英语听力：自然百科 从桑巴到巴萨诺瓦 Samba To Bossa—8

 Samba and Choro both started out as the homegrown musical styles of the black workers and migrants who’d moved to Rio. The songs of the early Samba singers dealt with the realities of everyday life in the city. 

 

In the early days, musicians faced not only prejudice but harassment¹. In 1928, the first so-called “Samba School” opened in Rio, a club where musicians and composers could meet, rehearse and plan their activities for the city’s annual pre-Lent carnival², though the authorities banned black and mix-race carnival groups from parading through downtown, predominantly white Rio. 

 

Many of the early Samba songs were meant to size malandros, the sharply-dressed hustlers of the black communities, and the authorities outlawed³ musicians and their Samba parties. 

 

But all that would suddenly change. Samba was to be appropriated, transformed and used by the government. From now on, music will play a new role in Brazilian life.

1 harassment   

n.骚扰，扰乱，烦恼，烦乱

参考例句：

• She often got telephone harassment at night these days.这些天她经常在夜晚受到电话骚扰。
• The company prohibits any form of harassment.公司禁止任何形式的骚扰行为。

2 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。

3 outlawed   

宣布…为不合法（outlaw的过去式与过去分词形式）

参考例句：

• Most states have outlawed the use of marijuana. 大多数州都宣布使用大麻为非法行为。
• I hope the sale of tobacco will be outlawed someday. 我希望有朝一日烟草制品会禁止销售。