VOA标准英语2020--疫情期间的在线音乐会

The side porch of a house may seem like an unlikely place to hold a classical concert.

But that’s what the Milo trio is doing.

Since new social guidelines and mandates¹ are preventing people from clustering in groups,

they’ve taken their music outdoors and online,

where people can keep their distance while enjoying a communal² experience.

I thought it was absolutely wonderful.

I love the selection of music and just being here, with the musicians who are performing just made me feel a whole lot better.

It was really good, really complicated music.

I thought like the music was really sweet and happy.

This is quite an opportunity to have a concert like this,

and our kids teachers playing here,

so wonderful to let them watch her and get inspired.

The trio has been together since January of last year.

We tried to figure out some way that we could see each other, bring music to the community, and kind of satiate both those needs.

We really enjoy sharing that music with the people around us and our community,

and this outdoor porch, socially distant concerts have been a great way to help build that community,

and help people remember that were all still here, and were all still doing art.

Pianist Carl Banner says the response to their two concerts has been terrific.

In the neighborhood, I feel like a celebrity³.

Everybody stops me and says oh we loved your music and I thought wow.

The milo trio is not alone.

Around the corner, Bill Crandall plays a guitar in his garage,

and shares it with neighbors and on social media,

and across town, jazz harmonicist Frederickione shares his music online and through the open windows of his makeshift studio.

You know as a musician, you think most of your life no one cares.

Now they care.

During these uncertain times, one thing is sure.

When the sound of music beckons⁴, people flock to listen on the streets of Washington and beyond.

1 mandates   

托管（mandate的第三人称单数形式）

参考例句：

• Individual mandates would require all people to purchase health insurance. 个人托管要求所有人都要购买健康保险。
• While I agree with those benefits, I'm not a supporter of mandates. 我同意上述好处，我不是授权软件的支持者。

2 communal   

adj.公有的，公共的，公社的，公社制的

参考例句：

• There was a communal toilet on the landing for the four flats.在楼梯平台上有一处公共卫生间供4套公寓使用。
• The toilets and other communal facilities were in a shocking state.厕所及其他公共设施的状况极其糟糕。

3 celebrity   

n.名人，名流；著名，名声，名望

参考例句：

• Tom found himself something of a celebrity. 汤姆意识到自己已小有名气了。
• He haunted famous men, hoping to get celebrity for himself. 他常和名人在一起, 希望借此使自己获得名气。

4 beckons   

v.（用头或手的动作）示意，召唤( beckon的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• He sent his ships wherever profit beckons. 他将船队派往赢利的那些地方。 来自辞典例句
• I believe history beckons again. 我认为现在历史又在召唤了。 来自辞典例句