公众人物毕业演讲 第174期:吉米佩吉2014在伯克利音乐学院(3)

 　　So I could apply all of this acoustic¹ folk picking and slide guitar and etc etc

　　我能够运用原声民谣拨弦 滑音吉他技巧等等

　　But it was a very, very closed shop in those days

　　不过当时 这些是非常非常封闭的

　　Actually, probably still, maybe

　　也许现在仍然是这样

　　But now, obviously, as a specialist musician, you would be contracted in

　　不过现在 作为专业音乐人 你显然也能获得合同

　　But, in those days

　　不过在当时

　　when I had to sort of go in the door and have that discipline to play

　　我需要到现场 遵循各种演奏原则

　　because, boy, if you made mistakes, you wouldn't be seen again

　　你如果犯错 以后别人就不会再要你

　　I was in this whole sort of studio role for about two and a half years

　　我在录音室中担当这种角色大约有两年半时间

　　playing all manner of things from

　　演奏各种内容

　　TV jingles² to soundtracks and film music

　　包括电视配乐和电影配乐

　　Goldfinger, to The Kinks

　　从《金手指》到奇想乐队

　　to, you know, it was really a wonderful sort of, colourful role that I was playing

　　我在这些演奏中都扮演了很美妙 很多彩的角色

　　Until, one day the music charts were passed out and there were the notes

　　直到有一天 音乐图被发出 然后还有音符

　　and it was a gentle hint, I think

　　这似乎是在暗示我

　　that I had to learn to read music in a very, very serious way

　　我需要用一种很严肃的方式来学着读音乐

　　Because there were serious competitors there

　　因为外面有很多认真的竞争者

　　and everybody was fluent with music reading

　　而且大家都在读音乐方面非常流畅

　　So I had to come on very, very quickly in leaps and bounds

　　于是我需要非常迅速地行动起来

　　It was, yeah, it was quite a pressurised moment

　　没错 当时我的压力非常大

　　but I had come through it and then I was reading like all you guys do

　　但我经受住了挑战 能和你们所有人一样读音乐了

　　So I just wanted to give you that little bit of empathy here and understanding about

　　我只是想让你们有一些感同身受

　　having to, you know, reading music is a major part of it

　　理解读音乐是一大重要组成部分

　　and of course once you can read, then you can write it down

　　能读之后 你就自然能够将其写出来

　　and read others' work, that's great

　　读他人的作品 这会非常棒

　　Thank you so much for inviting³ me here

　　非常感谢学校对我的邀请

　　it really is an honour and a privilege

　　我感到无比荣幸

　　and I thank you all very much

　　非常感谢你们所有人

　　Good luck in the future. Thank you

　　祝大家未来好运 谢谢

1 acoustic   

adj.听觉的，声音的；(乐器)原声的

参考例句：

• The hall has a fine acoustic.这个大厅的传音效果很好。
• Animals use a whole rang of acoustic, visual,and chemical signals in their systems of communication.动物利用各种各样的听觉、视觉和化学信号来进行交流。

2 jingles   

叮当声( jingle的名词复数 )； 节拍十分规则的简单诗歌

参考例句：

• Can I give Del and Mr. Jingles some? 我可以分一点给戴尔和金格先生吗？
• This story jingles bells for many of my clients. 这个故事对我许多客户来说都耳熟能详。

3 inviting   

adj.诱人的，引人注目的

参考例句：

• An inviting smell of coffee wafted into the room.一股诱人的咖啡香味飘进了房间。
• The kitchen smelled warm and inviting and blessedly familiar.这间厨房的味道温暖诱人，使人感到亲切温馨。