重庆电力高等专科学校：《大学英语》Unit Two Rock and Roll

N Unit Two Rock and ro|经点 ea Vocabulary Outline Text stud Summary

Unit Two Rock and Roll Lead-in Vocabulary Outline Text Study Summary Exercise

Related Information Rock music emerged during the mid 1950s to become the major popular musical form of young audience in the United States and Western Europe Its stylistic scope is too broad to be encompassed by any single definition the only feature common to all rock music is a heavy emphasis on the beat

Related Information Rock music emerged during the mid- 1950s to become the major popular musical form of young audience in the United States and Western Europe. Its stylistic scope is too broad to be encompassed by any single definition; the only feature common to all rock music is a heavy emphasis on the beat

t It evolved from jazz and the blues Rocks first superstar was Elvis Presley. With his country-and western backaround, Presley led the way for other rockabilly" (rock plus hillbilly)artists: with his spasmodic hip gyrations, he introduced a sexual suggestiveness that outraged conservative adults; with his regions of teenage fans, he brought to rock the cult of personality and became the archetype of the rock star as cultural hero

It evolved from jazz and the blues. Rock’s first superstar was Elvis Presley. With his country-and￾western background, Presley led the way for other “rockabilly” (rock plus hillbilly) artists; with his spasmodic hip gyrations, he introduced a sexual suggestiveness that outraged conservative adults; with his regions of teenage fans, he brought to rock the cult of personality and became the archetype of the rock star as cultural hero

Since the 1950s rock music has come all the way through the renewal of rock in the 1960s, the Beatles, from England the rock music of the 1970s with much more subdivisions: hard rock, mellow rock, folk-rock, country- rock, heavy metal rock, glitter rock new wave rock, etc. and then the eclectic 1980s when bands became production oriented partly because of the sudden explosion of videos"on TV screens

Since the 1950s rock music has come all the way through the renewal of rock in the 1960s, the Beatles, from England, the rock music of the 1970s with much more subdivisions: hard rock, mellow rock, folk-rock, country￾rock, heavy metal rock, glitter rock, new wave rock, etc., and then the eclectic 1980s when bands became production oriented partly because of the sudden explosion of “videos” on TV screens

The scope and significance of rock remains without precedent in the history of popular music. Beginning as a minority expression on the fringe of American society, it developed into a distinct counterculture during the 1960s. and a decade later had become a dominant cultural force, affecting and reflecting the moods of american youth and weaving itself into the very fabric of society

The scope and significance of rock remains without precedent in the history of popular music. Beginning as a minority expression on the fringe of American society, it developed into a distinct counterculture during the 1960s, and a decade later had become a dominant cultural force, affecting and reflecting the moods of American youth and weaving itself into the very fabric of society

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Vocabulary exactly root musician develop rough slave electric ordinary graduate performance symbol

exac十 ly exactly exact ly adj.+ ly= adv e.g. pure ly pure n+ ly= ad e.g Lc ove ly= love

exactly exactly = exact + ly adj. + ly = adv. e.g. pure + ly = purely n. + ly = adj. e.g. Love + ly = lovely

root root: n. 1)cause, central part or base 2)the bottom of plant, usu. in the ground V: to be fixed or unmoving rot:(food) go bad

root root: n.:1)cause, central part or base 2) the bottom of plant, usu. in the ground v.: to be fixed or unmoving rot: (food) go bad

musician ian: a person who e.g. musician ist: a person who e.g. Scientist er, -or. a person who e.g. teacher

musician -ian: a person who e.g. musician -ist: a person who e.g. scientist -er, -or: a person who e.g. teacher

d evelo develop+ ment =development V+ ment n e.g. invest ment=investment

develop develop + ment =development v. + ment = n. e.g. invest + ment = investment