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轉自蘋果派生活英語
Bob Dylan The Voice of a Generation巴布狄倫 世代之聲

●閱讀英文
At one talent show, his band was so loud that the principal 1)cut off their microphones. After graduating, he attended the University of Minnesota, where he began performing folk music in coffee shops as Bob Dylan, a 2)nod to the poet Dylan Thomas. On the 3)shift from rock to folk, Dylan called the latter “more of a serious type of thing” that was capable of expressing deeper feelings. He dropped out of college after his freshman year and headed to New York City, where he hoped to play music and meet his idol Woody Guthrie. Dylan began performing in Greenwich Village clubs in 1961, and after a favorable review in the New York Times, he was signed by Columbia Records.

●中譯
在一場才藝表演中，他的樂團因聲音過大，被校長關掉他們的麥克風。高中畢業後，他就讀明尼蘇達大學，開始在咖啡廳以巴布狄倫的藝名表演民謠，取這個名字是為了向詩人狄倫湯瑪士致意。對於捨搖滾就民謠一事，狄倫說後者是「比較嚴肅的東西」，能夠表達更深層的情感。他念完大一便輟學，前往紐約市，希望在那裡玩音樂並結識他的偶像伍迪葛瑟瑞。一九六一年，狄倫開始在格林威治村的夜店演出，《紐約時報》刊出一篇對他讚譽有加的評論後，他被哥倫比亞唱片公司簽下。

●英檢字彙 Vocabulary Bank
1)cut off (phr.) 切斷，中斷
The phone company cut off my phone service because I didn’t pay the bill.
2)nod (n./v.) 點頭，致意，同意；點頭
In a nod to the locals, the star said a few words in their language.
3)shift (n.) 轉移
The government has announced a major policy shift.

●英語通 Language Guide
favorite、favorable 和 favored 三個形容詞的差別

favorite 最喜歡的
例：Sting is my favorite singer. 史汀是我最喜歡的歌手。

favorable 稱讚的，有利的
例：The movie has received mostly favorable reviews. 這部電影得到的大多是好評。

favored 特別受到喜愛的
例：My younger brother has always been the favored child in our family. 我弟弟一向是家裡的寵兒。