阅读看懂了却不会做题该怎么办

不少同学反映：“我觉得文章我都读懂了，就是做不对题目，怎么办？”或者是“我句子的意思看明白了，就是翻译下不了笔。”等等这样的情况。

我给的答复基本如下：你其实并没有看懂文章，你只是把你认识的部分单词在脑海里进行了拼凑和剪辑，得出一个似乎说得过去的意思，然后用这个“创作”出来的含义去做命题人按照作者思路出具的题目，相当于你看了另一篇模棱两可的文章来做你手上的阅读理解题目，那么题目怎么会做对呢？

更为恐怖的是在对答案看中文译文时，你仍然会有非常大的错觉，似乎我理解的意思虽然不至跟译文完全相同，但是好像还是跟译文差不多的。其实还是因为你在脑海中做了“趋利避害”的选择，你把理解的局部单词意思做了最大化的处理，而对于某些细节仍然没有注意，然后大肆责怪命题老师出具的题目太过刁钻。

李笑来老师写的《人人都能用英语》一文中，笑来老师也给出了答案，现摘录如下：

“高中毕业之后，就不用再参加语文考试了。于是，很多人开始误以为自己的语言文字能力已经足够好了——殊不知那只不过是不再参加考试所以缺点不会被暴露而已。到了大学，很多人是不再参加语文考试了，可是必须参加英语考试（还是语文，只不过是外语语文），于是就开始遇到让他们极度恼火的尴尬：

为什么这文章全都看懂了，可是题目就是做不对呢？！

我教了许多年的TOEFL阅读。刚开始的时候也很奇怪，这些学生怎么可能在看懂文章的前提下做错这么直观的题目呢？我大约花费了两三年时间才彻底弄清楚所谓的“读懂了”其实只不过是这些做错题目的考生的幻觉而已。

这种幻觉是如何产生的呢？我翻阅了很多英语领域之外的文献，最终在心理学文献里找到了答案。

原来，人类的大脑有一种特殊且有强大的功能，叫做“模式识别”（Pattern Recognization）。比如，我们可以在一张很多人的合影中迅速识别出某个特定的人，即便照片上的那个人可能与现在看起来很不一样（比如比现在年轻20岁），这样的时候，我们运用的就是模式识别能力。

人类太依赖这种能力了，乃至于模式识别还有一种模糊处理的变体，叫做“模式拼接”。当我们在处理零散信息的时候，会不由自主地将它们按照某种之前曾经遇到过的模式拼接起来——并且还总是以一种我们自以为有意义的模式。

有些时候，我们会下意识地使用这种功能。比如，你躺在床上，盯着天花板发呆。过一会儿，大脑的模式识别功能就开始自动启动了：天花板上原本毫无关联、毫无意义的几个斑点、纹理开始变得“有意义”起来，比如，你好像看到了一张人脸，或者别的图案什么的……

这就解释了为什么那么多做错题目（实际上那些题目非常直观，只要真的读懂了文章，那题目不可能做错）的学生坚信自己读懂了文章。他们实际上根本没有读懂，他们只能读懂文章中的某些部分，而另外一些部分他们读不懂。

然而，那些读懂了的部分就好像是天花板上原本无意义的斑点一样，在这些学生不知不觉启动自己的“模式拼接”能力之后，变成了貌似有意义的模式——其实是在调用这些学生过往曾经存储过的某些模式；而这些模式实际上他们正在阅读的文章的真实内容无关，甚至干脆相左。于是，他们“觉得看懂了文章”，实际上看到的却是“另外一个鬼才知道是什么的东西”，在这种情况下怎么可能做对题目？！”

笑来老师通过心理学的角度令人信服地解释了这种现象，我自己当时刚开始准备考研的时候，也经常用这种方式来做阅读。我曾经每天做10篇甚至10篇以上左右的模拟题，但是发现我的正确率总是没有一个规律性的上升，基本有的时候还是全错，对答案的时候发现其实有时候连题干都没有看懂，就这样对完答案了事，只留下了对下一篇文章的期待。

