人教版高一英语必修二Unit5课文翻译

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人教版高一英语必修二Unit 5课文翻译

Unit 5 Music

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THE BAND THAT WASN’T 并非乐队的乐队

Have you ever wanted to be part of a band as a famous singer or musician?

你曾经想过要成为一个乐队里有名的歌手或音乐家吗? Have you ever

dreamed of playing in front of thousands of people at a concert, at which

everyone is clapping and appreciating your music? 你是否曾梦想过在音乐会上面对成千上万的观众演唱,观众欣赏你的歌唱为你鼓掌吗?

Do you sing karaoke and pretend you are a famous singer like Song

Zuying or Lin Huan? 你唱卡拉OK时是否假装自己就是宋祖英或刘欢一样著名的歌星吗? To be honest, a lot of people attach great

importance to becoming rich and famous. 说实在的,很多人把名和利看得很重。But just how do people form a band? 那么,人们又是怎样一起组成乐队的呢?

Many musicians meet and form a band because they like to write

and play their own music. 许多音乐家聚在一起组成乐队,是因为他们

喜欢自己作曲,演奏自己的音乐。They may start as a group of

high-school students, for whom practicing their music in someone’s

house is the first step to fame. 他们开始可能是一组中学生,在某个人家里排练音乐是成名的第一步。Sometimes they may play to passers-by in the street or subway so that they can earn some extra money

for themselves or to pay for their instruments. 有时他们可能在街上或在地铁里为过路人演奏,这样他们可以为自己或自己要买的乐器多挣

一些钱。Later they may give performances in pubs or clubs, for which

they are paid in cash. 后来,他们可能在酒吧或者俱乐部里演出,这样他们可以得到现金。Of course they hope to make records in a studio and

sell millions of copies to become millionaires! 当然,他们希望在录音棚里录音,然后卖掉上百万张碟,从而成为百万富翁。

However, there was one band hat started in a different way. 然而,

也有一个用不同方式组建起来的乐队。It was called the Monkees and

began as a TV show. 这支乐队叫“门基乐队”,它开始时是以电视节目

表演的形式出现的。The musicians were to play jokes on each other as

well as play music, most of which was based loosely on the Beatles. 组

成乐队的音乐人演奏音乐,还彼此打趣逗笑。这些玩笑和音乐大多都

在模仿“甲壳虫”乐队。The TV organizers had planned to find four

musicians who could act as well as sing. 电视制作人原计划想寻找四位

会唱会表演的乐手。They put an advertisement in a newspaper looking

for rock musicians, but they could only find one who was good enough.

他们在报纸上登了一则广告,想招摇滚乐手,但他们只招到一个满意

的。They had to use actors for the other three members of the band.乐队

的其他三人只能用演员来代替。

As some of these actors could not sing well enough, they had to rely on other musicians to help them. 因为这些演员中有些人唱得不是很

好,他们不得不依靠队里的其他人帮助。So during the broadcasts they

just pretended to sing. 所以在演出的时候他们只是假唱。Anyhow their

performances were humorous enough to be copied by clubs in order to

get more familiar with them. 不管怎样,他们的表演非常幽默以至于其他的乐队也开始模仿。他们非常走红使得歌迷们为了更加熟悉他们而

成立了俱乐部。Each week on TV, the Monkees would play and sing

songs written by other musicians. 门基乐队每个星期都要在电视上演

唱由别的音乐家创作的歌曲。However, after a year or so in which they

became more serious about their work, the Monkees started to play and sing their own songs like a real band. 然而,经过大约一年以后,门基

乐队逐渐对自己的工作认真起来,他们开始像一支真正的乐队那样演

唱自己创作的歌曲。Then they produced their own records and started

touring and play their own music. 然后他们录制自己的唱片,并且开始巡回表演他们自己的音乐。In the USA they became even more popular

than the Beatles and sold even more records. 在美国,他们甚至比“甲壳

虫”乐队还要受欢迎,出售的录音专辑还要多。The band broke up

about 1970, but happily the reunited in the mid-1980s. “门基乐队”大约

在1970年左右解散,但是令人高兴的是,到80年代中期他们再次聚

首。they produced a new record in 1996, with which they celebrated their

former time as a real band. 在1996年,他们推出了一张新的专辑,以此来庆祝他们真正成为乐队以来的那段时光。(一)重点短语

1. dream of/ about 梦想,想要

2. at a concert在音乐会上

3. to be honest 老实说,说实话

4. attach v.系上,附上,附加,连接attach … to …. 附上,连接attach importance/value/significance/weight to认为…有重要性/价

值/意义/分量(to为介词)

be attached to连在...上, 附属于;热爱, 依恋

5. form the habit of doing sth.形成…的习惯

6. give performances 演出7. be paid in cash 得到现金

8. earn v.赚,挣得,赢earn extra money挣外快

earn/make a/one’s living谋生make/earn money挣钱

9. rely on/upon=depend on/upon 依靠

rely on sb. doing sth.= rely on to do sth. 指望/依靠某人做… rely on it that从句相信,指望… reliable (adj.)可依赖的,可靠的

10.during the broadcasts 在播出的时候

live television broadcast实况电视广播, 现场电视广播

11. be familiar to为…所熟悉get/be familiar with=have a good

knowledge of 熟悉, 通晓, 精通

12. in addition=what’s more 另外,加之,此外

in addition to…=besides除…之外还13. break up 解散,解体;打碎;(关系) 破碎,;分裂, 结束, 衰落,驱

散;分手

break down破坏,损坏;停住运转,出故障;精神崩溃,身体垮掉;(中

途)抛锚

break in插话,打断break into 破门而入break out突然发生,(疾病、火灾战争等)爆发

break off 突然停止或中断说话;断裂

break away逃走,脱离出去

14. play jokes on=play a joke on耍弄,开玩笑

make fun of取笑laugh at嘲笑15. a year or so 大约一年

16. go away离去, 带走(with)

17. mix up搅匀(拌和,混淆,搞乱)

18. sort out分类;整理;区分;解决(问题)

sort…into…把…分类,整理all sorts of各种各样的19. in brief简言之,一言以蔽之in short综上所述

to be brief简单地说briefly(adv.)简要地20. devotion (n.)投入,热爱devoted(adj.) 忠实的,深爱的

devote(v.) 献身,专心于

devote oneself to献身,致力,专心于

be devoted to专心于devote…to…把…用于/献给21. afterwards随后,后来forward(s) 向前backward(s)向后