时间:2019-01-18 作者:英语课 分类:TED演讲娱乐篇


英语课

 It's called U-Carmen e-Khayelitsha literally 1 Carmen of Khayelitsha. 这个电影叫U-Carmen e-Khayelitsha就是卡雅利沙的卡门。


I want to play you a tiny clip of it now for no other reason than to give you proof positive  我给各位演奏一小段只是想向您展示,
that there is nothing tiny about South African music making.  南非的音乐创作是非常伟大的。
Something which I find utterly 2 enchanting 3 about South African music making is that it's so free. 我感受到了南非音乐创作中迷人的是其自由性。
South Africans just make music really freely.  南非人自由地创造音乐。
And I think, in no small way,  我认为主要是,
that's due to one fundamental fact:  由于一个重要事实:
they're not bound to a system of notation 4.  他们不受谱号的约束。
They don't read music.  他们从不读音乐。
They trust their ears.  他们相信自己的耳朵。
You can teach a bunch of South Africans a tune 5 in about five seconds flat.  你只教一个南非人5秒的调子。
And then, as if by magic,  然后奇迹般地,
they will spontaneously improvise 6 a load of harmony around that tune because they can.   他们就能依此即兴创作出和谐的曲子因为他们有这个能力。

adv.照字面意义,逐字地;确实
  • He translated the passage literally.他逐字逐句地翻译这段文字。
  • Sometimes she would not sit down till she was literally faint.有时候,她不走到真正要昏厥了,决不肯坐下来。
adv.完全地,绝对地
  • Utterly devoted to the people,he gave his life in saving his patients.他忠于人民,把毕生精力用于挽救患者的生命。
  • I was utterly ravished by the way she smiled.她的微笑使我完全陶醉了。
a.讨人喜欢的
  • His smile, at once enchanting and melancholy, is just his father's. 他那种既迷人又有些忧郁的微笑,活脱儿象他父亲。
  • Its interior was an enchanting place that both lured and frightened me. 它的里头是个吸引人的地方,我又向往又害怕。
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。
n.调子;和谐,协调;v.调音,调节,调整
  • He'd written a tune,and played it to us on the piano.他写了一段曲子,并在钢琴上弹给我们听。
  • The boy beat out a tune on a tin can.那男孩在易拉罐上敲出一首曲子。
v.即兴创作;临时准备,临时凑成
  • If an actor forgets his words,he has to improvise.演员要是忘记台词,那就只好即兴现编。
  • As we've not got the proper materials,we'll just have to improvise.我们没有弄到合适的材料,只好临时凑合了。
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