第244句 音乐
during the discussion of rock singing verses at last month's stockholders' meeting, levin asserted that "music is not the cause of society s ills" and even cited his son, a teacher in the bronx, new york, who uses rap to communicate with students.
译文：在上个月股东会议讨论摇滚歌词时，莱文宣称“音乐不是社会弊病的根源”，而且以他在纽约市布隆克斯当教师的儿子为例。他的儿子用说唱的形式与学生进行交流。
点睛：本句的主干为levin asserted that…and even cited...。句首的during.stockholder's meeting是时间状语，引语music is not the cause of society's ills是动词asserted的宾语。his son是动词cited的宾语，后面的a teacher in the bronx，new york是his son的同位语，句尾的who uses rap to communicate with students是一个非限定性定语从句，用来修饰his son。注意句中的ills，ill作“问题；灾难；祸害”讲时常用复数。cite意为“引用，引证”。
it's no use citing the bible to a non-christian.
对非基督徒引用《圣经》是没用的。
考点归纳：assert、affirm、allege和claim都有“宣称，断言”的意思。
*assert常指某人出于自信而坚持己见，有时不顾客观事实而断然下结论。
you should assert yourself as the captain of this team．
你应该显示自己身为队长的权威。
*affirm指以事实为依据，深信不疑地肯定某种观点或看法，具有无可争辩之意。
he affirmed his loyalty to his country.
他郑重声明他忠于自己的国家。
*allege指在没有真凭实据的情况下宣称、硬说。
the newspapers alleged that the police shot the suspect without warning.
报纸声称警方没有发出警告就开抢射杀了那名嫌犯。
*claim也有声称、主张某事物为真的意思，虽然其真实性未必得到证实。
they claim to have discovered the cure for the disease, but this has not yet been proved.
他们声称已经找到了治愈那种疾病的方法，但此事尚未得到证实。