生活口语Jazz Festival

　　热词：

　　Jazz 爵士乐

　　American musical style characterized by free improvisation

　　Jazz is a popular kind of music.

　　爵士是种很受欢迎的音乐形式。

　　Lineup 选手阵容

　　Group of people arranged for a certain purpose

　　The baseball team has a good lineup this season.

　　棒球队本赛季的阵容很强大。

　　Fusion 将爵士与其他音乐形式融合的音乐风格

　　Music that mixes jazz with another style

　　Miles Davis experimented with a fusion of jazz and rock-n-roll.

　　Miles Davis 尝试将爵士乐呵摇滚乐的元素融合起来。

　　Collective improvisation 集体即兴发挥，创作

　　Group of people working together to create things spontaneously

　　Jazz musicians use collective improvisation to create music as they play it.

　　爵士音乐人在演奏时集体即兴创作音乐。

　　Get funky 玩不一样的，玩怪的

　　To party in an unusual way

　　We decided to get funky, so we put on swim suits and went dancing at the club.

　　我们决定玩点儿怪的，于是穿上泳衣去夜总会会跳舞了。

　　Classical music (音乐)古典的

　　Music that is considered to be part of a long especially formal tradition and to be of lasting value

　　I prefer classical music to most other kinds of music.I find it very calming.

　　和其他音乐形式比起来，我更喜欢古典音乐。我觉得它能使人心神平静。

　　Boogie 跳舞

　　To dance

　　Isnt this music great? Come on ,lets boogie!

　　这音乐多棒啊!来吧，一起跳舞吧!

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　　Friend: Do you like jazz?

　　你喜欢爵士乐吗?

　　You: Like it? Im crazy about jazz!

　　何止喜欢，我是狂热的爵士乐迷!

　　Friend: well, lets go to the North Beach Jazz Festival then!

　　那我们就一起去北滩爵士音乐节吧!

　　You: Dont they hold the festival in Washington square Park?

　　音乐节不是在华盛顿广场公园举行吗?

　　F: Banks play there all day during the weekend, but there are loads of performances at other venues in the area.

　　周末的时候那儿全天都有乐队演出，但别的地方也还有很多演出。

　　Y: I hope theyve got a good lineup this year. I really want to hear some fusion and be-bop.

　　希望今年的演出阵容不错。我很想听到一些融合爵士乐和be-bop。