原版英语对话1000个:526 Music Man
时间：2019-02-07 作者：英语课 分类：原版英语对话1000个
Todd: So Tres, you are a drummer.
Tres: Yes, I am indeed. And for all that negative baggage that comes with that term, yes I am a drummer.
Todd: Wait wait, so you say that there’s negative terms that go with being a drummer?
Tres: Well sometimes when people hear “oh they’re a musician” you know, “oh you better watch out for them”. Yeah, it’s true.
Todd: OK. Well, what kind of drums do you play?
Tres: I grew up playing in punk bands, mostly because those were the only bands scouting 1 for drummers at the time. However, what I enjoy playing is funk, jazz, blues 2 and salsa, specifically Cuban salsa.
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?
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 3 set, I’ll use brushes. If I’m using other percussion 4 instruments, for example a jimbei, then of course I use my hands.
Todd: What’s a jimbei?
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.
Todd: What do you prefer, using the sticks, or the hot rods or using your hands.
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 calmo, and you also have timbales, which are two drums that you hit on. Sorry for the bad description.
Todd: That’s OK. When you’re playing the drums, do you ever lose a drum stick?
Tres: I have in the past, yeah. Those question you’re asking are very very embarrassing for a drummer to answer. 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 5 that you’ll put either next to your high hat, which are two symbols that you open and close with your foot, or next to a fore 6 tomb which is the large drum that sits on the ground. So you have extra sticks that you can grab when you need them.
Todd: Sounds cool.
Tres: Very cool.
- I have people scouting the hills already. 我已经让人搜过那些山了。
- Perhaps also from the Gospel it passed into the tradition of scouting. 也许又从《福音书》传入守望的传统。 来自演讲部分
- She was in the back of a smoky bar singing the blues.她在烟雾弥漫的酒吧深处唱着布鲁斯歌曲。
- He was in the blues on account of his failure in business.他因事业失败而意志消沉。
- The hall has a fine acoustic.这个大厅的传音效果很好。
- Animals use a whole rang of acoustic, visual,and chemical signals in their systems of communication.动物利用各种各样的听觉、视觉和化学信号来进行交流。
- In an orchestra,people who play percussion instruments sit at the back.在管弦乐队中，演奏打击乐器的人会坐在后面。
- Percussion of the abdomen is often omitted.腹部叩诊常被省略。
- He was going to make a tobacco pouch out of them. 他要用它们缝制一个烟草袋。
- The old man is always carrying a tobacco pouch with him.这老汉总是随身带着烟袋。