【英语趣味课堂】音乐-Music

Todd: OK, Adrienne, let's talk about abilities. What are you good at?

 

Adrienne: Um, I don't know.

 

Todd: You don't know?

 

Adrienne: I really don't know!

 

Todd: Well, I was looking at your photos, and you can play the violin.

 

Adrienne: That's true!

 

Todd: And you can sing very well.

 

Adrienne: Ah, I can sing some.

 

Todd: OK, so, tell us about playing the violin.

 

Adrienne: I really enjoy playing the violin. I've been playing for many, many years since I was a little girl and everyone in my family plays an instrument so it's part of what we do together as a family.

 

Todd: So when you were little you practiced every day?

 

Adrienne: I did. My mom made me. I didn't have a choice. It's good for discipline though, or at least that's what she told me.

 

Todd: So, how would you practice? Did you have a tutor¹ come over to your house?

 

Adrienne: No, I had a violin teacher once a week and when I was really small I went to group lessons also, so it was once a week with a private and once a week with a group.

 

Todd: Wow! That's a lot. What did you think about the violin when you were little?

 

Adrienne: I don't remember thinking about it. I don't even remember learning² how to play. I was only two so (so young) I know. I was still in diapers, but my mom said that when I had my first recital³ that I really wanted to play in the recital and she said I absolutely could not play on stage in a diaper so that's basically⁴ how she got me out of my diapers. So she says!

 

Todd: When did you stop playing?

 

Adrienne: I haven't stopped.

 

Todd: Oh, you still practice.

 

Adrienne: I still play although I don't have my violin here in Japan, right now. I'm kind of on a break I guess. I just don't like to carry it around overseas.

 

Todd: Is it hard to be away from your violin?

 

Adrienne: It is sometimes. I miss it. I miss playing with my family too, cause we're kind of like the Van Trap family, which you know from the movie The Sound of Music.

 

Todd: No, no, I don't. I've never seen the movie.

 

Adrienne: Oh, you haven't? The Sound of Music is about a family in, I think it's Austria and they all play an instrument or sing and it's a World War II movie and that's how they escape the Nazis⁵, from singing or something. It's kind of like that, except for without the war.

 

Todd: Well, I have to see the movie so!

 

Adrienne: Yeah, you should.

 

Todd: So are you going to play the violin for me sometime?

 

Adrienne: Sure! If you can find a violin I will.

 

1 tutor   

n.家庭教师，导师，助教，监护人；vt.当…的教师，教，指导，约束

参考例句：

• I think you should get her a tutor.我认为你应该替她请个家教。
• What do you think of your tutor?你觉得你的家庭教师怎么样？

2 learning   

n.学问，学识，学习；动词learn的现在分词

参考例句：

• When you are learning to ride a bicycle,you often fall off.初学骑自行车时，常会从车上掉下来。
• Learning languages isn't just a matter of remembering words.学习语言不仅仅是记些单词的事。

3 recital   

n.朗诵，独奏会，独唱会

参考例句：

• She is going to give a piano recital.她即将举行钢琴独奏会。
• I had their total attention during the thirty-five minutes that my recital took.在我叙述的35分钟内，他们完全被我吸引了。

4 basically   

adv.基本上，从根本上说

参考例句：

• His heart is basically sound.他的心脏基本上健康。
• Basically I agree with your plan.我基本上同意你的计划。

5 Nazis   

n.（德国的）纳粹党员( Nazi的名词复数 )；纳粹主义

参考例句：

• The Nazis worked them over with gun butts. 纳粹分子用枪托毒打他们。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The Nazis were responsible for the mass murder of Jews during World War Ⅱ. 纳粹必须为第二次世界大战中对犹太人的大屠杀负责。 来自《简明英汉词典》