Introduction

Death metal music is a kind of heavy metal which explores the themes of death and destruction. But does it inspire its fans to appreciate violence? According to a new study, it does not. The death metal band Bloodbath might sing about cannibalism, but its fans do not go and eat their neighbours. Neil and Rob talk about this kind of music and teach you some vocabulary.

This week's question

The electric guitar is an essential element to death metal music. In which decade were the first electric guitars produced? Was it:

a) the 1920s

b) the 1930s

c) the 1940s

Transcript

Note: This is not a word for word transcript??

Neil

Hello, and welcome to 6 Minute English. I'm Neil.?

Rob

And I'm Rob.?

Neil

Rob, do you like metal??

Rob

Er, that’s an odd question. I’ve never really thought about it. I mean, I use metal things every day – my toaster, my bike, the underground…?

Neil

No, no - not that kind of metal, this kind of metal.

[Death metal music]?

Rob

Oh, that kind of metal. The musical?genre, the type of music...?

Neil

Yes, and in particular, death metal.?

Rob

That fast, loud, aggressive sounding, guitar-based music style??

Neil

Yep, that’s the one.?

Rob

Nope. Not my cup of tea at all. What kind of person do you think I am??

Neil

Well, that’s the point. The type of person who likes death metal may not be the kind of person you think they are. More on that shortly, but first, a quiz. The electric guitar is an essential element to death metal music. In which decade were the first electric guitars produced? Was it:

a) the 1920s

b) the 1930s, or

c) the 1940s??

Rob

I think quite early, so I’m going to say the 1920s.?

Neil

Well, we'll see if you're right later in the programme. Does violent music give people violent thoughts? Recent research claims to have found the answer. This is how the topic was introduced on BBC News. What was the conclusion??

BBC News Presenter

A psychological study of fans of death metal suggests that they are not?desensitised?to violence despite the?genre’s association with growling, often graphically violent?lyricsincluding depictions of?cannibalism. Researchers found that the main response of fans to the music they love was?joy, not violence. Adding that most are very nice people who wouldn't dream of hurting anyone, let alone eating them.?

Neil

So what conclusion did the researchers come to??

Rob

Well, they found that the response to the music was?joy, not anger or violence. It made people happy.?

Neil

There was a fear that listening to music with violent?lyrics, which means violent words, would make people?desensitised?to violence.?

Rob

If you are?desensitised?to something, you don’t see it as unusual or unacceptable, it doesn’t bother you.?

Neil

The newsreader also said that the?lyrics?of death metal include topics such as?cannibalism,?which is the practice of eating human flesh. Listening to someone singing about eating people apparently didn’t make them feel like snacking on their neighbours. Let's hear the introduction again.?

BBC News Presenter

A psychological study of fans of death metal suggests that they are not?desensitised?to violence despite the?genre’s?association with growling, often graphically violent?lyricsincluding depictions of?cannibalism. Researchers found that the main response of fans to the music they love was?joy, not violence. Adding that most are very nice people who wouldn't dream of hurting anyone, let alone eating them.?

Neil

Professor Bill Thompson from Macquarie University in Sydney conducted this research. What does he say people don’t feel when listening to this kind of music??

Professor Bill Thompson?

Most fans are not angry. Most are actually musically trained people who really get a lot of empowerment and?aesthetic?interest out of the music. They feel?joyful. They feel transcendent, they feel?empowered. But what they don’t feel is angry.?

Neil

What don’t people feel??

Rob

They don’t feel angry! What they do feel is?joyful, the adjective from?joy. They feel happy. Something else they feel is?empowered. This is a feeling of being in control of your life, that you can make and follow your own decisions.?

Neil

Music is certainly a powerful art form. Professor Thompson also said that fans have an?aesthetic?interest in it. This means that they appreciate it as an art form. Let’s hear Professor Thompson again.?

Professor Bill Thompson?

Most fans are not angry. Most are actually musically trained people who really get a lot of empowerment and?aesthetic?interest out of the music. They feel?joyful. They feel transcendent they feel?empowered. But what they don’t feel is angry.?

Neil

Time to review our vocabulary, but first, let’s have the answer to the quiz question. In which decade were the first electric guitars produced? Was it:

a) the 1920s

b) the 1930s

c) the 1940s

What did you think, Rob??

Rob

I took a guess at the 1920s.?

Neil

Well electric guitars were early, but not quite that early, I'm afraid. The first ones were produced in the 1930s. So well done if, unlike Rob, you got that correct. Now, onto the vocabulary.?

Rob

Yes, we had a few words connected with music. We had?genre?for a style of music and also?lyrics?for the words of a song.

