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Conversation one.
對話一
Excuse me. Where's your rock music section?
打擾一下,請問你們的搖滾樂區(qū)在哪里?
Rock music? I'm sorry, we're a Jazz store. We don't have any rock and roll.
搖滾樂?抱歉,我們是一家爵士樂店,我們不賣任何有關搖滾樂的東西。
Oh, you only have Jazz music, nothing else.
哦,你們這兒只有爵士樂,其它的沒有嗎?
That's right. We're the only record store in London dedicated exclusively to Jazz.
是的,我們是倫敦唯一一家專營爵士樂的唱片店。
Actually, we're more than just a record store.
其實,我們不止是一家唱片店。
We have a cafe and library upstairs and a ticket office down the hall where you can buy tickets to all the major Jazz concerts in the city.
我們樓上有咖啡廳和圖書館,樓下大廳有售票處,你可以在那里買到倫敦所有大型爵士音樂會的門票。
Also we have our own studio next door where reproduce albums for up and coming artists.
隔壁我們還有自己的工作室,我們會在那里為新生藝術家們復刻專輯。
We are committed to fostering new music talent.
我們致力于培養(yǎng)新的音樂人才。
Wow, that's so cool. I guess there's not much of a Jazz scene anymore.
哇哦,太酷了,我感覺現在已經很少能聽到爵士樂了。
Not like they used to be. But here you're trying to promote this great music genre.
不像以前了。但是在這里,你正努力推廣這種偉大的音樂流派。
Yes. Indeed, nowadays most people like to listen to pop and rock music.
是的,確實如此,現在大多數人都喜歡聽流行樂和搖滾樂。
Hip hop music from America is also getting more and more popular.
源于美國的嘻哈樂也越來越受歡迎。
So as a result, there are fewer listeners of Jazz, which is a great shame because it's an incredibly rich genre.
所以,爵士樂的聽眾少了,這真的很遺憾,因為爵士樂是一個極具價值的音樂流派。
But that's not to say there isn't any good new Jazz music being made out there anymore.
不過并不是說不會再有新的好的爵士樂被制作出來。
Far from it. It's just a much smaller market today.
遠非如此,只是現在爵士樂的市場小了很多。
So how would you define Jazz?
那么您是如何定義爵士樂的呢?
Interestingly enough, there's no agreed upon definition of Jazz.
很有趣的是,對于爵士樂并沒有統(tǒng)一的定義。
Indeed, there are many different styles of Jazz, some have singing, but most don't.
的確,爵士樂有很多種不同類型的風格,有些帶唱,不過大多數都不帶唱。
Some are electric and some aren't. Some contain live experimentation, but not always.
有些是電氣爵士,有些則不是。有些帶現場演唱,但并不全是如此。
While there's no simple definition for it. Allow, there are many different styles of Jazz.
爵士樂雖然沒有一個簡單的定義,但是卻允許其有多種不同的風格。
You simply know it when you hear it. Honestly. The only way to know what Jazz is, listen to it yourself.
你聽的時候自然就知道了。說白了,想要知道什么是爵士樂,唯一的方法就是你自己去聽。
As the great trumpet player. Louis Armstrong said, if you've got to ask, you'll never know.
偉大的小號演奏家路易斯·阿姆斯特朗曾經說過:如果你一定要問,那么你永遠都不會知道。
1. What do we learn about the woman's store?
關于這位女士的商店我們知道什么?
2. What does the man say about Jazz music?
關于爵士樂這位男士說了什么?
3. What does the woman say about Jazz?
關于爵士樂這位女士說了什么?
4. What should you do to appreciate different styles of Jazz according to the woman?
根據這位女士的話,應該怎樣去欣賞不同類型的爵士樂?