何凱文每日一句：2017考研英語第175句

　　今天的題目：

　　Levin would not comment on the debate last week, but there were signs that the chairman was backing off his hard-line stand, at least to some extent. During the discussion of rock singing verses at last month’s stockholders’ meeting, Levin asserted that “music is not the cause of society’s ills” and even cited his son, a teacher in the Bronx, New York, who uses rap to communicate with students. But he talked as well about the “balanced struggle” between creative freedom and social responsibility, and he announced that the company would launch a drive to develop standards for distribution and labeling of potentially objectionable music.

　　1.In face of the recent attacks on the company, the chairman Levin ________.

　　[A] stuck to a strong stand to defend freedom of expression

　　[B] softened his tone and adopted some new policy

　　[C] changed his attitude and yielded to objection

　　[D] received more support from the 15-member board

　　句子的解析：

　　1.Levin would not comment on the debate last week, but there were signs that the chairman was backing off his hard-line stand, at least to some extent.

　　詞匯突破：1.back off : to take back a demand, an opinion, etc.that other people are strongly opposed to; to admit defeat. 放棄(別人強烈反對的主張，要求);

　　關(guān)于back 的詞組：1)back sb/sth up 支持某人或某事;

　　2)Back and forth 反復(fù)來回

　　3)Put one’s back into sth 全力以赴

　　4)Have your back to the wall 背水一戰(zhàn)、

　　Back 做動詞就是支持的意思!

　　2. comment 評論

　　3. there were signs that…有跡象表明

　　4. hard-line stand 強硬的態(tài)度

　　參考譯文：Levin沒有對上周的辯論做出評論，但是有跡象表明至少在某種程度上，他強硬的態(tài)度(hard-line stand)有所讓步(back off)。

　　2. During the discussion of rock singing verses at last month’s stockholders’ meeting, Levin asserted that “music is not the cause of society’s ills” and even cited his son, a teacher in the Bronx, New York, who uses rap to communicate with students.

　　詞匯突破：1.verses 歌詞

　　Rhythm 旋律 Passage 曲段

　　2. social ills 社會問題(寫作詞匯)ill effect 不良影響

　　ill at ease 局促不安

　　確定主干：Levin asserted that “music is not the cause of society’s ills” and even cited his son.

　　其他成分：狀語：During the discussion of rock singing verses at last month’s stockholders’ meeting

　　同位語: a teacher in the Bronx, New York, who uses rap to communicate with students

　　參考譯文：在上個月股東會搖滾樂的討論中，Levin認(rèn)為音樂并不是社會問題的原因而且談到了他的兒子。他兒子是紐約Bronx的教師。他用饒舌音樂和學(xué)生交流。

　　3. But he talked as well about the “balanced struggle” between creative freedom and social responsibility, and he announced that the company would launch a drive to develop standards for distribution and labeling of potentially objectionable music.

　　詞匯突破：1.launch 發(fā)起

　　2. a drive 活動

　　3. objectionable 令人反感的

　　4. potentially 可能的

　　5. distribution 發(fā)行

　　參考譯文：但是他也談到了努力保持創(chuàng)作自由社會責(zé)任之間的平衡。而且他也宣布公司將發(fā)起一項活動來研究發(fā)行標(biāo)準(zhǔn)以及給可能引人反感的音樂貼上標(biāo)簽。

　　1. In face of the recent attacks on the company, the chairman Levin ________.

　　the recent attacks on the company= the debate last week

　　所以第一句，第二句和第三句都是線索句;

　　第一句中：

　　was backing off his hard-line stand to some extent= softened his tone

　　第三句中：

　　would launch a drive =adopted some new policy

　　當(dāng)然在做題的時候看到第一句答案就可以知道是B了!

　　[A] stuck to a strong stand to defend freedom of expression

　　已經(jīng)讓步了，所以排除!

　　[B] softened his tone and adopted some new policy

　　[C] changed his attitude and yielded to objection

　　只談到了態(tài)度有所讓步：to some extent; 某種程度，所以還到不了屈服的地步;

　　說一個題外話：如果沒有B選C也是沒毛病!

　　畢竟Back off 本來就是放棄的意思，但是這不有B嗎!

　　[D] received more support from the 15-member board

　　沒有提到;