The youngest woman on the list is soul singer Joss Stone. The 19 year-old singer has only released two albums so far but has collected an estimated fortune of 6 million.

With recurrence of Blues, souls and Black ballads, she reveals the great significance of traditional African music to Blacks'spiritual life.

布鲁斯、灵歌和黑人民谣在小说中交相辉映，诠释了非洲传统音乐对黑人精神生活的巨大作用；

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It's described as a new kind of dance music which straddles both jazz and soul styles.

这被形容成为一种溶合了爵士乐和灵歌风格的新舞蹈音乐。

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And as the people were converted to Christianity, they composed lovely spirituals which have become a permanent part of American music.

当他们成为基督教徒时，他们创作了优美的黑人灵歌&现已成为美国音乐永恒的一部分。

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Negro spirituals, such as "nobody knows the trouble I ve seen," reflect hope in God in the midst of suffering.

像「无人知道我的困难」这样的黑人灵歌，反映出苦难中对上帝的盼望。

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Now I think soul music is really the thing.

我认为灵歌是真正的东西。

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The song doffs its hat to the best soul traditions.

这首歌颂扬了最好的黑人爵士灵歌传统。

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A Stylistic Analysis of Black Spiritual Lyrics

对黑人灵歌歌词的文体分析

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Speak to one another with psalms, hymns and spiritual songs.

当用诗章，颂词，灵歌，彼此对说。

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So I'm listening to Jazz and soul music.

我听爵士和灵歌。

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They showed when Shaq whispered in yao's ear, the jumpball and then on that first play, Shaq trying to take Yao off the dribble and getting blocked.

电影放了鲨克贴在姚明耳边说话的镜头，跳球，然后第一个球，鲨克想通过运球甩开姚明，结果被帽。

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It's almost impossible to imagine a version of Seinfeld in which Elaine doesn't dance in such a funky way.

简直难以想象没有她这么带感的放克舞蹈，《宋飞正传》会是什么样子。

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Play that funky music, white boy.

放那放克乐吧，白人男孩。（野樱桃乐团的歌曲《Play that funky music》，此句台词也是这首歌的歌词）

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Do you think this song is the music the white boy ultimately play?

你觉得这首歌是不是那个白人男孩去放的那首放克乐？

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Originally recorded by Jackson and Lenny Kravitz in1999 at the legendary Marvin's Room Studio, the track has Michael summoning a cosmic power over a rugged, industrial funk beat and a soaring chorus.

原先是迈克尔·杰克逊和蓝尼·克罗维兹（Lenny Kravitz）于1999年在著名的“马文房间”录音室录制的。歌曲中，通过粗旷的工业放克节拍和高昂的和音，迈克尔召唤一种宇宙的力量。

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But after such a long wait, 24K Magic is poised to give the singer's* trademark Funk a flashy makeover.

但经过如此漫长的等待之后，《24K Magic》据说会是对他标志性的放克曲风一个华丽的转变。

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Play that funky music right.

放对那放克乐。

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when she started Nasty Gal. She named the company after the song by funk musician Betty Davis, the second wife of Miles Davis.'

公司名字取自放克乐艺人、迈尔斯？戴维斯（Miles Davis）第二任妻子贝蒂？戴维斯（Betty Davis）的同名歌曲。

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Play that funky music, white boy

放那放克乐，白人男孩。

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By mixing rock, hip hop, funk, metal and punk, the Chili Peppers amassed a following of fans before hitting it big in1992.

综合了摇滚、说唱、放克、金属、朋克等风格，乐队在1992年打榜前就拥有了一批歌迷。

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But leave at least six grams of paper in the chilly cage, and many mice will prefer instead to brave the cold and build a nest there.

不过如果在温度较低的笼子里放至少六克纸条，那么会有很多老鼠宁愿忍受寒冷，在那里筑窝。

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