美语情景对话 第216期:音乐 Music

Nicola: So Kate, tell me about your favorite music!

尼科拉：凯特，跟我说说你最喜欢的音乐吧！

Kate: I'd say my favorite music would have to be the Beatles.

凯特：要说我最喜欢的音乐那一定是披斗士。

Nicola: Yeah.

尼科拉：嗯。

Kate: I love the Beatles, cause they always make me happy and I've grown up with the Beatles

凯特：我喜欢披头士，因为他们总是会让我感到快乐，我是听着披头士的音乐长大的。

Nicola: Uh-huh, so you're parents listen to it?

尼科拉：啊哈，你父母也听披头士的歌吗？

Kate: Yeah, so we have all these old 45's when I was younger and this record player, and so we had loads of like Simon and Garfunkel and the Beatles and the Stones so that was the music I grew up listening to, and that's what I still really love.

凯特：没错，我们有所有的45转唱片，我小的时候有这种唱机，我们有大量的唱片，包括西蒙和加芬克尔、披头士以及滚石乐队，我就是听着这些音乐长大的，这就是我非常喜欢的音乐。

Nicola: Oh, awesome, and so do you like have a favorite song or?

尼科拉：哦，真棒，那你有最喜欢的歌吗？

Kate: Yeah, probably it's "Happiness is a warm gun" which is on the White Album.

凯特：有，曲名是《Happiness is a warm gun》，收录在《白色专辑》中。

Nicola: Yeah, right, right, cool.

尼科拉：哦，对，对，真酷。

Kate: I love all their albums. But I haven't been to Liverpool yet. I'd like to go. That would be nice.

凯特：我喜欢他们的所有专辑。不过我还从没去过利物浦。我很想去。那一定很棒。

Nicola: And do you have a favorite Beatle?

尼科拉：那披头士乐队中你最喜欢的是谁？

Kate: John Lennon, definitely. He's definitely the coolest. I like his songs.

凯特：绝对是约翰·列侬。他绝对是最酷的。我喜欢他的歌。

Nicola: Do you like his individual work?

尼科拉：你喜欢他的个人作品？

Kate: Yeah.

凯特：没错。

Nicola: Yeah

尼科拉：好的。

Kate: Yeah. Some of them, like "Imagine" is really good. Yeah, he's definitely my favorite. Though, I quite like George as well. That was sad when he died, cause he was, yeah, he was real individual. I like Ringo, but Paul not so much.

凯特：嗯。其中有一些，比如《想象》，真的非常棒。他绝对是我最爱的成员。不过我也很喜欢乔治。他去世的时候太令人伤心了，他是真正有个性的人。我也喜欢林戈，不过觉得保罗一般。

重点讲解：
1. a load of/loads of
很多；大量；
eg. I've got loads of money.
我有大把的钱。
eg. His people came up with a load of embarrassing information.
他的部下亮出一大堆令人尴尬的资料来。
eg. I used to read loads of Asterix books.
我以前看了很多《高卢英雄传》系列漫画书。
2. as well
也；还；
eg. It is most often diagnosed in women in their thirties and forties, although I've seen it in many younger women, as well.
这种病一般多发于三四十岁的女性，但我也见过许多更年轻的女性患这种病。
eg. 'What do you like about it then?' — 'Erm, the history, the shops—people are quite friendly as well.'
“那么你喜欢这儿的什么？”——“嗯，它的历史啦，商店啦，还有这儿的人也都很友好。”
eg. Andy's face paled with disappointment; perhaps with anger as well.
安迪的脸色由于失望而变得苍白，也许还掺杂着气愤。