披头士乐队将亮相英国邮票_文化教育

披头士乐队将亮相英国邮票

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This undated file photo shows The Beatles. From top, clockwise, are Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, John Lennon and George Harrison.

The Beatles are to appear on a set of stamps in January, the Royal Mail has announced.

The stamps will feature the legendary¹ 1960s pop band's album covers, including "With The Beatles", "Revolver", "Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band", "Abbey Road" and "Let It Be".

"The Beatles special stamps promise to be a big hit with fans the world over when they go on sale in January 2007," a Royal Mail spokesman said.

"Royal Mail is featuring some '1st Class' Beatles album covers to commemorate² the UK band that stands for all that's great in popular culture."

The Beatles -- lead guitarist George Harrison, rhythm guitarist John Lennon, bassist Paul McCartney and drummer Ringo Starr -- appear on the album covers.

It was only last year that the rule was deliberately³ broken that members of the royal family could be the only living people identifiable on British stamps.

There was uproar⁴ among philatelists and royal-watchers alike in 1999 when Queen drummer Roger Taylor could be clearly seen in the background of a stamp honouring the band's legendary late singer Freddie Mercury.

Former Beatles McCartney and Starr are still alive, while Lennon was killed in 1980 and Harrison died in 2001.

英国皇家邮政宣布，将于明年1月发行一套披头士乐队的邮票。

届时，这支风靡上世纪60年代的流行乐队的几张专辑封面将登上邮票票面，其中包括《披头士》、《左轮手枪》、《佩珀军士孤寂心灵俱乐部乐队》、《阿比大街》和《顺其自然》。

皇家邮政的一位发言人说："披头士乐队系列邮票将于明年1月发行，到时一定会在全世界披头士的歌迷中引起轰动。"

他说："披头士乐队是通俗文化的典型代表，为了纪念他们，皇家邮政选用了乐队的几张经典专辑封面做成邮票。"

披头士乐队的四位成员--主吉他手乔治·哈里森、节奏吉他手约翰·列侬、贝斯手保罗·迈卡特尼和鼓手林格·斯达都出现在专辑封面上。

在英国，在世的人只有王室成员才能登上邮票票面，这个法令直到去年才被取消。

1999年，在一张纪念皇后乐队已故著名歌手弗莱迪·莫丘里邮票的背景中，出现了乐队鼓手罗格·泰勒的清晰形象，当时这在集邮家和王室观察家中引起了轩然大波。

目前，前披头士乐队成员麦卡特尼和斯达仍然健在，列侬于1980年遇害，哈里森于2001年去世。

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1 legendary
adj.传奇（中）的，闻名遐迩的；n.传奇（文学）
参考例句：
Legendary stories are passed down from parents to children.传奇故事是由父母传给孩子们的。 Odysseus was a legendary Greek hero.奥狄修斯是传说中的希腊英雄。

2 commemorate
vt.纪念，庆祝
参考例句：
This building was built to commemorate the Fire of London.这栋大楼是为纪念“伦敦大火”而兴建的。 We commemorate the founding of our nation with a public holiday.我们放假一日以庆祝国庆。

3 deliberately
adv.审慎地；蓄意地；故意地
参考例句：
The girl gave the show away deliberately.女孩故意泄露秘密。 They deliberately shifted off the argument.他们故意回避这个论点。

4 uproar
n.骚动，喧嚣，鼎沸
参考例句：
She could hear the uproar in the room.她能听见房间里的吵闹声。 His remarks threw the audience into an uproar.他的讲话使听众沸腾起来。

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