VOA英语听力GO ENGLISH（WORD文本）：GE003B.doc

1、标题：美语三级跳 Go English：003B 音乐单元: 中级课程听力内容：喜欢流行乐的Ernie和酷爱嘻哈乐的Beth打算组个乐队。P: Today theyre discussing what kind of music their band should play.Beth: Ernie, Im really excited about starting this band together. Were going to be the two coolest students on campus.Ernie: I know! Its gonna be great. But what

2、kind of music do you think we should play?Beth: Thats a good question. You know I love hip hop, so maybe we can play some Vanilla Ice songs.Ernie: Hmm . Vanilla Ice? I know his most famous song, Ice Ice Baby, but I dont know his other songs.Beth: Thats OK. You can buy his songs on iTunes and listen

3、to them.P: Winnie, what does Beth think will happen if she and Ernie start a band?她说，组了乐队，他们就变成学校最酷的两个人！ 不过，说实话，我可不这么觉得。他们要唱Vanilla Ice的歌，他的歌早就过时了！P: Well, Vanilla Ice was a popular rapper in the 1990s. Im sure he still has fans today, like Beth.E: Well, Ive never downloaded music before. How does i

4、t work?B: You havent? If youve never tried it I can show you how.E: Alright. But why is downloading music better than buying CDs at the store?B: Downloading music is really fast and convenient, and you can preview all the songs before you buy them.P: So Winnie, why does Beth like downloading music?她

5、说从网上下载歌曲又快又方便，还可以在购买前preview,“试听”一下。不过，Ernie居然说他从来没下载过音乐。天啊，难道他一直住在火星上么？P: Yeah, even old people know how to download music these days. Lets see if Ernie can catch up.E: That sounds pretty good. But isnt downloading music illegal?B: Not if you pay for it. For example, if you download from iTunes and

6、 pay with your credit card, its legal.E: OK, Im going to get iTunes and download some Vanilla Ice songs.B: Awesome. Youll see that they are really catchy.Professor, 他们说这些歌很catchy, 这是什么意思呢？P: You can say a song is catchy if its fun and easy to listen to, and you want to hear it all the time.哦，就是“好听，上

7、口”的意思。P: Exactly. Sometimes a catchy song can get stuck in your head.不过， 我觉得Vanilla Ice的歌可没有这种魔力。B: Now that we know what kind of music we will play, we have to decide what each of us will do.E: Well, I love hip hop dancing, so I should probably dance. Do you know how to rap?B: Oh yeah! Im a great r

8、apper. And I know all the Vanilla Ice lyrics by heart.E: Excellent. Ill start practicing my dance moves.俩人一唱一跳，跟真的似的! 可我对他们实在没信心。P: Well, you never know, maybe they will be really good and surprise you. But Winnie, do you know what song lyrics are?当然知道， lyrics就是歌词。不过， to “know the lyrics by heart”是什

9、么意思呢？P: That means you have memorized them.Oh, 原来to know something by heart就是“记住”、“熟练于心”的意思。B: But Ernie, were still missing something. We need someone to play the music!E: Oh right . you know, my friend Eric is a DJ. Maybe he would like to play with us.B: Hmm . does he have a good ear for hip hop music?E: Well, I dont know, but we can find out. We can talk to him and ask if he wants to join our group.P: Well Winnie, can you guess what it means to have an ear for a kind of music?Sure，这就是说对某种音乐有天生的感觉和才华。唉，真希望Eric能让这两个人清醒点，帮他们选几首好歌。P: Lets hope so. Tune in next time to find out!这次的美语三级跳就播送到这里。