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。
学英语单词
additive smoothing
ampine
anangioid
anisotropic coupling constant
Araruama, L.de
auric azide
Baguio Pt.
Besselian interpolation coefficient
beyond all bearing
black sateen
built-in testing
c-battery
Campophyllum
Cervignano
Chǒmch'ǒn
column perforated plate
composed-text block
cry off from
daffins
dangerous illness
decko
deiformed
determining the position
diagne
dianthovirus
diffidency
diplazium subsinuatum
Disability Allowance Scheme
disease and nonbattle injury
Djoudem
dynamic pinch
electro-optically tuned laser
emergency trip speed
episymbiosis
European otter
external aneurysm
exultations
eyebrow cosmetics
faletti
far-rightists
fiddleback
fii
Flambeautree
flavinatine
free-vibration
Gauniganj
genus Philadelphus
hazing
hertzman
high precision computation
honey-month
impulsatile
inducing catalysis
information goods
jequirity beans
joint occurrence matrix
juvenile mentality
labour recompense fund
Lai Chau, Tinh
leapfrog
library search
logical process
loss evaluation
Lysimachia nummularia
makeup water pretreatment
Marker degradation
mudslide
not know one's arse from one's elbow
notification of unusual event
Nyakato
orotidine
overlay module
overmilling
picoliter
proof pressure (pneumatic)
pseudoapomorphy
pyorrheic
rat-proof
ray-proof
rearward communication system
reconditioning of crankshaft
restaurantish
seismically
selenium stainless steel
semiglutin
sharp work
shideler
short-circuit between conductors
skittles
spark adjustment
specific assets
sporidesmium cambrense
tactical trainer center
thyrohyal space
trucestone
try your hand at
two way joist
watergrass
weighted average value
whichever is higher
wire line tool
yeven