英语听力：自然百科 从桑巴到巴萨诺瓦 Samba To Bossa—15

 After Luiz Gonzaga died in 1989, a statue was erected¹ just outside Recife, the capital of his home state, Pernambuco. It marks the start of the Luiz Gonzaga Highway. Gonzaga had reminded Brazil’s city dwellers² of the depth of music that exists out in the countryside, and shown that music was as important for the outlying regions as it was for Rio as a way of expressing their views and problems. And with Forro, there had been no attempt by the government to control the music. 

  Gonzaga led the way for other northeasterners, like Jackson do Pandeiro, an exponent³ of another Afro-Brazilian rhythm, Coco, and best known for Chiclete Com Banana, bubblegum and bananas that poked⁴ fun at the American lack of understanding of Brazilian music. 

 

Getulio Vargas, the president who strengthened Brazil’s links with America, while championing samba as a way of promoting a new national identity, died while still in office in 1954. He shot himself in the heart after demands for his resignation following a corruption⁵ scandal in his government, less than a year later, another funeral for Carmen Miranda who died in Hollywood, aged⁶ just 46. Her body was flown to Rio, where a million people followed her coffin⁷.

1 ERECTED   

adj. 直立的，竖立的，笔直的 vt. 使 ... 直立，建立

参考例句：

• A monument to him was erected in St Paul's Cathedral. 在圣保罗大教堂为他修了一座纪念碑。
• A monument was erected to the memory of that great scientist. 树立了一块纪念碑纪念那位伟大的科学家。

2 dwellers   

n.居民，居住者( dweller的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• City dwellers think country folk have provincial attitudes. 城里人以为乡下人思想迂腐。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• They have transformed themselves into permanent city dwellers. 他们已成为永久的城市居民。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 exponent   

n.倡导者，拥护者；代表人物；指数，幂

参考例句：

• She is an exponent of vegetarianism.她是一个素食主义的倡导者。
• He had been the principal exponent of the Gallipoli campaign.他曾为加里波利战役的主要代表人物。

4 poked   

v.伸出( poke的过去式和过去分词 )；戳出；拨弄；与（某人）性交

参考例句：

• She poked him in the ribs with her elbow. 她用胳膊肘顶他的肋部。
• His elbow poked out through his torn shirt sleeve. 他的胳膊从衬衫的破袖子中露了出来。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 corruption   

n.腐败，堕落，贪污

参考例句：

• The people asked the government to hit out against corruption and theft.人民要求政府严惩贪污盗窃。
• The old man reviled against corruption.那老人痛斥了贪污舞弊。

6 aged   

adj.年老的，陈年的

参考例句：

• He had put on weight and aged a little.他胖了，也老点了。
• He is aged,but his memory is still good.他已年老，然而记忆力还好。

7 coffin   

n.棺材，灵柩

参考例句：

• When one's coffin is covered,all discussion about him can be settled.盖棺论定。
• The coffin was placed in the grave.那口棺材已安放到坟墓里去了。