁纾绘繛鎴欏灪閸嬨倝鏌曟繛褍鍟悘濠囨椤愩垺澶勯柟灏栨櫅闇夐柡宥庡幗閻撳繐鈹戦悙鑼虎闁告挸澧介幉鍛婃償閳藉棗娈梺鍛婃处閸嬪棝寮抽崱娑欑厓鐟滄粓宕滃☉娆戠彾闁哄洨鍠嗛崑鍛存煕閹般劍娅囬柛娆忔濮婅櫣绱掑Ο鑽ゎ槬闂佺ǹ锕ゅ﹢閬嶅焵椤掍胶鍟查柟鍑ゆ嫹 缂傚倸鍊搁崐鎼佸磹閹间礁纾归柟闂寸绾惧綊鏌熼梻瀵割槮闁汇値鍠楅妵鍕冀椤愵澀绮堕梺鎼炲妼閸婂潡骞冪憴鍕闁规鍠氬崗闂備焦瀵х换鍌炲箟濮椻偓瀵噣宕煎┑鍫濆Е婵$偑鍊栫敮鎺斺偓姘卞厴瀵偆鈧綆鍠楅悡蹇擃熆鐠虹儤顥炴繛鍛崌閺屸剝鎷呴棃鈺勫惈闂佸搫鐭夌紞渚€鐛鈧幖褰掝敃閵忊剝鏆橀梺鑽ゅ仦閻旑剟骞忛敓锟� 濠电姷鏁告慨鐑藉极閹间礁纾婚柣鎰惈閸ㄥ倿鏌涢锝嗙缂佺姳鍗抽弻鐔虹磼閵忕姵鐏堢紒鐐劤椤兘寮婚悢鐓庣鐟滃繒鏁☉銏$厓闂佸灝顑呴悘锔剧磼缂佹ḿ娲寸€规洖宕灒闁告繂瀚闂傚倷绀侀幖顐︻敄閸℃稒鍎庢い鏍仜閽冪喐绻涢幋娆忕仼閹喖姊洪棃娑辨Ф闁稿孩妞藉畷婵囧緞瀹€鈧壕钘壝归敐鍤藉綊鍩€椤掆偓閹芥粎鍒掗弮鍥ヤ汗闁圭儤鍨堕悗顒勬⒑閻熸澘鈷旂紒顕呭灦瀵煡骞栨担鍦弳闂佺粯娲栭崐鍦偓姘炬嫹
闂傚倷鑳堕崢褍鐣烽鍕剶闁艰澹嬮崣鍧楁⒒娴gǹ鎮戞俊鍙夊笧閸掓帗銈i崘鐐櫔闂侀潧绻堥崐鏇犵不椤曗偓閺屾洘寰勯崼婵單ㄩ梺绋款儐閹瑰洤鐣峰鈧崺鈩冩媴閻戞ǚ鏋岄梻鍌欑閹诧繝銆冮幇鏉跨闁跨噦鎷