新概念 2 L42 Not very musical 并非很懂音乐

词汇

  • musical
    • a musical club
    • +人：精通音乐的
      • The girl is very musical.
      • She was born in a musical family.
    • musical n. 音乐剧
  • market n. 市场
    • an open-air market 露天市场
    • indoor market 室内市场
    • flea market 跳蚤市场
  • snake charmer
    • charm n. 魅力，迷人的魔力
    • charming a. 迷人的
  • （口语）put that in your pipe and smoke it 「你就认了吧」我说的话不管你喜欢不喜欢都得听。
  • tune n. 曲调，调子
  • sing a song
  • sing a tune
    • out of tune 跑调
    • in tune
  • glimpse vt. n. 看见 = see
    • = catch sight of
    • glimpse a lighthouse
  • movement n. 移动，动作
    • the dancer’s charming movements
    • develop - development
    • govern - government
    • argue - arguement
    • retire - retirement
  • continue
    • to do / doing 继续工作
    • +(with) 名词，可以省略 with
      • continue homework
  • obviously
    • obvious a. 明显的
    • It is obvious that … 很显然，显然
  • difference
    • tell the difference between A and B 区分 A 与 B

原文

As we had had a long walk through one of the markets of old Delhi, we stopped at a square to have a rest. After a time, we noticed a snake charmer with two large baskets at the other side of the square, so we went to have a look at him. As soon as he saw us, he picked up a long pipe which was covered with coins and opened one of the baskets. When he began to play a tune, we had our first glimpse of the snake. It rose out of the basket and began to follow the movements of the pipe. We were very much surprised when the snake charmer suddenly began to play jazz and modern pop songs. The snake, however, continued to ‘dance’ slowly. It obviously could not tell the difference between Indian music and jazz!

参考译文：
当我们穿过旧德里的市场时走了很长一段路，我们在一个广场上停下来休息。过了一会儿，我们注意到广场的那一边有一个带着两个大筐的耍蛇人，于是就走过去看看。他一见我们，就拿起了一个长长的上面镶有硬币的管乐器，并掀开了一个筐的盖子。当他开始吹奏一支曲子时，我们才第一次看到那条蛇。它从筐里探出身子，随着乐器的摆动而扭动。当耍蛇人突然又吹奏起爵士乐和现代流行乐曲时，我们感到非常惊奇。然而那蛇却还是缓慢地“舞动”着。显然，它分辨不出印度音乐和爵士乐!

  • after a short time
  • after a while