戴尔英语红宝书 第42期

Victor： Hi,大家好,我是Victor， 

Nancy： Nancy! 

Victor： 今天我们讨论的Topic是： 

Nancy： The chorus¹ is doing an evening of madrigals. 

Victor： 合唱队演唱小夜曲。 

Nancy： Madrigals are short poems set to music, that were popular in England in the 16th and 17th centuries, but were developed in Italy hundreds of years before that. 

Victor： 小夜曲是一种配短诗的音乐，数百年前兴起于意大利，16、17世纪时在英国流行。 

Nancy： They’re usually done with small choruses², and have a sweet, simple sound to them, which sounds great when it’s done with good voices. 

Victor： 通常都有轻柔简单的小合唱伴奏。 

Nancy： The chorus is doing an evening of madrigals. 

Victor： The chorus is doing an evening of madrigals. 

Nancy: That’s all for today. See you! 

Victor: See you!

1 chorus   

n.合唱，合唱队，齐声

参考例句：

• Never before have I heard this song sung in chorus.我从来没有听过这首歌的合唱。
• The children repeated the words after her in chorus.孩子们跟她齐声朗读单词。

2 choruses   

n.合唱( chorus的名词复数 )；齐声；合唱曲；（歌曲的）副歌v.合唱，齐声背诵，异口同声地说( chorus的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• When she went out the sparrows were twittering merrily in joyous choruses. 她出门时，大群的麻雀在叽叽喳喳地欢唱。 来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹
• Out on the water flickering lights and soft-voiced choruses marked the fishers returning from the reef. 远远的水面上，灯光摇曳，轻歌荡漾，说明渔人正在收帆夜归。 来自辞典例句