VOA标准英语2011--Bela Fleck The Flecktones 'Reunite'

Bela Fleck¹ The Flecktones 'Reunite'

Bela Fleck & The Flecktones have reunited. Actually, they never broke up, but the award-winning fusion² band has revived their original lineup for a new album called "Rocket Science."
Bela Fleck & The Flecktones celebrate their 23rd year with the return of co-founding member Howard Levy³. The pianist and harmonica player spent four years as a Flecktone, appearing on their first three albums and touring the world, before his announcing his departure in 1992.
While the Flecktones carried on as a trio - and later a quartet - with saxophonist Jeff Coffin⁴, Howard Levy ventured into pop, rock, classical, Latin and world music, as well as music for theatre and film.
In 2009, he accepted an offer to re-join the group on a tour across the U.S. and Europe, fueling the fire for the quartet to return to the studio.
Together again on "Gravity Lane," it's banjo master Bela Fleck, Howard Levy on harmonica, bassist Victor Wooten, and Victor's older brother Roy "Future Man" Wooten playing percussion⁵ and Drumitar. Future Man's self-invented Drumitar, also known as a synth-axe, is a guitar-shaped instrument that replicates⁶ the sound of samplers and drum machines.
Fleck adapts to just about every known musical category. A familiar Grammy contender, he has been nominated in more categories than any other artist, including jazz, bluegrass, classical, arranging and songwriting. He contributed nine new songs to "Rocket Science."
His interest in rekindling⁷ the original lineup came simply from wanting to pick up where they left off all those years ago. Fleck says, "I was intrigued⁸ by what we could do that we haven't done before."

1 fleck   

n.斑点，微粒 vt.使有斑点，使成斑驳

参考例句：

• The garlic moss has no the yellow fleck and other virus. 蒜苔无黄斑点及其它病毒。
• His coat is blue with a grey fleck.他的上衣是蓝色的，上面带有灰色的斑点。

2 fusion   

n.溶化；熔解；熔化状态，熔和；熔接

参考例句：

• Brass is formed by the fusion of copper and zinc. 黄铜是通过铜和锌的熔合而成的。
• This alloy is formed by the fusion of two types of metal.这种合金是用两种金属熔合而成的。

3 levy   

n.征收税或其他款项，征收额

参考例句：

• They levy a tax on him.他们向他征税。
• A direct food levy was imposed by the local government.地方政府征收了食品税。

4 coffin   

n.棺材，灵柩

参考例句：

• When one's coffin is covered,all discussion about him can be settled.盖棺论定。
• The coffin was placed in the grave.那口棺材已安放到坟墓里去了。

5 percussion   

n.打击乐器；冲突，撞击；震动，音响

参考例句：

• In an orchestra,people who play percussion instruments sit at the back.在管弦乐队中，演奏打击乐器的人会坐在后面。
• Percussion of the abdomen is often omitted.腹部叩诊常被省略。

6 replicates   

复制( replicate的第三人称单数 )； 重复； 再造； 再生

参考例句：

• The bluetongue virus replicates in the insect. 蓝舌病病毒在这种昆虫体内繁殖。
• The chameleon's skin replicates the pattern of its surroundings. 变色龙的皮肤可随环境的模式而改变颜色。

7 rekindling   

v.使再燃( rekindle的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• There might be a rekindling of the kind of nationalistic fervour of yesteryear. 过去的国家主义狂热可能再次被点燃。 来自互联网
• Bryant and O'Neal on the floor at the same time, rekindling memories both good and bad. 科比和奥尼尔在地板上在同一时间，死灰复燃的回忆有好有坏。 来自互联网

8 intrigued   

adj.好奇的，被迷住了的v.搞阴谋诡计(intrigue的过去式)；激起…的兴趣或好奇心；“intrigue”的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• You've really intrigued me—tell me more! 你说的真有意思—再给我讲一些吧！
• He was intrigued by her story. 他被她的故事迷住了。