Weird Butterfly Ceremony

課文：

Musical taste is very individual yet built on the musical taste and talents of others. As time goes on, different styles and voices produce more and more musical combinations with no end in sight. Here are a few.

taste：愛好、興趣（=savor）
individual：個人的、獨特的（=single、personal）
talents：天資（=ability、skill）
as time goes on：隨著時間流逝
combination：結合、聯合（=conjunction、admixture）

Rock‘n’Roll
During World War Ⅱ, a quarter of the U.S. population moved around the country, getting regional styles like blues, gospel and country-western acquainted. Add the first mass-produced electric guitar and the later appearance of Elvis Presley, and the new rock ‘n’roll music quickly took the nation by storm.

regional：地區的、局部的
blues：藍調
gospel：福音的
acquainted：認識的（=informed of）
mass-produced：量產的
take by storm：席捲、攻佔

Folk Rock
Rock‘n’roll influenced other genres in turn, like folk music-but change within genres didn’t come easily. When the most famous of all folk musicians, Bob Dylan, picked up and electric guitar at a concert in 1965, people shouted him off the stage. But folk rock caught on and is still popular because of bands like Mumford & Sons and The Lumineers.

folk：民間的、通俗的
in turn：反過來
shouted：噓聲（=boo）
stage：舞台
caught on：變得流行

Classical Crossover
Another popular contemporary genre evolved by crossing classically trained singers like Andrea Bocelli and Josh Groban with pop music. Classical pieces are given and electric flavor, and well-known tunes become Italian arias. For example, “My Heart Will Go On”from Titanic was turned into “Il Mio Cuore Va.”

crossover：跨越
contemporary：當代的
evolved：發展（=develop、grow）
flavor：韻味
arias：詠嘆調

文法：
with no end in sight = going on and on、endless、continuous（永無止盡、持續不斷、沒完沒了）

特別補充：
as time goes on：注重時間的推移
as time goes by：注重時間的流逝

retro：向後、倒退、回顧
retrospective：復古