我对流行音乐的看法 My Idea of Pop Music
Pop music is held I contempt by many people. In these people’s eyes pop music is always in sharp contrast to “lofty music”. The latter refers to symphonies and operas of the European countries. They show great concern for the fact that many people prefer pop music to symphonies, because for them pop music should be excluded from the holy palace of music.
许多人都鄙视流行音乐。在这些人的眼中，流行音乐总是与“崇高的音乐”形成鲜明的对比。后者指的是欧洲国家的交响乐和歌剧。他们对许多人更喜欢流行音乐而不喜欢交响乐的事实表示极大的关注，因为对于他们来说，流行音乐应该被排除在神圣的音乐殿堂之外。
Conversely, many people have an order for pop music. They argue that people who want us to listen to symphonies are advocating a kind of “elite culture”. This notion is unacceptable to pop music fans, for they don’t believe that symphonies are loftier than pop music. The difference only lies in the interests of different people. It is unfair to speak of pop music with contempt while speaking of symphonies with awe.
相反，很多人都有流行音乐的需求。他们认为，那些想让我们听交响乐的人在鼓吹一种“精英文化”。这一观念对于流行音乐爱好者来说是不可接受的，因为他们不相信交响乐比流行音乐更崇高。区别只在于不同的人的利益。怀着敬畏说交响乐的时候，却带着轻蔑说流行音乐是不公平的。
In conclusion, my idea is that just as there is no distinction between high culture and low culture, so it is inappropriate to say pop music belongs to the “lower” people whereas symphonies in a higher, loftier form of music. After all, there are many badly-composed symphonies. And we can’t expect every piece of pop music to be excellent. Pop music reflects the thoughts and interests of a certain age group of a generation. It is the product of a certain age, but it also has something universal, something that belongs to all human beings, that underlies its great success among people. In this sense it is rather foolish for some people of media to show great concern simply because many people prefer pop music. Anyway pop music has become an indispensable part of the human family.
总之，我的观点是，正如高雅文化与粗俗文化之间没有区别，所以说流行音乐属于“低等”人群而交响乐则是一种更高、更崇高的音乐形式，是不恰当的。毕竟，有许多糟糕的交响乐。我们不能指望每一个流行音乐都是优秀的。流行音乐反映了一代人的思想和兴趣。它是一个特定时代的产物，但它也有一些普遍的东西，属于所有人类的东西，是它在人类中取得巨大成功的基础。从这个意义上说，一些媒体人士仅仅因为许多人更喜欢流行音乐而表现出极大的担忧是相当愚蠢的。无论如何，流行音乐已经成为人类家庭不可缺少的一部分。
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