A jury in Los Angeles found that Katy Perry's 2013 popular song "Dark Horse" had copied a 2009 Christian rap song by a little-known artist.
洛杉矶一家陪审团裁决凯蒂·佩里2013年的流行歌曲《Dark Hourse》抄袭了一位不知名艺人在2009年创作的基督教说唱歌曲。
- **jury 可数集合名词陪审团 a jury
- **found -find 动词裁决;判决;判定 When a court or jury decides that a person on trial is guilty or innocent, you say that the person has been found guilty or not guilty.
- copy 抄袭
- xerox, copy, duplicate
- 这些动词均有“复印、复制”之意。
- xerox → 指用静电复印或用静电印刷术复制。
- copy → 着重模仿者的有意识行为或模仿得尽可能接近原件。
- duplicate → 指对原件进行复制或复印，侧重结果与原件一模一样。
- popular song流行歌曲
- rap song说唱曲
- Christian 形容词基督教的;基督徒的
- catholic 罗马天主教的
- little-known鲜为人知的
- well-known著名的
- angeles【拼写】
The decision came five years after Marcus Gray and two songwriters first brought legal action against Perry and her team.
这一裁决是在马库斯·格雷和两位词曲作者首次对佩里及其团队提起法律诉讼5年后作出的。
- decision = judgment, arbitration,判决
- bring legal action against对……提起法律诉讼
- appeal to
- **A came five years after B
- ①A是B在……5年后……
- ②B……，5年后，A……
- ③5年前，B……，如今A
- the decision came 年份 after 【句型！】
- 首次对...提起法律first bring legal action against
- action 单数
- 提起 bring
They said that "Dark Horse" stole from "Joyful Noise," a song Gray released under the stage name Flame.
他们称《Dark Hourse》抄袭了《Joyful Noise》，这是格雷用艺名Flame发行的一首歌曲。
- **under the stage name Flame用艺名flame
- 艺名stage name
- 用艺名-介词under
- release发表、发行，释放
- 发表：release/publish/available/announce
- by或定从尝试替换
- a song G released =a song released by sb
"Dark Horse" spent four weeks atop the Billboard Hot 100 and earned a Grammy nomination for Perry.
《Dark Hourse》在美国公告牌百强单曲榜霸榜4周，佩蒂因此赢得了一次格莱美奖提名。
- **spent some time doing/n花时间，占……多长时间
- 公告牌百强单曲榜Billboard Hot 100
- 美国公告牌 百强单曲 榜霸榜 4周atop the Billboard Hot 100
- atop介词在…顶上;在…上面， n占……榜首
- **earn a Grammy nomination for sb赢得了一次格莱美奖提名for sb注意介词的用法
She also performed the song during her 2015 Super Bowl halftime show.
她还在2015年超级碗中场秀演唱了这首歌。
- Super Bowl超级碗
- halftime show中场秀
- performed a song演唱一首歌
The jurors found that all of the defendants - six songwriters and four companies that released the song "Dark Horse" – were responsible for breaking copyright rules.
陪审团裁决《Dark Hourse》的6名词曲作者和4家发行公司都对侵权一事负责。
- **jurors 可数名词陪审团成员；陪审员
- jury陪审团
- judge法官
- plaintiff原告
- **defendant被告
- prosecution公诉的律师；控方律师
- Defence counsel 辩护律师
- Defendant Lawyer辩护律师
- 律师lawyer
- be responsible for对……负责
- **breaking copyright *rules侵权
- copyright 版权
A defendant is the *person or company that is being accused of wrongdoing in court.
被告是指在法庭上被指控犯法的个人或公司。
- be accused of被指控=be charged with 【介词单数】
- wrongdoing 可变名词违法行为;犯罪行为;不道德行为【文中单数】
- =offence可数名词违法行为；罪行
- =crime犯罪
- =guilty
- in court在法庭上
Gray's lawyers argued that the beat and instrumental line, or musical patterns, in "Dark Horse" were similar to that of "Joyful Noise." Gray wrote the song with Emanuel Lambert and Chike Ojukwu.
格雷的律师认为，《Dark Hourse》中的节拍和音乐元素与《Joyful Noise》雷同。
- argue认为，辩解；
- beat 节拍
- instrumental line乐器线【instrumental用adj】
- Musical Notation五线谱
- musical patterns音乐模式
- similar to雷同
- 【比较级 that of
Perry's musical expert told the jury that the musical patterns in the dispute were as simple as the 19th-century song "Mary Had a Little Lamb."
佩蒂的音乐专家对陪审团表示，存在争议的音乐节拍就跟19世纪的歌曲《玛丽有只小绵羊》一样简单。
,
- musical expert音乐专家
- musical patterns
- in the dispute存在争议的【冠词】
- as simple as 和……一样简单
- 19th-century19世纪的
