【话匣子英语】乐队特辑

安德鲁和苏珊都喜欢乐队，他们也分别在不同的乐队里.......

Andrew:           Thank you. I especially wanted to talk about my band today, because you also play in a band. And so I thought, hey, why don’t we just do an episode¹ about what it’s like to be in a band and why we like doing this as a hobby?

 

Suzanne:        It’s true, I am in a band. I don’t play an instrument, but I sing; I use my voice.

 

Andrew:           Mmhmm. Well, that’s a very important part.

 

Suzanne:        Yeah, absolutely.

 

Andrew:           Like I mentioned just a second ago, today our topic is about playing in bands, because that’s something that Suzanne and I have in common. We are both musicians and we both play in bands. So, Suzanne, tell me a little bit about you band. I know it’s a relatively² new band. Why don’t you tell us your band name and what kind of music you make?

 

Suzanne:        OK. I’m a little embarrassed about the band name.

 

Andrew:           Oh, everybody is, don’t worry.

 

Suzanne:        We’re still deciding on a band name that we all agree upon. We have not agreed upon a name.

 

Andrew:           OK, so it’s a work in progress?

 

Suzanne:        It’s a, exactly, a work in progress. So right now our band name is called Slush Devils.

 

Andrew:         Slush Devils. That’s a good winter Montreal band name.

 

Suzanne: Which is when we thought of the name, because we were stepping in a lot of puddles⁴ of slush that looked like they were frozen⁵, and then when you exit the car or cross the street and your foot goes into this big puddle³ of cold, mushy, snowy water up to your ankle, and you go, “Man!” You get angry. So that’s where it came from.

 

Andrew: I like it.

 

Suzanne: Our band is, it’s me—I’m the only Anglophone, I’m the American—and the other three guys …

 

Andrew: Are they all from France?

 

Suzanne: Two of them are from France, and one of them is from a small island off of the coast of New Zealand, I’m not going to remember the name at this time. But he is from a small island off the coast of New Zealand and it is a French-speaking island.

 

Andrew: Hmm, that’s really cool.

 

Suzanne: It’s very interesting. They’re all three of them engineers by day.

 

Andrew: They’re all engineers?

 

Suzanne: They’re all engineers by day, and then there’s me, who is not an engineer at all.

1 episode   

n.（作品的一段）情节，插曲，系列事件中之一

参考例句：

• The episode was a huge embarrassment for all concerned.这段小插曲令所有有关人员都感到非常尴尬。
• This episode remains sharply engraved on my mind.这段经历至今仍深深地铭刻在我的心中。

2 relatively   

adv.比较...地，相对地

参考例句：

• The rabbit is a relatively recent introduction in Australia.兔子是相对较新引入澳大利亚的物种。
• The operation was relatively painless.手术相对来说不痛。

3 puddle   

n.(雨)水坑，泥潭

参考例句：

• The boy hopped the mud puddle and ran down the walk.这个男孩跳过泥坑，沿着人行道跑了。
• She tripped over and landed in a puddle.她绊了一下，跌在水坑里。

4 puddles   

n.水坑， （尤指道路上的）雨水坑( puddle的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The puddles had coalesced into a small stream. 地面上水洼子里的水汇流成了一条小溪。
• The road was filled with puddles from the rain. 雨后路面到处是一坑坑的积水。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 frozen   

adj.冻结的，冰冻的

参考例句：

• He was frozen to death on a snowing night.在一个风雪的晚上，他被冻死了。
• The weather is cold and the ground is frozen.天寒地冻。