Neil

Some of the?lyrics?of death metal songs are about eating people, which is called?cannibalism.?

Rob

Cannibalism?is a form of extreme violence and there was some concern that people exposed to such violent?lyrics?in songs might become?desensitised?to actual violence.?

Neil

This means that they would accept violence as normal and not be worried by it. However, the research showed that this doesn’t happen and fans actually feel?joy, which is another way of saying happiness.?

Rob

The research also suggested that fans have an artistic appreciation of death metal, described as an?aesthetic?interest.?

Neil

The final word was for a feeling that fans might get after listening to the music,?empowered.?

Rob

Someone who is?empowered?is in control of their own life and decisions.?

Neil

And I feel?empowered?to bring this edition of 6 Minute English to a close. We look forward to your company next time. Until then, you can find us in all the usual places on social media – that's Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube. And there's our website, and of course, we have a free app which you can find in the app stores. You'll be able to listen to 6 Minute English on the move. You just walk and we talk. Just search for bbclearninglish. Bye for now.?

Rob

Goodbye!

Vocabulary

genre

a style of something such as music or films?

lyrics

the words of a song?

desensitised (to something)

feeling that something extreme is normal?

joy/joyful

happiness noun/adjective?

cannibalism

the eating of human flesh by another human?

aesthetic

an artistic appreciation of something, a feeling that something is beautiful from an artistic point of view

雙語(yǔ)版Transcript

Hello, and welcome to 6 Minute English. I'm Neil.

大家好，歡迎來(lái)到六分鐘英語(yǔ)，我是尼爾。

And I'm Rob.

我是羅伯。

Rob, do you like metal?

羅伯，你喜歡金屬嗎？

Er, that’s an odd question.

呃，這是個(gè)奇怪的問(wèn)題。

I’ve never really thought about it.

我從來(lái)沒(méi)想過(guò)。

I mean, I use metal things every day – my toaster, my bike, the underground…

我的意思是，我每天都用金屬制品——我的烤面包機(jī)，我的自行車，地鐵……

No, no - not that kind of metal, this kind of metal.

不，不，不是那種金屬，是這種金屬。

Oh, that kind of metal. The musical genre, the type of music...

哦，那種金屬。音樂(lè)種類，音樂(lè)類型……

Yes, and in particular, death metal.

是的，尤其是死亡金屬。

That fast, loud, aggressive sounding, guitar-based music style?

那種快節(jié)奏，很大聲，聽(tīng)起來(lái)激進(jìn)的，以吉他為基礎(chǔ)的音樂(lè)風(fēng)格？

Yep, that’s the one.

是的，就是那種。

Nope. Not my cup of tea at all.

不。我一點(diǎn)也不喜歡。

What kind of person do you think I am?

你認(rèn)為我是什么樣的人？

Well, that’s the point.

好吧，那就是重點(diǎn)。

The type of person who likes death metal may not be the kind of person you think they are.

喜歡死亡金屬音樂(lè)的人可能不是你認(rèn)為的那種人。

More on that shortly, but first, a quiz.

稍后會(huì)有更多內(nèi)容，但首先是一個(gè)小測(cè)驗(yàn)。

The electric guitar is an essential element to death metal music.

電吉他是死亡金屬音樂(lè)的基本元素。

In which decade were the first electric guitars produced?

第一把電吉他是在哪個(gè)年代生產(chǎn)出來(lái)的？

Was it:

a) the 1920s

b) the 1930s

c) the 1940s

是

a) 20世紀(jì)20年代

b) 20世紀(jì)30年代

c) 20世紀(jì)40年代

I think quite early, so I’m going to say the 1920s.

我認(rèn)為相當(dāng)早，所以我選20世紀(jì)20年代。

Well, we'll see if you're right later in the programme.

好吧，稍后我們將看看你是否回答正確。

Does violent music give people violent thoughts?

暴力的音樂(lè)會(huì)讓人產(chǎn)生暴力的想法嗎？

Recent research claims to have found the answer.

最近的一份研究聲稱已經(jīng)找到了答案。

This is how the topic was introduced on BBC News.

BBC新聞就是這樣介紹這個(gè)話題的。

What was the conclusion?

結(jié)論是什么？

A psychological study of fans of death metal suggests that they are not desensitised to violence despite the genre’s association with growling, often graphically violent lyrics including depictions of cannibalism.

一項(xiàng)關(guān)于死亡金屬音樂(lè)喜愛(ài)者的心理研究表明，他們對(duì)暴力并不麻木，盡管這一類型的音樂(lè)與咆哮有關(guān)，而且往往是赤裸裸的暴力歌詞，包括對(duì)食人的描繪。

Researchers found that the main response of fans to the music they love was joy, not violence.

