Learning to Play the Guitar
1--I have started learning to play the guitar.
2--Have you?
1--And I've always been intereste in... I've never
had the time, and...
2--So you've bought a guitar?
1--I have.
2--And are you taking lessons?
1--Not taking lessons, I'm teaching myself.
2--I see. You've got a, a book and...
1--Yeh, and I've talked to people that play the
guitar, got the basic ideas.
2--Yes--and are you making progress?
1--Yes, I am, making very good progress, yes.
2--Oh great.
1--I'm very pleased actually.
2--Wh-what sort of music do you want to play?
1--A-all sorts, nothing in particular, anything perhaps
from Spanish, classical, jazz.
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注解:
1)guitar:吉他。注意,演奏某種樂器時(shí),必須
用定冠詞,如play the guitar, play the piano,
playthe violin等。
2)take lessons:上課;聽課。
3)make progress:取得進(jìn)步。注意下列短語(yǔ)中的修飾
語(yǔ)make a lot of/ good/ much/ little/ fast/ show/
progress.progress為不可數(shù)名詞,不用冠詞。
4)in particular:特別,尤其。
5)Spanish:西班牙的。
6)jazz:爵士音樂,一種起源于美國(guó)黑人的活潑
放縱,節(jié)奏強(qiáng)烈的舞曲。
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譯文
1--我開始學(xué)彈吉他了。
2--真的嗎?
1--我一直很感興趣,但總是沒有時(shí)間學(xué)。
2--那你買了一把吉他?
1--是的。
2--那你在聽吉他課嗎?
1--沒聽課,我自己自學(xué)。
2--這么說(shuō)你有一本教材,并且.....
1--是的,我還和那些會(huì)彈吉他的人聊過(guò),懂得了些初步概念。
2--不錯(cuò),那你有進(jìn)步嗎?
1--當(dāng)然啦,進(jìn)步挺大。
2--喔,真棒。
1--是的,我也很高興。
2--你喜歡彈哪種曲子?
1--沒有什么特別愛好,各種曲子都彈,西班牙的,古典的
或爵士音樂,什么都喜歡。