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Senior 3
The 1st Class
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What happened during the summer holiday?
very strange or unusual and difficult to explain奇异的;不寻常的;怪诞的
•a weird dream离奇的梦
One of the main attractions of the 2024 Paris Olympics is, of course, Paris. The City of Lights and its many world-famous landmarks will take center stage at this year’s Games. While equestrians/ɪˈkwestriən/马术 will compete at Versailles, beach volleyball matches will play out in the shadow of the Eiffel Tower. Swimmers will, weather permitting, race in the Seine. But it’s hard to imagine that any one event will offer as magnificent a tribute to Paris as Friday’s Opening Ceremony, which eschewed the confines of a stadium and made the entire city its stage. The ceremony, which took place in the hours surrounding sunset in France and will re-air in "enhanced" form at 7:30 pm ET on NBC, was occasionally weird, wildly ambitious, ultimately wonderful, and extremely French.
占据舞台中心位置”;成为焦点
习语:在...旁、紧挨着(very close to)
向..致敬
/ɪsˈtʃu:/ v.(有意地)避开、回避(deliberately avoid),除了直接eschew sth
这里作名词,表示“限制、局限、界限”,常以复数的形式出现,还可以作动词,常以confine sb/sth to...的形式出现,表示“受制于、受限于”
v.这里的air作动词表示“播放、播出”,所以re-air就是重播的意思
A tribute to:这里是向..致敬的意思。
另外一个意思是“(良好结果的)体现、证明”
例:His success has been a tribute to hard work, to professionalism...
他的成功充分体现了他的勤劳苦干和敬业精神。
如果是tributes to/for sb通常表示对死者的“致敬、悼念”,
例:Tributes to the late actor poured in online
网上对这位已故演员的悼念如潮水般涌来。
另一个常见词组:pay tribute to表示“(尤指对死者)致敬、赞扬、称赞”,例:At her funeral her oldest friend paid tribute to her life and work.
在葬礼上,她最早的朋友对她的一生和工作给予了高度的赞扬。
2024年巴黎奥运会的主要景点之一是巴黎,“光之城”及众多举世闻名的地标性建筑将成为今年奥运会的焦点。马术比赛将在凡尔赛宫举行,而沙滩排球比赛将挨着埃菲尔铁塔进行。如果天气允许,游泳运动员将在塞纳河上比赛。但很难想象有哪场活动能像周五的开幕式那样向巴黎致敬,它避开了场馆的界限,将整个城市变成自己的舞台。开幕式在法国日落时分举行,并在美国东部时间晚上7:30在NBC以“增强”版形式重播。开幕式偶尔有些怪异,而且大胆得出奇,但最终精彩绝伦,极具法国特色。
Each show-stopping moment - from Lady Gaga’s surprise-but-not-really appearance, during which she sang flawlessly in French, surrounded by dancers with feathery fans, to the unexpectedly moving sight of a pianist Alexandre Kantorow playing Ravel in the rain - was situated in an iconic Parisian setting. International pop sensation Aya Nakamura gave an energetic performance in a gorgeous, monochromatic, Olympics-appropriate gold ensemble, on the Pont des Arts, which connects the Institut de France with the Louvre. On the roof of the Grand-Palais, mezzo-soprano Axelle Saint-Cirel sang "La Marseillaise." A footbridge was converted into a catwalk, near the Eiffel Tower, for a celebration of French fashion.
