时间:2019-02-02 作者:英语课 分类:2006年VOA标准英语(七月)


英语课

By Doug Levine
Washington
15 July 2006


Eldar Djangirov's dream of coming to America and playing jazz came true years ago.  But an even bigger dream of recording 1 an album with a major label has also come true.  For Eldar, as he's known, patience and persistence 2 can pay off.


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Eldar Djangirov   
  
Most young musicians would say that getting a record contract is career highlight.  But ask Eldar, and he might humbly 3 tell you that the real payoff for his years of practice at the piano was meeting a few of his childhood jazz heroes, like Dave Brubeck and Oscar Peterson.  Of course, Eldar had no idea that someday he would actually be playing alongside these and other jazz luminaries 4.


Eldar's musical journey began in Kyrgyzstan, where he listened to his father's jazz record collection while fine-tuning his own musical skills on the family piano.  Under his mother's tutelage, Eldar quickly progressed to playing intricate jazz pieces by pianists Bill Evans and Art Tatum.  He performed at the Siberian Jazz Festival when he was only nine-years-old, an event that eventually brought him to the United States.


His eye-opening speed and dexterity 5 on piano combined with his dedication 6 to jazz at such a young age brought him nationwide attention.  He performed on national radio and television programs; appeared on a musical segment of the 2000 Grammy Awards; and was the top contender at the Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival and Peter Nero Piano Competition.  In 2004, at the request of Wynton Marsalis, he performed at the opening of Lincoln Center's new jazz venue 7, Rose Hall.  Eldar had just turned 18 when Sony Records announced with much fanfare 8 the release of his self-titled album in March 2005.


Eldar recently completed his first year of music studies at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles.  Of course, when you're one of today's fastest rising jazz stars, it's not easy trying to live the life of a college student.  Eldar is already back on tour, supporting his latest release "Live At The Blue Note," featuring guest trumpeters Roy Hargrove and Chris Botti.



n.录音,记录
  • How long will the recording of the song take?录下这首歌得花多少时间?
  • I want to play you a recording of the rehearsal.我想给你放一下彩排的录像。
n.坚持,持续,存留
  • The persistence of a cough in his daughter puzzled him.他女儿持续的咳嗽把他难住了。
  • He achieved success through dogged persistence.他靠着坚持不懈取得了成功。
adv. 恭顺地,谦卑地
  • We humbly beg Your Majesty to show mercy. 我们恳请陛下发发慈悲。
  • "You must be right, Sir,'said John humbly. “你一定是对的,先生,”约翰恭顺地说道。
n.杰出人物,名人(luminary的复数形式)
  • In that day there will be no light; the luminaries will dwindle. 亚14:6那日、必没有光.三光必退缩。 来自互联网
  • Includes household filament light bulbs & luminaries. 包括家用的白炙灯泡和光源。 来自互联网
n.(手的)灵巧,灵活
  • You need manual dexterity to be good at video games.玩好电子游戏手要灵巧。
  • I'm your inferior in manual dexterity.论手巧,我不如你。
n.奉献,献身,致力,题献,献辞
  • We admire her courage,compassion and dedication.我们钦佩她的勇气、爱心和奉献精神。
  • Her dedication to her work was admirable.她对工作的奉献精神可钦可佩。
n.犯罪地点,审判地,管辖地,发生地点,集合地点
  • 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。
n.喇叭;号角之声;v.热闹地宣布
  • The product was launched amid much fanfare worldwide.这个产品在世界各地隆重推出。
  • A fanfare of trumpets heralded the arrival of the King.嘹亮的小号声宣告了国王驾到。
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-tropy
actualisation
ADCAP
ahman
American snakebird
Ancistrocladus
angiulo
angry with
antiassimilationist
as though
aspherical mirror
audiographics
AutoHotkey
ball variometer
barron-welshart scale
be similar to
bowler-hat
Burgasko Ezero
butenediol
C.G.S. unit
canned format
chiswell
comparative microbiology
constitutional committee
cucurbita pepoes
cymatoceratids
dark tint face
defilee
degenerately
digital-analog converters
double-throw disconecting switch
eastern malayo-polynesians
embryologia
escortings
euphuistic, euphuistical
explicit reciprocity law
Fine Gael
fire caly crucible
full - size car
general peripheral controller
germ ring
handa
happy birthday to me
hittner
horizontal boat
hydroelectric generating station
hypengyophobia
ideal-gas laws
incorrect operation
ippolito
key matrix
malacophilous plant
marginal density
medical social worker
Metaminodiazepoxide
mewa
multielement antenna
neurotoxicities
no-go gauge
nonpolycystic
Nylasint
outskates
paho
palatine raphes
perennialists
phoebe chinensis chun
pictorial relief map
PIN numbers
pitching stability
pop test
POST-LA
power factor
power jackknifing
preshape
propreantepenult
punch board
quantitative analysis of dynamics
radio aid to navigation
renavigating
rhythmlessly
ringing cut-off relay
Schwindkirchen
scum of the earth
semus
simulation of scattering density
siphuncles
Sorgwǒn-gun
Spanyard
sticketh
suspending pipe carrier
sympathetic damage
synthetic houttuynine
two-lip seal
undersea surveillance
unit of fit
unrefilled
usb floppy
vulgarizes
wardak
water filtration tank
water-leaf
Waveney, River