Dialogue 1
Jingjing: Mark, have you heard any good music recently?
京晶：马克，最近有没有听什么好音乐？
Mark: I hear tons of good music. My wife keeps up on the latest hits. I like some of those.
马克：我最近可真是听了太多。我太太一直在关注时下最流行的那些曲子，其中一些我还比较喜欢。
Jingjing: What's are your favorites?
京晶：那你都最喜欢哪些？
Mark: I like anything by Ed Sheeran and Bruno Mars. What about you?
马克：Ed Sheeran 和 Bruno Mars 的歌我都喜欢。你呢？
Jingjing: I have some songs by those two guys on my playlist. But I've been big on rap, ever since a year ago when we talked about it.
京晶：我的播放单里还有这两位的一些曲目呢，但是我一直比较喜欢嘻哈说唱乐，自从一年前我们聊过这一期主题之后。
Mark: Oh yeah? Who are some artists you like?
马克：哦是吗？那你比较欣赏哪些音乐家？
Jingjing: I like Nikki Minaj and Drake.
京晶：我喜欢Nikki Minaj 和 Drake.
Mark: Drake's uniquely talented. I like a lot of his tracks. I don't know much about Nikki Minaj, though. Could you recommend a title for me?
马克：Drake 极其有才华。他的许多歌我都比较喜欢。可是我对Nikki 不是很了解。你能给我推荐一首吗？（说个歌名？）
Jingjing: Sure. You could check out “No Frauds”. She cut that with Drake and Lil' Wayne.
京晶：当然。你可以去听听No frauds. 这是她与Drake 和Lil' Wayne 一起共同创作的。
Mark: Really? I'm surprised I haven't heard it. I know Drake's teamed up with a bunch of artists.
马克：真的吗？我感到很意外我竟然都没听过。我知道Drake和其他好些歌手一起合作。
Jingjing: Let me know. You might also like “Swish Swish”, with Nikki Minaj and Katy Perry.
京晶：可以跟我说说。你可能还喜欢这首“Swish Swish”, Nikki Minaj 和Katy Perry 共同演唱的。
Mark: Hmm, I've heard that too many times already.
马克：嗯，这首我听过很多遍了。
Jingjing: Don't worry about it. “No Frauds” is different from that one.
京晶：不用担心， “No Frauds” 和那首不一样。
Mark: I'm searching for it now.
马克：我现在正在搜。
Jingjing: While you're busy with that, I'll look for some Cardi B tracks I haven't heard yet.
京晶：正好你忙着搜那个，我要去听听Cardi B那些我没听过的歌。
Mark: Speaking of Bruno Mars, have you heard “Finesse”, with him and Cardi B?
马克：说到Bruno Mars, 你有没有听过他和Cardi B 合作的 “Finesse”？
Jingjing: Yeah, lots of times. I think you're more of a fan of Bruno Mars than I am.
京晶：听过好几遍了。我觉得你比我更是火星哥的粉丝。
New words : 习语短语
track 音轨（指每一首录制好的歌曲）
one recorded song (with or without people singing)
title 歌名 the name of a song
cut 录制完成一首歌
record and finalize a song
Dialogue 2
Jingjing: Mark, if only one album existed, what would you want it to be?
京晶：马克，如果世上仅有一张专辑存在，你希望是哪张？
Mark: Geez, that'd be a tough call. I guess I'd go with Abbey Road.
马克：天，这个很难说了。我想我应该会选披头士的《艾比路》吧！
Jingjing: You mean the last Beatles album?
京晶：你是说披头士的最后一张专辑？
Mark: Yeah. I've listened to that since I was a kid. At least, if I had to pick between Beatles albums, it'd be that one. How about your pick, Jingjing?
马克：是的。自打小时候起，我就一直听那张专辑。至少，如果我必须在披头士的专辑当中选的话，应该是那张了。你呢，京晶？
Jingjing: I'm more of a Rolling Stones fan, when it comes to classic rock. But there are only a few songs that I really like from the Stones. My favorite Beatles album is Rubber Soul.
京晶：说到经典摇滚，我更是滚石乐队的粉丝吧。但是滚石这边我只特别喜欢那么几首歌，我最喜欢的披头士专辑是《橡胶灵魂》。
Mark: Interesting! It sounds like you can't decide between early Beatles and late Beatles.
马克：很有趣。听上去你不确定你是更喜欢早期还是晚期的披头士。
Jingjing: Oh, I hate that argument. It's such a fluff topic. I just think those guys came into their own when they cut Rubber Soul.
京晶：我讨厌这个争论，真是肤浅得很。我只是觉得这帮人创作《橡胶灵魂》时真正成为了他们自己。
Mark: I agree. They were talented before, but a bit limited to the pop sounds of the time. Hmm, that's a pretty perfect album you picked.
马克：我同意。他们之前还是很有才的，但是有些局限于那个时代的流行之声。嗯，你选的这张还是非常不错的。
Jingjing: Haha, do you want to change your choice?
京晶：哈哈，你愿意改变你的选择吗？
Mark: Luckily I don't really have to, right? Hey, have you heard the 2018 White Album?
马克：幸运的是，我真不需要，对吧？嘿，你听了披头士2018的White Album吗？
Jingjing: I heard about it—and a few samples played on the radio. Do you have it?
京晶：我听了，还有一些样歌在电台播出了。你有吗这张吗？
Mark: Yeah, I just downloaded it a week or two ago.
马克：是啊，我大概一两周前就从网上下载了。
Jingjing: You thief!
京晶：你这个小贼！
Mark: Shh! Don't tell anyone! Anyway, that's one I'd buy on high quality LP if I got rich.
马克：小点儿声，别跟别人说啊！这张专辑等我有了钱一定会去买高品质的密纹唱片来听。
Jingjing: Hmm, I wouldn't mind hearing some of their new picks and remixes.
京晶：嗯，我不介意听到他们的一些新歌和混音版。
Mark: I'll bring it next time.
马克：我下次带来听。
New words : 习语短语
album 专辑
a collection of songs released at one time
a tough call 难以做出的决定
a hard decision to make
a fluff topic 肤浅的聊天主题
a conversation topic with no substance
LP 密纹唱片
long-playing record (vinyl, 33RPM)
remix 混音
when a producer cuts a new version of the song, going back to the original parts recorded by the artists |