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[00:07.00]1 Dialogue
[00:11.08]Mary and Rik are discussing plans for the music for a party in the country.
[00:14.64]玛丽和里克在讨论乡村聚会演奏音乐的计划.
[00:18.21]RIK:Have you decided1 what music you'd like us to play at the party?
[00:20.88]你已经决定在聚会上要我们演奏什么音乐了吗?
[00:23.56]MARY:Oh,at the end some songs that everyone's familiar with,
[00:26.45]哦,终场时演奏一些大家都熟悉的歌曲,
[00:29.34]then they can join in.Can you play jazz?
[00:32.21]那样他们都能参加.你们能演奏爵士音乐吗?
[00:35.08]RIK:Of course we can. Our job is playing all kinds of music.
[00:38.11]当然能啦.我们的工作就是演奏各种音乐.
[00:41.14]MARY:Well,I think at the beginning
[00:43.38]好啦,我想开始时.
[00:45.61]we'd rather have some fairly2 quiet and peaceful music.
[00:48.48]我们宁可听些柔和舒缓的音乐.
[00:51.36]I'd prefer them not to play too loudly at the beginning.
[00:54.14]我宁可他们开始时演奏的音量不要太大.
[00:56.92]Otherwise we won't be able to hear ourselves talk.
[00:59.60]否则我们就听不到我们彼此间的谈话了.
[01:02.28]RIK:Maybe some folk3 songs to start with?
[01:04.31]也许先演奏些民歌?
[01:06.35]MARY:Yes.And then after supper some jazz or pop so that people can dance.
[01:10.16]可以.晚餐后来点爵士音乐或流行歌曲,好让人们跳舞.
[01:13.98]How many musicians are you bringing?
[01:16.00]你打算带多少音乐师来呢?
[01:18.03]RIK:I've decided to bring seven.
[01:19.91]我决定带7位.
[01:21.79]The people performing all play different instruments
[01:26.75]and three of them sing too.
[01:28.67]参加演出的人都要演奏不同的乐器.其中三人也唱歌.
[01:30.59](Later)MARY:What's your favourite kind of music?
[01:33.17]后来你最喜欢什么样的音乐?
[01:35.74]RIK:I like folk music.I write my own songs and I play the guitar as well.
[01:39.47]我喜欢民间音乐.我自己作词,我也弹吉他.
[01:43.21]MARY:How many instruments do you play?
[01:45.53]你会演奏多少种乐器?
[01:47.86]RIK:I play the guitar,piano and jazz violin.
[01:50.69]我弹吉他,钢琴和拉爵士小提琴.
[01:53.53]MARY:Is that hard?I mean,the jazz violin?
[01:56.19]弹奏难吗?我意思是说拉爵士小提琴.
[01:58.86]RIK:Yes.You have to practise a lot.
[02:00.97]难.你得多练.
[02:03.09]Lesson 82 2 Reading comprehension4
[02:15.34]MUSIC
[02:17.98]There are two important kinds of music in the world
[02:20.80]--世界上有两种音乐
[02:23.62]one is written down and the other is not.
[02:26.10]一类是有文字记载的,另一类是没有文字记载的.
[02:28.58]Many people earn their living by writing music.
[02:31.25]许多人靠写词作曲来谋生.
[02:33.91]They write songs for pop starts and music for films and TV plays.
[02:37.78]他们给通俗歌星创作歌曲.为电影和电视剧作曲.
[02:41.65]They usually write exact instructions how the music is to be played.
[02:45.22]他们通常还要为如何演奏他们的音乐写出精确的说词.
[02:48.80]Folk music has been passed down from one generation to another.
[02:51.89]民间音乐是一代一代地流传下来的.
[02:54.97]At first it was never written down.
[02:57.15]起初从来没有人把它写下来.
[02:59.33]People learnt the songs from their famlies,relatives,
[03:02.11]人们学习唱歌是从他们的家人,亲戚,
[03:04.89]neighbours and friends in the same village.
[03:07.26]邻居和朋友在同一个村庄.
[03:09.62]These songs were about country life,the seasons,animals and plants,
[03:13.45]歌曲内容是有关乡村生活季节,动植物
[03:17.28]and about love and sadness in people's lives.
[03:20.06]以及人们生活中的爱情和忧伤.
[03:22.84]Early performers5 of music were popular and respected.
[03:25.68]早期的音乐演奏家是深受人们的欢迎和爱戴的.
[03:28.51]They used to learn hundreds of songs by heart.
[03:31.08]他们牢记几百首歌曲.
[03:33.66]On festivals they used to act and sing in praise of heroes
[03:40.32]who lived long ago.
[03:42.09]在节日里,他们表演并歌颂很久以前的英雄.
[03:43.87]This was at a time when there was no radio,TV or cinema.
[03:47.29]这是广播,电视或电影出现以前的情形.
[03:50.71]Many of the country people could neither read nor write.
[03:53.39]当时许多乡下人不识字也不会写字.
[03:56.07]In this way stories were passed on from one person to another.
[03:59.31]故事就是以这种方式流传下来的
[04:02.55]This continues in some countries even today.
