美語情景對話 第475期:Music Man 音樂人

Todd: So Tres, you are a drummer.

託德：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：對，我是鼓手。雖然好多人對鼓手有負面的看法，不過我確實是名鼓手。

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

託德：等等，你說鼓手總會得到負面的評價？

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：有時你會聽到人們說“哦，他們是玩音樂的”，你知道，意思是“哦，你最好小心點他們。”現實就是這樣。

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

託德：好，你打的是哪種鼓？

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：我青年時代是在朋克樂隊裏演奏鼓的，大部分原因是朋友樂隊是當時唯一需要鼓手的樂隊。不過，我喜歡演奏放克音樂、爵士樂、藍調樂和薩爾薩樂，尤其喜歡古巴薩爾薩樂。

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?

託德：好，這麼多不同種類的音樂類型，你在演奏時是用鼓槌，還是有時就用手來演奏鼓？

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：我在打架子鼓時，我會用鼓槌或是一種小的束棒。如果我要演奏爵士樂或非常柔和的不插電音樂，那我就會用束棒。如果我要演奏jimbei這樣的其他打擊樂器，那我當然就會用我的手了。

Todd: What's a jimbei?

託德：jimbei是什麼？

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：是一種來自於西非的大鼓。你要用手來打鼓，而且會使用到不同的非洲複合節奏。最近有很多西方鼓手開始演奏這種鼓，他們將西方節奏和非洲及拉丁的複合節奏結合起來。所以演奏這種樂器很有趣，不過也很難。

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

託德：你更喜歡哪種，是用鼓槌，還是用你的手？

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：我要再說一次，這取決於我演奏的音樂類型。我喜歡打鼓。我喜歡用鼓槌打架子鼓，因爲我更喜歡搖滾樂與爵士樂混合而成的音樂，那種更先鋒的音樂。同樣我也喜歡薩爾薩，你知道要用響棒，這是一種木製的打擊樂器。還有牛鈴，還有兩個鼓連在一起的天巴鼓。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?

託德：不會。你打鼓的時候曾經有把鼓槌弄丟過嗎？

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：以前有過。實際上你這些問題對鼓手來說非常非常尷尬。有時我會把鼓槌扔給觀衆，通常是有意爲之。不過有時候鼓手也會不小心弄丟鼓槌。所以你要準備個小袋子，放在踩鑔架旁邊，你在開始和結束時會用腳踩鑔發出信號，或者放在立在地上的大鼓旁邊。這樣你在需要的時候就可以拿到備用的鼓槌了。

Todd: Sounds cool.

託德：聽起來真酷。

Tres: Very cool.

特雷斯：非常酷。

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重點講解：
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.
我叫他們當心人行道上路滑的地方。
eg. You have to watch out for insincere people.
你得小心那些虛情假意的人。
2. scout for
（在某地）搜索，尋找；
eg. A team of four was sent to scout for a nuclear test site.
一個4人小分隊被派出尋找核試驗地。
eg. Go and scout for firewood for the picnic.
去找些柴來做野餐。
3. on purpose
特意地；故意地；有意地；
eg. He explained that he have not do it on purpose.
他解釋他不是故意做這件事的。
eg. I don't think he stepped on your toes on purpose.
我想他不是有意傷害你的感情。