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@ 31516 Music Corner in the Park
A: 你看，這兒就是我跟你說的那個地方！公園的音
樂角！
nˇı ka`n, zhe`r jiu`sh`ı woˇ
ge¯ n nˇı shuo¯
de na`
ge d`ıfang! go¯ ng-
yua´n de y¯ınyue` jiaˇo!
Look, this is that place I told you about! The park’s music corner!
B: 哇！真熱鬧！
wa¯ ! zhe¯ n re`nao!
Wow! It’s really lively!
A: 每到週末，這些愛好音樂的人就聚集在這裡，互
相學習，互相交流。
meˇi da`o zho¯ umo`, zhe`xie¯
a`iha`o y¯ınyue`
de re´n jiu`
ju`j´ı za`i zhe`-
lˇı, hu`xia¯ ng xue´x´ı, hu`xia¯ ng jia¯ oliu´.
Every weekend these music lovers gather here to study to- gether and discuss different things.
B: 哎，那個拉二胡的老爺爺年紀挺大的吧！
a¯ i, na`
ge la¯
e`rhu´
de laˇoye´ye nia´nj`ı tˇıng da`
de ba!
Hey, that older gentlemen playing the erhu must be quite old!
A: 盺說他都七十歲了。二胡拉得可好了。旁邊那些
年輕人都是來向他請教的。
t¯ıngshuo¯
ta¯
do¯ u q¯ısh´ı su`ı le. e`rhu´
la¯
de keˇ
haˇo le. pa´ngbia¯ n
na`xie¯
nia´nq¯ıngre´n do¯ u sh`ı la´i xia`ng ta¯
qˇıngjia`o de.
I’ve heard he’s already 70. He’s really good at the erhu. Those young people next to him all came here to learn from him.
B: 真厲害！
zhe¯ n l`ıhai!
That’s incredible!
A: 你看那邊，他們在吹笛子。
nˇı ka`n na`bia¯ n, ta¯ men za`i chu¯ı d´ızi.
Look over there. They’re playing the bamboo flute.
B: 哦。長的，短的都是笛子嗎？
o. cha´ng de, duaˇn de do¯ u sh`ı d´ızi ma?
Wow. The long ones and the short ones are both bamboo flutes?
A: 不是。橫吹的是笛子， 豎吹的是簫。你再看那
邊，他們在打鼓！
bu`sh`ı. he´ng chu¯ı de sh`ı d´ızi, shu` ka`n na`bia¯ n, ta¯ men za`i daˇguˇ!
chu¯ı de sh`ı xia¯ o. nˇı za`i
No. The one played horizontally is called a ’dizi’ and the one played vertically is called a ’xiao’. Now look over there. They’re playing the drums!
B: 哦。哎，那邊那麼多女人，只有一個男人，他們
在千嗎？
o. a¯ i, na`bia¯ n na`me duo¯
nuˇ¨ re´n, zhˇı yoˇu y¯ı ge na´nre´n, ta¯ men
za`i ga`nma´?
Wow. Hey, there’s so many women over there and only one man. What are they doing?
A: 他們在彈琵琶！以前一般是女人彈琵琶，現在男人也流行彈琵琶了。
ta¯ men za`i ta´n p´ıpa! yˇıqia´n y¯ıba¯ n sh`ı nuˇ¨ re´n ta´n p´ıpa, xia`nza`i
na´nre´n yeˇ liu´x´ıng ta´n p´ıpa le.
They’re playing the pipa. In the past, it was normally only women who played the pipa. These days though, it’s be- come popular with men as well.
B: 哈哈！那我也要學。
ha¯ ha¯ ! na`
woˇ
yeˇ
ya`o xue´.
Hah-hah! Well, I want to learn it too then.
---Key Vocabulary---
音樂 y¯ınyue` music
角 jiaˇo corner
熱鬧 re`nao lively
每 meˇi every
到 da`o to arrive
愛好 a`iha`o to be fond of, hobby
聚集 ju`j´ı to gather
互相 hu`xia¯ ng mutual
交流 jia¯ oliu´ to communicate, to in- teract
拉 la¯ to pull, to play an in- strument with a bow
二胡 e`rhu´ erhu
年紀 nia´nj`ı age
挺 tˇıng quite
盺說 t¯ıngshuo¯ to have heard
都 do¯ u already
可 keˇ really
旁邊 pa´ngbia¯ n next to
年輕人 nia´nq¯ıngre´n young people
向 xia`ng towards
請教 qˇıngjia`o to ask for guidance
厲害 l`ıhai terrific
吹 chu¯ı to blow, to play a wind or brass instrument
笛子 d´ızi horizontal bamboo flute
橫 he´ng horizontal
豎 shu` vertical
簫 xia¯ o vertical bamboo flute
打鼓 daˇguˇ to play drums
鼓 guˇ drum
彈 ta´n to play a stringed an instrument with one’s fingers
琵琶 p´ıpa pipa
一般 y¯ıba¯ n normally
流行 liu´x´ıng to become popular
---Supplementary Vocabulary---
英語角 Y¯ıngyuˇ jiaˇo English corner
古箏 guˇzhe¯ ng guzheng (a type of Chinese zither)
古琴 guˇq´ın guqin (a type of Chi- nese zither)
咄吶 suoˇna` suona (a type of Chi- nese oboe)
樂器 yue`q`ı musical instrument
弦 xia´n string of a musical in- strument
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