研究人員發(fā)現(xiàn)，死亡金屬音樂(lè)喜愛(ài)者對(duì)他們所喜愛(ài)的音樂(lè)的主要反應(yīng)是歡樂(lè)，而不是暴力。

Adding that most are very nice people who wouldn't dream of hurting anyone, let alone eating them.

她補(bǔ)充說(shuō)，大多數(shù)人都是非常好的人，他們不會(huì)想要傷害任何人，更不用說(shuō)吃人。

So what conclusion did the researchers come to?

所以研究人員得出了什么結(jié)論？

Well, they found that the response to the music was joy, not anger or violence. It made people happy.

他們發(fā)現(xiàn)死亡金屬音樂(lè)喜愛(ài)者對(duì)死亡金屬音樂(lè)的反應(yīng)是快樂(lè)，而不是憤怒或暴力。它使人們快樂(lè)。

There was a fear that listening to music with violent lyrics, which means violent words, would make people desensitised to violence.

人們擔(dān)憂聽(tīng)?zhēng)в斜┝Ω柙~的音樂(lè)會(huì)讓人對(duì)暴力麻木，暴力歌詞指的是暴力的歌詞。

If you are desensitised to something, you don’t see it as unusual or unacceptable, it doesn’t bother you.

如果你對(duì)某件事不敏感，你不會(huì)認(rèn)為它不尋?；虿豢山邮?，它不會(huì)影響到你。

The newsreader also 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(lè)的歌詞包括食人等主題，食人是一種吃人肉的行為。

Listening to someone singing about eating people apparently didn’t make them feel like snacking on their neighbours.

聽(tīng)某人唱關(guān)于吃人的歌顯然不會(huì)讓他們想要吃鄰居。

Let's hear the introduction again.

讓我們?cè)俾?tīng)一遍介紹。

A psychological study of fans of death metal suggests that they are not desensitised to violence despite the genre’s association with growling, often graphically violent lyrics including depictions of cannibalism.

一項(xiàng)關(guān)于死亡金屬音樂(lè)喜愛(ài)者的心理研究表明，他們對(duì)暴力并不麻木，盡管這一類型的音樂(lè)與咆哮有關(guān)，而且往往是赤裸裸的暴力歌詞，包括對(duì)食人的描繪。

Researchers found that the main response of fans to the music they love was joy, not violence.

研究人員發(fā)現(xiàn)，死亡金屬音樂(lè)喜愛(ài)者對(duì)他們所喜愛(ài)的音樂(lè)的主要反應(yīng)是歡樂(lè)，而不是暴力。

Adding that most are very nice people who wouldn't dream of hurting anyone, let alone eating them.

她補(bǔ)充說(shuō)，大多數(shù)人都是非常好的人，他們不會(huì)想要傷害任何人，更不用說(shuō)吃人。

Professor Bill Thompson from Macquarie University in Sydney conducted this research.

悉尼麥考瑞大學(xué)的比爾·湯普森教授組織了這項(xiàng)研究。

What does he say people don’t feel when listening to this kind of music?

他說(shuō)人們聽(tīng)這種音樂(lè)時(shí)沒(méi)有什么感覺(jué)？

Most fans are not angry.

大多數(shù)死亡金屬音樂(lè)喜愛(ài)者并不憤怒。

Most are actually musically trained people who really get a lot of empowerment and aesthetic interest out of the music.

大多數(shù)人實(shí)際上是受過(guò)音樂(lè)訓(xùn)練的人，他們從該種音樂(lè)中獲得了很多力量和審美情趣。

They feel joyful. They feel transcendent, they feel empowered.

他們感到快樂(lè)。他們感到超然，他們感到有力量。

But what they don’t feel is angry.

但他們并不感到憤怒。

What don’t people feel?

人們感覺(jué)不到什么？

They don’t feel angry!

他們并不憤怒！

What they do feel is joyful, the adjective from joy.

他們真正感覺(jué)到的是快樂(lè)，“快樂(lè)”的形容詞。

They feel happy.

他們感到高興。

Something else they feel is empowered.

他們感覺(jué)到的還有力量。

This is a feeling of being in control of your life, that you can make and follow your own decisions.

這是一種掌控自己生活的感覺(jué)，你可以做出自己的決定，并遵循自己的決定。

Music is certainly a powerful art form.

音樂(lè)當(dāng)然是一種強(qiáng)大的藝術(shù)形式。

Professor Thompson also said that fans have an aesthetic interest in it.

