實戰(zhàn)口語情景對話:High School Band 學校樂隊(1)

Hana: So I've heard that you were in a band when you were a high school kid.

哈娜：我聽說你上高中時參加過樂隊。

Ben: Yeah, actually I was. All four years I was in high school I was actually in a few bands. Yeah, I was in one pretty early on when I was a kid. Me and four of my friends.

本：對，沒錯。高中四年我加入過幾個樂隊。我從小時候就開始加入樂隊了。當時我和4個朋友成立了一個樂隊。

Hana: All right. So, did you have a name for your band or bands?

哈娜：好。你的樂隊有名字嗎?

Ben: Yeah, I guess the serious band I was in we were called Lucky Number Two. I know it sounds stupid and I thought it did too actually but I came into the band. I was asked to join. I didn't start it.

本：有，我加入的那個很認真的樂隊名為“幸運數字2”。我知道那聽上去很傻，我也是這么認為的，不過我還是加入了那個樂隊。是他們請我加入的樂隊，不是我組建的樂隊。

Hana: Okay, right.

哈娜：好。

Ben: They said, "Hey, we need a bass player. Do you play bass?"

本：他們問我：“嘿，我們需要個貝司手。你會彈貝司嗎?”

Hana: And I said, "Yeah, I do. I play bass, why?"

哈娜：我回答說，“我會。我會彈貝司，怎么了?”

Ben: And they said, "Well, we need a bass player so can you come and try out, audition?" And I did. And I said, "Oh, hey what's the band name?" And they're like, "Lucky Number Two." I was like, "Oh, wow. So lame." But, I wanted to play music so I just went along with it and said, "Yeah, sure."

本：他們說，“我們需要一個貝司手，你可以過來面試嗎?”所以我去面試了。我問他們，“嘿，樂隊叫什么名字?”他們說樂隊叫“幸運數字2”。我當時想，“哇哦，這名字太差勁了。”不過我想演奏音樂，所以我接受了這個名字，我說“沒問題”。

Hana: Okay, right. So why did they name the band Lucky Number Two? Do you know the reason?

哈娜：好。為什么給樂隊起名叫“幸運數字2”?你知道原因嗎?

Ben: I don't think there was a reason. I think at one point they just when they were thinking about what to do they couldn't decide on something so they just decided something and just went with it. They said, "Okay, we're going to decide this and we're going to do it." So I don't know, Lucky Number Two, yeah.

本：我想沒有原因。他們可能在考慮要做什么，他們無法做出決定，后來他們做出了決定，然后就這樣了。他們的想法可能是，“好，我們要做出決定，我們要這么做。”我也不清楚，然后他們就取了“幸運數字2”這個名字。

Hana: Right. So what kind of music did you used to play?

哈娜：好。你以前演奏哪種音樂?

Ben: It was like a punk music.

本：朋克音樂。

Hana: Okay.

哈娜：好。

Ben: So, yeah, which actually at the time was not very popular among young people in my town.

本：嗯，實際上當時我家鄉(xiāng)的年輕人并不太喜歡朋克音樂。

Hana: Right. I'm not really a big fan of music, I don't really know anything about music. So what's punk music like?

哈娜：好。我對音樂并不熱衷，也不是很了解音樂。什么是朋克音樂?

Ben: What's punk music like?

本：什么是朋克音樂嗎?

Hana: Yeah.

哈娜：對。

Ben: Well our band, we had two guitar players, a bass player, and a drummer. And one of the guitar players sang too. So punk music is fast.

本：我們樂隊有兩個吉他手，一個貝司手，一個鼓手。其中一個吉他手擔任主唱。朋克音樂的節(jié)奏很快。

Hana: Right.

哈娜：好。

Ben: It's fast and the drums are also fast. And the vocals are usually kind of yelling or screaming in a way. And not always but sometimes bands are political.

本：節(jié)奏快，鼓點也快。所以從某種程度上說，主唱經常要喊叫。有時樂隊有政治傾向，但不是一直有這種傾向。

Hana: Right. Political?

哈娜：好。政治傾向?

Ben: Like we had a political ... I don't know how you would say ... At that time it was 2008.

本：我們會有政治派別，我不知道要怎么說，當時是2008年。

Hana: Yeah.

哈娜：好。

Ben: Sorry, that's wrong 2004. Yeah. George Bush was the President.

本：抱歉，我說錯了，當時是2004年。時任美國總統(tǒng)是喬治·布什。

Hana: Yeah, yes.

哈娜：對。

Ben: And we didn't like him. We were kind of on the other side. So a lot of our songs were kind of politically driven.

本：我們不喜歡他。我們支持的是另一個黨派。所以我們有許多歌曲都有政治色彩。

Hana: Right.

哈娜：好。

Ben: So our lyrics were like about ...

本：我們的歌詞是……

Hana: So like criticizing.

哈娜：批判性的。

Ben: Yeah, like anti-president lyrics like that. I don't know. It's kind of funny because one of our songs actually ... 'cause you know the American flag is red, white, and blue the colors.

本：對，歌詞內容是反總統(tǒng)的。我說不清楚。這有點兒好笑，因為我們有首歌實際上……美國國旗是紅色、白色和藍色的星條旗。

Hana: Yes.

哈娜：對。

Ben: So one of our songs was called Red, White, Black, and Blue like a bruise.

本：我們有首歌名為“紅色、白色、黑色和藍色”，就像瘀傷一樣。

Hana: Oh.

哈娜：哦。

Ben: I don't know. We were angsty. I don't know. That's how I would describe punk music at that time.

本：我也不知道。我們很焦慮。怎么說呢，我會這樣形容當時的朋克音樂。

Hana: Right.

哈娜：好。

Ben: Fast, politically driven lyrics, and screaming vocals.

本：節(jié)奏快、政治驅動的歌詞，喊叫的主唱。