We beat it up. We want it hot,we want it now, we want it deep fried, we want it blackened, we want it burnt.

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Embarrassment tells us we're in the presence of the excess, and that's why Beat writers court it.

难堪告诉我们自己是处在过度的状态，所以垮掉一代的作者追求难堪。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

So in our course we are only going to have two types of meter, These organizations taking the beat and organizing it into groups, is called superimposing meter on the music.

所以我们的课程中,只会出现两种拍子,这些组织方式将拍编组,在音乐中称为拍子的叠加

耶鲁公开课 - 聆听音乐课程节选

Rock really comes forth not so much in twos but in fours we'll call this a 4/4, and you caso we'll call this a 4/4 and you can beat a four pattern to it or you can beat a two pattern.

摇滚乐都是四拍子,不是二拍子,是四拍子,我们称为四四拍,你可以作为四拍子,也可以作为两拍子来打节拍

耶鲁公开课 - 聆听音乐课程节选