【英语趣味课堂】最喜爱的音乐-Favorite Music

 Nicola: So Kate, tell me about your favorite music!

 

Kate: I'd say my favorite music would have to be the Beatles.

 

Nicola: Yeah.

 

Kate: I love the Beatles, cause they always make me happy and I've grown up with the Beatles

 

Nicola: Uh-huh, so you're parents listen to it?

 

Kate: Yeah, so we have all these old 45's when I was younger and this record player, and so we had loads of like Simon and Garfunkel and the Beatles and the Stones so that was the music I grew up listening to, and that's what I still really love.

 

Nicola: Oh, awesome¹, and so do you like have a favorite song or?

 

Kate: Yeah, probably it's "Happiness is a warm gun" which is on the White Album.

 

Nicola: Yeah, right, right, cool.

 

Kate: I love all their albums. But I haven't been to Liverpool yet. I'd like to go. That would be nice.

 

Nicola: And do you have a favorite Beatle?

 

Kate: John Lennon, definitely². He's definitely the coolest. I like his songs.

 

Nicola: Do you like his individual work?

 

Kate: Yeah.

 

Nicola: Yeah

 

Kate: Yeah. Some of them, like "Imagine" is really good. Yeah, he's definitely my favorite. Though, I quite like George as well. That was sad when he died, cause he was, yeah, he was real individual. I like Ringo, but Paul not so much.

 

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45's

 

We had all these old 45's and record player when I was young.

 

A '45' is a very small, old-fashioned³ record what was especially common for single songs. Notice the following:

 

Did you buy the 45s for all his single tracks?

My dad still has all his old 45's at his parents' house.

grew up listening to

 

That was the kind of music I grew up listening to.

 

If you 'grow up listening to' something it means that you heard it frequently, from the time you were a child until you were an adult. Notice the following:

 

He grew up listening to a lot of heavy metal music.

I grew up listening to a lot of folk music.

album

 

I love all The Beatles' albums.

 

'Album' in this case refers to a disc⁴ or record that has been released⁵ with certain songs on it. Notice the following:

 

'Like a Prayer' is my favorite Madonna album.

Have you heard Lady Gaga's new album yet?

coolest

 

John Lennon is definitely the coolest.

 

If a person is 'cool' he is excellent, interesting or admirable. In this case is it the superlative or extreme form of the verb. Notice the following:

 

X-men, the movie, has some of the coolest special effects I've ever seen.

I think this store has the coolest clothes.

individual

 

Do you like John's individual work?

 

An 'individual' is one person.  In this case it refers to the work that John Lennon did alone or separate from the rest of the Beatles. Notice the following:

 

Would you like an individual room or a double?

You have the option of taking an individual or group test.

1 awesome   

adj.令人惊叹的，难得吓人的，很好的

参考例句：

• The church in Ireland has always exercised an awesome power.爱尔兰的教堂一直掌握着令人敬畏的权力。
• That new white convertible is totally awesome.那辆新的白色折篷汽车简直棒极了.

2 definitely   

adv.一定地，肯定地；明确地，确切地

参考例句：

• The team will definitely lose if he doesn't play.如果他不参加比赛，这个队肯定会输。
• I shall definitely be home before six o'clock.6点以前，我一定回家。

3 old-fashioned   

adj.旧式的，保守的，挑剔的

参考例句：

• Why do you still dress in an old-fashioned mode?你为什么还穿款式陈旧的衣服？
• Here is an old-fashioned pump for drawing water from a well.这里有一个旧式水泵可从井里抽水。

4 disc   

n.圆盘；唱片，磁盘；adj.圆盘形

参考例句：

• He hands a metal disc to me.他把一个金属圆盘给我。
• The disc went spinning away into the sky.圆盘旋转着飞入空中。

5 released   

v.释放( release的过去式和过去分词 )；放开；发布；发行

参考例句：

• He was released on bail pending committal proceedings. 他交保获释正在候审。
• With hindsight it is easy to say they should not have released him. 事后才说他们本不应该释放他，这倒容易。