我對流行音樂的看法 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.
許多人都鄙視流行音樂。在這些人的眼中，流行音樂總是與“崇高的音樂”形成鮮明的對比。后者指的是歐洲國家的交響樂和歌劇。他們對許多人更喜歡流行音樂而不喜歡交響樂的事實表示極大的關注，因為對于他們來說，流行音樂應該被排除在神圣的音樂殿堂之外。
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，很多人都有流行音樂的需求。他們認為，那些想讓我們聽交響樂的人在鼓吹一種“精英文化”。這一觀念對于流行音樂愛好者來說是不可接受的，因為他們不相信交響樂比流行音樂更崇高。區別只在于不同的人的利益。懷著敬畏說交響樂的時候，卻帶著輕蔑說流行音樂是不公平的。
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.
總之，我的觀點是，正如高雅文化與粗俗文化之間沒有區別，所以說流行音樂屬于“低等”人群而交響樂則是一種更高、更崇高的音樂形式，是不恰當的。畢竟，有許多糟糕的交響樂。我們不能指望每一個流行音樂都是優秀的。流行音樂反映了一代人的思想和興趣。它是一個特定時代的產物，但它也有一些普遍的東西，屬于所有人類的東西，是它在人類中取得巨大成功的基礎。從這個意義上說，一些媒體人士僅僅因為許多人更喜歡流行音樂而表現出極大的擔憂是相當愚蠢的。無論如何，流行音樂已經成為人類家庭不可缺少的一部分。
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