英语听力：自然百科 从桑巴到巴萨诺瓦 Samba To Bossa—1

 This is the story of a country whose music has seduced¹ the outside world and taken on an importance that goes far beyond entertainments.

 

You want to learn about Brazilian history without going through the books? You can just listen to the music and you’ll understand everything.

 

Brazilian music is having a very enormous effect, Brazilian music, art… 

 

In Brazil, music is a national passion. Wildly varied² styles from Bossa Nova to distinctively³ Brazilian forms of Reggae, hip-hop have projected rival views of how the country should see itself and be regarded abroad while politicians have used music to try to bring unity⁴ to the largest state in South America.

 

This is a story in which leading musicians are censored⁵ and jailed and a one time rival,Gilberto Gil, becomes Brazil’s first black government minister. And it starts with the music that dominates and defines this vast multi-racial state/, Samba.

 

Samba is the best-known, most enduring style in Brazil. It’s the Samba rhythm that provides the backdrop for the 

 

spectacular Rio Carnival⁶ and for sophisticated dance songs that have helped to bring Brazil the exotic image enjoyed 

 

around the world.

 

But Samba also includes laments⁷ about life in the shantytowns, the favelas, and sounds that address the recurring⁸ themes of race and poverty in a society that prides itself on being a racial democracy but where the most black/ are often the most poor.

1 seduced   

诱奸( seduce的过去式和过去分词 )； 勾引； 诱使堕落； 使入迷

参考例句：

• The promise of huge profits seduced him into parting with his money. 高额利润的许诺诱使他把钱出了手。
• His doctrines have seduced many into error. 他的学说把许多人诱入歧途。

2 varied   

adj.多样的，多变化的

参考例句：

• The forms of art are many and varied.艺术的形式是多种多样的。
• The hotel has a varied programme of nightly entertainment.宾馆有各种晚间娱乐活动。

3 distinctively   

adv.特殊地，区别地

参考例句：

• "Public risks" is a recent term for distinctively high-tech hazards. “公共风险”是个特殊的高技术危害个人的一个最新术语。 来自英汉非文学 - 环境法 - 环境法
• His language was natural, unaffected, distinctively vivid, humorous and strongly charming. 语言既朴实无华，又鲜明生动，幽默而富有艺术魅力。

4 unity   

n.团结，联合，统一；和睦，协调

参考例句：

• When we speak of unity,we do not mean unprincipled peace.所谓团结，并非一团和气。
• We must strengthen our unity in the face of powerful enemies.大敌当前，我们必须加强团结。

5 censored   

受审查的，被删剪的

参考例句：

• The news reports had been heavily censored . 这些新闻报道已被大幅删剪。
• The military-backed government has heavily censored the news. 有军方撑腰的政府对新闻进行了严格审查。

6 carnival   

n.嘉年华会，狂欢，狂欢节，巡回表演

参考例句：

• I got some good shots of the carnival.我有几个狂欢节的精彩镜头。
• Our street puts on a carnival every year.我们街的居民每年举行一次嘉年华会。

7 laments   

n.悲恸，哀歌，挽歌( lament的名词复数 )v.（为…）哀悼，痛哭，悲伤( lament的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• In the poem he laments the destruction of the countryside. 在那首诗里他对乡村遭到的破坏流露出悲哀。
• In this book he laments the slight interest shown in his writings. 在该书中他慨叹人们对他的著作兴趣微弱。 来自辞典例句

8 recurring   

adj.往复的，再次发生的

参考例句：

• This kind of problem is recurring often. 这类问题经常发生。
• For our own country, it has been a time for recurring trial. 就我们国家而言，它经过了一个反复考验的时期。