譯文及生詞短語整理：朗讀者小組
Translation
Max Martin, #1 hitmaker
Max Martin适荣，排名第一的流行歌曲制造者
by Jan Gradvall
Each era can be defined by its songs. The greatest hits createcollective memories.Melodiesencapsulatetime, and have done so for a thousand years, from arias topop songs.
每個時代都可以那個時代歌曲來定義。最棒的音樂造就了集體記憶苹享。一千年來双絮，從詠嘆調到流行歌曲，歌曲的旋律中都蘊含了當時的整個時代得问。
If you’d like to experience how it felt to live in, say, 1972 or 1983, you’d do well to listen to the most typical tunes from that one year. This becomesstrikinglyclear when you put togethersoundtracksfor film and TV-series. Songs can tell a lot more than pictures.
如果你想體會生活在……比如說囤攀，1972或1983年是什么感覺，你最好去聽聽當年最具代表性的音樂宫纬。當你把電影或電視劇的配樂也拿來一起聽時焚挠，這種感覺會變得非常清楚。聲音比畫面可以表達的含義更多漓骚。
For the past 20 years, the most widely spread andhummedtunes in the world have been written by a Swede, Max Martin, therecipientof the 2016Polar Music Prize. It’s his melodies thatbottle upour times and preserve it for the future.
在過去的20年里蝌衔，世界上傳播最廣榛泛、為人傳唱最多的曲調是由Max Martin寫出的，他是一名瑞典人胚委，也是2016年極地音樂獎的獲獎者挟鸠。他的作品集中表現(xiàn)了我們的時代，在未來也將代表這個時代亩冬。
A busy restaurant inWest Hollywood. It’s Saturday, around lunchtime. The noise is building up, as it tends to do in crowded restaurants when many of the guests have decided to treat themselves to a glass of wine. As so often happens in Los Angeles, the majority of the people in the room, from patrons to waiters, look like they’re somehow involved in theentertainment industry. J. Alexander, one of the judges from “America’s Next Top Model”, draws stares as he sits down.
西好萊塢一家繁忙的餐廳∷蚁＃現(xiàn)在是星期六的午餐時間。噪音正在升起硅急，因為在擁擠的餐館里覆享，許多客人決定犒勞自己一杯葡萄酒。隨著這些越來越經(jīng)常地發(fā)生在洛杉磯营袜，房間里的大多數(shù)人撒顿，從顧客到服務員，都在某種程度上看起來像是涉及娛樂行業(yè)的人荚板》锉冢“美國超模大賽”的評委之一的J. Alexander坐下來時吸引了周圍的目光。
We wait by the bar. When we’re finallyusheredto our table, Max Martin is hungry and begins studying the menu. After just a minute, a waitress appears andpoints outa better table that’s suddenly become available. Would we like to switch? Immediately, the speculations begin. Why would she offer us a new table? Is it because someone has recognized Martin?
我們在酒吧的吧臺等候著跪另。當我們終于被引領到我們的桌位時拧抖，Max Martin餓了，并開始看菜單免绿。過了一會兒唧席，走來一個女服務員，她說現(xiàn)在突然有一個更好的空桌位嘲驾，并問我們想換嗎淌哟？這立即就引起了我們的推測。為什么她要給我們換一張新桌子辽故？是因為有人認出Martin了嗎徒仓？
Max Martin, who hasn’t so far participated in the conversation, looks up from his menu and says: ”I sure hope not”.
一直都沒有加入這個談話的Max Martin從他的菜單上抬起頭來說：“我們不想換桌子”。
It turns out to be afalse alarm. Max Martin can relax. Nobody recognizes him this lunch either.
結果證明這是一場虛驚誊垢。Max Martin可以放松了蓬衡，沒有人在這個午餐期間認出他來。
New words
1.melody英 ?['mel?d?] 美 ?['m?l?di]?
n. 旋律彤枢；歌曲；美妙的音樂
e.g.I whistle melodies from Beethoven and Vivaldi and the more popular classical composers.
我用口哨吹貝多芬筒饰、維瓦爾迪和更大眾化一些的古典作曲家的曲子缴啡。
2.encapsulate英 ?[?n'k?psj?le?t; en-] 美 ?[?n'k?psj?'let]?
vt. 壓縮；將…封進內部
e.g.A Wall Street Journal editorial encapsulated the views of many conservatives.
《華爾街日報》的一篇社論概括了很多保守派人士的觀點瓷们。
3.strikingly英 ?['straiki?li] 美 ?['stra?k??li]?
adv. 顯著地业栅；突出地
e.g.This colour contrasts strikingly with green.
這個顏色顯然不同于綠色秒咐。
4.soundtrack英 ?['sa?n(d)tr?k] 美 ?['sa?ndtr?k]?
n. 電影原聲，電影配樂
e.g.But movies like Jaws and Superman and Indiana Jones have some of the best action movie soundtracks of all time.
但是像大白鯊碘裕、超人和奪寶奇兵這種電影一直都有一些最好的動作電影配樂携取。
5.hum英 ?[h?m] 美 ?[h?m]?
vi. 發(fā)低哼聲
e.g.She was humming a merry little tune.
她輕輕地哼著一首歡快的小曲兒。
6.recipient英 ?[r?'s?p??nt] 美 ?[r?'s?p??nt]?
n. 接受者帮孔；
e.g.You can encrypt the entire message, so that nobody but the recipient can read it.
你可以加密整個信息雷滋，以便除了收件人外沒有人可以閱讀它。
7.usher英 ?['???] 美 ?['???]?
vt. 引導文兢，招待
e.g.I ushered him into the office.
我領他進了辦公室晤斩。
Phrases
1.collective memories集體記憶
2.pop songs流行歌曲
3.Polar Music Prize極地音樂獎，保拉音樂獎(音樂界諾貝爾獎)
4.bottle up封裝
5.West Hollywood西好萊塢
6.entertainment industry娛樂業(yè)
7.point out指出姆坚，指明
8.false alarm假警報
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