英语PK台 第862期:你的歌单, 是流行榜还是经典款

 Dialogue 1
Jingjing: Mark, have you heard any good music recently?
京晶：马克，最近有没有听什么好音乐？
Mark: I hear tons of good music. My wife keeps up on the latest hits. I like some of those.
马克：我最近可真是听了太多。我太太一直在关注时下最流行的那些曲子，其中一些我还比较喜欢。
Jingjing: What's are your favorites?
京晶：那你都最喜欢哪些？
Mark: I like anything by Ed Sheeran and Bruno Mars¹. What about you?
马克：Ed Sheeran 和 Bruno Mars 的歌我都喜欢。你呢？
Jingjing: I have some songs by those two guys on my playlist. But I've been big on rap², ever since a year ago when we talked about it.
京晶：我的播放单里还有这两位的一些曲目呢，但是我一直比较喜欢嘻哈说唱乐，自从一年前我们聊过这一期主题之后。
Mark: Oh yeah? Who are some artists you like?
马克：哦是吗？那你比较欣赏哪些音乐家？
Jingjing: I like Nikki Minaj and Drake.
京晶：我喜欢Nikki Minaj 和 Drake.
Mark: Drake's uniquely talented. I like a lot of his tracks⁴. I don't know much about Nikki Minaj, though. Could you recommend⁵ a title for me?
马克：Drake 极其有才华。他的许多歌我都比较喜欢。可是我对Nikki 不是很了解。你能给我推荐一首吗？（说个歌名？）
Jingjing: Sure. You could check out “No Frauds⁶”. She cut that with Drake and Lil' Wayne.
京晶：当然。你可以去听听No frauds. 这是她与Drake 和Lil' Wayne 一起共同创作的。
Mark: Really? I'm surprised I haven't heard it. I know Drake's teamed up with a bunch⁷ of artists.
马克：真的吗？我感到很意外我竟然都没听过。我知道Drake和其他好些歌手一起合作。
Jingjing: Let me know. You might also like “Swish Swish”, with Nikki Minaj and Katy Perry.
京晶：可以跟我说说。你可能还喜欢这首“Swish Swish”, Nikki Minaj 和Katy Perry 共同演唱的。
Mark: Hmm, I've heard that too many times already.
马克：嗯，这首我听过很多遍了。
Jingjing: Don't worry about it. “No Frauds” is different from that one.
京晶：不用担心， “No Frauds” 和那首不一样。
Mark: I'm searching for it now.
马克：我现在正在搜。
Jingjing: While you're busy with that, I'll look for some Cardi B tracks I haven't heard yet.
京晶：正好你忙着搜那个，我要去听听Cardi B那些我没听过的歌。
Mark: Speaking of Bruno Mars, have you heard “Finesse”, with him and Cardi B?
马克：说到Bruno Mars, 你有没有听过他和Cardi B 合作的 “Finesse”？
Jingjing: Yeah, lots of times. I think you're more of a fan of Bruno Mars than I am.
京晶：听过好几遍了。我觉得你比我更是火星哥的粉丝。

New words : 习语短语
track³ 音轨（指每一首录制好的歌曲）
one recorded song (with or without people singing)
title 歌名 the name of a song
cut 录制完成一首歌
record and finalize⁸ a song

Dialogue 2
Jingjing: Mark, if only one album⁹ existed, what would you want it to be?
京晶：马克，如果世上仅有一张专辑存在，你希望是哪张？
Mark: Geez, that'd be a tough call. I guess I'd go with Abbey Road.
马克：天，这个很难说了。我想我应该会选披头士的《艾比路》吧！
Jingjing: You mean the last Beatles album?
京晶：你是说披头士的最后一张专辑？
Mark: Yeah. I've listened to that since I was a kid. At least, if I had to pick between Beatles albums¹⁰, it'd be that one. How about your pick, Jingjing?
马克：是的。自打小时候起，我就一直听那张专辑。至少，如果我必须在披头士的专辑当中选的话，应该是那张了。你呢，京晶？
Jingjing: I'm more of a Rolling Stones fan, when it comes to classic¹¹ rock. But there are only a few songs that I really like from the Stones. My favorite Beatles album is Rubber Soul.
京晶：说到经典摇滚，我更是滚石乐队的粉丝吧。但是滚石这边我只特别喜欢那么几首歌，我最喜欢的披头士专辑是《橡胶灵魂》。
Mark: Interesting! It sounds like you can't decide between early Beatles and late Beatles.
马克：很有趣。听上去你不确定你是更喜欢早期还是晚期的披头士。
Jingjing: Oh, I hate that argument. It's such a fluff topic. I just think those guys came into their own when they cut Rubber Soul.
京晶：我讨厌这个争论，真是肤浅得很。我只是觉得这帮人创作《橡胶灵魂》时真正成为了他们自己。
Mark: I agree. They were talented before, but a bit limited to the pop sounds of the time. Hmm, that's a pretty perfect album you picked.
马克：我同意。他们之前还是很有才的，但是有些局限于那个时代的流行之声。嗯，你选的这张还是非常不错的。
Jingjing: Haha, do you want to change your choice?
京晶：哈哈，你愿意改变你的选择吗？
Mark: Luckily I don't really have to, right? Hey, have you heard the 2018 White Album?
马克：幸运的是，我真不需要，对吧？嘿，你听了披头士2018的White Album吗？
Jingjing: I heard about it—and a few samples played on the radio. Do you have it?
京晶：我听了，还有一些样歌在电台播出了。你有吗这张吗？
Mark: Yeah, I just downloaded it a week or two ago.
马克：是啊，我大概一两周前就从网上下载了。
Jingjing: You thief!
京晶：你这个小贼！
Mark: Shh! Don't tell anyone! Anyway, that's one I'd buy on high quality LP if I got rich.
马克：小点儿声，别跟别人说啊！这张专辑等我有了钱一定会去买高品质的密纹唱片来听。
Jingjing: Hmm, I wouldn't mind hearing some of their new picks and remixes.
京晶：嗯，我不介意听到他们的一些新歌和混音版。
Mark: I'll bring it next time. 
马克：我下次带来听。

