戴尔英语红宝书 第87期

 

Topic: He’s my favorite composer.

Nancy今天我们又回到了艺术的话题。

He’s my favorite composer.

他是我最喜欢的作曲家。

Remember how we talked about opera and libretto¹ before Victor?

Yes.

Well， a composer writes the music， for opera， for classical， or even for movies—almost anything that’s instrumental.

他们才是幕后的英雄啊，专门创作音乐、戏剧、电影等主题曲或插曲。正因为有了他们这些人才让那些艺术品锦上添花。

Now if it’s a song with words， we say songwriter.

大家要注意写词的人叫song writer，那么写乐曲的人叫composer。

So he’s my favorite composer. That’s all for today！

1 libretto   

n.歌剧剧本，歌曲歌词

参考例句：

• The printed libretto was handsomely got up.这本印刷的歌剧剧本装帧得很美观。
• On the other hand,perhaps there is something to be said for the convenience of downloading a libretto in one's own home rather than looking for it in a library or book store.但是反过来看，或许尤为重要的是如果网