常春藤生活英語：B-Boys and B-Girls Get Down　嘻哈舞翻天

B-Boys and B-Girls Get Down　嘻哈舞翻天

"I want to get down on the good foot."

With these words, the Godfather of Soul, James Brown, created a new dance that spread across America in the early 1970s. This dance included spins and leg kicks that would eventually turn into breakdancing.

DJs back then noticed that during certain parts of a song, people would dance much more energetically. Therefore, DJs would buy two copies of the same record and play that special part back to back. Sometimes this would extend a beat that was only 10 seconds long to more than five minutes.

Kool DJ Herc, the founder of hip-hop, was the first one to play records like this. Whenever he started to play, Herc would yell on the microphone, "B-boys and B-girls get down." This signaled to all of the dancers that it was time for breakdancing. Soon, this special form of dancing would sweep across the world.

我想要盡情狂舞。』

靈魂樂教父詹姆斯?布朗藉由這段歌詞，于1970年代初期發(fā)明一種遍傳美國的新舞蹈。這種舞蹈包含了旋轉(zhuǎn)和踢腿的動作，最終演變成為霹靂舞。

當(dāng)時(shí)的DJ注意到在歌曲的一些特定部分中，人們會跳得更起勁。因此DJ們會買兩張同樣的唱片，連續(xù)播放那段特別的部分。有時(shí)這會將一段原本只有十秒長的節(jié)拍延長到五分多鐘。

嘻哈樂的創(chuàng)始者--Kool DJ Herc，是頭一個(gè)這樣放唱片的人。當(dāng)他開始播放時(shí)，他會拿麥克風(fēng)大喊：『各位B-boy和B-girl盡情跳吧。』這示意所有跳舞的人，跳霹靂舞的時(shí)間到了。不久，這種特殊舞蹈便席卷全球。

Building Your Vocabulary

1.energetically　adv. 精力充沛地

The kids ran around the park energetically.

小孩子們活力充沛地在公園里跑來跑去。

2.extend　vt. 延長

The deadline was extended one month.

最后期限往后延了一個(gè)月。

3.sweep　vi. 風(fēng)行，迅速傳播

1970s fashion is sweeping through Europe.

1970年代的時(shí)尚風(fēng)正席卷著歐洲。

Phrases for Learning

1.get down 　　(盡情)放松∕享樂

Gary went out and got down with some old friends from college.

蓋瑞出去和大學(xué)同窗的老友好好狂歡一番。

2.back to back 　　連續(xù)地，一個(gè)接一個(gè)地

Helen watched five movies back to back.

海倫連續(xù)看了五部電影。

3.signal to... 　　向……示意

Larry signaled to the waiter for a menu.

賴瑞示意服務(wù)生拿一本菜單過去。

參考字詞

1.godfather　n. 教父

2.soul　n. 靈魂樂

3.spin　n. & vi. 旋轉(zhuǎn)

4.beat　n. 節(jié)拍，拍子

5.founder　n. 創(chuàng)始者;創(chuàng)辦人

6.microphone　n. 麥克風(fēng)

Enjoy Box

嘻哈行話

在這文章里，將會提到一些霹靂舞或嘻哈文化的專有名詞。在以下的篇幅中，我們會為各位讀者做整理。若是對跳舞或嘻哈樂有興趣者，不妨可以多多注意：

1.the good foot 此為靈魂樂教父詹姆士?布朗的招牌舞步之一，主要是以腳步左右搖擺的動作為主。

2.breakdancing　n. 霹靂舞

breakdance　vi. 跳霹靂舞

breakdancer　n. 霹靂舞者(= breaker)

3.B-boy　n. 男霹靂舞者(= break boy)

B-girl　n. 女霹靂舞者(= break girl)

4.battle　n. 尬舞

5.back spin　n. 背部旋轉(zhuǎn)動作

head spin　n. 頭部旋轉(zhuǎn)動作

windmill　n. 風(fēng)車動作(舞者倒立用雙肩在　地板上轉(zhuǎn)動，雙腳也持續(xù)在空中旋轉(zhuǎn)，狀似風(fēng)車而得名)

Tips In Use

Therefore, DJs would buy two copies of the same record...

(因此DJ們會買兩張同樣的唱片……)

本句中的 record 為名詞，表『唱片』;record 亦可作動詞用，此時(shí)卻有不同念法。以下為讀者介紹 record 及類似單字：

1.record　n. 唱片;紀(jì)錄;成績

record　vt. 將……錄下;記載

2.desert　n. 沙漠

desert　vt. 拋棄，遺棄

3.lead　n. 鉛

lead　vt. 領(lǐng)導(dǎo);引領(lǐng)

4.bow　n. 弓;弦樂器的弓

bow　vi. 鞠躬，欠身