實(shí)戰(zhàn)口語(yǔ)情景對(duì)話：Music Appreciation 音樂(lè)鑒賞

John: So Sarah, do you play any musical instruments?

約翰：薩拉，你會(huì)演奏樂(lè)器嗎?

Sarah: Yeah. I play two. I love to play the guitar. I started playing in college, and I like to play the piano, too. I started learning the piano when I was really young. How about you?

薩拉：會(huì)。我會(huì)兩種樂(lè)器。我喜歡彈吉他。我在大學(xué)時(shí)開(kāi)始學(xué)吉他，我也喜歡彈鋼琴。我很小的時(shí)候就開(kāi)始學(xué)鋼琴。你呢?

John: Oh that's interesting. For me, I started playing the trumpet when I was really young, and I don't play it much anymore. But I started playing the piano when I finished high school, and I still play it now.

約翰：哦，這很有趣。我從很小的時(shí)候開(kāi)始學(xué)小號(hào)，不過(guò)我現(xiàn)在已經(jīng)不再吹小號(hào)了。我高中畢業(yè)以后開(kāi)始學(xué)鋼琴，我現(xiàn)在還在彈鋼琴。

Sarah: Oh wow. So you started learning the piano when you were older.

薩拉：哇哦。你長(zhǎng)大以后才開(kāi)始學(xué)鋼琴。

John: Yes.

約翰：對(duì)。

Sarah: Do you think people can start to learn an instrument at any age?

薩拉：你認(rèn)為人們?cè)谌魏文挲g都可以學(xué)樂(lè)器嗎?

John: Yes, I think so. Do you have a theory about that?

約翰：對(duì)，我認(rèn)為可以。你對(duì)此有什么見(jiàn)解?

Sarah: Yeah. I think that if people start to play an instrument when they're older, I think they enjoy it more because they chose to learn it. And I think they're going to play it longer. But if you have to learn an instrument when you're younger, I think you won't continue playing it.

薩拉：嗯。我認(rèn)為，如果人們長(zhǎng)大以后才開(kāi)始學(xué)樂(lè)器，那他們會(huì)更享受，因?yàn)槭撬麄冏约哼x擇要學(xué)的。而且他們演奏樂(lè)器的時(shí)間會(huì)更長(zhǎng)。但是，如果你在小時(shí)候被要求去學(xué)一種樂(lè)器，那你不會(huì)堅(jiān)持演奏。

John: Oh, because you have to practice for homework or something like that.

約翰：哦，因?yàn)槟悴坏貌辉趯懲曜鳂I(yè)后練習(xí)。

Sarah: Yeah. I have five brothers. And we all learned how to play the piano, but as soon as my brothers graduated from high school and went away, they stopped playing the piano. And they don't play it now. In fact, they forgot everything.

薩拉：對(duì)。我有5個(gè)兄弟。我們都學(xué)鋼琴，可是我兄弟們高中一畢業(yè)就不再?gòu)椾撉倭?。他們現(xiàn)在也不彈。實(shí)際上，他們已經(jīng)都忘了。

John: Oh, wow.

約翰：哇哦。

Sarah: Yeah.

薩拉：對(duì)。

John: Well, I do think that music education is very important for children because reading sheet music is like reading a language. And children can learn it much easier than adults learn. So no matter what instrument you play, if you're a child you learn how to read music.

約翰：我認(rèn)為兒童的音樂(lè)教育非常重要，因?yàn)榭礃?lè)譜就像讀語(yǔ)言一樣。相比成年人來(lái)說(shuō)，兒童學(xué)得更容易。所以，無(wú)論是何種樂(lè)器，從兒童時(shí)期開(kāi)始學(xué)習(xí)樂(lè)譜比較好。

Sarah: And I think too, it's really important for kids to be a part of a group like that. For example, singing in the choir or playing music in the orchestra, I think it's really good for kids to learn to work together and make music as a team. I have some really good memories about being a young kid in the orchestra.

薩拉：我也這樣認(rèn)為，對(duì)兒童來(lái)說(shuō)，參加音樂(lè)團(tuán)體非常重要。舉例來(lái)說(shuō)，可以參加合唱團(tuán)或管弦樂(lè)團(tuán)，我認(rèn)為學(xué)習(xí)合作以及像團(tuán)隊(duì)一樣做音樂(lè)，對(duì)兒童來(lái)說(shuō)很有益處。我小時(shí)候在管弦樂(lè)團(tuán)有很多美好的記憶。

John: Me too. I was also in choir and orchestra and marching band. So I don't play the orchestra instruments anymore and I don't play the marching band instruments anymore but I'm very glad that I had the experience of learning to read music and learning to work together as a team.

約翰：我也是。我參加了合唱團(tuán)、管弦樂(lè)團(tuán)和行進(jìn)樂(lè)隊(duì)。我現(xiàn)在已經(jīng)不再演奏管弦樂(lè)器，我也不再演奏行進(jìn)樂(lè)隊(duì)的樂(lè)器，不過(guò)我很高興我有這種經(jīng)歷，能學(xué)習(xí)樂(lè)譜，學(xué)習(xí)團(tuán)隊(duì)合作。

Sarah: That's true. Me too. Okay. I changed my mind. Even little kids, they should learn how to play a musical instrument.

薩拉：沒(méi)錯(cuò)。我也是。好。我改變想法了。每個(gè)小孩都應(yīng)該學(xué)一種樂(lè)器。