英语PK台 第444期:悉尼交响乐团中国巡演

 　　Track One

　　This is my first time (in Beijing)—my first time in China.

　　这是我第一次（来北京），第一次来中国。

　　You had the experience of being on China's new railroad system.

　　你感受到了中国的新铁路运输系统。

　　It's absolutely amazing—I spent a lot of time in France as a Music Director and so I got to know the TGV—which the French are very proud of

　　太了不起了。我在法国当了很长一段时间的音乐总监，了解到了法国人引以为傲的法国高速列车。

　　It seems rather a slow boat by comparison to this train

　　跟现在（中国）这些列车相比，那就像是一艘慢悠悠的船。

　　It is just so pleasant to go into these stations

　　光是进入这些车站就很开心。

　　All of a sudden the train pulls up—you have a nice conversation and you are in a completely different place hundreds of kilometres away

　　忽然列车进站了（停下了）。（或者）当你完成了一段愉快的交谈后，就已置身几百公里的之外了。

　　Are you familiar with music such as 'Meet me in St Louis'?

　　你对“在圣路易斯遇见我”这样的乐曲熟悉吗？

　　I am indeed and sometimes have to correct things—When they have (singing) it is 'meet me in St Louis Louis'

　　我有时确实必须得纠正错误。（他唱到）应该是“在圣路易斯路易斯遇见我”。

　　It is just that they change the rhythm sometimes

　　是因为他们有时会改变节奏。

　　I've actually been in the railroad station at St Louis and actually saw the train 'Meet me in St Louis'

　　我在圣路易斯火车站的时候真的看到了“在圣路易斯见到我”这列火车。

　　It reminded me of another place in America—Chattanooga—Glen Miller¹ The Chattanooga Choo Choo

　　这让我想起了美国的另一个地方：查特怒加市-格伦·米勒的那首The Chattanooga Choo Choo

　　The Chattanooga Choo Choo—there you are

　　The Chattanooga Choo Cho，你就在那里。

　　'You have your ham and eggs in Carolina' 'Woo woo Chattanooga there you are”

　　“你在加利福尼亚有火腿和鸡蛋吃”，Woo woo Chattanooga，你就在那里。

　　Rory—this is amazing having a musician singing to us!

　　Rory，你看，有一位音乐家给我们唱歌是不是很棒？

　　Well I am not going to sing to you—I leave that up to the professionals

　　我不会给你们唱的，我会留给专业人士去唱给你听。

　　You were back in Beijing are on a China tour—where have you been on this wandering around the country

　　现在回到北京了，您在中国巡演时，都去了哪些地方呢？

　　Amazingly we are almost half way through the tour—we started three days ago in Shanghai - performing at the Oriental Arts Centre

　　也是神奇，我们已经完成将近一半的旅程—3天前，我们在上海开始—在那里的东方艺术中心进行了演奏。

　　Then went to Jinan and performed in that fabulous² new grand theatre there.

　　随后去了济南，在那里宏伟的新大剧院演奏。

　　Jumped on the high speed train and here we are in Beijing

　　然后乘上高铁，我们就到了这里—北京

　　Two concerts in the 'crown jewel' of arts centres in China—the NCPA (Which is National Centre for the Performing Arts )

　　在中国的艺术中心“皇冠上的宝石”— 国家大剧院进行了两场演奏会。

　　Track Two

　　Looking over your past, Malibu must have been a lovely place to be brought up?

　　回顾你的过去，在马里布那个地方长大一定很不错吧？

　　It was idyllic³ with the mountains and the sea right there

　　它依山傍海，一派田园风光。

　　One of the things that has been nice for me getting to know Sydney has been—Sydney and Malibu share an ocean

　　有一件事我觉得还挺不错的，就是了解到悉尼与马里布共享一片海

　　As you may be aware, there are actual scents⁴ and fragrances⁵ that come from the Pacific that are like no other place.

　　也许您也注意到了，那里能闻到来自太平洋的海洋的香味，跟其他地方很不一样。

　　I haven't got close enough to the water here in China to check yet

　　在中国，我还没有来得及去海边看看

　　You were mentioning the National Centre for Performing Arts Rory.

