Shawshank Redemption 对白难点注释.doc

Shawshank Redemption 对白难点注释 北京理工大学外国语学院 Christian 解释均来自相关网站和词典，版权均归原著者所有。 Part I Song from car radio 1.If I didn’t care--- a song by The Inkspots. In the late nineteen thirties the musical world was stood on its collective ear when they heard this recording. The contrast of Bill Kennys high tenor lead voice, and the deep bass recitation of Hoppy Jones over the smooth harmonies was a sensation. The record sold in large numbers and radio stations were swamped for airplay. The relatively new form of radio programming consisting of playing phonograph records was given a huge boost by the popularity of this tune. Instantly across the country countless youngsters in Black communities saw the possibility of making it with this form of music rooted in the church. From the success of this one record came the foundation of an entire musical form, one whose every recording owes within its grooves, a measure of dedication to If I Didnt Care. Performers on every level now perfected their take on the style and the tune-imitators were everywhere. It culminated in that paragon of middle American groups of the forties, The Modernaires, doing their Inkspots impression on the million selling hit Jukebox Saturday Night. The group continued to put out hit after hit, almost always staying true to their formula. Even today sixty years later, there is somewhere a version of The Inkspots singing their tunes. 2.The Inkspots—黑人组合。The Ink Spots played a large role in pioneering the Black vocal group-harmony genre, helping to pave the way for the doo-wop explosion of the 50s. The quavering high tenor of Bill Kenny presaged hundreds of street-corner leads to come, and the sweet harmonies of Carlie Fuqua, Deek Watson, and bass Hoppy Jones (who died in 1944) backed him flawlessly.Kennys impeccable diction and Joness deep drawl were both prominent on the Ink Spots first smash on Decca in 1939, the sentimental If I Didnt Care. From then through 1951, the group was seldom absent fr