[04:05.47]即使在今天,有些国家里还存在这种情况.
[04:08.40]In some parts of the world nowadays,
[04:10.72]现在世界上有些地区,
[04:13.05]you often see musicians performing in the streets to passers-by.
[04:16.47]你还可以经常看到音乐家在街头为行人演奏.
[04:19.89]They put a cap on the ground in front of them,
[04:22.37]他们把帽子放在身前的地上,
[04:24.86]so that people who like the music can drop coins into it.
[04:28.08]以便使喜欢这种音乐的人都能把硬币投到帽子里.
[04:31.31]WORLD MUSIC
[04:34.18]In Africa most music is folk music.
[04:36.91]非洲,大多数音乐都是民间音乐.
[04:39.64]It plays an important part in people's lives especially for work,
[04:42.88]它在人们的生活中起着重要的作用,特别是为了工作,
[04:46.12]and at festivals and weddings,when people dance all night long.
[04:49.65]以及在节日和婚礼上,这时人们通宵达旦地跳舞.
[04:53.17]Indian music is not written down.
[04:55.46]印度音乐是没有记录下来的.
[04:57.74]There is a basic pattern of notes which the musician follows.
[05:00.77]它是一个音乐家必须遵循的基本基调.
[05:03.80]But a lot of modern music is also written.
[05:06.43]但是许多现代音乐还是用文字记录了下来.
[05:09.05]India produces more films than any other country in the world.
[05:12.23]印度摄制的影片比世界上任何其它国家都多.
[05:15.40]It produces musicals too,that is,films with music,
[05:18.73]它还摄制音乐片,即以音乐为主的影片.
[05:22.06]and millions of records are sold every year.
[05:24.58]每年销售的唱片达几百万张.
[05:27.11]In the Caribbean
[05:28.69]在加勒比海
[05:30.27]the salves who were brought from Arica developed their own kind of music.
[05:33.65]从非洲运来的奴隶发展了他们自己的音乐.
[05:37.03]West Indians make musical instruments out of large oil cans.
[05:40.66]西印度群岛人用大油罐制成乐器.
[05:44.29]They hit different parts of the drum with hammers to produce different notes.
[05:47.98]他们用鼓槌击鼓的不同部位而发出不同的声调.
[05:51.66]This type of music has become very famous in Britain
[05:54.48]这种音乐在英国已经很有名气,
[05:57.30]and is very good music to dance to.
[05:59.52]是很好的舞蹈伴奏音乐.
[06:01.74]Jazz was born in the USA around 1890.
[06:04.97]爵士音乐于1890年左右诞生于美国.
[06:08.20]It came from work songs sung by black people and had its roots in Africa.
[06:12.02]它是从黑人劳动所唱的歌曲演变而来的，它的根在非洲。
[06:15.85]Jazz started developing6 in the 1920s in the southern states.
[06:19.27]爵士音乐是在20世纪20年代在美国南部各洲开始兴起来的。
[06:22.69]Soon it was played by white musicians,too,
[06:27.97]and reached other parts of the USA.
[06:30.24]于是，爵士音乐就流传到美国的其它地区。
[06:32.52]Lesson 83 1 Poem
[06:39.40]第83课 1 诗一首
[06:46.28]A PERFECT DAY
[06:47.76]美好的日子
[06:49.23]When you come to the end of a perfect day,
[06:51.45]当美好的日子即将流过,
[06:53.68]And you sit alone with your thought,
[06:55.56]你沉思着独自静坐,
[06:57.44]While the chimes ring out with a carol7 gay8
[06:59.76]当钟声伴随着快乐的颂歌响起
[07:02.09]For the joy that the day has brought,
[07:03.97]为了这美好日子带来的欢乐.
[07:05.85]Do you think what the end of a perfect day Can mean to a tired heart,
[07:09.04]你可曾想到对于一颗疲惫的心这美好的日子意味着什么,
[07:12.22]When the sun goes down with a flaming ray,
[07:16.66]And the dear friends have to part?
[07:18.44]当太阳西下,霞光如焰,亲爱的朋友又得分手?
[07:20.22]Well,this is the end of a perfect day,Near the end of a journey too;
[07:23.55]啊,这是一个美好日子的终点,也是一次旅行的了结;
[07:26.88]But it leaves a thought that is big and strong,
[07:29.21]但它留下了强烈的思念,
[07:31.55]With a wish that is kind and true.
[07:33.52]还有那亲切而真诚的祝愿.
[07:35.50]For memory has painted this perfect day,
[07:37.68]这美好日子的回忆,
[07:39.86]With colours that never fade,And we find at the end of a perfect day,
[07:43.29]永不消退,永远鲜艳,我们在这美好日子的终点,
[07:46.73]The soul of a friend we've made.
[07:48.75]看到了朋友神圣的心田
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decided
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fairly
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| adv.公正地，正当地；相当；完全，简直 | |
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folk
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| n.人们；家属，亲属；adj.民间的 | |
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comprehension
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performers
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Carol
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gay
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| adj.同性恋的；色彩鲜艳的；n.(男)同性恋者 | |
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