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Lesson one Rock Superstars: What Do They Tell Us About Ourselves and Our Society ?

Exercises

A. Answer the following questions on the text:

1. what is the function of the two quotations ? Are they appropriate ? 2. What does the author attempt to illustrate with the three examples at the beginning of the article?

3. According to Irving Horowitz , what is the sociological significance of rock music ?

4. In what sense did Elvis Presley prove what Horowitz and Rundgren believed ? 5. How did Bob Dylan , the Beatles , and the Rolling Stones differ from each other politically ?

6. What other major subjects did rock music deal with apart from politics ? 7. What rewards did rock superstars get ?

8. Has the author given a complete answer to question he raises in the title? Why do you think the author ends the article the way he does ?

Key A

1. The author uses the two quotations to introduce his ideas . Yes , they are . 2. The author uses the three examples to show that the young people worship the rock superstars very much , but the adults find they are sick , The examples show that young people and adults have a totally different attitudes towards rock music .

3. Rock music can express its times . He sees it as a debating forum where American society struggles to define and redefine its feeling and beliefs .

4. When he appeared on the Ed . Sullivan Sunday night variety show , a debate took place . The old people frowned while the young viewers applauded.

5. Bob Dylan touched a nerve of disaffection. The Beatles urged peace and piety . The Rolling Stones demanded revolution .

6. Apart from politics , the rock music dealt with feelings and emotions. 7. The rock superstars got applause , praise and money .

8. No , he hasn’t . He want s to leave the question to the readers and let them think .

B Translate the following into Chinese :

1. “Jagger,” he said , “grabs a half –gallon jug of water and runs along the front platform , sprinkling its contents over the first few rows of sweltering listeners .

2. How do you feel about all this adulation and hero worship ?

3. Or are you drawn somehow to this strange clown , perhaps because he acts out your wildest fantasies ?

4. Some sociologists say that your answers to them could explain a lot about what you are thinking and about what your society is thinking –in other words , where you and your society are .

5. It’s just that Elvis managed to embody the frustrated teenage spirit of the 1950s .

6. Feelings always a part of any musical statement were a major subject . 7. This country element , Horowitz feels , helped its audience express an urge to “get away from it all , “ to “go back to the old days .”

8. In one 1972 national opinion poll , more than 10 percent of the high school boys and 20 percent of the girls said their hero was a rock superstar.

KeyB KeyB

1他描述道:”贾格尔拿着半加仑水, 顺着舞台前沿,边跑边把水洒向前排汗流浃背的歌迷身上.”

2. 你如何看待这种赞美和英雄崇拜?

3. 还是由于他把你狂热的幻想用行动表现出来,你神不知鬼不觉地被这个不可思议的小丑所吸引?

4. 一些社会学家认为你对这些问题的回答,很能说明你在想什么,社会在想什么..换句话说, 可以说明你和社会的态度.

5. 只不过艾尔维斯的演唱表现了50年代青少年那种沮丧的精神状态. 6. 感情总是任何音乐表达的必要成分,也是一个重要议题.

7. 霍罗威茨认为这种结合表达了听众欲”摆脱现实一切”/”重归昔日”的强烈愿望.

9. 在1972年的一次全国民意测验中, 10%以上的高中男生,20%的女生表示他们心目中的英雄是超摇滚歌星.

C. Fill in the blank in each sentence with the best word or expression from the box below,changing its form when necessary :

Sprinkle swelter in other words lazy rather than reject act out idle worship reverence drive embody

9. His paintings embody the spirit of the modern era .

10. How do you act out your frustrations , by throwing glasses or something ? 11. The peddler sprinkled some water over his vegetables to make them fresher and heavier.

12. In such heated air ,the sweltering students could hardly keep their minds on their lessons .

13. That’s idle gossip . Don’t listen to it .

14. She sent in her application for the job , but was rejected as unqualified . 15. The salesman considered it safe to go along with the boss rather than to contradict him .

8. Everybody should have a sincere reverence /worship for the laws of his country .

D. Choose the right word or expression in the brackets to complete each of the following sentences :

1. The whole nation watched the two candidates (arguing , debating ) the issue of raising taxes on TV .

2. It was a (proud , arrogant ) moment for my cousin when she shook hands with the President .

3. Even if you (mix , blend ) oil and water , they will not (mix , blend ).

4. Some people watch television so much that they cannot (conceive , imagine ) of living without it .