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托福TPO/Official 47 Con 1听力原文Why does the woman say this:【新东方在线】

旁白：听一段一个学生和音乐指导间的对话。

Narrator: Listen to a conversation between a student and a music director.

学生：你好！我叫埃里克·帕特森。

想要问你关于管弦乐队的事情。

总监：对不起，埃里克。但是管弦乐队只对音乐专业的学生开放。

Director: I'm sorry, Eric. But the orchestra is only open to music majors.

总监：但是明年规定就会发生变化。

Director: But the policy is changing next year.

那时候，如果你已经参加了三门音乐课程，你就可以参加管弦乐团的试奏。

After that, if you've taken three music courses, you will be able to audition.

学生：嗯，我已经学了一些音乐课程，我也会演奏低音提琴。

Student: Well, I have taken some music courses and I do play the double bass.

所以，希望您能考虑一下我的情况。

So, maybe that's something to think about.

事实上，我来这里还有些别的事情。

But, actually, I was here about something else.

总监：对不起。这……我总是遇到这样的问题。所以……

Director: Oh, sorry. It's I... I get that question all the time. So...

学生：好吧。我还想说的另外一件事是：我在学校的报社工作，上周的音乐会我汇报了工作。

Student: That's okay. The thing is I work for Magna - the school paper and I am reporting on last week's concert.

现在我在那里工作，我真的很喜欢这份工作，但现在我在需要寻找一些背景知识的资料。

Now I went to it and I really enjoyed it, but now I'm looking for some background knowledge.

总监：好的，如果你喜欢年轻音乐家的观点的话，我可以把你推荐给管弦乐队的一些学生。

Director: Well, I can refer you to some of the students in the orchestra if you'd like a young musician's point of view.

学生：嗯……我想那肯定对我是很有帮助的。

Student: Uh... I guess that might be helpful.

但是……我是在寻找比较学识渊博一点的。

But... um... I am really looking for a little bit of scholarly prospective.

（想要了解）那天晚上演奏的一些音乐的历史，那些音乐的起源以及那些音乐是如何随着时间的推移而发展演化的。

Some history of the music that was performed that evening, where it originated, how it's developed over time.

总监：嗯，我们的一些学生很擅长阿巴拉契亚音乐。

Director: Well, some of our musicians kind of specialize in Appalachian music.

事实上，这也是我们演奏它的部分原因。

In fact, that's part of the reason we performed it.

好的，所以我们演奏的是美国阿帕拉契亚山脉的社区阿巴拉契亚音乐。

Okay, so we were playing Appalachian music from communities in the Appalachian Mountain regions of the United States.

总监：嗯……你认为你可以把这些都记在脑子里吗？

Director: Uh... do you really think you can keep these all in your head?

学生：哦，别担心。我所需要的是一些关键的信息。

Student: Oh, don't worry. All I need are a few key facts.

我确信我能够在到宿舍之前记住这些信息。

I'm sure I can keep them straight until I get back to my dorm.

总监：这些音乐基本上都是以民谣和乐器舞曲为基础。

Director: So the music is generally based on folk ballads and instrumental dance tunes.

它起源于苏格兰和爱尔兰的移民，这些移民带来了他们的音乐风格。

It started with Scottish and Irish immigrants who brought over their styles of music.

它被称为盎格鲁凯尔特人的音乐。

学生：所以，他们带来了他们的音乐传统。

Student: So, people brought their musical traditions with them.

总监：嗯，盎格鲁凯尔特人的音乐对他们来说是回忆过去的一个重要环节，

Director: Well, this Anglo-Celtic music was considered an important link to the past for these people,

你可以通过阿巴拉契亚山脉的歌手唱民谣的方式了解到这一点。他们有鼻音，就像凯尔特民谣一样。

which you can see in the way that Appalachian singers sing ballads. They have sort of a nasal quality to them, like in Celtic ballads.

在他们的新的土地上，一些歌词进行了更新，你知道，指的是移民的新的居住地和他们在美国的职业。

In their new land, some of the lyrics were updated, you know, to refer the new locations and the occupations that settlers had in America.

但与此同时，许多歌谣还是关于城堡和皇室，贵族和贵妇这样的内容，还是关于他们过去的一些内容。

But at the same time, lots of ballads were still about castles and royalty, lords and ladies, stuff like that, which is what they were about originally.

学生: 好的。我在表演中舞台上看到的是一种类似于班卓琴的乐器吗？

Student: Okay. And was that some sort of banjo I saw on stage during the performance?

总监：是的，我们是幸运的，我们的一个名叫斯图尔特德福学生，有19世纪的班卓琴，它是真正的古董。

Director: Yes, we are lucky that one of our students, Stewart Telford, has a nineteenth-century banjo, a real antique.

他能够演奏大多数传统风格的音乐。

He's able to play in most of the traditional styles.

你知道班卓琴起源于非裔美国人，而阿帕拉契亚地区的移民采用了班卓琴来演奏他们的民间音乐吗？

Did you know that banjos are of African-American origin and that settlers in Appalachia adopted banjos for their folk music?