如同一个绝望的赌徒，拿着宝贵的时间作为下一轮的赌注，输光以后红着眼，自己跟自己打着“天道酬勤”的鸡血，继续下一轮注定失败的赌局，而从来没有真正思考自己面临的对手到底是什么来路，从来没有真正仔细研究过对手，没有反问自己到底输在哪里？为什么会输？这样的赌局怎么也不会赢啊。

为了印证这种思维模式的真实性和破坏性，我曾经做过几次测试，都是考研真题，一人四级没有过，只看阅读理解的中文译文，选项也是中文，全中文的环境下所有阅读理解只错了一个；另一人四级水平，限定的时间也比较宽松，而且是开卷考试，可以查词典，但是发现基本上每篇还是要错1-2个以上，那么问题来了，为什么差别会这么明显？

我当时的想法是：肯定是学生还是启动了自己的惯性拼接思维，在按自己的思路走，因为即使知道每个单词的具体意思，但是这些单词放在一起以后就无法按照英语语法思维理解句子的意思，而是用这些单词的中文意思作拼凑，然后就开始做题。

为了印证自己的判断，我要求一个现在跟我学英语的学生做了一个小试验（此君今年已考上某985和211院校，英语一54分），不限时，让他查了concertgoer和substitute这两个单词的意思，下面是他的思路和翻译文字。

Devoted concertgoers who reply that recordings are no substitute for live performance are missing the point。（2011考研英语一阅读part1）

1、忠诚于听音乐会的人正在失去这种观点。

2、这些人反击说唱片代替现场表演。

合并得出最终译文：

忠诚于听音乐会的人反击说唱片代替现场表演的观点正在消失。

正确译文：那些回答说：“录音无法取代现场演奏”的音乐会忠实听众没有真正抓住核心问题（摘自黄皮书）。

大家看问题出在了哪里，第1步和第2步其实勉勉强强，但是至少大方向不会错，但是到了第3步，居然发现跟正确的译文完全不一致，甚至意思似乎刚好相反。

问题出在了哪里？我拿着这个译文问了他，他说：“不会码呗”。

也就是说在将两句句子合并时，他把修饰“反击说唱片代替现场表演”这个定语从句的所修饰的对象从“忠诚于听音乐会的人”强行与主语一起居然做成了“point”的定语。诚然，missing the point如果没有见过的话，确实不怎么好理解，但是问题是第1句已经把主干意思基本理解出来了，但是在合并的时候，他仍然启动了“自由拼接”功能，而无视各种成分的有序归属。

强行对其他词的修饰成分进行直接，拼接成自己相对觉得相对比较舒服和满意的形状。

原文中的主干是：Devoted concertgoers are missing the point.剩下的部分who reply that recordings are no substitute for live performance是一个定语从句中嵌套了一个简单的宾语从句，如果稍微知道一点点的语法知识：

定语一定是来修饰某个名词的，不论是前置定语还是后置定语还是定语从句，定语存在的价值就是修饰某个特定的先行词，这个先行词只能是名词或者代词。

其实任何人都可以看出这个who肯定是修饰前面的concertgoers，而且他自己也已经翻译出来了，但是在拼装的时候，他把定语从句中的先行词“concertgoers”悄然地换成了“the point”，定语从句眨眼间就成为了“the point”的定语或者是同位语。

很显然他受到了“the point”的干扰，认为这个“这个观点”必有所代指，但是他没有掌握这个定语从句其实已经不可能是跟“the point”走了，它已经跟“concertgoers”结婚了，再怎么也不能先打它的主意。

同时后面他又说，虽然自己找出了主干，但是在阅读的时候，Devoted concertgoers who reply that recordings are no substitute for live performance are missing the point。

他把下划线部分的文字连着念了过去，而无视主干的存在，把红色部分内容强行代替主语“concertgoers”，把本来毫无直接联系的内容联系在了一起，也就是说他把定语从句中的内容没有进行结构上的分析，按照感觉作了理解，recordings are no substitute for live performance @ are missing the point.

