NCE-2 42 Not very musical

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Lesson 42 Not very musical 并非很懂音乐

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！

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 tunes and modern pop songs. The snake, however, continued to 'dance' slowly. It obviously could not tell the difference between Indian music and jazz!

• stop
  • stop doing A 停止做A事
  • stop to do A 停下来去做A事

  • stop at a place to do sth

• charmer 巫士或魔术师
• the other side 另一端
  • the other side of London
  • the other side of the sity
• look at / have a look at 区别?
  • take/have a look at 看一下
  • look at 看不动东西, watch 注视动的东西
• pick up 拿起, 拾起 lift it up
  • Lily picked up a pencil, and drew a pig.
• tune
  • play 演奏
    • play piano | a tune/song on the piano
  • in tune 入调 out of tune 走调
• glimpse 一瞥；一见
  • catch / have / get a glimpse of xxx
• rise 升起
• jazz tunes 爵士乐
• modern pop songs 现乐流行乐曲
• obviously 显而易见, 可以用来表达陈述者认为听者也是这么认为的
  • Obviously, the school cannot function without teachers.
• difference 区别
  • tell the difference = be able to recognize the difference 能够看得出差别

  • I can never tell the difference between the twins.
    - spot the difference = notice the difference 注意到差别
    - 很大的区别 big / major / important / signifant / a world of ~
    - 微小的区别 small / minor / very little ~
    - 细微的区别 subtle ~
    - 明显的区别 marked ~

From the Charmer's View:

Two men stopped to have a rest at the other side of the square. After a time, they noticed I and my two baskets and came and had a look. As they came in front of me, I picked up my long pipe which covered with coins and opened one of my baskets. My snake rose up out of the basket and began to follow the movements of the pipe as I started to play a tune. Then I played a jazz tune and a modern pop music. I was shocked when they told me that my snake obviously did not manage to tell the difference between Indian music and jazz! Because my snake still danced slowly whatever kind of music I played.

Knowledges

• jazz 可以代表jazz tune/music

From A movie director's View:

One day, as two men had had a long walk through one of the markets of Old Delhi, they stopped at a square to have a rest. They had some drink as they were all thirsty after a long walk. A told B that there seemed to be a snake charmer at the other corner of the square, then they decided to have a look. In a while, they stood in front of the charmer. As soon as the snake charmer saw them, he picked up a long pipe which was covered with coins and opened one of the baskets. When the charmer began to play a tune, the two men had a glimpse of the snake. It rose out of the basket and started to follow the movements of the pipe. The two men got very much surprised when the charmer suddenly played jazz tunes and modern pop musics. They told to each other that the snake was not able to tell the difference of Indian music and jazz for it still "danced" slowly.

Knowledges

Remembers

• stop
  • stop doing A 停止做A事
  • stop to do A 停下来去做A事

  • stop at a place to do sth

• difference 区别
  • tell the difference = be able to recognize the difference 能够看得出差别

  • I can never tell the difference between the twins.
    - spot the difference = notice the difference 注意到差别
    - 很大的区别 big / major / important / signifant / a world of ~
    - 微小的区别 small / minor / very little ~
    - 细微的区别 subtle ~
    - 明显的区别 marked ~

任务时间: 2017-01-24
(作文时间: 2017-01-25, 耗时: 80 分钟)

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