英语听力：自然百科 热带风潮的革命 Tropicalia Revolution—15

 Gil and Veloso arrived in London as exiles² in 1969 and stayed for over two years. They became actively³ involved in the London music scene and they both wrote and recorded in English. Caetano even praised the London police.

 

Where to go, 

 

A group approaches a policeman,

 

He seems so pleased to please them.

 

It’s good, at least, to live and I agree.

 

In London, it was peaceful, no policemen would, you know, harass⁴ you in the streets and music was very interesting, you know. That’s where things were happening. You know we knew we loved the Beatles from, from here and the Rolling Stone, then we knew about, you know, Pink Floyd, we had

 

heard Pink Floyd, other things, you know, pop rock, British, especially Beatles and stones and Traffic.

 

You are the reason I’ve been wait, so long and long.

 

Somebody holds the key.

 

Well, I’m near the end and I just ain’t got the time,

 

Well, I’m wasted and I can’t find the way home.

 

And then the reggae, the West Indian scene, sort of starting in Notting Hill, we caught he first moments of that, of that things happening.

 

So it was the right place to be … but still, first year, I was mostly depressed⁵.

 

Even so, Veloso and Gil made the most of their time in exile¹.

 

In 1970, they were among the crowds at the Isle⁶ of Wight festival, where they were invited to make an 

 

Impromptu⁷ appearance accompanied by a group of naked friends, draped in red plastic.

1 exile   

n.流放，被流放者；vt.流放，放逐，使流亡

参考例句：

• After an exile of eight years her uncle returned to Cairo.她叔叔背井离乡8年后返回开罗。
• Napoleon was sent into exile on an island.拿破仑被流放到一个岛上。

2 exiles   

流放，放逐，流亡( exile的名词复数 )； 长期离家[出国]； 被流放者，流亡国外者，背井离乡者

参考例句：

• There were many French exiles in England after the Revolution. 法国大革命后，有许多法国人流亡到英国。
• Political exiles had not been given indemnity from prosecution. 政治流放犯没有得到免予起诉的保护。

3 actively   

adv.积极地，勤奋地

参考例句：

• During this period all the students were actively participating.在这节课中所有的学生都积极参加。
• We are actively intervening to settle a quarrel.我们正在积极调解争执。

4 harass   

vt.使烦恼，折磨，骚扰

参考例句：

• Our mission is to harass the landing of the main Japaness expeditionary force.我们的任务是骚乱日本远征军主力的登陆。
• They received the order to harass the enemy's rear.他们接到骚扰敌人后方的命令。

5 depressed   

adj.沮丧的，抑郁的，不景气的，萧条的

参考例句：

• When he was depressed,he felt utterly divorced from reality.他心情沮丧时就感到完全脱离了现实。
• His mother was depressed by the sad news.这个坏消息使他的母亲意志消沉。

6 isle   

n.小岛，岛

参考例句：

• He is from the Isle of Man in the Irish Sea.他来自爱尔兰海的马恩岛。
• The boat left for the paradise isle of Bali.小船驶向天堂一般的巴厘岛。

7 impromptu   

adj.即席的，即兴的；adv.即兴的(地)，无准备的(地)

参考例句：

• The announcement was made in an impromptu press conference at the airport.这一宣布是在机场举行的临时新闻发布会上作出的。
• The children put on an impromptu concert for the visitors.孩子们为来访者即兴献上了一场音乐会。