- •Сборник текстов для чтения, перевода и реферирования
- •Введение
- •Part I. Texts for reading
- •1.1. Superhero
- •1. 2. Don’t miss concert in conservatoire
- •1. 3. Information for visitors of the national gallery in london
- •1. 4. Weekly rep
- •1. 5. British tv
- •1. 6. Folk music
- •1. 7. Comic books
- •1. 8. How a hit song is written
- •1. 9. A london pantomime
- •1. 10. Abstract art
- •1. 11. Patricia kaas
- •1. 12. My favourite ballet
- •1. 13. Disneyland park
- •1. 14. Do you like music?
- •1. 15. Egyptian arts
- •1. 16. Freddie mercury
- •1. 17. Horror films
- •1. 18. Interview with a musician
- •1. 19. Tom hanks
- •1. 20. Jazz – a new era in music
- •1. 21. London’s museums
- •1. 22. Music awards
- •1. 23. Progressive rock
- •1. 24. Hippies and skinheads
- •1. 25. Rock music
- •1.26. Andersen. Traveller and theatre lover
- •1.27. Henry wood promenade concerts
- •1.28. Holding meetings
- •1.29. Punk rock is 30 years old
- •1.30. The guitar
- •1.31. Services for school. The national gallery, london
- •1.32. The wallace collection
- •1.33. Clowning
- •1.34. Music and musicians. Punk.
- •1.35. Theatre superstitions
- •1.36. Reggae
- •1.37. The british museum
- •1.38. The american greats
- •1.39. Summer camps in the united states
- •1.40. Compositions by bach’s second son performed in moscow
- •1.41. The russian museum
- •1.42. Rachmaninov
- •1.43. Gainsborough and music
- •1.44. Britain's unique puppet theatre
- •1.45. “Cats”
- •1.46. "The picture of dorian gray"
- •1.47. Lord of the rings
- •1.48. Benjamin britten
- •1. 49. Al pacino
- •1. 50. Can you think of a day without music?
- •1. 51. Chicago bluesman comes to moscow
- •1. 52. The globe theatre
- •1. 53. Chopin in britain
- •1. 54. Covent garden
- •1. 55. Diana ross
- •1. 56. "Oklahoma!"
- •1.57. Tarkovsky: a new look
- •Part II. Texts for rendering
- •2. 1. A miracle on the stage
- •2. 2. ‘’ Beauty and the beast'’ (1946)
- •2. 4. Valentin serov
- •2.5. Blockbuster films
- •2 .6. Charlie chaplin – early years
- •2. 7. English on the stage
- •2. 8. Harry porter
- •2. 9. Hippies
- •2. 10. Hollywood
- •2. 11. Kevin costner
- •12. Leonardo DiCaprio
- •2. 13. Libraries
- •2. 14. Mozart
- •2.15. Madam tussaud's
- •2. 16. Niccolo paganini - virtuoso or devil?
- •2.17. Russian winter in london
- •2.18. The birth of the "seventh art"
- •2.19. The little tramp
- •2. 20. Tretyakov gallery
- •2. 21. Television in modern life
- •2. 22. Types of music
- •2. 23. Walt disney's world
- •2. 43. Young musician of the year
- •Оглавление
- •Progressive rock...................................................................................................................................
- •The american greats............................................................................................................................
- •Summer camps in the united states.............................................................................................
1.29. Punk rock is 30 years old
Read the text and find out what the message of punk rock is.
In 1976, older people in Britain were shocked by a new type of music called punk. It was fast and loud and expressed anger against society. But it was more than just music - it was a new youth culture.
THE MESSAGE
Most punk bands (as well as their fans) were from poor working-class families. They were disillusioned with Western society and felt very pessimistic about the future. Their angry lyrics criticized big business, the media and the government. The subjects of many other punk lyrics were boredom and teenage rebellion. 'The mood in the country was restless. Everyone was fed up with the government interfering in their lives and they wanted a change,’ remembers one of the punk musicians. 'Punk rock had a message to society that all was not well and all were not equal.'
One of the best-known punk bands - the Sex Pistols - sang songs about anarchy and destruction and called for rebellion. They shocked many people by using bad language and insulting the Queen.
THE MUSIC
'This is a chord... this is another... this is a third... Now form a band,' taught one of the first punk fanzines. Punk music had simple structures and arrangements. The songs were short and fast, and the lyrics were often shouted out.
As John Lydon (Johnny Rotten) from the Sex Pistols famously said, 'We're into chaos, not music!'
Later, by the mid-1980s, punk music became more varied, intelligent and artistic.
THE LOOK
Like all teenage generations, punks wanted to be different. To show their individuality they wore torn trousers and T-shirts, safety pins and sometimes even razor blades around their necks as if they were jewels. Their coloured and spiky hairstyles shocked old grannies and teachers.
PUNK IN THE 21st CENTURY
30 years on, punk is still alive. Many famous rock bands play punk and you can see people wearing punk fashions in the streets of big cities.
Words:
disillusioned - разочарованный
media - средства массовой информации
boredom - скука
rebellion - бунт, мятеж
restless - неспокойный
everyone was fed up - всем надоело
to interfere - вмешиваться
destruction - разрушение, уничтожение
to call for - призывать
to insult - оскорблять
equal - равный
chord - аккорд
fanzine (fan magazine) - журнал, созданный поклонниками и для поклонников
arrangement - аранжировка
chaos ['keios\ полный беспорядок, хаос
varied - разнообразный
generation - поколение
torn - рваный
safety pin ['serfti pin] английская булавка
razor blade - лезвие бритвы
spiky ['spaiki] - стоящий торчком
Exercise
Complete the sentences. Look back at the text.
In 1976, older people in Britain were shocked by ... ... ....
Most punk bands (as well as their fans) were ... ... ....
The subjects of many other punk lyrics were ... .. ......
Everyone was fed up with ... ... .....
The Sex Pistols .. .... ... ....