朗阁海外考试研究中心 徐晓青
关于音乐的话题,一直以来在雅思口语试题中都占有一席之地。从Part 1中考察考生“ 喜爱的音乐类型”、“小时候听过的歌曲”,到Part 2当前的考题“ 喜爱的歌手或者乐队”,都对考生就音乐域的专业词汇表达,例如:歌手风格、曲风、歌曲元素等进行了相对抽象的考察。在本文中,朗阁海外考试研究中心的将为大家解析音乐类话题的答题秘籍。
根据实际课堂反馈得出,许多学生当被问到喜欢什么类型的歌曲时,往往 常见的答案就是pop music。这其中,还有相当一部分学生会将流行音乐误以为是popular music。虽然大多数情况下,pop和popular是可以通用的,但当表示音乐类型的时候,这是两个截然不同的概念。popular作为形容词的时候表达的含义是“流行的”,所以popular music表达的“流行音乐”体裁不限,范围广,例如:R&B, Rock, Hip-hop, Pop等。而单纯的pop music则指的是以歌颂爱情为主题,主打年轻人为市场,结合各种乐器碰撞出来的混合效果的音乐。所以,足以见得,pop music是属于popular music中的一种。
当然,需要提醒广大考生们注意的是,考官的耳朵已经开始疲惫了,所以这些“大众”答案已经不能让你脱颖而出了。关于音乐种类,光光知道一个pop music是远远不够的。 好,考生在全面了解各种音乐种类的同时,还能熟悉各种类型相应的代表歌手及代表曲目。下面,笔者将为考生们整理出一些主流的相关词汇表达:
接下来,我们一起来看看当前关于“音乐”方面的考题: Describe a popular music band or a singer in your country. You should say: What it first became popular What style of music it perform Who (what kind of people) like this band or singer And explain why you think they are popular
分析:该话题考察学生描述一个 喜爱的歌手或乐队,该话题与人物类话题交叉,不仅涉及到音乐的内容,在描述歌手的同时, 好也要涉及人物的形象介绍。在教学实践中,曾经有考生提出,在叙述一名歌手时,往往想要提到他的代表曲目,而在考场上又一时想不起来怎么表达歌名,或者比较纠结自己翻译的歌曲名称和官网发布的不一致怎么办?
针对歌名翻译的问题,首先要肯定的是,在考场上用中文描述歌名肯定是行不通的。考生一方面是要在考前针对话题做好充足的准备,如果一时兴起想要表达突发奇想的答案时,也不要慌,尽自己的努力去把歌名用地道的英语翻译一下。即使不是这么翻译的也没有关系,因为往往中文歌曲考官本来就了解不多。其实歌名本不重要,重点是歌曲内容及其特色上的语言表达才是与考官产生共鸣的取胜之道。
下面是针对上述考题的范文,供广大考生们参考:
When it comes to a popular singer in my country, I’d like to say a few words on a female singer called G.E.M.
Actually, she’s born in Shanghai and immigrated to Hong Kong when she was 4 years old. She began to compose and create songs when she was just 5. At the year of 17, she won the award of “New Force Female Singer”. She was the first one who won this prize that under 18.
This year, she attended a TV show called “I am a singer” and won the second place of finals. At that period of time, she became a household name in China. Her musical style is full of change and excitement. Her songs include soft Rock, rap, lyric, Broadway. Therefore, she was regarded as an “almighty goddess”. Due to the TV show, lots of young people become the crazy fan of her. People became familiar with her representative works like “what have you done”, “ The rose”, and “ The foam”.
Her excellence in singing field has been recognized by the public, I suppose that why she’s so popular in China.
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