EW# 155 Music音乐 1

 

 

Ni-Hao, this is your friend Mark.

                And I am Cheung Yun。

With that familiar theme song, we meet again.

                听到熟悉的主题曲，我们又见面了。

Music sure has made our program a lot more lively, don’t you think, Cheung Yun?

                Definitely. 音乐使得我们的节目更活泼了。

Thanks to our musician friend Steve.

                很感谢我们的音乐家朋友Steve。

He composed and wrote all the music in our program.

                节目裡所有的音乐都是他谱写的。

It’s great to have people who can make music.

                That’s for sure. 有人会谱曲作乐实在是太好了。

Cheung Yun can you make music?

Make music? 创作音乐？I learned to whistle when I was a kid. 我小时候就学会吹口哨了

Really? How about trying a tune?

吹一首？好，你听好喔。(whistle) And you马可大哥, can you make music? 你会创作音乐吗？

I can do this. (clapping with rhythms)

                (joining in with humming)

Oh, I love music.

Me, too.

Music brings wonder and joy to our lives.

                Indeed, it does. 音乐带给我们的生命惊喜和欢乐。

 

 

Fun with Phrases趣味成语  read music（read music）识谱 Can you read music? 你懂得识谱吗？  compose a symphony  (compose a symphony)谱写交响乐 It takes special training to compose a symphony.  一个人要有特殊训练才懂得谱写交响乐。  Music to somebody’s ears (Music to somebody’s ears) 喜信，佳音 This news is music to my ears.  这个消息对我来說是个佳音。

 

 

(Singing…)          

That was fun to sing with you. 和你唱歌很快活。

I know you love to sing.

                Yes. 我喜欢唱歌。I grew up with all kinds of songs. 成长时唱了各樣的歌曲

What was the first English songs you knew?

                我第一首学会的英文歌是 “Making melody in my heart” (singing).

How about “Happy Birthday to you”?

                Oh, that’s right. 生日歌。Everyone knows that tune. 每个人都会唱

(singing Happy Birthday)

When there are two people, they can harmonize.

                对了， 只要有两个人，就可以唱和音。

But they can also disagree with what kind of music to listen to.

                但是两个人也可以为了要听什麼樣的音乐而起爭执。

Let’s listen to the following conversation.

                我们一起来听接下来的会话。

 

Dialogue

 

A: Every time you get in the car, you tune to that radio station.

B: I love the contemporary music they play.

A: I can’t stand it. It’s too noisy for me.

B: Then, what kind of music do you like?

A: I like classical music. Beethoven, Bach, Mendelssohn, Handel…

B: They were from centuries ago.

A: Yes, but their music has survived the test of time and lasted till now.

 It’s still music we can relate to today.

B: How about you try to listen to my music and I’ll try to accept your classical music?

A: Sounds good to me. But I can’t guarantee I’ll like your kind of music.

 

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This conversation between two friends occurred inside the car.

                这段会话是两位朋友在车上的谈话。

When it comes to music, they have very different tastes.

                他们对音乐的品味很不相同。

Let’s try to understand what they say to each other.

                让我们来了解他们到底說些什麼。

 

 

A: Every time you get in the car, you tune to that radio station.

你每回坐进车裡，总是转到那个广播电台。

Tune 调整，调节 tune to调到什麼频率或电台

 

B: I love the contemporary music they play.

我喜欢他们播放的现代音乐。

Contemporary现代的，当代的

 

A: I can’t stand it. It’s too noisy for me.

我一鲇也不能忍受那种音乐。对我来說太吵杂了。

Stand 在这儿的意思是 容忍 noisy吵杂

 

B: Then, what kind of music do you like?

那麼，你喜欢听怎樣的音乐呢？

A: I like classical music. Music of Beethoven, Bach, Mendelssohn, Handel etc.…

我喜欢古典音乐。贝多芬啦，巴哈啦，曼德生，韩德尔等人的音乐。

B: They were from centuries ago.

他们都是几世纪以前的人呢！

A: Yes, but their music has survived the test of time and lasted till now.

                沒错。但是他们的音乐熬过了时间的考验，流传到了现今。

Survive熬过，度过 test of time时间的考验 last延续持久

 

It’s still music we can relate to today.

