美语咖啡屋 Lesson 51: Lead Singer of SCOTS

Rick, Lead Singer of SCOTS

Y: 大家好，我是杨晨。 欢迎您到美语咖啡屋。

J: Hello everyone, I'm Jody! Welcome to American Cafe!

Y: Jody，我们现在听的是什么音乐？

J: What? I can't hear you?

Y: 我在问你这是什么音乐？

J: Wait a minute. Let me turn the music down. What did you say?

Y: 我问你这是什么音乐，听上去有点儿象乡村音乐，又有点儿象摇滚乐。

J: It's a band called Southern Culture on the Skids¹. SCOTS for short. And you're right. They mix many styles of music together to make their own original sound. Isn't it great?

Y: 这是他们自己创作的音乐？能不能给我们介绍这个乐队是什么时候成立的？

J: Oh, sure. SCOTS started out in 1984 down in North Carolina at the University of North Carolina - UNC for short.

Y: 我想他们一定是因为非常热爱音乐才成立了这个乐队。是不是？

J: Well, actually Rick, the lead singer, said it was a great way to get free beer and meet girls in college. But I'm sure they love music. Now, let's welcome Rick, the lead singer of SCOTS.

实录1: Rick Miller²: SCOTS started out in 1984 as just a way to make, ah, well, actually a way to get free beer and meet some girls while we were in college. Practicing, actually, at the Art Lab at UNC (un)'til the dean³ of students kicked us out. So, right away, rock-n-roll!

Y: 这帮人，太不像话了。原来是因为喜欢喝啤酒，勾引女孩子才成立了一个乐队。哎，Jody, 这个SCOTS到底是一个什么样的乐队呢？

J: SCOTS is like a garage band that sometimes comes out of the garage to perform around the world.

Y: Garage band, 我喜欢这个名字。Garage Band就是车库乐队。你得解释一下这个什么叫做车库乐队呢。

J: See, many teenagers want to be a rock-n-roll star or any music star. But parents don't want to hear bad music playing in the house.

Y: 没错， 一个初学者他技术肯定不太好；没人想听他们练习的时候那种很刺耳的声音。

J: Exactly, they're just beginning. So, the family garage outside of the house where the car usually goes becomes the place where teenagers practice being a musician without bothering the parents.

Y: 对，车库是一个练习音乐的好地方。这样你就不会吵到你们家里人，因为车库就是停车的地方。

J: Garage band has come to mean amateur⁴, not professional⁵, music.

Y: 对， 一般说起来这个garage band就说他们是业余也不是专业的乐队。这么说起来，这个SCOTS一开始的时候是典型的garage band， 后来他们慢慢儿发展成一个专业的乐队。

J: Exactly. But the members of SCOTS still feel that they are a garage band at heart. The true essence⁶ of rock-n-roll. Again here's Rick.

实录2: Rick: We never really got out of the garage. And when we get out of the garage it's, like you know, to drive around the world, you know, to go play. No, I love garage music. I think that's the true essence of rock-n-roll.

Y: Rick刚才提到garage music. 我想我们应该举个例子来说明什么叫做garage music.

J: Sounds good to me! Let's hear a bit of "Soulful Garage," a song Rick calls "a great garage soul song."

Rick: "Soulful Garage" is great 'cause that's a real mix when you think of what we are. It's kinda ... that really is a garage soul song.

Y: 对了，听他们的音乐以后，能更好帮助人们理解什么叫做garage music.

J: I think so.

Y: 那Jody你喜欢他们的 音乐吗？

J: I think it's great especially because it's so fun. It screws⁸ with the usual formulas. You know, messes them up. You don't know what to expect!

Y: 对，他们的音乐听起来摇滚的味道、乡村音乐的味道、还有流行音乐的味道，可以说是很多音乐风格融合在一起。

J: And SCOTS takes traditional country sounds and rock sounds and morphs them, or changes them, into something original, something Rick calls "hillbilly surf sound." Again here's Rick.

实录3: Rick: What I like to do is just kinda (of) screw⁷ things up a little bit. You know, you gotta screw with the formula⁹ and it becomes something else. You know, it morphs into something else. Something that we can kind of call our own. You know, it's that hillbilly surf sound.

Y: Hillbilly surf sound, 这个没法儿翻成中文。我想着一定是Rick自己独创出来的一个名词。

J: You got that right. I think the best way, Yang Chen, is just to play more music.

Y: 喜欢大家喜欢他们的音乐。好，谢谢大家收听美语咖啡屋。我们下次节目再见！

J: Thanks for joining us at American Cafe!

1 skids   

n.滑向一侧( skid的名词复数 )；滑道；滚道；制轮器v.（通常指车辆） 侧滑( skid的第三人称单数 )；打滑；滑行；（住在）贫民区

参考例句：

• The aging football player was playing on the skids. 那个上了年纪的足球运动员很明显地在走下坡路。 来自辞典例句
• It's a shame that he hit the skids. 很遗憾他消沉了。 来自辞典例句

2 miller   

n.磨坊主

参考例句：

• Every miller draws water to his own mill.磨坊主都往自己磨里注水。
• The skilful miller killed millions of lions with his ski.技术娴熟的磨坊主用雪橇杀死了上百万头狮子。

3 Dean   

n.(大学)院长，系主任，教务长

参考例句：

• The students much like the new dean.学生们很喜欢这位新系主任。
• Who is the dean of the Foreign Languages Department?外语系主任是谁？

4 amateur   

adj.业余的，非专业的；n.业余爱好者

参考例句：

• He made an amateur attempt to build a cupboard.他很外行地试做了一个碗柜。
• Although Tom's only an amateur he's a first-class player.虽然汤姆只是个业余爱好者，但却是一流的高手。

5 professional   

adj.专业的；职业的；n.专业人员；职业运动员

参考例句：

• He is a professional tennis player.他是一名职业网球运动员。
• I need a professional to sort out my finances.我需要专业人士为我管理财务。

6 essence   

n.本质，实质，精华，精粹

参考例句：

• We must try to get to the essence of things.我们必须想法抓住事物的本质。
• The two things are the same in outward form but different in essence.这两件东西外表形式一样，但实质不同。

7 screw   

n.螺丝(钉)；vt.用螺钉固定；拧，拧紧

参考例句：

• Let's screw the two pipes together end to end.咱们把这两根管子接起来拧紧。
• Can you screw up this handle for me?你能帮我把这个把手拧紧吗？

8 screws   

n.螺丝钉( screw的名词复数 )；螺旋桨；监狱看守；性交对象v.用螺丝拧紧( screw的第三人称单数 )；拧上去；（和某人）性交；诈骗（钱财等）

参考例句：

• One of the screws is loose. 有一颗螺丝松了。
• The handle of this door is kept by two screws. 这扇门的把手用两枚螺丝钉固定。 来自《简明英汉词典》

9 formula   

n.公式；配方，外方；规则，一定的做法

参考例句：

• His father is acting on his formula.他的父亲总是按他的原则办事。
• Here are some applications of Taylor's formula.下面举例说明泰乐定理的应用。