GRE阅读练习：欧洲户外音乐会举步维艰.docxVIP

Word文档下载后（可任意编辑） 第 第 PAGE 1 页 共 NUMPAGES 1 页 GRE阅读练习：欧洲户外音乐会举步维艰 GRE阅读训练：GRE阅读练习：欧洲户外音乐会举步维艰 GRE考试精品课程指导  How bigoutdoor concerts are changing the music industry  大型的户外演唱会如何改变音乐行业  DOLLYPARTON, an American musician, is used to performing for big crowds. But afterher set this year at Glastonbury, Britains largest music festival, sheadmitted to feeling nervous. Since that show, seen by 100,000 revelers and 2mtelevision viewers, her album “Blue Smoke” has hovered near the top of thealbum chart for eight weeks. Ms Partons resurgence hints at how festivals arereshaping Britains music business.  美国音乐家多莉·帕顿(DOLLY PARTON)经常参与公演。但在今年参加过英国最 大的音乐节格拉斯顿伯里音乐节(Glastonbury)之后，她承认确实感到有些紧张。在那次表演之后(围观此次表演的有10万名狂欢者和200万电视观众)，她的专辑“BlueSmoke”连续8周位居专辑榜前列。Parton歌唱事业的“第二春”暗示了音乐节是如何改变英国的音乐格局。  The livemusic market is flourishing even as sales of recorded music have mouldered.Between2012 and 2013 it grew by a quarter, according to the Performing RightSociety for Music, an industry body. Gig-goers now spend more than 1 billion(1.7 billion) a year on tickets and almost half that again on food, drink andthe like. Festivals make up a large chunk of this. In the early 1990s Britainhad few of them, recalls Melvin Benn of Festival Republic, a promoter. Around450 will take place this year. The festival season, once limited to July andAugust, now stretches until early autumn. On the first weekend of Septemberfour festivals battle it out.  正值唱片销售疲软之际，现场音乐的市场不断蓬勃发展。英国表演权协会(一个行业组织)表示，在2012年到2013年间，现场音乐的市场份额就已增长了四分之一。如今乐迷们一年在门票上的花费就逾10亿欧元(合17亿美金)，此外在吃、喝等方面的花费几乎是它的一半。在音乐节上的花费就占了很大一部分。来自FestivalRepublic(共和节日，一个音乐推广公司)MelvinBenn回忆，在20世纪90年代早期，英国还没有出现这样的一群人。今年预计有450场音乐节。曾在7、8月开展的音乐节，如今已延伸至初秋。在9月的第 一个周末，四大音乐节就全面展开、决一胜负。  One boostwas a change to the licensing laws in 2005, recalls Jim Whewell of theWilderness Festival, a music and performing arts event. This made it easier toput on a show outdoors. The recession helped too: Britons who could no longerafford foreign hol