稍微有点句法规则的同学应该都知道其实两个部分根本不能直接联系在一起，@之前的部分属于前面的从句，@后面的部分属于句子的主干句谓语部分，但是读着读着，recordings似乎也可以跟后面的missing the point连上来了，然后索性带着recordings后面的一起做了“point”的同位语。

因为你是不可能写出这样的句子吧：

You are my friend are handsome are nice.

问题的初步解决方案

▶找出句子主干

为什么要找句子主干，因为英文是“形意双合”的语言，句子形式上的主干要表达该句所要表达的中心意思，也就是说，找出了句子的主干，这句话你基本上看懂了80%，句子中的其它修饰语都围绕主干中的成分展开。

英语有着中文完全不同的写作规律，有时候甚至是非常死板，如

1、英文的主干一般只有一个谓语动词，要出现其它谓语动词，必须要动用从句形成主从复合句，或者动用连词形成并列句。

2、并列连词连接的结构如同中文的对联一样，不但形式要对称和工整，连意思也要基本相近，光是这点就能解决不少生词难题。

3、所有分词、不定式、动名词都是由相关的从句简化而来。

4、形容词和定语永远修饰某一个特定的名词和代词，介词基本上都和名词在一起，副词修饰动词、形容词和副词。

▶通过主干把握作者的态度观点

上句中即使你不认识主语concertgoers以及从句中的substitute不知道是什么意思，但是通过关系代词who肯定能知道这个先行词肯定是人，于是至少可以得出作者对于“主语concertgoers”这些人是持否定态度的，因为后面的missing明显是一个消极意义的词汇。通过仅有的信息判断作者的好恶是阅读理解中的一个非常重要的技能。

▶通过后面的文字补充理解首句内容

从上面的角度出发，至少不会发生意识形态方面的错误，这句是首句，后面作者肯定还会展开，通过简单的逻辑思维，你仍然可以通过后面的文字对本句进行补充理解，还原生词的本来面目，我们平常在阅读时就要做类似的猜词训练，在查词典和看答案之前，先认真猜猜生词的词义是阅读的必备技能，但是很可惜，绝大多数人看见一个稍微不认识的词手心就开始出冷汗，心情跌入到谷底，而不是冷静地进行分析。

在一般情况下，你永远不要期望你在阅读过程中会认识所有的词，因为即使你知道某些单词的某一个意思，在语境中它完全是另外一个意思，而这个方面正是考研英语的重点考查内容。

▶总结

考研英语尤其是英语一是公认的难度较大的考试，你不要期望阅读理解中的所有词汇你都认识，即使是你认识的词汇，极有可能也是熟词僻意，如何根据大部分的单词信息，掌握英文的语法框架和写作规律，大部分问题通过简单的逻辑推理都能迎刃而解。

也就是说，在考研这场赌局中，命题老师发到每个人手上的肯定是一副相对比较滥的牌，如何利用各种方法打好手上仅有的烂牌，你就是胜者。

（我是实习小编夏至：所有的为时已晚，都是开始的最好时候。）

concert goers是什么意思？

音乐会弄潮儿。

concert

1、n. 音乐会；一致；和谐

2、vt. 使协调；协同安排

3、vi. 协调；协力

4、adj. 音乐会用的；在音乐会上演出的

concert 读法  英 [ˈkɒnsət]  美 [ˈkɑːnsərt]

短语：

1、concert hall 音乐厅

2、solo concert 个人演唱会

3、pop concert 流行音乐会；通俗音乐会

示例：

I want people to remember Elvis in concert.