当然，它们伴随着吉他和小提琴在传统的阿巴拉契亚音乐演奏中变得非常普通了。

They became very common in traditional Appalachian music along with guitars and violins, of course.

但是，如果你想了解班卓琴，可以跟斯图尔特德聊一聊。

But if you want to learn about that banjo, talk to Stewart.

学生：太棒了，哈珀女士。非常感谢。

Student: That's great, Miss Harper. Thanks a lot.

那么你能推荐一些资源供我查找更多的细节吗？

Now, can you recommend any sources where I could look up more about this?

总监：当然可以，我有一本不错的书。

一个学生把拿去用了，如果你喜欢的话，你明天可以借去用。

A student has it today, but you can borrow it tomorrow if you'd like.

Why does the student go to the woman’s office?

Why does the woman assume that the student wants to join the orchestra?

What does the woman imply about the members of the orchestra?

According to the professor, how did immigrants’ music change when they moved to the Appalachians?

1."S: Miss Haber? 
T: Yes? Can I help you? 
S: Hi, my name is Eric Patterson. I am a journalism student. I wanted to ask you about the orchestra………. 
T: I’m sorry, Eric. But the Orchestra is only open to music majors. 
S: Really? Well……..see…………. 
T: But the policy’s changing next year. After that if you’ve taken three music courses, you will be able to audition. 
S: Well, I have taken some music courses and I do play the double base, so maybe that’s something to think about. But actually, I was here for something else. 
T: Oh sorry. It’s just that I got that question all the time. 
S: That’s OK. The thing is, I work for Magna, the school paper, and I reporting on last week’s concert. Now I went to it and I really enjoyed it. But now I am looking for some background knowledge. 
" 
2."S: Miss Haber? 
T: Yes? Can I help you? 
S: Hi, my name is Eric Patterson. I am a journalism student. I wanted to ask you about the orchestra………. 
T: I’m sorry, Eric. But the Orchestra is only open to music majors. 
S: Really? Well……..see…………. 
T: But the policy’s changing next year. After that if you’ve taken three music courses, you will be able to audition. 
S: Well, I have taken some music courses and I do play the double base, so maybe that’s something to think about. But actually, I was here for something else. 
T: Oh sorry. It’s just that I got that question all the time. 
S: That’s OK. The thing is, I work for Magna, the school paper, and I reporting on last week’s concert. Now I went to it and I really enjoyed it. But now I am looking for some background knowledge. 
" 
3."S: Miss Haber? 
T: Yes? Can I help you? 
S: Hi, my name is Eric Patterson. I am a journalism student. I wanted to ask you about the orchestra………. 
T: I’m sorry, Eric. But the Orchestra is only open to music majors. 
S: Really? Well……..see…………. 
T: But the policy’s changing next year. After that if you’ve taken three music courses, you will be able to audition. 
S: Well, I have taken some music courses and I do play the double base, so maybe that’s something to think about. But actually, I was here for something else. 
T: Oh sorry. It’s just that I got that question all the time. 
S: That’s OK. The thing is, I work for Magna, the school paper, and I reporting on last week’s concert. Now I went to it and I really enjoyed it. But now I am looking for some background knowledge. 
T: Well I can refer you to some of the students in the orchestra if you like a young musician’s point of view. 
S: I guess that might be helpful, but I’m really looking for a little bit of scholarly perspective. Some history of the music that was performed that evening. Where originated? How it’s developed overtime? 
T: Well, some of our musicians kind of specialized in Appalachian music. In fact that’s part of the reason we performed it. So you really should talk to them too. Ok, so we were playing Appalachian music from community in Appalachian mountain regions of the United States. Do you really think that you can keep all of this in your head?
 
" 
4."S: Oh, don’t worry. All I need is a few key facts. I am sure I can keep them straight until I get back to my dorm. 
T: So the music is generally based on folk ballets and instrumental dance tunes. It started with Scottish and Irish immigrants who brought over their styles of music. It’s called Anglo Celtic. 
S: So people brought their musical tradition with them? 
T: Well this Anglo Celtic music was considered an important link to the past for these people which you can see in the way that Appalachian singer sing ballets, they have sort of a neizal quality to them, like in Celtic ballets. In their new lands, some of the lyrics are updated, you know to refer to new locations, the occupations the settlers had in America. But at the same time, lots of ballets are still about the castles and royalty, lords and ladies, stuff like that, which is they were about originally. 
S: Ok, and…..was that some sort of banjo on stage during the performance? 
T: Yes, we are lucky that one of our students, Stuart Telford, has a 19th century banjo. A real antique. He’s able to play it in most of our traditional styles. Did you know that banjos are of African American origin? And the settlers of Appalachia adopted banjos for their folk music. They became very common in traditional Appalachian music, along with guitars and violins of course. But if you want to learn about that banjo, talk to Stuart. 
" 
5."Pro：Ok, so we were playing Appalachian music from community in Appalachian mountain regions of the United States. Do you really think that you can keep all of this in your head? 
S: Oh, don’t worry. All I need is a few key facts. I am sure I can keep them straight until I get back to my dorm. 
"

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