10. The list could go on and on. Like all artists, these rock musicians mirror feelings and beliefs that help us see and form our own.
    10)还可以举出无数的例子来。这些摇摆乐音乐家们和所有的艺术家一样反映出了我们借以认识并形成自己的感情与信念的感情与信念。

    11. What do we give them in return? Applause and praise, of course. In one 1972 national opinion poll, more than 10 percent of the high school boys and 20 percent of the girls said their hero was a rock superstar. We also give them money. “The fastest way to become a millionaire these days,” says Forbes, a business magazine, “is to become a rock ' n ' roll star.”
    11)我们以什么来报答他们呢?当然是鼓掌与赞扬。在1972年一次全国民意测验中，高中男生中百分之十以上、女生中的百分之二十说他们最崇拜的人是超级摇摆乐歌星。我们还给他们金钱。《福布斯》，一份实业期刊，说：“当今成为百万富翁的最快途径是当摇摆乐歌星。”

    12. Today’s heroes -- some of them, anyway -- tell us they enjoy their rewards. “And I laughed to myself at the men and the ladies. Who never conceived of us billion-dollar babies.” The particular
“culture hero” who sings that is Alice Cooper.
    12)今天的英雄们——至少其中的一部分人——告诉我们，他们很欣赏所得的报偿。“我暗自嘲笑这些先生们和女士们，他们从没想到过我们会成为金娃娃。”唱这支歌的那位具体的“文化英雄”是艾丽斯·库珀。

    13. The big question remains: Why is he a culture hero? What does he --- or any other current rock success -- tell us about his fans? About ourselves and our society? Where it is, where it was, where
it's heading?
    13)大问题仍然是：为什么他成了文化英雄? 他，或者任何别的当前成功的摇摆乐歌星，使我们对他们的歌迷们有些什么了解? 对我们自己和我们这个社会有些什么了解? 现在怎样，过去怎样，将来又向何处去?