我希望大家记住现场演唱会上的猫王。

concert的近义词：cooperate

词语用法：

1、cooperate是“配合”,指某人或某组织在某方面按合同等方式进行合作,也可表示为某一目的共同合作做某事,还可表示自愿地协助或配合某人做某事。

2、因为cooperate本身就有“彼此合作”的意思,所以其后不能跟mutually, with each other, together, jointly之类的词。

3、cooperate是不及物动词,与介词with连用时其后接人; 与介词in〔on〕连用时后接事。cooperate常可接动词不定式作状语,表示目的。

concertgoer什么意思

concertgoer

英['kɒnsətɡəʊə(r)] 美['kɑ:nsərtɡoʊr]

n. 常参加音乐会者;

[网络] 参加音乐会者;

[例句]Many more examples could be mentioned, but to come to the point: By chance, this concertgoer is a competent music connoisseur.

还可以举更多的例子，但得到达要点：偶然的时候，音乐会的参与者是有能力的音乐内行。

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"五月天"翻译英文是什么，谢谢

Mayday (Taiwanese band)

Mayday (Chinese: 五月天; pinyin: Wǔ Yuè Tiān), is a Taiwanese rock band that was formed in the late 1990s with five members, namely Ashin (vocalist), Monster and Stone (guitars), Masa (bass) and Guan You (drums).

Formerly making music under the name of So Band, they officially came to be known as Mayday in 1997, with the name originating from Masa's online nickname.

Musical Style and Influences

Mayday's songs are written mostly in Min Nan (Taiwanese dialect) and Mandarin. They are popular for capturing the zeitgeist of Taiwanese youth in the 1990s which was an era of dreams, growing up, loneliness, love and disaffection.[2]

Mayday has made no secret of its admiration of the Beatles whom they cite as influencing their ideals of rock music. )[3] The eighth track of their fifth album has a track called John Lennon (约翰蓝侬) where the band espouses its dreams to become the "Beatles of the Chinese World" (华人世界的披头四) and one day, to become better than them. Other diverse musical influences include the Irish band U2, the British band Oasis, the Japanese pop music artists Mr. Children, Sting as well as the Chinese rocker Wu Bai and China Blue.

In lyrics on recent albums, Ashin has also alluded to several cultural icons notably the Chinese mythical monkey-god Sun Wu-Kong, Mickey Mouse, Superman, Neil Armstrong and Che Guevara. The song "Armour" (武装) was also influenced by a Chinese drama 《孽子》and Haruki Murakami's novel, Kafka On the Shore.[4]

[edit] History

[edit] Formation and Early Years : So Band (1995-1997)

Mayday evolved from So Band which was formed by Ashin, Monster and the first drummer Qian You Da (钱佑达) in 1995 while they were studying in The Affiliated Senior High School of National Taiwan (师大附中). They were later joined by Masa and Stone, who were attending the same school. After graduation, the members went to different universities but continued to cut their teeth performing in pubs and eateries. They were also actively involved in promoting the growing rock music trend in Taiwan [5]. In 1997, the band registered under the moniker Mayday [6] in order to join the Formoz Festival (野台开唱). This would become the official name of the band.

[edit] Early Recording Career : (1997-1999)

Shortly after participating in the Formoz Festival (野台开唱), the band began to actively send demo tapes to various record companies in the hope of sealing a record deal. Their demo impressed Rock Records executive Lee Zong Sheng (李宗盛)[7] who described them as "the ones who would usher in the sound of the future".[8]

As a result, they signed their first record deal with Rock Records in 1998. In the same year, they also took part in the release of the Taiwan Independent Compilation Album 《ㄞ国歌曲》by indie music label tcm (角头音乐) which included their first studio recording Racing Car 《轧车》. [9] In June 1998, they also released the Embrace《拥抱》 compilation album for which they took on most of the songwriting, production and recording duties.[10]

In 1999, Guan You became the band's fourth drummer and they went on to release their first full-length studio album 《五月天第一张创作专辑》under Rock Records on July 7th, 1999. Their debut received critical acclaim and gained a following among the Taiwanese. It went on to move more than 300,000 copies, a feat for a new band in the then pessimistic and saturated music industry. [11] They were also nominated for the 11th Golden Melody Awards under the category of Best Band (十一届金曲奖最佳乐团奖). [12] The tracks "Peter and Mary" 「志明与春娇」and "Embrace" 「拥抱」 also caught on among the youth, and became the top songs in the KTV list. "Peter and Mary" was one of the top ten songs of the year according to the The Association of Music Workers in Taiwan (中华音乐人交流协会). On the 28th of August, they held their first large-scale performance called "168 Performances 「第168场演唱会」," cementing their position as one of the rising bands in Taiwan.

