纯正地道美语(外教讲解)153：组建乐队

　　A:  I’m forming a music band.
B:  Do you already know how to play an instrument?
A:  Uh... Yeah! I’ve told you a thousand times that I’m learning to play the drums. Now that I know how to play well, I would like to form a rock band.
B: Aside from yourself, who are the other members of the band?
A: We have a guy who plays guitar, and another who plays bass¹.  Although we still haven’t found anyone to be our singer.  You told me that you had  some musical talent, right?
B: Yes, I’m a singer.
A: Perfect. So you can audition² this weekend here at my house.
B: Great!  Wait  here?  You  don’t  have  enough room for the amplifiers, microphones or even your drums!  By the way where do you keep them or practice?
A: Dude? What are you talking about? It’s right here! All we need is my Nintendo Wii and we are set!
form vt. 组织；成立
The president asked the Social Democratic Party to form a new government.
总统请社会民主党组织新政府。
instrument n.乐器
The viola is a stringed instrument.
中提琴是一种弦乐器。
a thousand times 很多次
audition vt. 试唱；试演
Which part are you auditioning³ for?
你扮什么角色试音?
we  are set 我们准备好了
A: 我正在组建一支乐队。
B: 你已经学会如何弹奏乐器了吗？
A:我告诉过你很多次了，我正在学习敲鼓。既然我学会了如何能表演得更好，我会组建一只摇滚乐队。
B:除了你，其他的乐队成员呢？
A:有1人弹吉他，另2个弹贝斯，尽管我们目前还没找到主唱。你告诉过我你有音乐天赋，对吧？
B:是的，我是歌手。
A:太好了。这周你可以来我家试唱。
B:太好了。等下。你家没有足够的空间来放扩音机，麦克风，甚至连放鼓的地方都没有。顺便问下，你将乐器放哪儿？在何处练习呢？

1 bass   

n.男低音(歌手)；低音乐器；低音大提琴

参考例句：

• He answered my question in a surprisingly deep bass.他用一种低得出奇的声音回答我的问题。
• The bass was to give a concert in the park.那位男低音歌唱家将在公园中举行音乐会。

2 audition   

n.(对志愿艺人等的)面试(指试读、试唱等)

参考例句：

• I'm going to the audition but I don't expect I'll get a part.我去试音，可并不指望会给我个角色演出。
• At first,they said he was too young,but later they called him for an audition.起初，他们说他太小，但后来他们叫他去试听。

3 auditioning   

vi.试听（audition的现在分词形式）

参考例句：

• She was auditioning for the role of Lady Macbeth. 她试演了麦克佩斯夫人的角色。
• Which part are you auditioning for? 你试音什么角色？ 来自《简明英汉词典》