英语阅读学习笔记之为什么中国缺少《江南style》.pdfVIP

October 13, ENGLISH LEARNING 2012 Why China Lacks Gangnam Style 文章出自：纽约客Evan Osnos  involvement [invɔlvmənt]  animate [ænimeit, ænimət] n. 牵连；包含；混乱；财政困难 vt. 使有生气；使活泼；鼓舞；推动; adj  embark [embɑ:k, im-]  rival [raivəl] vi. 从事，着手；上船或飞机; vt. 使从事... n. 对手；竞争者; vt. 与…竞争；比得上  merge [mə:dʒ] 某... vt. 合并；使合并；吞没; vi. 合并；融合  earnest [ə:nist]  interpret [intə:prit] adj. 认真的，热心的；重要的; n. 认真； vt. 说明；口译; vi. 解释；翻译  creativity [,krieitiviti]  priority [praiɔrəti] n. 创造力；创造性 n. 优先；优先权；[数] 优先次序；优先  boycott [bɔikɔt] 考虑的事 vt. 联合抵制；拒绝参加; n. 联合抵制 1 2 It can take the uninitiated a minute to realize that “Gangnam Style” is satire . When the absurdly3 infectious4 single by Korean pop star PSY appeared in July, the video had all the hallmark 5 s of earnest K-pop: highly engineered dance routines, over-the-top styling, and the Technicolor production values honed6 by Seoul’s hit-making industry, which my colleague John Seabrook describes in the magazine this week in his piece, “Factory Girls.” But the most important thing that “Gangnam Style” has is a sense of humor about itself. (If you haven’t yet seen it, put down your surgical instruments 7or air- 1对某事无知的外行的无经验的 2讽刺；讽刺文学，讽刺作品 3荒谬地悖理地荒诞地 4传染的；传染性的；易传染的 5 特点；品质证明 6 磨光的；亚光 7 外科器械；手术仪器 1 October 13, ENGLISH LEARNING 2012 traffic-control headset8 or whatever