[edit] Release of Viva Love and People Life, Ocean Wild : (1999-2001)

The band's second album Viva Love 《爱情万岁》was released 7th July, 2000. Sales of Viva Love exceeded their previous album, shifting more than 350,000 copies.[13] Additionally, Viva Love won them the "Best Band" award at the 12th Golden Melody Awards (十二届金曲奖最佳乐团奖).[14] Mayday also held a series of concerts called "Ten Thousand Youths Standing Up" (「十万青年站出来」巡回演唱会) in Taipei City, Zhang Hua and Gaohsiung City. The concerts were famous for having the most concert-goers in 2000.[15]

In 2001, Mayday worked for the first time, on a movie soundtrack and accompanying score for the movie Migratory Bird 《候鸟》which starred Rene Liu and Huang Pin Yuan. Two months later, Mayday released their third album People Life Ocean Wild 《人生海海》, sales of which hit more than 35,000 copies after just a month.

[edit] Temporary Hiatus : (2001-2003)

In view of Masa's impending military call up, Mayday decided to take a temporary hiatus at the height of their popularity. This led to their farewell concerts titled Where Are You Going? 「你要去哪里」from 18th August 2001 to 1st September 2001. Tuo La Ku and Japanese rock band Glay were special guests at the concert. Memorably for many fans, guitarist Stone chose the occasion to propose to his girlfriend and the proposal song was also included in the live concert album. In November 2001, the members temporarily di**anded with Masa going into the military, Stone heading to England to learn production techniques and Guan You to Los Angeles in order to hone his drumming skills. Meanwhile, Monster and Ashin remained in Taiwan with Rock Records, taking up recording and production duties for other label mates.

[edit] Return to the Music Scene : (2004)

During their hiatus, Mayday released the autobiographical documentary titled The Wings of Dream 《摇滚本事》, with ticket sales hitting more than NT1.2 million in barely three days. [16]. They also released an accompanying soundtrack.

After Masa's official release from the military, the band regrouped and made a return to the music industry. To mark the event, Mayday held their City of the Sky 「天空之城」 concert on the 16th of August 2004 at the Taipei Stadium (台北市立体育场举办). The concert attracted nearly 400,000 fans which broke the record for most concert-goers at a concert, a record previously held by Michael Jackson.[17]

On the 11th of November 2003, the band also released their 4th studio album Time Machine 《时光机》. Sales of the album hit more than 15,000 within two days[18] , with Mayday seeing no decline in their popularity despite their hiatus. The Time Machine also won Mayday their second "Best Band" award at the 15th Golden Melody Awards.

In the summer of 2004, Mayday also participated in the making of an accompanying soundtrack for the movie 《五月之恋》in which they also presented new arrangements of some of their old songs. Guitarist Stone also had a supporting role in the movie.

5th of November 2004 saw the release of their 5th studio album God's Children Are All Dancing/Flying Angels With A Falling Soul 《神的孩子都在跳舞》. This album used the simultaneous recording technique to create a "live-band" sound and the band flew to Japan for the recording. In 2005, they also released a best of compilation album Just My Pride (《知足最真杰作选》)，which included six new songs and favourites culled from previous albums.

[edit] Final Home Concerts : (2004-2006)

Near the end of 2004, Mayday embarked on an ambitious worldwide series of concerts called Final Home - When We Are All Together「Final Home 当我们混在一起」. This took them round the world to America, China, Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong and Japan. The concerts lasted for six months until early 2006. A compilation of live performances from those concerts were released in a DVD-CD format and simply titled 《Final Home》.