湯普森教授還表示，死亡金屬音樂(lè)喜愛(ài)者對(duì)它有一種審美情趣。

This means that they appreciate it as an art form.

這意味著他們把它當(dāng)做一種藝術(shù)形式欣賞。

Let’s hear Professor Thompson again.

讓我們?cè)俾?tīng)一遍湯普森教授說(shuō)的。

Most fans are not angry.

大多數(shù)死亡金屬音樂(lè)喜愛(ài)者并不憤怒。

Most are actually musically trained people who really get a lot of empowerment and aesthetic interest out of the music.

大多數(shù)人實(shí)際上是受過(guò)音樂(lè)訓(xùn)練的人，他們從該種音樂(lè)中獲得了很多力量和審美情趣。

They feel joyful. They feel transcendent, they feel empowered.

他們感到快樂(lè)。他們感到超然，他們感到有力量。

But what they don’t feel is angry.

但他們并不感到憤怒。

Time to review our vocabulary, but first, let’s have the answer to the quiz question.

是時(shí)候回顧我們的詞匯了，但是首先，讓我們揭曉測(cè)試問(wèn)題的答案。

In which decade were the first electric guitars produced?

第一把電吉他是在哪個(gè)年代生產(chǎn)出來(lái)的？

Was it:

a) the 1920s

b) the 1930s

c) the 1940s

是

a) 20世紀(jì)20年代

b) 20世紀(jì)30年代

c) 20世紀(jì)40年代

What did you think, Rob?

你覺(jué)得呢，羅伯？

I took a guess at the 1920s.

我猜是在20世紀(jì)20年代。

Well electric guitars were early, but not quite that early, I'm afraid.

電吉他很早就出現(xiàn)了，但恐怕沒(méi)有那么早。

The first ones were produced in the 1930s.

第一批電吉他是在20世紀(jì)30年代生產(chǎn)出來(lái)的。

So well done if, unlike Rob, you got that correct.

如果你和羅伯不一樣，回答對(duì)了，那就太好了。

Now, onto the vocabulary.

現(xiàn)在，繼續(xù)詞匯。

Yes, we had a few words connected with music.

是的，我們學(xué)了幾個(gè)與音樂(lè)有關(guān)的單詞。

We had?genre?for a style of music and also?lyrics?for the words of a song.

我們學(xué)了表示音樂(lè)種類的“genre”，還有表示歌詞的“l(fā)yrics”。

Some of the lyrics of death metal songs are about eating people, which is called?cannibalism.

死亡金屬音樂(lè)的一些歌詞是關(guān)于吃人的，這被稱為“食人”。

Cannibalism is a form of extreme violence and there was some concern that people exposed to such 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(dān)心，接觸到歌曲中如此暴力歌詞的人們可能會(huì)對(duì)實(shí)際的暴力麻木不仁。

This means that they would accept violence as normal and not be worried by it.

這意味著他們把暴力視為正常的，并不擔(dān)心它。

However, the research showed that this doesn’t happen and fans actually feel?joy, which is another way of saying happiness.

然而，研究表明，這種情況并不會(huì)發(fā)生，死亡金屬音樂(lè)喜愛(ài)者實(shí)際上感到快樂(lè)，這是歡樂(lè)的另一種說(shuō)法。

The research also suggested that fans have an artistic appreciation of death metal, described as an?aesthetic?interest.

研究還表明其愛(ài)好者對(duì)死亡金屬有一種藝術(shù)鑒賞力，被形容為審美情趣。

The final word was for a feeling that fans might get after listening to the music,?empowered.

最后一個(gè)詞是死亡金屬音樂(lè)喜愛(ài)者聽(tīng)了該種音樂(lè)后可能會(huì)有的一種感覺(jué)，被賦予力量。

Someone who is empowered is in control of their own life and decisions.

被賦予力量的人能夠掌控自己的生活和決定。

And I feel empowered to bring this edition of 6 Minute English to a close.

我覺(jué)得我有能力結(jié)束這一期的六分鐘英語(yǔ)。

We look forward to your company next time.

我們期待你的下次參與。

Until then, you can 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(jiàn)的地方找到我們——有Facebook、Twitter、Instagram和YouTube。

You'll be able to listen to 6 Minute English on the move.

你可以在活動(dòng)著的時(shí)候收聽(tīng)六分鐘英語(yǔ)。

You just walk and we talk.

你走著，我們說(shuō)著。

Just search for bbclearninglish.

只要查找bbclearninglish。

Bye for now.

再見(jiàn)了。