剑桥英语听力篇6.docx

美联英语提供：剑桥英语听力篇6关于关于英语那些你不知道的事都在这里/test/quwen.aspx?tid=16-73675-0　　You only had women performers in your study.　　你在研究时只选择了女性作为研究对象，　　Was that because male musicians are less worried about fashion?　　这是因为男性音乐家对时尚关心较少吗?　　I think a lot of the men are very much influenced by fashion,　　我觉得很多男性都深受时尚的影响，　　but in social terms the choices they have are more limited　　但是从社会层面来看，他们在服装方面的选择更加有限，　　theyd really upset audiences if they strayed away from quite narrow boundaries.　　如果他们偏离了这本就狭窄的范围，会烦扰观众的。　　Hmm. Now, popular music has quite different expectations.　　嗯，流行音乐对于服装方面的要求相当不同。　　Did you read Mike Frosts article about the dress of women performers in popular music?　　你读过Mike Frost关于流行女音乐家的穿着的文章吗?　　No.　　没有。　　He points out that a lot of female singers and musicians in popular music tend to dress downin performances,　　他指出很多流行音乐领域的女歌手和女音乐家往往在演出时穿得比较朴素，　　and wear less feminine clothes, like jeans instead of skirts,　　她们会穿不那么女性化的服装，比如相对于短裙，她们更愿意穿牛仔裤，　　and he suggests this is because otherwise theyd just be discounted as trivial.　　他提出这是因为如果不这么穿的话，她们就会被当成无足轻重的人物被忽视。　　But you could argue theyre just wearing whats practical...　　但是我们也可以认为她们只是穿着比较实用的衣服......　　I mean, a pop-music concert is usually a pretty energetic affair.　　我的意思是，开一场流行音乐演唱会通常都需要很多精力。　　Yes, he doesnt make that point, but I think youre probably right.　　是啊，虽然他没有这么说，但是我觉得你可能是对的。　　I was interested by the effect of the audience at a musical performance when it came to thechoice of dress.　　她们服装方面的选择在观看音乐表演的观众中起到的效果令我很感兴趣。　　The subjects I interviewed felt this was really important.　　我采访的这些研究对象都觉得这一点非常重要。　　Its all to do with what we understand by performance as a public event.　　这和我们对演出作为一种公开活动的理解有关系。　　They believed the audience had certain expectations　　她们认为观众有某种期待，　　and it was up to them as performers to fulfil these expectations to show a kind of esteem.　　而这些期待需要她们作为表演者来满足，以表现出一种对观众的尊重。　　They werent afraid of looking as if theyd made an effort to look good.　　她们并不担心自己看上去会像努力打扮过了一样。　　Mmm. I think in the past the audience would have had