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美语咖啡屋 Lesson 18: Bluegrass Music
Y: 各位听众好，我是杨晨，欢迎您到美语咖啡屋。
J: And I'm Jody. Welcome to American cafe, where you can meet everyday Americans at work and at play. So, come on in and grab a good seat by the window and join us for American Cafe.
Y: 说到这儿啊，我们今天要带您认识两位美国人。他们有一个共同的爱好。
J: That's right. One's a musician and one's a dancer. And they have something in common - they both love bluegrass music!
(Enter "Orange Blossom Special")
J: Yang Chen, did you hear how fast they are playing? It is simply incredible!
Y: Wow, 你说的没错。虽然我看不见他们的手，可是我已经觉得眼花缭乱了。
J: Yang Chen, let's first introduce Bob Carlin, a musician we met at a cultural festival and let him describe this very American type of music; bluegrass.
Y: 好吧。我们首先来认识一下Bob Carlin。他是一位音乐学者，让他给您介绍一下什么是Bluegrass Music， 兰草音乐。
实录1 Bob Carlin: Bluegrass is a form of music in its strictest definition. It's a band of fiddle, or violin, mandolin, five-string banjo, which is an American invention from an African instrument, and, uh, the guitar and string base. And that's the classic bluegrass band.
Y: Jody，Bob Carlin刚才提到了演奏bluegrass的几种基本乐器。我们解释一下这几种乐器好吗？
J: That's a great idea. First he mentions the fiddle, or violin.
Y: 其实 fiddle就是小提琴，在演奏乡村音乐或兰草音乐的时候就称为fiddle。我给它起了个名字，叫“乡村小提琴”，好不好听啊？
J: Very clever. Then there's the mandolin.
Y: 曼陀林琴。
J: Next is the five-string banjo. It is the most important instrument in bluegrass music. What you hear in the background, in fact, is an example of banjo music.
(Enter banjo music)
Y: Banjo就五弦琴或者叫班究琴。您现在听到的就是班究琴。Banjo在兰草音乐里是最重要的一种乐器。
J: Then there's the guitar.
Y: 我想大家都很熟悉吉他。
