大忙人学社交口语 第55期:谈论音乐

 Hi, Michael. What's that you're listening to?

嗨，Michael。你在听什么音乐?

Hm? Oh, this? It's Miles Davis. His last album.

嗯?这个吗?这是迈尔斯·戴维斯的上一张专辑。

Oh. You like jazz, do you?

哦。你挺喜欢爵士乐的。

Oh, yeah, in a big way. You?

对啊，相当喜欢。你呢?

Well, I like some kinds of jazz. I like big band music, for example.

嗯，有几种爵士乐我还满喜欢的，像我就蛮喜欢大乐团音乐。

But classical music's more my thing. I like going to chamber¹ music concerts.

不过，古典乐就不太合我的意了。我喜欢听室内音乐会。

Oh, me, too, but I like going to listen to jazz trumpet².

噢，我也是。不过我喜欢听的是爵士喇叭。

Oh, yes? Do you play?

噢，是吗?你会吹吗?

Yes, a bit, unfortunately for my neighbors! You?

会一点，不过邻居就倒霉了。你呢?

I played the violin when I was a kid, but I stopped when I left school.

我小时候会拉小提琴，不过离开校园生活以后就没再拉了。

Oh, right. Oh, listen to this. Wow, it's really exciting!

我明白。噢，天哪，你听听这个。哇，真令人兴奋!

Isn't it? Just listen to that bass³.

可不是吗，听听里面的低音。

Oh, yes. I like it. It's hard to describe, but it's kind of…uplifting?

噢，听到了，我喜欢。它很难形容，不过让我觉得很舒服?

It's funky⁴, man! Funky!

那是放克音乐，嘿!放克!

1 chamber   

n.房间，寝室；会议厅；议院；会所

参考例句：

• For many,the dentist's surgery remains a torture chamber.对许多人来说，牙医的治疗室一直是间受刑室。
• The chamber was ablaze with light.会议厅里灯火辉煌。

2 trumpet   

n.喇叭，喇叭声；v.吹喇叭，吹嘘

参考例句：

• He plays the violin, but I play the trumpet.他拉提琴，我吹喇叭。
• The trumpet sounded for battle.战斗的号角吹响了。

3 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。

4 funky   

adj.畏缩的，怯懦的，霉臭的；adj.新式的，时髦的

参考例句：

• The kitchen smelled really funky.这个厨房有一股霉味。
• It is a funky restaurant with very interesting art on the walls.那是一家墙上挂着很有意思的绘画的新潮餐馆。