【英语趣味课堂】狂欢的场面-Rave Scene

Jana: I didn't know you were into dancing.

Peter: Well, yeah, just a little bit I guess. I used to go dancing quite a bit. I was part of this group of friends and we used to follow the rave¹ scene in South Africa.

 

Jana: Wow.

 

Peter: And we used to actually go on these trance parties and there was a small dance or actually a music company that organized these events and they were all outdoor events and some of them would last a whole weekend so you would pack your camping gear² and this dance would be or this trance party would be held outside, out in a forest or somewhere in the mountains or on a beach sometimes and these would sometimes last into the next day and the following day. People would come and go and the music would be non-stop basically.

 

Jana: Wow, so would you go every week or...?

 

Peter: No, not every week that's too much I think. It's too energy costing but it was so much fun really because it's just such a break from normal work routine and you get out into nature and it's the just the music and it's just nature. If you wanted you know to take a break you could wander off and find a quiet spot to rest and be with friends and eat something and relax and sleep maybe and then wake up and slowly join the party again and just carry on. People of all walks of life would come and join. Like professional people that wanted to break out or people that are kind of part of the hippy scene. I guess it was still going in some ways so yeah they would just drift in and out. It was really a lot of fun.

 

Jana: That sounds fun and what kind of music would they play?

 

Peter: Mostly trance music so people that liked trance music would be, yeah, they would really go but the music, I don't know if you know trance music?

 

Jana: Not really, not that familiar.

 

Peter: It varies. There's a lot of, of course most of it's electronically based, so DJs would be able to control the tempo³ of the music and at some points the music would shift and change and like usually through the night there would be a different kind of phases of the music and DJs would take over and take over from each other so the music would change and the influences that they bring to the music would also change. Yeah, yeah, it's really, really good.

 

Jana: It sounds really interesting. I've never been to that kind of party so it's very different.

 

Peter: It was good. People would come, there would be little food stalls⁴ and some people would even bring their kids or whatever. It was very open, very friendly and people basically did what they wanted.

 

Jana: So it's like a music festival.

 

Peter: Yeah, I guess you could say that a little bit. Yeah, yeah.

 

重点词汇：

 

Learn Vocabulary from the lesson

wander off

 

You can wander off and find a quiet spot to rest.

 

When you 'wander off', you walk in one direction because you see something interesting. Notice the following:

 

My dog always wanders off when I take him outside.

She has a really bad habit of wandering off in busy places.

carry on

 

Just carry on.

 

When you 'carry on' with something, you continue doing it. Notice the following:

 

She can carry on shopping for hours.

You can just carry on playing video games all day.

all walks of life

 

People of all walks of life would come and join.

 

People from "all walks of life" are people with different backgrounds. Notice the following:

 

Teaching English around the world lets you meet people from all walks of life.

My friends come from all walks of life.

break out

 

Professional people that wanted to break out would come.

 

Here, 'break out' means to escape from your normal boring routine. Notice the following:

 

He is a very serious businessman during the week, but every Friday he really breaks out.

It takes her a while to break out and feel comfortable.

drift in and out

 

They would just drift in and out.

 

When you 'drift in and out' from some activity, it means that you participate and then go away and then come back, all in a very casual manner. Notice the following:

 

He is usually kind of distracted⁵ during conversations and just kind of drifts in and out.

She never stays with one person very long at a party. She usually just drifts in and out.

 

1 rave   

vi.胡言乱语；热衷谈论；n.热情赞扬

参考例句：

• The drunkard began to rave again.这酒鬼又开始胡言乱语了。
• Now I understand why readers rave about this book.我现明白读者为何对这本书赞不绝口了。

2 gear   

n.齿轮，传动装置，设备，衣服；vt.使适应

参考例句：

• We have to gear our lives to the new changes.我们必须使自己的生活适应新的变化。
• The teeth of the wheel gear into each other.齿轮互相啮合。

3 tempo   

n.(音乐的)速度；节奏，行进速度

参考例句：

• The boss is unsatisfied with the tardy tempo.老板不满于这种缓慢的进度。
• They waltz to the tempo of the music.他们跟着音乐的节奏跳华尔兹舞。

4 stalls   

n.戏院正厅前排座位，前座观众；摊( stall的名词复数 )；熄火；厩；（房间内的）小隔间

参考例句：

• market stalls selling cheap bric-a-brac 集市上出售廉价小摆设的货摊
• the front row of the stalls 正厅第一排

5 distracted   

a.注意力分散的，思想不集中的

参考例句：

• When working, one should concentrate and not allow oneself to be distracted. 工作时要集中精力，不要分心。
• Noise outside distracted her mind from her studies. 门外的噪音使她心神不宁，无法集中注意力学习。