英语听力：自然百科 热带风潮的革命 Tropicalia Revolution—10

 He was the embryo¹ of the very thing we were trying to do consciously. He had started with bossa nova, and he had added rhythm'n'blues and rock'n'roll to his thing. And he had a new synthesis that prefigured everything the Tropicalistas wanted to, to do. 

 

The Tropicalia movement also had its own rock band, Os Mutantes, who later developed cult² status in the west. 

 

  We shot arrows everywhere. No aim. We were basically just having fun and we were kids, and we just wanted to play rock'n'roll. 

 

Os Mutantes were amazing. Because they were very young and you know, we were beginning to love rock'n'roll through the Beatles. And they sounded to me, at the time, not an imitation of the Beatles. They sounded like something almost just as creative in the same, in the same line, you know. 

1 embryo   

n.胚胎，萌芽的事物

参考例句：

• They are engaging in an embryo research.他们正在进行一项胚胎研究。
• The project was barely in embryo.该计划只是个雏形。

2 cult   

n.异教，邪教；时尚，狂热的崇拜

参考例句：

• Her books aren't bestsellers,but they have a certain cult following.她的书算不上畅销书，但有一定的崇拜者。
• The cult of sun worship is probably the most primitive one.太阳崇拜仪式或许是最为原始的一种。