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Conversation one.
对话一
Excuse me. Where's your rock music section?
打扰一下，请问你们的摇滚乐区在哪里？
Rock music? I'm sorry, we're a Jazz store. We don't have any rock and roll.
摇滚乐？抱歉，我们是一家爵士乐店，我们不卖任何有关摇滚乐的东西。
Oh, you only have Jazz music, nothing else.
哦，你们这儿只有爵士乐，其它的没有吗？
That's right. We're the only record store in London dedicated exclusively to Jazz.
是的，我们是伦敦唯一一家专营爵士乐的唱片店。
Actually, we're more than just a record store.
其实，我们不止是一家唱片店。
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.
我们楼上有咖啡厅和图书馆，楼下大厅有售票处，你可以在那里买到伦敦所有大型爵士音乐会的门票。
Also we have our own studio next door where reproduce albums for up and coming artists.
隔壁我们还有自己的工作室，我们会在那里为新生艺术家们复刻专辑。
We are committed to fostering new music talent.
我们致力于培养新的音乐人才。
Wow, that's so cool. I guess there's not much of a Jazz scene anymore.
哇哦，太酷了，我感觉现在已经很少能听到爵士乐了。
Not like they used to be. But here you're trying to promote this great music genre.
不像以前了。但是在这里，你正努力推广这种伟大的音乐流派。
Yes. Indeed, nowadays most people like to listen to pop and rock music.
是的，确实如此，现在大多数人都喜欢听流行乐和摇滚乐。
Hip hop music from America is also getting more and more popular.
源于美国的嘻哈乐也越来越受欢迎。
So as a result, there are fewer listeners of Jazz, which is a great shame because it's an incredibly rich genre.
所以，爵士乐的听众少了，这真的很遗憾，因为爵士乐是一个极具价值的音乐流派。
But that's not to say there isn't any good new Jazz music being made out there anymore.
不过并不是说不会再有新的好的爵士乐被制作出来。
Far from it. It's just a much smaller market today.
远非如此，只是现在爵士乐的市场小了很多。
So how would you define Jazz?
那么您是如何定义爵士乐的呢？
Interestingly enough, there's no agreed upon definition of Jazz.
很有趣的是，对于爵士乐并没有统一的定义。
Indeed, there are many different styles of Jazz, some have singing, but most don't.
的确，爵士乐有很多种不同类型的风格，有些带唱，不过大多数都不带唱。
Some are electric and some aren't. Some contain live experimentation, but not always.
有些是电气爵士，有些则不是。有些带现场演唱，但并不全是如此。
While there's no simple definition for it. Allow, there are many different styles of Jazz.
爵士乐虽然没有一个简单的定义，但是却允许其有多种不同的风格。
You simply know it when you hear it. Honestly. The only way to know what Jazz is, listen to it yourself.
你听的时候自然就知道了。说白了，想要知道什么是爵士乐，唯一的方法就是你自己去听。
As the great trumpet player. Louis Armstrong said, if you've got to ask, you'll never know.
伟大的小号演奏家路易斯·阿姆斯特朗曾经说过：如果你一定要问，那么你永远都不会知道。
1. What do we learn about the woman's store?
关于这位女士的商店我们知道什么？
2. What does the man say about Jazz music?
关于爵士乐这位男士说了什么？
3. What does the woman say about Jazz?
关于爵士乐这位女士说了什么？
4. What should you do to appreciate different styles of Jazz according to the woman?
根据这位女士的话，应该怎样去欣赏不同类型的爵士乐？
