Not very musical 并非很懂音樂(lè)

【課文】

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!

【課文翻譯】

當(dāng)我們穿過(guò)舊德里的市場(chǎng)時(shí)走了很長(zhǎng)一段路，我們?cè)谝粋�(gè)廣場(chǎng)上停下來(lái)休息。過(guò)了一會(huì)兒，我們注意到廣場(chǎng)的那一邊有一個(gè)帶著兩個(gè)大筐的耍蛇人，于是就走過(guò)去看看。他一見(jiàn)我們，就拿起了一個(gè)長(zhǎng)長(zhǎng)的上面鑲有硬幣的管樂(lè)器，并掀開(kāi)了一個(gè)筐的蓋子。當(dāng)他開(kāi)始吹奏一支曲子時(shí)，我們才第一次看到那條蛇。它從筐里探出身子， 隨著樂(lè)器的擺動(dòng)而扭動(dòng)。當(dāng)耍蛇人突然又吹奏起爵士樂(lè)和現(xiàn)代流行樂(lè)曲時(shí)，我們感到非常驚奇。然而那蛇卻還是緩慢地“舞動(dòng)”著。顯然，它分辨不出印度音樂(lè)和爵士樂(lè)!

【生詞和短語(yǔ)】

musical adj. 精通音樂(lè)的

market n. 市場(chǎng)，集市

snake charmer 玩蛇者(通常借音樂(lè)控制)

pipe n. (吹奏的)管樂(lè)器

tune n. 曲調(diào)

glimpse n. 一瞥

snake n. 蛇

movement n. 動(dòng)作

continue v. 繼續(xù)

dance v. 跳舞

obviously adv. 顯然

difference n. 差別

Indian adj. 印度的

【知識(shí)點(diǎn)講解】

1 we stopped at a square to have a rest.

我們?cè)谝粋�(gè)廣場(chǎng)上停下來(lái)休息。

stop at 停留，住宿在……，對(duì)……有些躊躇

He stopped at the convenience store, and bought a magazine.

他在便利店稍作停留，買了本雜志。

stop to do sth. 停下來(lái)去做某事

stop doing sth. 停止做某事

2 after a time 一段時(shí)間后，過(guò)了片刻

She left the bar after a time.

片刻之后，她離開(kāi)了酒吧。

3 have a walk/rest

have a+名詞，這個(gè)名詞可以與動(dòng)詞同型，即如果該名詞也可以作動(dòng)詞，那么have a+名詞這種結(jié)構(gòu)就等于它的動(dòng)詞意義。類似的結(jié)構(gòu)還有：

have a swim/bath→have a bath=bathe，have a swim=swim

have a look = look

After a long walk on a hot day, I really want to have a bath.

大熱天的在外面走了那么久，我真的很想好好洗個(gè)澡。

4 the snake charmer suddenly began to play jazz and modern pop songs.

耍蛇人突然又吹奏起爵士樂(lè)和現(xiàn)代流行樂(lè)曲。

begin 后面可以接to do，也可以接doing，一般來(lái)說(shuō)而這時(shí)可以互換的，但有三種情況例外。

①主語(yǔ)是物而不是人時(shí)，必須用to do。如：

It begin to rain.

天開(kāi)始下雨了。

②begin后面接表示心理活動(dòng)的詞，如know，believe，wonder，think等詞。

The manager began to think when to quit.

經(jīng)理開(kāi)始思考什么時(shí)候辭職比較好。

③如果begin本身是ing形式，那么為了避免重復(fù)，后面接的詞用to do 形式。

He is beginning to sing the song.

他開(kāi)始唱起這首歌來(lái)。

5 he picked up a long pipe.

他拿起長(zhǎng)長(zhǎng)的管樂(lè)器。

pick up 揀起;獲得;收獲

pick sb up：接某人(順路)，meet sb+地點(diǎn)，表示專程接某人

pick up也可表示學(xué)習(xí)，學(xué)會(huì)

pick up the radio program(the program on the radio)在廣播上收聽(tīng)節(jié)目

pick out：挑出來(lái)

Lucy begins to pick up Japanese when she enters the workforce.

參加工作之后露西開(kāi)始學(xué)習(xí)日語(yǔ)。

6 tell the difference between a and b 說(shuō)出兩者之間的差異

a be different from b a和b不同

differ v. 后面可加in/ from

It's absolutely impossible to tell the difference between the two rings.

要說(shuō)出這兩枚戒指的不同之處簡(jiǎn)直是不可能的。

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