　　你之前提到过国家表演艺术中心，罗里

　　It's a fabulous venue⁶, you've been here, a couple of times now?

　　这可是个相当不错的表演场地，您都来过多次了吧？

　　Yes—we performed there when we toured to China in 2012 as well.

　　是的，2012年我们在中国巡演也是在那

　　It is a wonderful building but I think that the thing really impresses us most is just what a spectacular acoustic⁷ the hall has

　　那是一个雄伟的建筑，但给我们印象最深的是音乐厅所拥有的非凡的音响效果。

　　It shows the orchestra off to best effect

　　它将管弦乐器的声效展现的淋漓尽致

　　You know one of the great things about touring is that ability to be able to play in different halls everyday.

　　你知道巡演最爽的事就是在每天能在不同演奏厅里表演

　　The orchestra really get used to the flexibility⁸ required for that

　　管弦乐队也习惯了这种灵活性

　　I think the concert hall here has one of the finest acoustics⁹ anywhere in the world

　　我觉得这里的音乐厅有着世界级的，无与伦比的音响效果

　　We love playing here

　　我们很喜欢在这里演出

　　I always liked music—my whole family liked music—but no one is professional—I am the one who is crazy enough to think that was something one could actually pursue

　　我热爱音乐，我们全家人都热爱音乐，但没有一个人是专业的。而我是那个足够疯狂的认为音乐是一项可以追求的事业的人。

　　I went and studied in London at the Royal Academy of Music

　　我到伦敦的皇家音乐学院去学习

　　From there became a 'wandering minstrel' around lots of different places

　　从那以后，我成为了一个流浪歌手，在很多不同的地方表演。

　　And here I am

　　现在，我就在这里

1 miller   

n.磨坊主

参考例句：

• Every miller draws water to his own mill.磨坊主都往自己磨里注水。
• The skilful miller killed millions of lions with his ski.技术娴熟的磨坊主用雪橇杀死了上百万头狮子。

2 fabulous   

adj.极好的；极为巨大的；寓言中的，传说中的

参考例句：

• We had a fabulous time at the party.我们在晚会上玩得很痛快。
• This is a fabulous sum of money.这是一笔巨款。

3 idyllic   

adj.质朴宜人的，田园风光的

参考例句：

• These scenes had an idyllic air.这种情景多少有点田园气氛。
• Many people living in big cities yearn for an idyllic country life.现在的很多都市人向往那种田园化的生活。

4 scents   

n.香水( scent的名词复数 )；气味；（动物的）臭迹；（尤指狗的）嗅觉

参考例句：

• The air was fragrant with scents from the sea and the hills. 空气中荡漾着山和海的芬芳气息。
• The winds came down with scents of the grass and wild flowers. 微风送来阵阵青草和野花的香气。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 fragrances   

n.芳香，香味( fragrance的名词复数 )；香水

参考例句：

• The bath oil comes in various fragrances. 这种沐浴油有不同的香味。
• This toilet soap lathers so nicely and has several fragrances. 这种香皂起泡很多，并且有好几种香味。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

6 venue   

n.犯罪地点，审判地，管辖地，发生地点，集合地点

参考例句：

• The hall provided a venue for weddings and other functions.大厅给婚礼和其他社会活动提供了场所。
• The chosen venue caused great controversy among the people.人们就审判地点的问题产生了极大的争议。

7 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。

8 flexibility   

n.柔韧性，弹性，（光的）折射性，灵活性

参考例句：

• Her great strength lies in her flexibility.她的优势在于她灵活变通。
• The flexibility of a man's muscles will lessen as he becomes old.人老了肌肉的柔韧性将降低。

9 acoustics   

n.声学，(复)音响效果，音响装置

参考例句：

• The acoustics of the new concert hall are excellent.这座新音乐厅的音响效果极好。
• The auditorium has comfortable seating and modern acoustics.礼堂里有舒适的座椅和现代化的音响设备。