New words : 习语短语
album 专辑
a collection of songs released at one time
a tough call 难以做出的决定
a hard decision to make
a fluff topic 肤浅的聊天主题
a conversation topic with no substance
LP 密纹唱片
long-playing record (vinyl, 33RPM)
remix 混音
when a producer cuts a new version of the song, going back to the original parts recorded by the artists

1 Mars   

n.火星，战争

参考例句：

• As of now we don't know much about Mars.目前我们对火星还知之甚少。
• He contended that there must be life on Mars.他坚信火星上面一定有生物。

2 rap   

n.轻敲，拍击，责骂，厉声说出，说唱音乐，谈话，最少量；vi.轻敲，敲门，表演说唱音乐，畅谈；vt.抓，抢，拍击

参考例句：

• I heard a rap on the door.我听到有轻轻的敲门声。
• Today we are going to rap about relationships.今天我们要聊聊关系的问题。

3 track   

n.轨道；足迹；痕迹；磁轨；途径；vt.循路而行；追踪；通过；用纤拉；vi.追踪

参考例句：

• The new race track is nearly six miles in extent.这条新跑道将近六英里长。
• The police are on his track.警察在跟踪他。

4 tracks   

n.小路( track的名词复数 )；跑道；路径；轨道v.跟踪( track的第三人称单数 )；跟踪摄影；留下（脏）足迹；追随（潮流等）

参考例句：

• Tracks led up the mountainside. 小径沿着山坡向上延伸。
• All the tracks have been digitally remastered from the original tapes. 所有的曲子都已经从原始录音带转录到了数码母带上。

5 recommend   

vt.推荐，介绍；劝告，建议；使成为可取，使受欢迎

参考例句：

• Can you recommend me a good book?你能给我介绍一本好书吗？
• I can recommend this play to all lovers of good theatre.我把这个剧推荐给所有爱好优秀戏剧的人。

6 frauds   

欺诈( fraud的名词复数 )； 骗子； 伪劣品； 冒牌货

参考例句：

• Thousands of frauds are committed every year. 每年有数以千计的诈骗案。
• It's a special inspection period for marriage frauds. 这是婚姻欺诈的一个特别检查时期。

7 bunch   

n.串，束；群，帮

参考例句：

• A bunch of girls was[were] sitting on the grass.一群女孩坐在草地上。
• I received a bunch of flowers yesterday.昨天我收到了一束鲜花。

8 finalize   

v.落实，定下来

参考例句：

• Let us finalize tonight.让我们今天晚上干完
• 。At the same time,industrial designers work with engineers to finalize components and assembly.同时，工业设计师和工程师一道来完成部件和组装部分的工作。

9 album   

n.集子，粘贴集，影集，邮集，歌曲集

参考例句：

• The photos belong in an album.这些照片应该放在相册里。
• Will you look over his album?你要不要去看看他的歌集唱片？

10 albums   

n.粘贴簿( album的名词复数 )；集邮簿；相册；唱片

参考例句：

• His albums are available on tape and CD. 他的歌曲专辑有磁带和光盘出售。
• My dad had to buy CDs of all the albums he already owned on vinyl. 我爸爸就是要买他已有的所有黑胶唱片的CD版。

11 classic   

n.经典作品；adj.经典的，一流的；古典的

参考例句：

• The novel is regarded as one of the classic works.这篇小说被公认为是最优秀的作品之一。
• The football match was a classic.那场足球比赛堪称典范。