话题语言应用——美国音乐编稿：王春霞 审稿：陈玉莲语言积累交际用语新鲜的日常用语Can you turn that music down a bit? 你能把音乐调小一点儿吗？It isn’t my cup of tea. 这可不是我喜欢的We didn’t play music as loudly as you do these days. 这些天来，我们可不像你那样播放音乐那么大声Why are you inside listening to music? 为什么不关掉音乐出去？It’s her turn to call me. 她想呼我你想知道的音乐词汇band 乐队score 总谱，乐谱staff （复数staves） 五线谱 职员 参谋 权杖 标杆rest 休止符time 拍子rhythm 节奏chord 和弦，谐音，弦，心弦cadence 调音，节奏 tempo 拍子，音乐速度beat 节拍chorus 合唱voice 人声singer 演唱者songwriter 歌曲作者blue 忧郁的melodious 悠扬的pleasant 悦耳的relaxing 令人放松的soulful 充满热情的heavy metal 重金属音乐composition 音乐作品melody 旋律national anthem 国歌rhyme 韵律lyrics 歌词 orchestra 管弦乐队，乐队席conductor 乐队指挥baton 乐队指挥棒solo 独奏rock & roll 摇滚British Trad Rock 英国传统摇滚Britpop 英伦摇滚College Rock 学院摇滚Comedy Rock 喜剧摇滚Kraut Rock 德国摇滚American Trad Rock 美国传统摇滚Glam Rock 迷惑摇滚Blues 布鲁斯，蓝调traditional music 传统音乐classical music 古典音乐light music 轻音乐folk songs 民歌civic ballad 民谣country music 乡村音乐Jazz 爵士Jazz-Rock 爵士摇滚swing 摇摆乐pop music 流行音乐campus songs 校园歌曲world famous music 世界名曲MC-ing 司仪，节目主持话题语句（1） 猫王：埃尔维斯·普雷斯利 Elvis Aron Presley Elvis Aaron Presley (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977) was an American singer, musician, and actor. One of the most significant cultural icons of the 20th century, he is often referred to as “the King of Rock and Roll”, or simply, “the King”.Born in Tupelo, Mississippi, Presley and his family moved to Memphis, Tennessee when he was 13 years old. His music career began there in 1954, when he started to work with Sam Phillips, the owner of Sun Records. Accompanied by guitarist Scotty Moore and bassist Bill Black, Presley was an early popularizer of rockabilly, an uptempo, backbeat-driven fusion of country music and rhythm and blues. RCA Victor acquired his contract in a deal arranged by Colonel Tom Parker, who was to manage the singer for more than two decades. Presley’s first RCA single, “Heartbreak Hotel”, released in January 1956, was a number-one hit in the US. He became the leading figure of rock and roll after a series of network television appearances and chart-topping records. His energized interpretations of songs and sexually provocative performance style, combined with a singularly potent mix of influences across color lines that coincided with （与……一致） the dawn of the Civil Rights Movement, made him enormously popular—and controversial.In November 1956, he made his film debut in Love Me Tender. In 1958, he was drafted into military service （征召入伍）: He resumed his recording career two years later, producing some of his most commercially successful work before devoting much of the 1960s to making Hollywood movies and their accompanying soundtrack albums, most of which were critically derided. In 1968, following a seven-year break from live performances, he returned to the stage in the acclaimed televised comeback special, Elvis, which led to an extended Las Vegas concert residency and a string of highly profitable tours. In 1973, Presley was featured in the first globally broadcast concert via satellite, Aloha from Hawaii. Several years of prescription drug abuse severely deteriorated his health, and he died in 1977 at the age of 42.Presley is one of the most celebrated musicians of 20th-century. Commercially successful in many genres, including pop, blues and gospel, he is the best-selling solo artist in the history of recorded music. He was nominated for 14 Grammys and won three, receiving the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award at age 36. He has been inducted into （入选） multiple music halls of fame.话题语句（2）Michael Joseph Jackson (August 29, 1958—June 25, 2009), the second Elvis Presley, the western pop music’s most influential musicians, was an American singer-songwriter, dancer, businessman and philanthropist. Often referred to by the honorific nickname “King of Pop”, or by his initials MJ, Jackson is recognized as the most successful entertainer of all time by Guinness World Records. His contributions to music, dance, and fashion, along with his publicized personal life, made him a global figure in popular culture for over four decades.The eighth child of the Jackson family, he debuted on the professional music scene along with his brothers as a member of The Jackson 5 in 1964, and began his solo career in 1971. In the early 1980s, Jackson became the dominant figure in popular music. The music videos for his songs, including those of “Beat It,” “Billie Jean,” and “Thriller,” were credited with breaking down racial barriers and transforming the medium into an art form and promotional tool. The popularity of these videos helped to bring the then relatively new television channel MTV to fame. With videos such as Black or White and Scream, he continued to innovate the medium throughout the 1990s, as well as forging a reputation as a touring solo artist. Through stage and video performances, Jackson popularized a number of complicated dance tec。