英语听力：自然百科 热带风潮的革命 Tropicalia Revolution—9

 The main aim of Tropicalism was really shake the environment, the musical and cultural environment. This small group from Bahia thought that violence of our situation and the importance of mass culture had a lot in common, you know, political violence and pop icons¹, you know, it had to do with rock'n'roll. That's why we liked the Beatles, because they loved what had been up to that moment, just commercial rubbish. 

 

  With rock'n'roll and with, you know, pop music, with the Beatles and everything, we thought that we should just be sounding national, sounding Brazilian, but sounding global as well. Because of the dictatorship, we needed a strong reaction from the society, in terms of, of enduring for freedom, for liberty, for freedom of speech, for circulation of ideas. 

 

  The Tropicalia movement included Gal² Costa and Tom Ze, also from Bahia, along with poets, film directors and artists, all determined³ to create a new Brazilian style. Their philosophy involved cultural cannibalism⁴, devouring⁵ different influences to create a new style. Those influences / included western pop, represented by the Beatles, pop art, the glamour⁶ and kitsch of Brazil's Hollywood star of the '40s, Carmen Miranda, music from the Brazilian regions and the country songs of Luiz Gonzaga to Bahia's Dorival Caymmi and the classic samba of Paulinho Da Viola, who sometimes appeared at Tropicalia events, as did yet another major Tropicalia hero and influence, the songwriter, Jorge Ben.

1 icons   

n.偶像( icon的名词复数 )；（计算机屏幕上表示命令、程序的）符号，图像

参考例句：

• Distinguish important text items in lists with graphic icons. 用图标来区分重要的文本项。 来自About Face 3交互设计精髓
• Daemonic icons should only be employed persistently if they provide continuous, useful status information. 只有会连续地提供有用状态信息的情况下，后台应用程序才应该一直使用图标。 来自About Face 3交互设计精髓

2 gal   

n.姑娘，少女

参考例句：

• We decided to go with the gal from Merrill.我们决定和那个从梅里尔来的女孩合作。
• What's the name of the gal? 这个妞叫什么？

3 determined   

adj.坚定的；有决心的

参考例句：

• I have determined on going to Tibet after graduation.我已决定毕业后去西藏。
• He determined to view the rooms behind the office.他决定查看一下办公室后面的房间。

4 cannibalism   

n.同类相食；吃人肉

参考例句：

• The war is just like the cannibalism of animals.战争就如同动物之间的互相残。
• They were forced to practise cannibalism in order to survive.他们被迫人吃人以求活下去。

5 devouring   

吞没( devour的现在分词 )； 耗尽； 津津有味地看； 狼吞虎咽地吃光

参考例句：

• The hungry boy was devouring his dinner. 那饥饿的孩子狼吞虎咽地吃饭。
• He is devouring novel after novel. 他一味贪看小说。

6 glamour   

n.魔力，魅力；vt.迷住

参考例句：

• Foreign travel has lost its glamour for her.到国外旅行对她已失去吸引力了。
• The moonlight cast a glamour over the scene.月光给景色增添了魅力。