公共英语PETS-2每日对话练习(71)
分类: 英语
时间: 2023-08-09 11:17:15
作者: 全国等级考试资料网
Wei: Where does jazz come from?
Trev: It’s a complicated story, but it started right here.
Wei: At this bar? You gotta be kidding!
Trev: I mean here in this city. There are many influences here. French, Spanish, Creole, African, American and Caribbean.
Wei: And you’ve saying all those people created jazz?
Trev: They all influenced it.
Wei: New Orleans is a true melting pot.
Trev: You’ve right. This is what the American Dream is all about.
(续上期)
Trev: It’s a complicated story, but it started right here.
Wei: At this bar? You gotta be kidding!
Trev: I mean here in this city. There are many influences here. French, Spanish, Creole, African, American and Caribbean.
Wei: And you’ve saying all those people created jazz?
Trev: They all influenced it.
Wei: New Orleans is a true melting pot.
Trev: You’ve right. This is what the American Dream is all about.
(续上期)
小薇:爵士是从哪儿来的?
崔佛:这是个很复杂的故事,不过爵士就是从这里开始的。
小薇:这间酒吧?你在唬弄我。
崔佛:我指的是这个城市。这里对爵士有很多影响。法国人、西班牙人、克里欧人、非洲人,美国 人跟加勒比海人。
小薇:而你是说这所有的人创造了爵士?
崔佛:他们都影响了爵士。
小薇:纽奥良是个真正的镕炉。
崔佛:你说得对。这就是美国梦的意义所在。
重点解说:
★ complicated (a.) 复杂的
★ Creole (n.) 克里欧人(在美国路易西安那州的法国移民后裔)
★ Caribbean (n.) 加勒比海人
★ melting pot 镕炉
★ American Dream 美国之梦(将独立宣言中的民主主义由美国渐渐推广至全世界)
★ influence (v.,n.) 影响