在线英语听力室

VOA美语咖啡屋 Lesson 84:44 Lara & Eric, School Plays

时间:2014-06-27 02:34:36

搜索关注在线英语听力室公众号:tingroom,领取免费英语资料大礼包。

(单词翻译)

 

VOA美语咖啡屋 Lesson 84:44 Lara & Eric, School Plays

Lara & Eric, School Plays 

J: Hello, welcome to American Cafe! I'm Jody! 

Y: 各位好,欢迎到美语咖啡屋。我是杨晨。 

J: Hey, Yang Chen, don't forget to keep next weekend free. 

Y: Oh, 对,下个周末我们要去看音乐剧。因为Eric要在里面扮演一个角色。说Eric起来,我觉得他可是够忙碌的,又要上学,又要参加学校剧团的演出。 

J: He is a very busy 14 -year old. But you know, all kids sooner or later are in a school play. 

Y: 是吗,所有的孩子都有机会参加演出啊? 

J: Oh sure. And today we'll hear from Eric and his mom Lara about what it means to be in a school play. 

Y: 好啊。那我们就先来认识Eric的妈妈Lara 。 

实录1: Lara: It's, I think fairly common, almost every junior high school and high school in the country has some sort of play or dramatic1 opportunity that kids can participate in. 

Y: 原来我以为只有那些将来想进演艺界的小孩才会参加这种演出呢。 

J: Oh no, no, no. Everyone tries out for school plays! 

Y: "Try out" 就是参加audition,I mean 参加“演员挑选” 

J: That's right. Everyone tries out. The nerdy students try out, the artsy students try out and just the plain ol' average students try out. Again here is Lara. 

实录2: Lara: Everyone tries out. Anyone who's interested can try out. The more nerdy kids, if you will, the artsy kids, and just plain ol' average kids. Anyone can try out. 

Y: 哎, Jody,你来给大家描述一下,如果说个人很nerdy, 那该是什么样子呢? 

J: OK. A nerd is anyone who studies too much, never gets into any trouble and carries around lots of pens and pencils. That is a nerdy student. 

Y: Nerdy kids 一般来说都是书呆子。 那么artsy呢? 

J: Artsy, very creative, artistic2 students. But no matter if you are nerdy or artsy , being in a play makes you busy. 

Y: 没错,特别是对一个14岁的孩子来说。 那他有那么时间吗? 

J: Well, Yang Chen, that is the negative side of being in a school play - it can really drain3 a student's time. 

实录3: Lara: The negatives are... it's a very large drain on a kid's time. For an individual play it's several weeks of practice - maybe six weeks of practice. 

Y: 要花 6 个星期的时间来排练。 那这样会不会影响他的学习成绩呢? 

J: Well, it probably does influence a student's grades. But I also think it's well worth it. 

Y: Jody, 你的意思是说参加演出比取得好成绩还要重要吗? 

J: Well, it could be. Acting4 in a play is a wonderful opportunity to develop such things as public speaking abilities, confidence. 

实录4: Lara: Well, the pros6 are that it's a wonderful opportunity for kids to develop public speaking ability and confidence. That's a definite plus - building a positive self-image. 

Y: 说了半天,Eric到底参加的是那一部戏的演出? 

J: Eric performed in the Music Man. 

实录5: Eric: My name is Eric. And... I was in a play called the Music Man. It's about this man named Harold Hill and he's a con5 artist. A con artist is someone who tricks people into giving them money. And so Harold is selling boys bands. 

Y: Con artist, 就是诈骗犯的意思。 

J: In the Music Man boys bands means a marching band with lots of instruments! 

Y: Marching band,该怎么解释呢? 

J: I've got an idea. Bring in the band! 

[Enter music here.] 

Y: 哎,我想Eric一定演的是Music Man里面的男主角大骗子Harold Hill,对不对? 

J: Well ... not exactly. 

实录6: Eric: I was Man #2. I was a non-important character who said three lines and had one musical solo7 line. 

Y: 不过不要紧,我相信Eric下次一定能演主角。 

J: Oh, sure! He is very talented. And to a parent it doesn't matter if you're the lead role or Man #2. 

实录7: Lara: It doesn't matter if they're in the big part or they're just Man #2; every parent who sees their child on stage feels enormously8 proud. 

J: Lara does sound like a proud parent, doesn't she? 

Y: 没错。 

J: That's all for American Cafe. Thanks for joining us and see you next time. 

Y: 谢谢大家收听美语咖啡屋。我们下次节目再见。


分享到:


点击收听单词发音收听单词发音  

1 dramatic 1sexY     
adj.引人注目的;戏剧的;演戏的
参考例句:
  • She plays a very dramatic woman with flashing eyes.她饰演一位双眼闪光的引人注目的妇人。
  • His speech was dramatic.他的演说激动人心。
2 artistic IeWyG     
adj.艺术(家)的,美术(家)的;善于艺术创作的
参考例句:
  • The picture on this screen is a good artistic work.这屏风上的画是件很好的艺术品。
  • These artistic handicrafts are very popular with foreign friends.外国朋友很喜欢这些美术工艺品。
3 drain kkmza     
n.排水沟,阴沟;消耗,负担;v.排去,放干
参考例句:
  • Drain off the rest of the wine from this barrel.把桶里剩余的酒排出去。
  • First,you have to drain the container of all the old oil.首先,你得从油箱中把所有的陈油都抽去。
4 acting czRzoc     
n.演戏,行为,假装;adj.代理的,临时的,演出用的
参考例句:
  • Ignore her,she's just acting.别理她,她只是假装的。
  • During the seventies,her acting career was in eclipse.在七十年代,她的表演生涯黯然失色。
5 con WXpyR     
n.反对的观点,反对者,反对票,肺病;vt.精读,学习,默记;adv.反对地,从反面;adj.欺诈的
参考例句:
  • We must be fair and consider the reason pro and con.我们必须公平考虑赞成和反对的理由。
  • The motion is adopted non con.因无人投反对票,协议被通过。
6 pros pros     
abbr.prosecuting 起诉;prosecutor 起诉人;professionals 自由职业者;proscenium (舞台)前部n.赞成的意见( pro的名词复数 );赞成的理由;抵偿物;交换物
参考例句:
  • The pros and cons cancel out. 正反两种意见抵消。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
  • We should hear all the pros and cons of the matter before we make a decision. 我们在对这事做出决定之前,应该先听取正反两方面的意见。 来自《简明英汉词典》
7 solo ywpw8     
n.独奏,独唱;adj.单独的;adv.单独地;v.放单飞,单独表演
参考例句:
  • Tara is currently working on a solo album.塔拉眼下正忙着制作个人专辑。
  • There's wonderfully lyrical flute solo in the middle of this symphony.在交响乐中间有一段奇妙的抒情长笛独奏。
8 enormously XtbzmE     
adv.巨大地,庞大地;大大
参考例句:
  • He helped me enormously with advice on how to do ideological work. 他告诉我怎样做思想工作,对我有很大帮助。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • His research has contributed enormously to our understanding of this disease. 他的研究对我们认识这一疾病贡献很大。 来自《简明英汉词典》

本文本内容来源于互联网抓取和网友提交,仅供参考,部分栏目没有内容,如果您有更合适的内容,欢迎 点击提交 分享给大家。