美语情景对话 第475期:Music Man 音乐人

Todd: So Tres, you are a drummer.

托德：特雷斯，你是名鼓手。

Tres: Yes, I am indeed. And for all that negative baggage that comes with that term, yes I am a drummer.

特雷斯：对，我是鼓手。虽然好多人对鼓手有负面的看法，不过我确实是名鼓手。

Todd: Wait wait, so you say that there's negative terms that go with being a drummer?

托德：等等，你说鼓手总会得到负面的评价？

Tres: Well sometimes when people hear "oh they're a musician" you know, "oh you better watch out for them". Yeah, it's true.

特雷斯：有时你会听到人们说“哦，他们是玩音乐的”，你知道，意思是“哦，你最好小心点他们。”现实就是这样。

Todd: OK. Well, what kind of drums do you play?

托德：好，你打的是哪种鼓？

Tres: I grew up playing in punk bands, mostly because those were the only bands scouting for drummers at the time. However, what I enjoy playing is funk, jazz, blues and salsa, specifically Cuban salsa.

特雷斯：我青年时代是在朋克乐队里演奏鼓的，大部分原因是朋友乐队是当时唯一需要鼓手的乐队。不过，我喜欢演奏放克音乐、爵士乐、蓝调乐和萨尔萨乐，尤其喜欢古巴萨尔萨乐。

Todd: OK. Now, so for the different types of music that you play, do you always use the drum sticks, or do you sometimes just use your hands?

托德：好，这么多不同种类的音乐类型，你在演奏时是用鼓槌，还是有时就用手来演奏鼓？

Tres: When I play on a drum set, I either use drum sticks or a bundle of sticks that are really small called hot rods, or brushes. Usually if I'm doing a jazz piece or a very soft acoustic set, I'll use brushes. If I'm using other percussion instruments, for example a jimbei, then of course I use my hands.

特雷斯：我在打架子鼓时，我会用鼓槌或是一种小的束棒。如果我要演奏爵士乐或非常柔和的不插电音乐，那我就会用束棒。如果我要演奏jimbei这样的其他打击乐器，那我当然就会用我的手了。

Todd: What's a jimbei?

托德：jimbei是什么？

Tres: Jimbei is a large drum that comes from West Africa. And you play with your hands using various African poly-rhythms. And lately, a lot of Western drummers have picked up the drum, and have fused Western rhythms along with African and Latin poly-rhythms. So it's a very fun, but very difficult instrument to play.

特雷斯：是一种来自于西非的大鼓。你要用手来打鼓，而且会使用到不同的非洲复合节奏。最近有很多西方鼓手开始演奏这种鼓，他们将西方节奏和非洲及拉丁的复合节奏结合起来。所以演奏这种乐器很有趣，不过也很难。

Todd: What do you prefer, using the sticks, or the hot rods or using your hands.

托德：你更喜欢哪种，是用鼓槌，还是用你的手？

Tres: Again it depends on the music that I'm playing. I enjoy playing in general. My preference would be playing the drum set with the sticks, just because I really love the more rocky-fusion-type-jazz, the more avant guard type stuff. And I also like salsa, which usually, you know you have your clave, which is a little wooden-like block. And your cowbell, and you also have timbales, which are two drums that you hit on. Sorry for the bad description.

特雷斯：我要再说一次，这取决于我演奏的音乐类型。我喜欢打鼓。我喜欢用鼓槌打架子鼓，因为我更喜欢摇滚乐与爵士乐混合而成的音乐，那种更先锋的音乐。同样我也喜欢萨尔萨，你知道要用响棒，这是一种木制的打击乐器。还有牛铃，还有两个鼓连在一起的天巴鼓。抱歉我形容的不好。

Todd: That's OK. When you're playing the drums, do you ever lose a drum stick?

托德：不会。你打鼓的时候曾经有把鼓槌弄丢过吗？

Tres: I have in the past, yeah. Those question you're asking are very very embarrassing for a drummer to nswer. But yes, sometimes I've thrown them into the audience, usually on purpose. But occasionally, a drummer will lose a drum stick. So you usually have a pouch that you'll put either next to your hi-hat, which are two symbols that you open and close with your foot, or next to a fore tom which is the large drum that sits on the ground. So you have extra sticks that you can grab when you need them.

特雷斯：以前有过。实际上你这些问题对鼓手来说非常非常尴尬。有时我会把鼓槌扔给观众，通常是有意为之。不过有时候鼓手也会不小心弄丢鼓槌。所以你要准备个小袋子，放在踩镲架旁边，你在开始和结束时会用脚踩镲发出信号，或者放在立在地上的大鼓旁边。这样你在需要的时候就可以拿到备用的鼓槌了。

Todd: Sounds cool.

托德：听起来真酷。

Tres: Very cool.

特雷斯：非常酷。

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重点讲解：
1. watch out
小心，提防（不愉快的事情或陷入困境）；
eg. I advised them to watch out for slick spots on the sidewalk.
我叫他们当心人行道上路滑的地方。
eg. You have to watch out for insincere people.
你得小心那些虚情假意的人。
2. scout for
（在某地）搜索，寻找；
eg. A team of four was sent to scout for a nuclear test site.
一个4人小分队被派出寻找核试验地。
eg. Go and scout for firewood for the picnic.
去找些柴来做野餐。
3. on purpose
特意地；故意地；有意地；
eg. He explained that he have not do it on purpose.
他解释他不是故意做这件事的。
eg. I don't think he stepped on your toes on purpose.
我想他不是有意伤害你的感情。