河南鄭州十一中 谷戰(zhàn)峰

難詞探意

1.dilemma/da?'lem?/n.困境；兩難境地

2.eliminate/?'l?m?ne?t/v.排除；消除；清除

3.indie/'?ndi/adj.獨立小公司制作的；獨立制作的

4.venue/'venju?/n.舉行地點；會場

5.dystopian/d?s't??pi?n/adj.反烏托邦的

There is no exact formula for a hit.Even top music executives have rejected songs which would later go on to become massive successes.One reality show,I'm CZR,tackles this dilemma.CZR is short for changzuoren,literally meaning singer-songwriter.

The show invites singer-songwriters,big names or nobodies,of any music genre,to perform their unpublished original songs.The votes from 101 judges will decide whether a contestant stays or gets eliminated.Although the process seems stressful and brutal,it leans more on the exchanges among musicians rather than the competition results.

Of all the participants in the show,Liu Sijian,20,is the youngest.Liu,from Chengdu,Sichuan Province,fond of new hip-hop and new R&B,says that the show helped him correct his preconceived understandings about some music styles that he was unfamiliar with, folk singing for example.The show also enabled him to explore the varied possibilities of music.Labeled as a representative singersongwriter from the Generation Z,he has already released 37 original singles.Some have become very popular on short-video platform Douyin,and music streaming service NetEase Cloud Music,where he boasts over 500,000 followers.He wrote his first song,Merry Xmas/Marry Me in 2017 and inspired his 27,000 listeners to post comments on his NetEase Cloud Music profile.That greatly motivated him on his songwriting path.

After graduating from Dublin Coffman High School in the United States in 2018,Liu chose to come back to China and started a gap year to test the waters in the Chinese music market as an indie singer.

“I held gigs in live music venues,where I feel closer and better connected to my audience,most of whom are my contemporaries,”adds Liu,who toured six cities last year.

Liu is skilled at combining Chinese and English lyrics in a natural way,and likes to inject his attitude or views on certain issues into his lyrics.For example,his single Middle-class Children was written following a quarrel between his parents,The Hole was inspired by the Spanish dystopian movie,The Platform,while the song Monk Xuanzang was created to offer a metaphor for an increasingly prosperous and powerful China.

“I'm not afraid of banging my head against the wall.I've much time to learn and try different styles until I finally step into my own domain.”

Language Study

Difficult sentence

Liu,from Chengdu,Sichuan Province,fond of new hip-hop and new R&B,says that the show helped him correct his preconceived understandings about some music styles that he was unfamiliar with,folk singing for example.

譯文：來自四川成都的劉思鑒喜歡新嘻哈音樂和新節(jié)奏藍調。他說，這個節(jié)目幫助他糾正了他對一些他不熟悉的音樂風格的先入為主的理解，例如民謠。

分析：句中第一個that引導的是賓語從句，第二個that引導的是定語從句，先行詞為music styles。

Reading Check

Activity A

Fill in the table below with only one word for each blank.

Activity B

假定你是李華，你校正舉辦“校園音樂周”活動，你打算介紹你最喜歡的歌手劉思鑒。請以“My favorite singer”為題，寫一篇演講詞。

內容要點：

1.你喜歡的歌手的姓名；

2.歌手簡介；

3.喜歡的原因。注意：

1.150詞左右，開頭和結尾已給出，不計入總詞數；

2.可以適當增加細節(jié)，以使行文連貫；

3.敘述時要使用適當的表示時間的銜接詞；

4.至少要有兩個段落有主題句。

Good morning.Boys and girls！Today I'm honored to make a speech on my favorite singer.

Thank you.That's all.