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听力文本
Rapper Jay Z has restarted a music subscription site to provide a new kind of streaming service. Jay Z hasbought and re-launched the service called Tidal, which was initially launched last October. Many of the music industry's major stars have also added their weight to the project and have become co-owners in it. These include Beyonce, Kanye West and Madonna. They hope Tidal will rival more established streaming sites such as Spotify and Google Play. Tidal does not have as large a catalogue of songs as its rivals, but the owners hope people will use it because it is the first streaming platform owned by musicians. Tidal will offer its 25 million tracks for a standard subscription of $9.99 a month.
The artists behind Tidal hope it will change the music industry and give singers and musicians more control over their music. Artists traditionally have little control over how their work is distributed and marketed. Jay Z told the music magazine Billboard that he hoped artists would get more money because of Tidal. He said: "We didn't like the direction music was going in and thought maybe we could get in and strike an honest blow." Jay Z will encourage artists to persuade their record labels to give Tidal new music a week before other services get it. This will give Tidal a head start in making the music available. Singer and co-owner Alicia Keys said Tidal "will forever change the course of music history".
中文翻译
说唱歌手Jay Z重新开放了他的音乐订阅网站,他将提供一种全新的流媒体服务
。Jay Z已经购买并重新开启了他的音乐服务平台“Tidal”,这款平台最初的发布时间是去年的10月 。许多音乐人都投资了此项目,并成为了共同所有人 。这些名人包括碧昂丝、坎耶·维斯特以及麦当娜 。他们希望“Tidal”能够打败其他如“Spotify”以及谷歌Play这样的流媒体平台 。“Tidal”的歌曲种类没有其竞争对手多,但是所有人希望大家能够使用这一平台,因为这是首个由音乐人所创建的流媒体平台 。“Tidal”将提供2500万首歌曲,每个月的订阅标准费用是9.99美金 。建立“Tidal”的艺术家希望“Tidal”能够改变音乐界,并让歌手和音乐家对自己的音乐有着更好的掌控
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重点讲解
1.strike a blow 给予打击
Australia’s Deputy Prime Minister Julia Gillard will strike a blow against Australia’s macho culture Tuesday when she becomes the first “Sheila”to take over the top job.
澳大利亚副总理朱莉娅-吉拉德周二将成为接掌最高职位的首位女性,使该国的男 性文化受到打击
。2.encourage to 鼓励
I encourage to join the list and contribute your thoughts to the project.
我鼓励您加入该列表,并提出您对本项目的想法
。3.streaming service 流媒体服务
And, like the movie streaming service, I suspect everyone will forget about the Best Buy initiative withina few months.
像电影流媒体服务一样,我想几个月之内人们就会忘记百思买所推的这一服务
。4.co-owner 共同所有人
"The roof garden definitely helps us rent the offices out," says Charlie Green, co-owner of the company.
“楼顶花园显然可以帮助我们把办公室租赁出去,”公司老板查理·格林说
。听力题目
1.When was the streaming site Tidal first launched?
a) September 22
b) last October
c) New Year's Day
d) three weeks ago
2.Who have become co-owners of Tidal?
a) Tidal's rivals
b) three banks
c) Bill Gates and Barack Obama
d) music stars
3.Which sites does Tidal hope to rival?
a) Spotify and Google Play
b) Yahoo! and Microsoft
c) iTunes and Napster
d) Sony and EMI
4.What does Tidal have that is smaller than what its rivals have?
a) a head office
b) a budget
c) a music catalogue
d) a list of artists
5.What will be $9.99 a month?
a) insurance
b) a subscription
c) wi-fi charges
d) a CD
6.What have artists traditionally had little of?
a) control
b) money
c) power
d) talent
7.What magazine did Jay Z talk to?
a) Streaming Today
b) Rolling Stone
c) Billboard
d) New Musical Express
8.What did Jay Z say he didn't like about music?
a) its future direction
b) drums
c) modern soul
d) its loudness
9.Who does Jay Z want artists to persuade?
a) record labels
b) fans
c) music stores
d) music stars
10.What did Alicia Keys say Tidal would change the course of?
a) beats
b) technology
c) research and development
d) music history
听力答案
1.b
2.d
3.a
4.c
5.b
6.a
7.c
8.a
9.a
10.d