1.
(so noisy)
2.
(not handsome)
3.
(His piece of music annoys
you. You are annoyed.)
4.
(rap: 饒舌樂)
5.
(2020/July) hatch (: secretly
organize)
6.
release a solo album
7.
Out of Body: OUTTA BODY
8.
soul
9.
flesh
10. solo
11. the source of his imagination
12. meditation/retreat
13. demand: (v.) need/require/ask
meet (: satisfy) our materialistic demands
14. materialistic ó spiritual
15. electricity cf. electronics
16. a unit for distance: one kilometer
17. a unit for weight: one kilogram
18. calmness/tranquility/
serenity/peacefulness
19. the Philippines
20. El Nido
21. pace up with
22. reflect/mirror/express
(1.1)
E-So, a member (: part) of the rap group
MJ116,
released his first solo album in July, 2020.
(1.2)
The music for E-SO’s album OUTTA BODY comes from
a retreat (: meditation)
(that) the rapper took to the Philippines
in 2019.
(1.3)
On the island of El Nido, E-SO
was far (away) from the speed (n.)
and the (materialistic) demands of
city life.
(1.4)
He had (: possessed/owned)
limited (: restricted V-pp & Adj.)
electricity and water, no Wi-Fi, and
his closest neighbor was about
one kilometer away.
(1.5)
In these simple (: uncomplicated/modest)
conditions,
he was able to (: he could)
focus (: concentrate) on something.
(1.6)
E-SO thought (: think 變)
about (: considered)
what (: the words which)
he wanted to say as a person,
a musician, and a rapper.
(1.7)
For eight days on El Nido,
he sang (: sing 變)
to himself and
wrote
(: write 變) down
his ideas (: notions/concepts)
(1.8)
By the end of his trip, he had a head
(which is)___ (filled with/full of) songs.
(1.9)
He went back (: returned) to Taiwan and
began working to turn A (: his ideas)
into
B (: the album) OUTTA BODy.
(1.10)
The feeling (: sense) of the album
reflects (: mirrors)
the peace (: serenity/tranquility)
of that quiet (: silent) island
in
the Philippines.
blackout: 廣播停止; 突然昏暗; 停電; 發昏