Not content with performing on the ground, Mayday also took to the top of the Taiwan 101 building to perform. Called the "Nearest to the Sky Concert"/"Our Heads Reaching the Sky Concert" 「史上最接近天空演唱会」(or「头顶天空演唱会」)，Mayday performed at a height of nearly 390.6 metres from the ground.

[edit] Continuing the Dream : (2006-present)

Born to Love 《为爱而生》was released on the 29th of December 2006, with Mayday organising an autograph session lasting ten hours that became the first in 2007. In conjunction with their new album and sponsored by Le Tea, they also held Born to Love 《五月天 le power 天使，为爱而生新歌演唱会》 concerts around Taiwan. Tickets to these concerts were packaged within the first edition of the Born to Love albums, and fans formed lines overnight in order to get their hands on the actual tickets that allowed them entrance into the concerts. Mayday played a total of 12 concerts, and the best performances are compiled into a DVD that was packaged with the third edition of the Born to Love album.

2007 also saw the release of Jump! (Leaving the Surface of the Earth) 《离开地球表面》, which included several new songs, live performances from the concerts of the same name and the promotional tune Going Crazy 《抓狂》 for the video-game Halo 3. Included also is a duet with singer Cheer Chen, Elope to the Moon《私奔到月球》. Not to be outdone by the previous year, Mayday held a concert 《突然很想见到你》on January 1st of 2008 that lasted from 1:00 AM to around 6:00 AM.

Presently, Mayday are in the midst of preparing for their Returning to the Surface of the Earth 《回到地球表面》 concerts which will take place in mid-2008. They have also begun planning for their 7th studio album which is slated to be released sometime in 2009.

[edit] Members

[edit] Ashin

Real Name: Chen Hsin Hung (陈信宏)

Date of Birth: 6 December 1975

Place of Birth: Taipei, Taiwan

Instrument: Vocals/Guitar/drum

Position: Vocalist

Height/Weight: 180cm/74kg

[edit] Monster

Real Name: Wen Shang Yi (温尚翊)

Date of Birth: 28 November 1976

Place of Birth: Hsin-Chu, Taiwan

Instrument: Guitar

Position: Leader

Height/Weight: 168cm/62kg

[edit] Stone

Real Name: Shih Chin-hang (石锦航)

Date of Birth: 11 December 1976

Place of Birth: Taipei, Taiwan

Instrument: Guitar

Height/Weight: 172cm/67kg

[edit] Masa

Real Name: Tsai Shen-yen (蔡升晏)

Date of Birth: 25 April 1977

Place of Birth: Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Instrument: Bass, Guitar, Piano, Harmonica

Height/Weight: 172cm/66kg

[edit] Guan You

Real Name: Liu Yen-ming (刘谚明)

Date of Birth: 28 July 1973

Place of Birth: Miaoli, Taiwan

Instrument: Drums, Keyboards

Height/Weight: 178cm/60kg

用英文介绍人为什么喜欢古典音乐

Classical music regularly features in pop culture, forming background music for movies, television programs and advertisements. As a result most people in the Western World regularly and often unknowingly listen to classical music; this means that it can be argued that the relatively low levels of recorded music sales may not be a good indicator of its actual popularity. In more recent times the association of certain classical pieces with major events has led to brief upsurges in interest in particular classical genres.

A good example of this was the choice of Nessun dorma from Giacomo Puccini's opera Turandot as the theme tune for the 1990 Soccer World Cup, which led to a noticeable increase in popular interest in opera and in particular in tenor arias, which led to the huge sellout concerts by The Three Tenors. Such events are often cited as helping to drive increases in the audiences at many classical concerts that have been observed in recent times.

英语高人帮忙翻译啊！！！

去看的不一定都是歌迷啊.

应该按照现场观众人数!!!!!!

世界出席人数最高的演唱会

1、摇滚巨星Rod Stewart在Copacabana海滩上的公开演唱会

出席人数：350万人

It was December 31st, 1994 and the people of Rio de Janeiro were prepared to kick off the New Year in style. In the Guinness Book of World Records ' largest free rock concert of all time, Rod Stewart did things differently.

