英语翻译To understand rock 'n' roll,therefore,we must understand

英语翻译
To understand rock 'n' roll,therefore,we must understand what slavery was,and where it left the sons and daughters of Africans who knew nothing of the European roots of American culture.For slavery provides the perfect rationale,the perfect explanation for why rock 'n' roll should stand apart from other musical forms,as a cultural revolution unto itself.Every society,after all,has its indigenous music,which serves as entertainment,accompaniment to ritual and ceremony,bonding force,story teller,preserver of history.Rock 'n' roll,certainly,is modern American folk music in these respects,successor to Stephen Foster and Cole Porter.But that is only a minor facet of rock 'n' roll's place in American,indeed in world society since 1955,and the larger elements of rock's influence reach far beyond the traditional cultural adhesive status of other folk musics.To solidify this claim,and to explain it,we can point directly to slavery,which forcibly mixed the radically different elements of two cultures in a boiling cauldron (rather than a melting pot),bringing to white,rural,agrarian America a series of rhythmic and vocal traditions that originated on the other side of the planet in Africa,and adding an important spiritual,melancholy,almost fatalistic sensibility that grew up by itself in the slThis last ingredient is crucial:they didn't sing the Blues back in Africa.Rock 'n' roll is an African-American hybrid,but its strongest root is the very suffering,and survival,of generations of slaves,who learned how music could help a man to transcend earthly pain for a while.The Blues sings of sadness,toil,and loss,but the reason for singing the Blues is to relieve the hurt these things cause.The Blues,with its simple,repetitive rhythms and chords and lyrical phrases,provides a comforting communal message that musician and audience can share,as long as they know where the singer is coming from.It's no wonder that Blues singers were so popular during the Depression,especially in the South,among both black and white audiences.It's also easy to understand the strong bonds between the Blues (and later R&B and rock 'n' roll) and Gospel music:from a secular point of view,singing about the Lord lifting you up and singing about the Blues fallin' down like rain are spiritually equivalent acts.aves' imprisoned souls.
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To understand rock 'n' roll,therefore,we must understand what slavery was,and where it left the sons and daughters of Africans who knew nothing of the European roots of American culture.For slavery provides the perfect rationale,the perfect explanation for why rock 'n' roll should stand apart from other musical forms,as a cultural revolution unto itself.Every society,after all,has its indigenous music,which serves as entertainment,accompaniment to ritual and ceremony,bonding force,story teller,preserver of history.Rock 'n' roll,certainly,is modern American folk music in these respects,successor to Stephen Foster and Cole Porter.
But that is only a minor facet of rock 'n' roll's place in American,indeed in world society since 1955,and the larger elements of rock's influence reach far beyond the traditional cultural adhesive status of other folk musics.
To solidify this claim,and to explain it,we can point directly to slavery,which forcibly mixed the radically different elements of two cultures in a boiling cauldron (rather than a melting pot),bringing to white,rural,agrarian America a series of rhythmic and vocal traditions that originated on the other side of the planet in Africa,and adding an important spiritual,melancholy,almost fatalistic sensibility that grew up by itself in the sl
This last ingredient is crucial:they didn't sing the Blues back in Africa.
Rock 'n' roll is an African-American hybrid,but its strongest root is the very suffering,and survival,of generations of slaves,who learned how music could help a man to transcend earthly pain for a while.The Blues sings of sadness,toil,and loss,but the reason for singing the Blues is to relieve the hurt these things cause.
The Blues,with its simple,repetitive rhythms and chords and lyrical phrases,provides a comforting communal message that musician and audience can share,as long as they know where the singer is coming from.It's no wonder that Blues singers were so popular during the Depression,especially in the South,among both black and white audiences.It's also easy to understand the strong bonds between the Blues (and later R&B and rock 'n' roll) and Gospel music:from a secular point of view,singing about the Lord lifting you up and singing about the Blues fallin' down like rain are spiritually equivalent acts.
aves' imprisoned souls.
这样的话,为了理解摇滚,我们必须理解什么是奴隶制,奴隶制给那些完全不了解美国文化的欧洲渊源的黑人的子孙（原文是子女,子孙更符合国人习惯）们带来了什么.由于奴隶制提供了一个完美的理论,解释了为什么摇滚作为文化上的革新,超越了其本身的意义而与其他音乐形式截然不同.毕竟,每个社会都有它的本土音乐,作为娱乐工具、宗教和庆祝仪式的伴奏,产生凝聚力,记载传说,传承历史.摇滚,继承了Stephen Foster 和 Cole Porter,理所当然的在这些方面成为了现代美国民乐.
但实际上自从1955年以来,以上也仅仅是摇滚在美国,以至于在世界上地位的一个小小侧面,摇滚影响力的更重大的一面（原文为元素,理解为方面）已经远远超越了类似于其他民乐的传统文化凝聚作用.
为了证明（原文为巩固,理解为证明）并解释这个论点,我们可以看看奴隶制,它强制性的将来自两种文化的全然不同的元素放进了一个大熔炉（而不仅仅是小水壶）,它为美国乡间农场的白人带来了发源于地球另一端的非洲的一系列节拍和歌唱的传统,并加入了一种重要的元素：那种在奴隶制下（原文仅有sl,怀疑是slavery）独立发展出来的,精神上的也几乎是致命的敏感和忧郁（这个分句有所调整）.最后的这个成分是至关重要的：蓝调并没有回到非洲.
摇滚是非洲和美国文化的混血儿,但是它最主要的渊源是奴隶们世代的苦难和挣扎（原文为生存,挣扎更符合语境）.他们了解到音乐是怎样能够使人暂时从尘世的痛苦中解脱出来.蓝调歌唱悲伤、辛劳和失落,但演唱蓝调的原因正是要抚平它们所带来的伤痛.蓝调,用它简单而不断重复的韵律与和声,以及感情充沛的词汇,传达了一种令人感到安慰的信息,如果观众知道歌手来自何方,那么他们也可以感受到.蓝调歌手在经济大萧条时期,尤其是在南方,无论黑人白人中都如此受欢迎就不难理解了.这样也容易理解在蓝调（以及后来的R&B和摇滚）与教堂圣歌之间的紧密联系：从长远来看,歌颂能够使你升天的上帝,和歌唱使你雨滴一般落回地面的蓝调,在精神上是等价的.
aves' imprisoned souls.
最后这句似乎是个谚语,不太好翻译,我认为就是“我们的肉体囚禁了灵魂.”
完全人工翻译,意译的地方已在文中标注,有问题可以再补充.
P.S.文章真的不错