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DavidPogue_2007-_音乐战争_
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| Ladies and gentlemen, the history of music and television on the Internet in three minutes. |
女士们、先生们 网络上的音乐电视史 在3分钟内完整呈现 |
| A TED medley -- a TEDley. |
一个TED旋律 一个“泰迪律” |
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medley:n.混合;混杂;混合物;adj.混合的;拼凑的;
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| ? It's nine o' clock on a Saturday ? |
?星期六的晚上九点钟? |
| ? The record store's closed for the night ? |
?唱片行已经打烊? |
| ? So I fire up the old iTunes music store ? |
?于是我打开iTune网上音乐商店? |
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iTunes:n.苹果公司最热门音乐软件(苹果公司开发的与iPod搭配的在电脑上使用的音乐播放器和音乐管理器);
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| ? And soon I am feelin' all right ? |
?心情很快随之好转? |
| ? I know Steve Jobs can find me a melody ? |
?我知道史蒂夫乔布斯会为我找到一首歌? |
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melody:n.旋律;歌曲;美妙的音乐;
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| ? With one dollar pricing that rocks ? |
?只需一美元却很酷的歌? |
| ? I can type in the track and get album names back ? |
?只需键入曲目,即知专辑名? |
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track:n.小道;足迹;车辙;轨道;v.追踪;跟踪;
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| ? While still in my PJs and socks ? |
?而我仍穿着睡衣和温暖的袜子? |
| ? Sell us a song, you're the music man ? |
?音乐人啊～买我们歌曲吧～? |
| ? My iPod's still got 10 gigs to go ? |
?我的iPod还有10G空间? |
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gigs:n.轻便两轮马车; v.用鱼叉捕鱼(gig的三单形式);
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| ? Yes, we might prefer more compatibility ? |
?是啊,还有更多相容性更好的? |
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prefer:v.更喜欢;宁愿;提出;提升; compatibility:n.[计]兼容性;
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| ? But Steve likes to run the whole show ? |
?但是史蒂夫喜欢当老大? |
| ? I heard " Desperate Housewives " was great last night ? |
?我听说昨晚的《绝望主妇》很棒? |
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Desperate:adj.不顾一切的;令人绝望的;极度渴望的; Housewives:n.家庭主妇;(housewife的复数)
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| ? But I had a bad piece of cod ? |
?但是我吃鳕鱼排食物中毒了? |
| ? As I threw up my meal, I thought, "It's no big deal" ? |
?昨晚在呕吐的时候我想“这没什么大不了的”? |
| ? I'll watch it tonight on my 'Pod ? |
?我今晚就在iPod上看好了? |
| ? And now all of the networks are joining in ? |
?现在所有电视网络都加入了? |
| ? Two bucks a show without ads ? |
?一集两美元还没广告? |
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bucks:n.元;雄鹿;(buck的复数)
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| ? It's a business those guys always wanted to try ? |
?这是这些家伙一直都想做的生意? |
| ? But only Steve Jobs had the 'nads ? |
?只有史蒂夫乔布斯够厉害? |
| ? They say we're young, don't watch TV ? |
?他们说我们年轻人不看电视? |
| ? They say the Internet is all we see ? |
?他们说网络就是我们的一切? |
| ? But that's not true; they've got it wrong ? |
?但这不是事实,他们都错了? |
| ? See, all our shows are just two minutes long ? |
?因为我们看的节目都只有两分钟? |
| ? Hey ? |
?嘿? |
| ? I got YouTube ? |
?我有YouTube? |
| ? I got YouTube ? |
?我有YouTube? |
| And now, ladies and gentlemen, a tribute to the Recording Industry Association of America -- the RIAA! |
女士们、先生们 向美国唱片工业会（RIAA）致敬 有名的RIAA |
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tribute:n.礼物;[税收]贡物;颂词;(尤指对死者的)致敬,悼念,吊唁礼物; Association:n.协会;关联;联想;交往;
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| ? Young man, you were surfin' along ? |
?年轻人你们独自在上网? |
| ? And then, young man, you downloaded a song ? |
?然后,你们下载歌? |
| ? And then, dumb man, copied it to your 'Pod ? |
?然后,笨蛋,把歌复制到iPod上? |
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dumb:adj.哑的,无说话能力的;不说话的,无声音的;
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| ? Then a phone call came to tell you ... ? |
?然后接到一个电话? |
| ? You've just been sued by the R-I-A-A ? |
?你被RIAA警告了? |
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sued:v.控告;提起诉讼;提出请求;(sue的过去分词和过去式)
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| ? You've just been screwed by the R-I-A-A ? |
?你刚被RIAA搞了? |
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screwed:v.用螺丝固定;旋紧;拧紧;拧上去;(screw的过去分词和过去式)
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| ? Their attorneys say you committed a crime ? |
?他们的律师指控你? |
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attorneys:n.辩护师,律师(attorney的复数形式); committed:adj.坚信的; v.做出错事; (commit的过去分词和过去式)
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| ? And there'd better not be a next time ? |
?你最好下次别犯? |
| ? They've lost their minds at the R-I-A-A ? |
?RIAA的人他们都疯了? |
| ? Justice is blind at the R-I-A-A ? |
?在RIAA正义是盲目的? |
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Justice:n.公平;公正;司法制度;审判;
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| ? You're depriving the bands ? |
?你们在掠夺乐团? |
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depriving:v.剥夺;使丧失;使不能享有;(deprive的现在分词) bands:n.乐队;法官;
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| ? You are learning to steal ? |
?你们在偷窃? |
| ? You can't do whatever you feel ? |
?你们不能随心所欲? |
| ? CD sales have dropped every year ? |
?CD销量逐年下降? |
| ? They're not greedy , they're just quaking with fear ? |
?他们不贪心,只是怕得发抖? |
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greedy:adj.贪婪的;贪吃的;渴望的; quaking:n.白扬;
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| ? Yes indeedy , what if their end is near ? |
?是的,要是他们末日将近? |
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indeedy:int.真是;不见得吧(表示惊讶,怀疑,讽刺等,等于indeed); what if:如果…怎么办?
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| ? And we download all our music ? |
?我们就可以随意下载音乐? |
| ? Yeah, that would piss off the R-I-A-A ? |
?是啊,这可惹火了RIAA? |
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piss off:惹恼;滚开;
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| ? No plastic discs from the R-I-A-A ? |
?再也没有来自RIAA的唱片了? |
| ? What a way to make friends ? |
?这是一个交朋友的好办法? |
| ? It's a plan that can't fail ? |
?绝不会失败? |
| ? All your customers off to jail ? |
?所有的客户都进了监狱? |
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jail:n.监狱;监牢;拘留所;v.监禁;下狱;
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| ? Who'll be next for the R-I-A-A? ? |
?RIAA会下一个找谁的麻烦？? |
| ? What else is vexing the R-I-A-A? ? |
?什么会让RIAA伤透脑筋？? |
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vexing:v.使恼火;使烦恼;使忧虑(vex的现在分词)
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| ? Maybe whistling a tune ? |
?也许吹口哨？? |
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whistling:n.口哨声;笛音;v.吹口哨;打呼哨;吹哨子;(whistle的现在分词)
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| ? Maybe humming along ? |
?也许是哼歌？? |
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humming:v.哼(曲子);发嗡嗡声;活跃;繁忙;(hum的现在分词)
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| ? Maybe mocking 'em in a song ? |
?或许在歌词里嘲讽他们？? |
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mocking:adj.嘲弄的;v.嘲笑(mock的现在分词);
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