「每日一讀」——新二 Lesson 42Not very musical並非很懂音樂

Lesson 42Not very musical並非很懂音樂First listen and then answer the question.聽錄音，然後回答以下問題。

What happened when the snake charmer began to play jazz?

當耍蛇人開始演奏爵士樂時發生了什麼？

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！

並非很懂音樂

當我們穿過舊德里的市場時走了很長一段路，我們在一個廣場上停下來休息。過了一會兒，我們注意到廣場的那一邊有一個帶著兩個大筐的耍蛇人，於是就走過去看看。他一見我們，就拿起了一個長長的上面鑲有硬幣的管樂器，並掀開了一個筐的蓋子。當他開始吹奏一支曲子時，我們才第一次看到那條蛇。它從筐裡探出身子，隨著樂器的擺動而扭動。當耍蛇人突然又吹奏起爵士樂和現代流行樂曲時，我們感到非常驚奇。然而那蛇卻還是緩慢地“舞動”著。顯然，它分辨不出印度音樂和爵士樂！

New words and expressions 生詞和短語

musical adj. 精通音樂的

market n. 市場，集市

snake charmer 玩蛇者（通常借音樂控制）

pipe n. （吹奏的）管樂器

pipe：兩頭通的東西， 如： 下水管道， 老爸的菸斗，或一節兩頭通的竹子都可以叫pipe

tune n. 曲調

glimpse n. 一瞥

have a glimpse of：瞥了一眼

glance at：掃了一眼

have a glimpse of：映入眼簾（猶如漢語中的 “驚鴻一瞥” ）

glance at（有意識）

have a glimpse of（無意識）

它們的共同點時： 時間都很短

snake n. 蛇

movement n. 動作

action：採取行動

move：移動—>移動的名詞形式： movement

continue v. 繼續

begin/start/continue to do

begin/start/continue doing

I continue （to go）/going on。

continue+sth

Let‘s continue our trip。

Let’s continue our journey。

dance v. 跳舞

dance

［dɑːns

；

［dæns］

］ 注意英音和美音的不同

dance to the music 隨著音樂跳舞 （固定搭配，用 “to” ）

obviously adv. 顯然

obviously=clearly

Obviously you are wrong。

Obviously I love you。

difference n. 差別

tell the difference between A and B：區別差異

Can you tell the difference between them？

be different from ： A is different from B

differ v。

Jazz：爵士樂

Indian music：印度音樂

文中： It obviously could not tell the difference between Indian music and jazz！

Indian adj. 印度的