Instead of opting for a traditional venue like a stadium -- and those Brazilian soccer fans sure have large ones -- Stewart performed, his way, and staged the concert at Copacabana Beach as a gift to the many poor people of Rio. An estimated 3.5 million people showed up to listen to this rocker's greatest hits.

Highlight: Three and a half million Brazilians counting down seconds to the New Year with Rod Stewart is simply phenomenal. Statistically, that's almost two million women awaiting the stroke of midnight, and the ensuing kiss. Tempting...

2、纽约交响乐团中央公园音乐会

出席人数：80万人

The New York Philharmonic orchestra has a long tradition of offering its music to people worldwide. In the summer, it often plays free concerts in New York City's Central Park. But on July 5th, 1986, it broke records.

During this time, the people of New York were celebrating Statue of Liberty Weekend and the New York Philharmonic played under the direction of Zubin Mehta. To this day, the 800,000 people in attendance form the largest audience for a classical concert, which at the time was the largest concert crowd ever.

Highlight: Come on, it's a classical music recital; getting 800,000 New Yorkers to sit down for it is a highlight on its own!

3、乡村音乐之王Garth Brooks中央公园演唱会

出席人数：75万人

Who would have thought a country star could pull in such a crowd? On August 7th, 1997, Garth Brooks became one of the rare performers to be granted access to Central Park for a concert. Not only was the show broadcast live on HBO, but it was also free for anyone who wanted to attend.

In addition to performing some of his most popular songs, the crowd was given a rare treat. While no one was expecting it, two surprise guest stars appeared on stage with Garth: Billy Joel and Don McLean. Together they offered an acoustic version of the McLean hit "American Pie." Needless to say this brought down the house, or in this case, the park.

Highlight: As a treat to New Yorkers, Brooks and Joel got together and sang "New York State of Mind."

4、Steve Wozniak 1983年美国音乐节

出席人数：67万人

Steve Wozniak is one of the co-founders of Apple Computers and he wanted to give something back to the community for having made him rich beyond his wildest dreams. In 1982 and 1983, he organized the US Festival, which was a musical and technological orgy of every imaginable style.

In 1983, it was held from May 28th to May 30th, with a country music day on June 4th, in Devore, California. All the greatest performers of the era were there such as Flock of Seagulls, Willie Nelson, Motley Crue, Hank Williams Jr., Wall of Voodoo, Scorpions, INXS, U2, Stevie Nicks, Van Halen, and David Bowie. That second and last year the festival was held, 670,000 people showed up although Wozniak needed 800,000 people to break even.

Highlight: On the 1983 festival's second day, hard rock acts like Ozzy O**ourne, Judas Priest, Triumph, and Quiet Riot took to the stage. That day is regarded by some as the best metal concert in history and became known as the US Festival's "Heavy Metal Sunday."

5、Watkins Glen举办的Summer Jam音乐会

出席人数：60万人

Although the hippie movement was dying out in 1973, rock music certainly wasn't. A huge concert called Summer Jam was organized and held on July 28th, 1973 at the Grand Prix auto circuit in Watkins Glen, New York. For some reason, 137,000 tickets were sold although, as concertgoers would eventually find out, the show was free.

It featured the Grateful Dead (who opened the gig by playing for five hours), the Allman Brothers, and the Band. It was a concert filled with long riffs and solos. On this hot and rainy day where naked chicks were a common sight, 600,000 people turned out. There were planes constantly flying overhead and a skydiver even lost his life while attempting a dangerous stunt involving explosives. This concert is often forgotten because the Grateful Dead would not allow the show to be made into a movie.

Highlight: After 2 a.m., members of the three bands jammed together onstage to conclude the show, finishing with their cover of "Johnny B. Goode."

The greatest heavy metal concert and the three most highly attended concerts of all time...

6、Isle of Wight音乐节

出席人数：60万人

In 1970, Woodstock was still fresh on everyone's mind and everybody wanted to jump on the bandwagon. This fiesta is to this day the biggest concert ever held in the United Kingdom. Although tickets were sold for the event, the area where it was held was overlooked by a hill. Consequently, anyone who wanted to come without paying had a terrific view of the show from this knoll.

