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原文第四段
① Levin would not comment on the debate last week, but there were signs that the chairman was backing off his hard-line stand, at least to some extent. ② During the discussion of rock singing verses at last month’s stockholders’ meeting, Levin asserted that “music is not the cause of society’s ills” and even cited his son, a teacher in the Bronx, New York, who uses rap to communicate with students. ③ But he talked as well about the “balanced struggle” between creative freedom and social responsibility, and he announced that the company would launch a drive to develop standards for distribution and labeling of potentially objectionable music.
详细解析
① Levin would not comment on the debate last week, but there were signs that the chairman was backing off his hard-line stand, at least to some extent.
词
comment /?k?ment/这里作动词，意为“评论”，对某物发表评论用comment on。
back off 此处意为“退缩，放弃”。
hard-line是形容词，指政策或者态度“强硬的，不妥协的”。
stand这里是作名词，意为“主张，立场”。
to some extent 是常见短语，意为“某种程度上”。
句
这是一个并列句，由转折连词but连接，名词signs后面跟了一个同位语从句，可将there were signs that … 看作一个句型，意为“有迹象表明…”。
译
Levin不愿对上周的辩论发表评论，但是有迹象表明至少在某种程度上正在放弃他的强硬立场。
② During the discussion of rock singing verses at last month’s stockholders’ meeting, Levin asserted that “music is not the cause of society’s ills” and even cited his son, a teacher in the Bronx, New York, who uses rap to communicate with students.
词
rock这里是不可数名词，指“摇滚乐”。
verse /v??s/是名词，指诗歌、韵文或歌词的“一节”，verse作不可数名词指“诗体，韵文”这种题材。此处的singing verses可以理解为“歌词”。
stockholder /?st?k?h??ld?/是名词，意为“股东”。
assert /??s??t/是动词，意为“坚决主张，断言”。
cite /sa?t/是动词，意为“引用，提及”。
ill此处作名词，常用复数ills，意为“问题，困难“。
the Bronx 指纽约的克斯区。
句
从during到meeting是时间状语，主语是Levin，谓语是assert和cite并列，其中assert后面跟了一个宾语从句，而cite的宾语是his son，后面的a teacher in the Bronx则是其同位语说明身份，句末who引导非性定语从句修饰his son。
译
上个月股东大会在讨论摇滚乐歌词期间，Levin坚称“音乐并非社会问题的原因”，他甚至提到他的儿子作为示例，他儿子是一名纽约克斯区的老师，他使用说唱音乐与学生们交流。
③ But he talked as well about the “balanced struggle” between creative freedom and social responsibility, and he announced that the company would launch a drive to develop standards for distribution and labeling of potentially objectionable music.
词
responsibility /r??sp?ns??b?l?ti/是常见名词，意为“责任”。
announce /??na?ns/是动词，意为“宣布，公布”。
launch /l??nt?/是动词，意为“发起，发动”，launch还可以指“发射”火箭、卫星。
drive这里是作名词，指为达到目的而进行的“努力，运动”，搭配就是launch a drive。
standard /?st?nd?d/是名词，意为“标准，基准”。
distribution /?d?str??bju???n/是名词，意为“分发，分配”。
label /?le?b?l/作动词意为“给…贴标签”，作名词就是指“标签”。
potentially /p??ten??li/是常见副词，意为“潜在地，可能地”。
objectionable /?b?d?ek??n?b?l/是形容词，意为“令人不快的，讨厌的”。
句
这句话是一个很长的并列句，逗号后面的and为连接词。句中的as well意为 “也，还”。动词announce后面是宾语从句，从to develop到句末是不定式短语表示目的。
译
但是他也谈到了创作自由和社会责任之间的“平衡斗争”，而且他还宣布该公司会努力制定标准，对于潜在中令人反感的音乐进行分发和标记。
原文第五段
④ The 15-member Time Warner board is generally supportive of Levin and his corporate strategy.⑤ But insiders say several of them have shown their concerns in this matter. ⑥ “Some of us have known for many, many years that the freedoms under the First Amendment are not totally unlimited, ” says Luce. ⑦ “I think it is perhaps the case that some people associated with the company have only recently come to realize this.”
详细解析
④ The 15-member Time Warner board is generally supportive of Levin and his corporate strategy.
词
board /b??d/是名词，此处意为“董事会”，这个意思很常见。
supportive /s??p??t?v/是形容词，意为“支持的，给予帮助的”，常用be supportive of 表示“对…表示支持”。
strategy /?str?t?d?i/是名词，意为“策略，计谋”。
译
时代华纳公司的15人董事会基本支持Levin和他的公司策略。

⑤ But insiders say several of them have shown their concerns in this matter.
词
insider /?n?sa?d?/是名词，意为“内部人士，圈内人”。
concern /k?n?s??n/这里是可数名词，意为“担忧的事，关切的事”。
译
但是内部人士说其中几位董事会成员在这个问题上已经表示了担忧。
⑥ “Some of us have known for many, many years that the freedoms under the First Amendment are not totally unlimited, ” says Luce.
词
the First Amendment /??mendm?nt/指美国宪法一修正案，保障美国公民的言论及信仰自由。amendment是名词，意为“修订，修正”。
unlimited是形容词，意为“无的”。
译
“我们中的几人许多年来一直都知道《一修正案》下的自由并不总是无限的”，Luce说。
⑦ “I think it is perhaps the case that some people associated with the company have only recently come to realize this.”
词
associate /??s???ie?t, ??s??sie?t/是动词，意为“联系，联想”，常用associate A with B结构。这里的associated可看作形容词，意为“相关的”。
come to do意为“开始做某事”，是常见搭配。
句
这句话的主干是I think，其余部分都是think的宾语从句。在宾语从句中，it is perhaps thecase是主干，意为“情况或许是这样的”。
case后面是that同位语从句，说明情况的具体内容。同位语从句中的associated with the company是形容词短语作后置定语修饰people。
译
“我认为情况或许是，一些与公司有关的人才刚刚开始意识到这一点。”