BBC 6 Minute English 是 BBC Learning English 出品的英語學習節目。每周一期，每期約6分鐘，兩位主播圍繞某個話題展開對話，非常適合英音愛好者模仿學習。
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Hello, andwelcome to 6 Minute English. I'm Neil.Er, that's anodd question.I've neverreally thought about it.I mean, I usemetal things every day – my toaster, my bike, the underground… No, no -not that kind of metal, this kind of metal.我的意思是，我每天都用金屬製品——我的烤麵包機，我的自行車，地鐵……不，不，不是那種金屬，是這種金屬。Oh, that kindof metal. The musical genre, the type of music. . . Yes, and inparticular, death metal.哦，那種金屬。音樂種類，音樂類型……是的，尤其是死亡金屬。That fast,loud, aggressive sounding, guitar-based music style?那種快節奏，很大聲，聽起來激進的，以吉他為基礎的音樂風格？Nope. Not mycup of tea at all.What kind ofperson do you think I am?The type ofperson who likes death metal may not be the kind of person you think they are.More on thatshortly, but first, a quiz.The electricguitar is an essential element to death metal music.In which decadewere the first electric guitars produced?Was it: a) the1920s b) the 1930s, or c) the 1940s?是a)20世紀20年代 b)20世紀30年代還是c)20世紀40年代？I think quiteearly, so I'm going to say the 1920s.Well, we'll seeif you're right later in the programme.Does violentmusic give people violent thoughts?Recent researchclaims to have found the answer.This is how thetopic was introduced on BBC News.A psychologicalstudy of fans of death metal suggests that they are not desensitised to violencedespite the genre's association with growling, often graphically violent lyricsincluding depictions of cannibalism.一項關於死亡金屬音樂喜愛者的心理研究表明，他們對暴力並不麻木，儘管這一類型的音樂與咆哮有關，而且往往是赤裸裸的暴力歌詞，包括對食人的描繪。Researchersfound that the main response of fans to the music they love was joy, notviolence.研究人員發現，死亡金屬音樂喜愛者對他們所喜愛的音樂的主要反應是歡樂，而不是暴力。Adding thatmost are very nice people who wouldn't dream of hurting anyone, let aloneeating them.她補充說，大多數人都是非常好的人，他們不會想要傷害任何人，更不用說吃人。So whatconclusion did the researchers come to?Well, theyfound that the response to the music was joy, not anger or violence. It madepeople happy.他們發現死亡金屬音樂喜愛者對死亡金屬音樂的反應是快樂，而不是憤怒或暴力。它使人們快樂。There was afear that listening to music with violent lyrics, which means violent words,would make people desensitised to violence.人們擔憂聽帶有暴力歌詞的音樂會讓人對暴力麻木，暴力歌詞指的是暴力的歌詞。If you aredesensitised to something, you don't see it as unusual or unacceptable, itdoesn't bother you.如果你對某件事不敏感，你不會認為它不尋常或不可接受，它不會影響到你。The newsreaderalso said that the lyrics of death metal include topics such as cannibalism,which is the practice of eating human flesh.新聞廣播員同樣表示，死亡金屬音樂的歌詞包括食人等主題，食人是一種吃人肉的行為。Listening tosomeone singing about eating people apparently didn't make them feel likesnacking on their neighbours.Let's hear theintroduction again.A psychologicalstudy of fans of death metal suggests that they are not desensitised toviolence despite the genre's association with growling, often graphicallyviolent lyrics including depictions of cannibalism.一項關於死亡金屬音樂喜愛者的心理研究表明，他們對暴力並不麻木，儘管這一類型的音樂與咆哮有關，而且往往是赤裸裸的暴力歌詞，包括對食人的描繪。Researchersfound that the main response of fans to the music they love was joy, notviolence.研究人員發現，死亡金屬音樂喜愛者對他們所喜愛的音樂的主要反應是歡樂，而不是暴力。Adding thatmost are very nice people who wouldn't dream of hurting anyone, let aloneeating them.她補充說，大多數人都是非常好的人，他們不會想要傷害任何人，更不用說吃人。Professor BillThompson from Macquarie University in Sydney conducted this research.What does hesay people don't feel when listening to this kind of music?Most areactually musically trained people who really get a lot of empowerment andaesthetic interest out of the music.大多數人實際上是受過音樂訓練的人，他們從該種音樂中獲得了很多力量和審美情趣。They feeljoyful. They feel transcendent, they feel empowered.But what theydon't feel is angry.What they dofeel is joyful, the adjective from joy.Something elsethey feel is empowered.This is afeeling of being in control of your life, that you can make and follow your owndecisions.這是一種掌控自己生活的感覺，你可以做出自己的決定，並遵循自己的決定。Music iscertainly a powerful art form.ProfessorThompson also said that fans have an aesthetic interest in it.湯普森教授還表示，死亡金屬音樂喜愛者對它有一種審美情趣。This means thatthey appreciate it as an art form.Let's hearProfessor Thompson again.Most areactually musically trained people who really get a lot of empowerment andaesthetic interest out of the music.大多數人實際上是受過音樂訓練的人，他們從該種音樂中獲得了很多力量和審美情趣。They feeljoyful. They feel transcendent, they feel empowered.But what theydon't feel is angry.Time to reviewour vocabulary, but first, let's have the answer to the quiz question.是時候回顧我們的詞彙了，但是首先，讓我們揭曉測試問題的答案。In which decadewere the first electric guitars produced?Was it: a) the1920s b) the 1930s c) the 1940s?是a) 20世紀20年代，b) 20世紀30年代，還是c) 20世紀40年代？I took a guessat the 1920s.Well electricguitars were early, but not quite that early, I'm afraid.The first oneswere produced in the 1930s.So well doneif, unlike Rob, you got that correct.Yes, we had afew words connected with music.We had genrefor a style of music and also lyrics for the words of a song.我們學了表示音樂種類的"genre"，還有表示歌詞的"lyrics"。Some of thelyrics of death metal songs are about eating people, which is calledcannibalism.死亡金屬音樂的一些歌詞是關於吃人的，這被稱為"食人"。Cannibalism isa form of extreme violence and there was some concern that people exposed tosuch violent lyrics in songs might become desensitised to actual violence.食人是一種極端暴力的形式，有人擔心，接觸到歌曲中如此暴力歌詞的人們可能會對實際的暴力麻木不仁。This means thatthey would accept violence as normal and not be worried by it.However, theresearch showed that this doesn't happen and fans actually feel joy, which isanother way of saying happiness.然而，研究表明，這種情況並不會發生，死亡金屬音樂喜愛者實際上感到快樂，這是歡樂的另一種說法。The researchalso suggested that fans have an artistic appreciation of death metal,described as an aesthetic interest.研究還表明其愛好者對死亡金屬有一種藝術鑑賞力，被形容為審美情趣。The final wordwas for a feeling that fans might get after listening to the music, empowered.最後一個詞是死亡金屬音樂喜愛者聽了該種音樂後可能會有的一種感覺，被賦予力量。Someone who isempowered is in control of their own life and decisions.And I feelempowered to bring this edition of 6 Minute English to a close.We look forwardto your company next time.Until then, youcan find us in all the usual places on social media – that's Facebook, Twitter,Instagram and YouTube.在那之前，你可以在社交媒體所有常見的地方找到我們——有Facebook、Twitter、Instagram和YouTube。You'll be ableto listen to 6 Minute English on the move.You just walkand we talk.Just search forbbclearninglish.