至今仍旧是我们能感到共鸣的音乐。

B: How about you try to listen to my music and I’ll try to accept your classical music?

这樣好了，我试著听你的音乐，那你也试著接受我的古典乐好吧？

A: Sounds good to me. But I can’t guarantee I’ll like your kind of music.

                主意不错。但是我不能保证我会喜欢你的那种音乐。

Guarantee 保证，担保，承诺

 

 

 

Vocabulary 123生词鲇滴   country music乡村音乐 folk music民謠 classical music古典乐 gospel music 福音歌曲 rock ＆ roll搖滾乐 jazz爵士乐

 

Now that we know all different kind of music, let’s listen to the dialogue once again.

                现在我们知道了许多不同种类的音乐，让我麼再来听一回每日会话。

 

A: Every time you get in the car, you tune to that radio station.

B: I love the contemporary music they play.

A: I can’t stand it. It’s too noisy for me.

B: Then, what kind of music do you like?

A: I like classical music. Beethoven, Bach, Mendelssohn, Handel…

B: They were from centuries ago.

A: Yes, but their music has survived the test of time and lasted till now.

 It’s still music we can relate to today.

B: How about you try to listen to my music and I’ll try to accept your classical music?

A: Sounds good to me. But I can’t guarantee I’ll like your kind of music.

 

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Verse of the Week每週金句   Speak to one another with psalms, hymns and spiritual songs. 当用诗章，颂词，灵歌，彼此对說 Sing and make music in your heart to the Lord. 口唱心和地讚美主。 Ephesians 5:19 以弗所书5:19

 

In this verse, it talks about psalms, hymns and spiritual songs.

                在这个经文裡，說到了诗章，颂词，和灵歌。

Psalms are sacred songs or hymns, especially those recorded in the Book of Psalms in the Old Testament.

                Psalms是圣歌，圣诗，讚美诗，尤其是指旧約诗篇中的诗章。

Hymns are songs of praise, especially sung by Christians in praising God.

                Hymns是讚美诗，也是基督徒会眾为了颂扬神所唱的圣歌。

Spiritual songs are praise and worship songs which come from one’s heart and soul.

                灵歌是指从一个人的心灵裡所唱出的敬拜讚美神的歌。

God has done marvelous things.

                神行做了奇妙的大事。

As Christians, we should always praise and thank God with songs and music.

                身为基督徒，我们应该唱诗作乐来讚美感谢神。

Every kind of appropriate songs can be a mean in doing this.

每一种适宜的歌曲都能成为讚美神的工具。马可大哥, what songs do you sing while growing up? 你成长时，唱过哪些歌呢？

I sang children’s songs in Sunday School.

                哦，在儿童主日学，你唱儿童圣歌。

（singing ...）

And I sang carols at Christmas.

                圣诞节时期，你唱报佳音的歌。

（singing ...）

I also sang hymns in the church.

                在教会裡，你唱圣诗。Like …

 (singing ...)

Now I’ve learned a lot of contemporary Christian songs

                现今你也会唱很多现代的宗教歌曲

Like…(singing…)

God delights in us singing to Him.

                神欢喜我们唱歌给他听。

Music is not just a gift for us to enjoy ourselves,

                音乐不仅是神赐下, 让我们人类可以享受的礼物罢了。

But a gift we can give back to God again and again.

                它更是我们可以一而再的献回给神的礼物。

 

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With that familiar music, it’s time to say goodbye.

听了熟悉的乐音，又到了說再见的时候了。

We’re sure glad you visited us today.

                真欢喜你今日与我们相聚。

Don’t forget to tune in to us again next week.

                下週別忘了调準频率，和我们再相会。

See you then.

                后会有期。

 

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Mark, with your wife and daughter both being musicians, you must be enjoying music everyday.

Well, my house is filled with music while they are practicing at home.

                Are there times you feel like escaping from that?

Sure. When they play the wrong notes. How about you, Cheung Yun? Is your home filled with music?

Sure. Especially when I am cooking. All that chopping and frying and banging of pots and pans….

That’s no music. It’s noise.

                Well, It’s music in my ears.