ESL Podcast 915 – Learning to Read Music
时间：2019-01-01 作者：英语课 分类：地道美语播客
英语课
Mike: You have a great voice. You should join our choir 1.
Grace: I don’t know anything about music. I can’t even read music.
Mike: It’s not that hard. I could teach you. Look, this is a piece we’re working on right now.
Grace: What’s that weird 2 thing at the beginning?
Mike: That’s the clef. It tells you which note each line and space on the staff represents.
Grace: Okay. What about these numbers?
Mike: That’s the time signature. It tells you how many beats are in each measure, and what kind of note gets one beat. This little number above there gives you the tempo 3.
Grace: Hmm, that’s kind of complicated. Why are all of these notes stacked on top of each other?
Mike: That’s to indicate a chord, with two or more notes played together at the same time. See? Musical notation 4 is really very simple.
Grace: I don’t think I got all that.
Mike: I’m happy to help you until you get the hang of it. We could even work on some duets. We could sing harmony or I can accompany you on the piano.
Grace: I think you’re overestimating 5 my singing ability, but I’m willing to give it a try. At least, I think I can stay on pitch. I just don’t want to embarrass myself too much.
Mike: I think you’re overestimating the quality of our community choir!
n.唱诗班，唱诗班的席位，合唱团，舞蹈团；v.合唱
- The choir sang the words out with great vigor.合唱团以极大的热情唱出了歌词。
- The church choir is singing tonight.今晚教堂歌唱队要唱诗。
adj.古怪的，离奇的；怪诞的，神秘而可怕的
- From his weird behaviour,he seems a bit of an oddity.从他不寻常的行为看来，他好像有点怪。
- His weird clothes really gas me.他的怪衣裳简直笑死人。
n.(音乐的)速度；节奏，行进速度
- The boss is unsatisfied with the tardy tempo.老板不满于这种缓慢的进度。
- They waltz to the tempo of the music.他们跟着音乐的节奏跳华尔兹舞。
n.记号法，表示法，注释；[计算机]记法
- Music has a special system of notation.音乐有一套特殊的标记法。
- We shall find it convenient to adopt the following notation.采用下面的记号是方便的。
对（数量）估计过高，对…作过高的评价( overestimate的现在分词 )
- I think you're overestimating his abilities. 我看你对他的能力评价过高。
- With hindsight, he was overestimating their desire for peace. 事后看来，他高估了他们对和平的渴望。