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VOA慢速英语:Aaron Copland, 1900-1990: He Taught Americans About Themselves Through Music

2011-08-14来源:VOA

短语讲解:

1. She was one of the most important music teachers of the time. He returned to New York in nineteen twenty-four.

return to返回到…
例句:News of the astronauts' safe return to earth was delayed.
宇航员安全返回地球的消息被推迟。

2. The famous conductor of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Serge Koussevitzky, learned about Copland's music.

learn about获得, 学得
例句:I like reading historical stories because I can learn about the lives that people led long ago.
我喜欢看历史故事, 因为这样可以知道过去人们的生活。

3. He wrote that a whole new public for music had developed as a result of the popularity of the radio and record player.

as a result of由于…的结果
例句:He was injured as a result of boiler explosion.
他因锅炉爆炸而受伤。

4. He said that there was no reason to continue writing music as if these devices did not exist.

as if好像, 似乎, 仿佛
例句:Why doesn't she buy me a drink? It isn't as if she had no money!
她为什么不给我买一点饮料?好像她没钱似的!

5. The last part of the ballet is based on a traditional song, "A Gift to be Simple."

base on使建立在…基础上
例句:One should always base one's opinion on facts.
我们应总是把自己的观点建立在事实的基础上。

6. Then, he began experimenting with what is called a twelve-tone system of composing.

experiment with以…做试验
例句:They experimented with a new material.
他们用新材料来做试验。

7. His music no longer was as easy to understand, or as popular.

no longer不再, 已不, 不复, 再也不
例句:He was long a famous musician, but he plays no longer.
他成为有名的音乐家已很久了, 但他现在不演奏了。

8. Copland stopped composing at the end of the nineteen sixties.

at the end of在…结尾,在…末端
例句:At the end of his speech, the crowd caught alight and began cheering wildly.
讲在他演讲快结束的时候, 人群情绪激昂, 狂热欢呼。

9. Copland was a strong supporter of liberal ideas. In the early nineteen- fifties, he and other famous writers, actors and intellectuals were accused of supporting communism. Public opinion changed, though.

accuse of指责, 控告
例句:He was accused of murder.
他被指控犯了谋杀罪。

10. But his music lives on.

live on继续活着; 继续存在
例句:The composer's works will always live on.
这位作曲家的作品将永远留在人间。