美語咖啡屋 Lesson 18: Bluegrass Music

Y: 各位聽眾好，我是楊晨，歡迎您到美語咖啡屋。

J: And I'm Jody. Welcome to American cafe, where you can meet everyday Americans at work and at play. So, come on in and grab a good seat by the window and join us for American Cafe.

Y: 說到這兒啊，我們今天要帶您認(rèn)識兩位美國人。他們有一個共同的愛好。

J: That's right. One's a musician and one's a dancer. And they have something in common - they both love bluegrass music!

(Enter "Orange Blossom Special")

J: Yang Chen, did you hear how fast they are playing? It is simply incredible!

Y: Wow, 你說的沒錯。雖然我看不見他們的手，可是我已經(jīng)覺得眼花繚亂了。

J: Yang Chen, let's first introduce Bob Carlin, a musician we met at a cultural festival and let him describe this very American type of music; bluegrass.

Y: 好吧。我們首先來認(rèn)識一下Bob Carlin。他是一位音樂學(xué)者，讓他給您介紹一下什么是Bluegrass Music， 蘭草音樂。

實錄1 Bob Carlin: Bluegrass is a form of music in its strictest definition. It's a band of fiddle, or violin, mandolin, five-string banjo, which is an American invention from an African instrument, and, uh, the guitar and string base. And that's the classic bluegrass band.

Y: Jody，Bob Carlin剛才提到了演奏bluegrass的幾種基本樂器。我們解釋一下這幾種樂器好嗎？

J: That's a great idea. First he mentions the fiddle, or violin.

Y: 其實 fiddle就是小提琴，在演奏鄉(xiāng)村音樂或蘭草音樂的時候就稱為fiddle。我給它起了個名字，叫“鄉(xiāng)村小提琴”，好不好聽啊？

J: Very clever. Then there's the mandolin.

Y: 曼陀林琴。

J: Next is the five-string banjo. It is the most important instrument in bluegrass music. What you hear in the background, in fact, is an example of banjo music.

(Enter banjo music)

Y: Banjo就五弦琴或者叫班究琴。您現(xiàn)在聽到的就是班究琴。Banjo在蘭草音樂里是最重要的一種樂器。

J: Then there's the guitar.

Y: 我想大家都很熟悉吉他。

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