英语听力：自然百科 从桑巴到巴萨诺瓦 Samba To Bossa—6

 In Rio, African rhythms began to mix with European styles. And it was at the house of a Candomble practitioner¹, a priestess named Tia Ciata, Auntie Ciata, that the first song widely recognized as Carioca samba, samba from Rio, was performed in 1916. It was credited to a musician named Donga and titled Pelo Telefone, on the telephone. 

 

Tia Ciata’s house in Praca Onze was the center both for samba musicians and those who specialized² in an urban instrumental style that became the first Brazilian music to become popular in Europe. Choro was a mixture of Afro-Brazilian rhythms and European dance styles and sounded like Brazil’s answer to New Orleans jazz. The finest choro exponent³ also famed for his samba playing was the composer and flute⁴ player Pixingguinha. 

 

There is a wonderful saying in Brazil that if you want to write about Brazilian folk music you’re going to have to write many volumes, but if you want to sum it all up in one word, it’s Pixinguinha.

1 practitioner   

n.实践者，从事者；(医生或律师等)开业者

参考例句：

• He is an unqualified practitioner of law.他是个无资格的律师。
• She was a medical practitioner before she entered politics.从政前她是个开业医生。

2 specialized   

adj.专门的，专业化的

参考例句：

• There are many specialized agencies in the United Nations.联合国有许多专门机构。
• These tools are very specialized.这些是专用工具。

3 exponent   

n.倡导者，拥护者；代表人物；指数，幂

参考例句：

• She is an exponent of vegetarianism.她是一个素食主义的倡导者。
• He had been the principal exponent of the Gallipoli campaign.他曾为加里波利战役的主要代表人物。

4 flute   

n.长笛；v.吹笛

参考例句：

• He took out his flute, and blew at it.他拿出笛子吹了起来。
• There is an extensive repertoire of music written for the flute.有很多供长笛演奏的曲目。