Lesson 10 Not for jazz

不适于演奏爵士乐

First listen and then answer the question.
听录音，然后回答以下问题。
What happened to the clavichord?

We have an old musical instrument. It is called a clavichord.

It was made in Germany in 1681.

Our clavichord is kept in the living room.

It has belonged to our family for a long time.

The instrument was bought by my grandfather many years ago.

Recently it was damaged by a visitor.

She tried to play jazz on it!

She struck the keys too hard and two of the strings were broken.

My father was shocked. Now we are not allowed to touch it.

It is being repaired by a friend of my father's.

生词和短语

jazz n. 爵士音乐
musical adj. 音乐的
instrument n. 乐器
clavichord n. 古钢琴
recently adv. 最近
damage v. 损坏
key n. 琴键
string n. （乐器的）弦
shock v. 使不悦或生气，震动
allow v. 答应，让
touch v. 触摸

课文注释

1 It is called a clavichord. 它被称作古钢琴。这是一个被动语态的句子。本课中的许多动词都是被动语态。如：our clavichord is kept..., the instrument was bought..., it was damaged..., two of the strings were broken...等。

2 a friend of my father's 我父亲的一位朋友。在英语中我们常用-'s和of 结构来表示所有格。-’s的结构常用在人名和表示人称的名词的末尾，而of 结构则常与无生命的名词连用。在这个例句中同时使用了-'s和of 结构，这被称作双重所有格。

参考译文

我家有件古乐器，被称作古钢琴，是1681年德国造的。我们的这架古钢琴存放在起居室里。我们家有这件乐器已经很久了，是我祖父在很多年以前买的。可它最近被一个客人弄坏了，因为她用它来弹奏爵士乐。她在击琴键时用力过猛，损坏了两根琴弦。我父亲大为吃惊，不许我们再动它。父亲的一个朋友正在修理这件乐器。

学习建议：

1.先听两遍，不看文本；2.看文本，听两遍；3.不看译文，自己尝试翻译一遍；4.看译文，对比自己的翻译；5.朗读，模仿发音；6.看中文，尝试翻译成英文；7.听写；8.背诵。以上8个步骤，坚持下来，可以综合提高大家的听说读写译五个方面。当然，每个同学也可以根据自己情况选择完成。如有疑问或想入群学习，私信我（Ellen微信：15377500890）。