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中英文本
International Jazz Day is usually celebrated each year on May 23. It is one day of the year when people around the world can celebrate this great music form. Jazz started in the USA and is America's only indigenous art form. Music lovers and musicians around the globe go to concerts, hold celebrations, or simply get together and listen to their favourite jazz artists. International Jazz Day was started in 1991 by jazz musician and bandleader D. Michael Denny. He was on the Board of Directors of the New Jersey Jazz Society. His aim was for a global day of appreciation for jazz. His idea worked. It is now backed by the United Nations Jazz Society. This sponsors jazz workshops and encourages musicians to make a living from their music.
每年的5月23为国际爵士日
Jazz originated at the beginning of the 20th century in the Southern United States. It is a combination of African and European music styles. It has a strong influence from West African traditional music. One expert said jazz differed from European music because it has "a special relationship to time, defined as 'swing' and a spontaneity and vitality of musical production in which improvisation plays a role". It is unclear exactly where the word “jazz” came from. Many believe it was California slang to refer to the new music black musicians were playing in Chicago around 1915. The new music quickly grew into a wide variety of styles and a cultural phenomenon. Today we have genres that include acid jazz and jazz funk. Jazz even influences hip-hop.
20世纪初,爵士乐诞生于美国南部
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重点讲解
1.art form 艺术形式
例句:The short story is a difficult art form to master.
短篇小说是一种很难掌握的艺术形式
。2.refer to 提到
例句:He never referred to his sisters in his letters.
他在信里从未提到过他的姊妹
。3.define as 给…下定义
例句:Collins English Dictionary defines a workaholic as 'a person obsessively addicted to work'.
《柯林斯英语词典》给“工作狂”一词下的定义是“一个过分沉溺于工作中的人”
。4.a variety of 各种各样的
例句:The department store carries a variety of leather shoes.
这家百货商店经售各种皮鞋
。