adj.特别受人欢迎的、〔表演〕极精彩的、令人难忘的
adv.完美无瑕地,来自flawless adj.完美的、无可挑剔的,= perfect。
n.引起轰动的人(或事物),所以这里的pop sensation就是指流行音乐巨星。这个词的基础意思是“感觉、知觉(feeling)”,例:a tingling/burning sensation 刺痛/烧灼感。
/ˌmɑ:nəkroʊˈmætɪk/ adj.单色的、单调的
/ɑ:nˈsɑ:mb(ə)l/ n.这里表示“全套服装”,基础意思是“乐团、剧团、舞剧团(全体成员)”
把A转变成/改造成成B,除了建筑物
从Lady Gaga的惊喜亮相(她被举着羽毛扇子的舞者们包围着,并用法语完美演唱),到钢琴家亚历山大·坎托罗在雨中演奏拉威尔的动人的意外一幕,每一个令人惊艳的时刻都发生在标志性的巴黎场景中。国际流行音乐巨星阿雅·中村身着华丽、单色、奥运风格的金色套装,在连接法兰西学会和卢浮宫的艺术桥上进行了活力四射的表演。在大皇宫的屋顶上,女中音阿克塞尔·圣西雷尔演唱了《马赛曲》。埃菲尔铁塔附近的一座人行天桥被改建为T台,以庆祝法国时尚。
And in the ceremony’s final minutes, there was Celine Dion, long rumored to be performing in Paris, singing Édith Piaf’s “Hymne à l’amour” on a stage midway up the same tower, belting triumphantly for all the city and the world to hear. You didn’t have to be her biggest fan to feel your heart swell at the sight - and, more to the point, the sound - of the singer, who had been sidelined by stiff person syndrome, back in top form. With all there is to feel hopeless about in 2024, it’s hard to imagine a more elegant embodiment of resilience.
v.这里是个俚语表示“高声唱歌(或奏乐)(to sing a song or play music loudly)”
/traɪˈʌmfəntli/ adv.来自triumphant adj.大获全胜的、巨大成功的;欢欣鼓舞的、扬扬得意的
v. 把…排除在核心之外、使靠边;使退出比赛、使下场(尤指由于受伤)
僵人综合征
在开幕式的最后几分钟,一直被传将在巴黎演出的席琳·迪翁在同一座塔楼中间的舞台上演唱伊迪丝·琵雅芙的《爱的礼赞》,为整个城市和全世界高奏凯歌。就算你不是她的忠实粉丝,在你看到,更确切地说是,听到这位曾因僵人综合症而被排除在外的歌手恢复到最佳状态的声音时,你也会激情澎湃。2024有那么多令人绝望的事情,很难想象还有比这更优雅的坚韧表现形式。
As is often the case for events freighted with tradition, the most enjoyable moments tended to be the strangest—and the most idiosyncratically French—ones. Dozens of dancers in hot pink doing the can-can? Fantastique. Marie Antoinette holding her freshly decapitated, singing head, as the introduction to a set piece that would pair opera singer Marina Viotti with French metal stalwarts Gojira? Vive la révolution(三人行). An ode(/oʊd/ n.颂诗、颂歌) to love and literature that began in the library and ended with what was, by all appearances, a ménage à trois entering an apartment and saucily closing the door on the camera operator? Ooh la la. It wouldn’t be Paris without that frisson.
/freɪt/ 作动词,原意指“运送货物”,这里引申为“使充满(某种心情或口气)”,通常以be freighted with的形式出现
/ˌɪdɪəsɪŋˈkrætɪkəlɪ/ adv.独特地、异乎寻常地,来自idiosyncratic adj.独特的(指比较另类、怪异的、极具个人特色那种独特,比较unusual的感觉)
法语,相当于英语里的fantastic,经常用来指(主要是法国的)奇幻文学、奇幻电影
/dɪˈkæpɪteɪt/ v.杀头、斩首,构词:de【去掉】+ capit【头】+ ate【动词词尾】
/ˈstɔ:lwərt/ n.(政党等组织的)忠诚拥护者、坚定分子Vive la révolution:法语里的“ge命万岁”,相当于英语里的Long live the revolution。
/ˈsɔ:sɪli/ adv.以粗鲁或指性但幽默而不是令人反感的方式,来自saucy adj.粗俗的、不雅的
/friːˈsɔːn/ n.(尤指想到某事要发生时的)强烈兴奋感、震颤、恐惧感。
重要词汇回顾
重要搭配
地道习语
跟很多具有传统特色的活动一样,最令人愉快的时刻往往是最奇怪的时刻,也是最具法国特色的时刻。数十名身穿粉红色服装的舞者在跳康康舞?(幻想曲);玛丽王后捧着她刚被斩首、正在唱歌的头,作为歌剧演唱家玛丽娜·维奥蒂与法国金属音乐老将戈吉拉搭档的开场曲?(ge命万岁);一首对爱情和文学的颂歌,从图书馆开始,以ménage à trois进入公寓并调皮地关上摄影师的门而结束?(哇哦)。不玩大点,哪还是巴黎。
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