The event was reportedly badly organized and crawling with activists and troublemakers, and the feeling of peace and love had seemingly vanished. Nevertheless, the festival attracted acts like The Who, Joni Mitchell, Miles Davis, Jethro Tull, The Doors, Leonard Cohen, Joan Baez, and Jimi Hendrix. Never was a time more prototypical of the era of sex, drugs, and rock 'n'roll.

Highlight: Of note, this was Jimi Hendrix's last performance, as he died shortly after.

7、音乐传奇Simon Garfunkel中央公园演唱会

出席人数：50万人

It was on September 19th, 1981 that Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel reunited for the second time after their initial breakup. Never doing things at half measure, they performed in New York's Central Park and drew a crowd of 500,000.

What was phenomenal about this free concert was that they not only found a new way to sing their beloved classics (not opting to simply copy the recorded versions), but their performance totally recreated the camaraderie that had once existed between them. It was a virtual renewal of the cultural experience they had launched in the '60s.

Highlight: Although it's obvious that everyone in the crowd

8、多伦多非典慈善音乐会

出席人数：45万人

In 2003, a new disease called SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome) swept through Asia and the city of Toronto, Canada. The disease took its toll on touri** and hence the Canadian metropolis' economy, so city officials decided to put together a benefit concert (dubbed SARS-stock) on July 30th, 2003, to revive the economy.

Not only were Canadian acts like Rush, Tea Party and Blue Rodeo featured during the show, but international mega-stars such as the Rolling Stones, AC/DC and Justin Timberlake also performed. The latter's presence was rather controversial as fans didn't believe his brand of music fit the bill. As a result, some people in the crowd pelted him with water bottles and garbage.

Highlight: During a performance of "The Jackyl," Angus Young, the lead guitarist of AC/DC, lowered his pants to reveal "Canadian flag" underwear, to the crowd's utter delight.

A free concert in Central Park and Jimi Hendrix's final performance...

9、1969年 伍德斯托克音乐节

出席人数：40万人

In 1969, the world was still deeply involved in the peace and love movement. As a celebration of the hippie culture, the three-day music festival of Woodstock was organized in upstate New York. Thirty-one performers were invited to Woodstock; among them were Joan Baez, the Grateful Dead, Joe Cocker, Janis Joplin, Cro**y, Stills, Nash Young, The Who, Santana, and Jimi Hendrix.

Two babies were born during the festival, 100,000 people camped out on the site, and the average person was parked 15 miles away. It is estimated that 90% of concertgoers were making liberal use of marijuana (among other drugs), which must have been the reason why many of the babes present decided to dance in the nude. To the pleasure of many, some of these intoxicated women were too eager to experiment with new things. The event was so successful, drawing 400,000 people, that two more Woodstock festivals were held in 1994 and 1999.

Highlight: Jimi Hendrix offered one of the festival's best performances, most notably with a feedback-heavy rendition of "Star Spangled Banner" and "Voodoo Child." Since he was the closing act, there were only about 30,000 fans left at the time.

10、Blockbuster摇滚音乐节 1997

出席人数：38.5万人

On June 21st, 1997, the TBA Entertainment Corporation decided that what Fort Worth, Texas needed was a major rock concert, an event that would last more than 15 hours and blast over a million watts of sound. Approximately 385,000 fans bought tickets and showed up to enjoy this music-filled day. Can you just imagine how many of those were groupies? Gosh, am I ever in the wrong profession!

Held at the Texas Motor Speedway, which is usually reserved for auto racing, the Blockbuster RockFest featured 16 of the hottest performers of the era including No Doubt, Collective Soul, Matchbox Twenty, Bush, Jewel, the Wallflowers, and Counting Crows. Because fans started arriving the night before, VH1 organized a kickoff concert on that Friday night.

Highlight: Matchbox Twenty and their performance of the hit song "Push" was what most people in attendance regard as the concert's high note.