Back in the early 80s, pop music was like a dead, catchy, rehash of 70's disco, but with short guitar solos or heavy reliance on synthesizers.

早在80年代初期，流行音乐就像是70年代迪斯科的死板、上口的翻版，只带有简短的吉他伴奏，或者是严重的依赖合成技术。

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Me.. Too. They happen to be playing pop music now. Let's do the disco.

我也是。现在正好在放流行音乐，我们来跳迪斯科吧。

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To a disco? Oh, no. You know I hate pop.

去迪斯科舞厅？噢，不。你知道我讨厌流行音乐的。

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