TED演讲:关于听的艺术(13)

 I remember my teacher. When I first started, my very first lesson,I was all prepared with sticks, ready to go. 我记得我的一位老师，当我开始学习音乐的时候，我最早的课程，我准备好了鼓棒，信心满满。

And instead of him saying, OK, Evelyn, please, feet slightly apart,arms at a more-or-less 90 degree angle, sticks in a more-or-less V shape,keep this amount of space here, etc. 然而，他却说：好的，Evelyn ，双脚略微分开，双臂大约成90度，保持鼓棒成大约v字形，保持这样的空间，等等。

Please keep your back straight, etc., etc., etc. 把背挺直，等等等等。

where I was probably just going to end up absolutely rigid¹, frozen,and I would not be able to strike the drum,because I was thinking of so many other things-he said,Evelyn, take this drum away for seven days, and I'll see you next week. 当时，最后我变得很僵硬，像被冻住了一样，我也很可能不能学会敲鼓，因为我一直在想着其他的事情，他对我说：Evelyn，把这个鼓带回去七天，我下周再来看你。

So, heavens! What was I to do? I no longer required the sticks;I wasn't allowed to have these sticks. 我的天哪！我该怎么做呢？我不能再要拿鼓棒了，老师不允许我用这些鼓棒了。

I had to basically look at this particular drum,see how it was made, what these little lugs² did, what the snares³ did. 我只能看着这个鼓，研究一下它是怎么做成的，小把手是做什么用的，响弦有是干什么的。

Turned it upside down, experimented with the shell, experimented with the head. 把它翻过来，试试它的外壳，它的鼓面。

Experimented with my body, experimented with jewelry,experimented with all sorts of things. 用我的身体尝试敲打他，用我的配饰，用一切可以用的东西尝试。

And of course, I returned with all sorts of bruises⁴ and things like that,but nevertheless, it was such an unbelievable experience,because then, where on Earth are you going to experience that in a piece of music? 当然，结果是归还的时候，我伤痕累累，不过，这是一次非常特别的经历，因为那段经历，在一段音乐中，究竟在哪里你能有那样的感受呢？

Where on Earth are you going to experience that in a study book? 在一本教科书中，究竟在哪里你能有那样的感受呢？

So we never, ever dealt with actual study books. 因此，我们从来没有真正地在研究教科书上的东西。

1 rigid   

adj.严格的，死板的；刚硬的，僵硬的

参考例句：

• She became as rigid as adamant.她变得如顽石般的固执。
• The examination was so rigid that nearly all aspirants were ruled out.考试很严，几乎所有的考生都被淘汰了。

2 lugs   

钎柄

参考例句：

• "They put on a lot of lugs here, don't they?" “这里的人的架子可不小，是不是？ 来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹
• In this department, hydro-set plates are assembled and joined together at the plate lugs. 在这个工段，组装脱水固化的极板并通过极板耳连在一起。 来自辞典例句

3 snares   

n.陷阱( snare的名词复数 )；圈套；诱人遭受失败（丢脸、损失等）的东西；诱惑物v.用罗网捕捉，诱陷，陷害( snare的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• He shoots rabbits and he sets snares for them. 他射杀兔子，也安放陷阱。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• I am myself fallen unawares into the snares of death. 我自己不知不觉跌进了死神的陷阱。 来自辞典例句

4 bruises   

n.瘀伤，伤痕，擦伤( bruise的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• He was covered with bruises after falling off his bicycle. 他从自行车上摔了下来，摔得浑身伤痕。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The pear had bruises of dark spots. 这个梨子有碰伤的黑斑。 来自《简明英汉词典》