欢乐美语:Music Under the Stars 露天音乐会

INTRODUCTION 1 TO ACT I



Today on TUNING 2 IN THE U.S.A., we are with Robbie and Richard Stewart at their family’s home in Riverdale, New York. Robbie is waiting for Alexandra. She is only in the United 4 States for a year. She is an exchange student from Greece. Alexandra arrives with her Greek 5 cousin Andreas. He’s visiting the United States. Robbie, Alexandra, and Andreas decide to go to a concert. But they have no way to get there. None of them can drive.



ACT I



Richard: Hey, Robbie!



Robbie: Oh, hi, Richard. What time is it?



Richard: Umm. It’s twenty after four. Hey, how do you like my tape recorder?



Robbie: It has good sound. I found a great tape. Listen to this one. [He plays a tape.]



Richard: Yeah, not bad.



Robbie: What time is it?



Richard: You just asked me that. Now its twenty-one minutes after four. Expecting somebody?



Robbie: Yes. Alexandra is coming over.



Richard: Hey, Rob 3, I think I see her walking up the sidewalk right now.



Robbie: She is? Alexandra? Are you kidding?



[Richard leaves the room. The doorbell rings. Robbie answers the door. Alexandra and Andreas are standing 6 there.]



Robbie: Hello, Alexander.



Alexander: Hi, Robby.



Ro: Good to see you, come on in.



Alexander: I want you to see somebody. This is my cousin Andrews. He is visiting from Greece. Andrews, this is my friend, Robbie.



Ro: I'm glad to meet you, Andreas.



Andrews: The pleasure is mine.



Al: What's this?



Ro: Richard has a new tape recorder. I'm listening to tapes.



Al: Oh. You should hear Andreas's new tape. He has it with him.



Ro: Oh, good. I want to hear it. [They listen to the tape]



Ro: Andrews, this is a great band.



Al: They’re playing at Long Island University. Tonight, Andreas wants to go.



AN: Why don’t we all go?



Ro: I don't think we can go.



Al: Why not?



Ro: The buses stop running early. And the concert may run late.



An: Ah! We do have a problem. We need someone to drive us.



Ri: [He enters.] Hey, Rob, that’s a great sound. Hi, Alexandra. How are you?



AL: Hi, Richard. This is my cousin Andrews.



Ri: Nice to meet you, Andrews. Say, that's a band. I like it. Yeah, I like it a lot.



RO, Al, An: You do?



Ro: Uh … Sit down, Richard. Join us. You say you like this band? Well, you have a chance to go to one of their live concerts.



Al: With us!



Ro: Tonight!



Ri: Thanks. But, Robbie, Why do you want your big brother to go along?



Ro: Well, you have the car.



Ri: Aha!



INTRODUCTION TO ACT II



This time on TUNING IN THE U.S.A., Robbie Stewart, his friend Alexandra Pappas, and her cousin Andreas are going to hear a favorite rock-and-roll band. Robbie’s brother Richard drives them there. It’s an outdoor concert. They will be listening to the music under the night stars.



ACT II



Richard: OK. We’re here. We were lucky to find a place to park.



Robbie: It’s so crowded. A lot of people must like this band.



Richard: And I never heard of this band before today!



Robbie: Of course not, Richard. It’s rock-and-roll. You’re too old…



Richard: That’s not true. I listened to rock-and-roll all the time. I mean, great rock-and-roll.



Robbie: Hey, there’s a good topic for a school paper:“Hit Songs of the Stone Age.”[He laughs.]



Richard: All right, little brother. Did you bring something to sit on, like a blanket?



Robbie: It’s right here, Richard.



Richard: Alexandra, you have the food.



Alexandra: Fried 7 chicken, potato salad, sliced tomatoes, and soda 8.



Richard: Then let’s go! Let the good times roll!



Alexandra: Let the good times roll?



Richard: It’s a line from a great old rock-and-roll song.



Andreas: From nineteen sixty.



Richard: Hey, You’re right! Good for you, Andreas! How did you know that?



Andreas: I like music.



Richard: You can say that again! You sure do.



Andreas: I went to an outdoor concert in Massachusetts. At the end, they let a hundred balloons sail to the sky. It was beautiful.



Richard: Andreas, how many concerts do you go to? You went here. You went there. [He laughs.] Don’t you do anything else?



Andreas: I love music.



Robbie: All kinds of music?



Andreas: I don’t love all kinds, but I am interested in all kinds. Back in Greece, at the university, I have a radio show.



Richard: What is the name of your show?



Andreas: “Music from Around the World.”



Richard: You know, there are many different kinds of music in the United States. There’s jazz from New Orleans. And there’s country music from Nashville. Do you know about Nashville?



Andreas: Of course. And there’s rock-and-roll.



[They hear the band beginning to play]



Andreas: It sounds like they are starting. Let’s hurry.



Al: I never went to an outdoor concert before. Where do we sit?



Ri: We spread out the blanket and sit under the stars. It’s nice.



[They walk to the concert area.]



Ri: This looks like a good place.



An: Yes, I can see the stage.



Ri: Here we are. There’s plenty of room for the blanket.



Al: Richard, is that blanket big enough for the four of us to sit on?



Ri: I think so. We’ll just have to sit close together.



Ro: That’s OK. Here, Alexandra. You should sit next to me.