美語情景對話 第216期:音樂 Music

Nicola: So Kate, tell me about your favorite music!

尼科拉：凱特，跟我說說你最喜歡的音樂吧！

Kate: I'd say my favorite music would have to be the Beatles.

凱特：要說我最喜歡的音樂那一定是披鬥士。

Nicola: Yeah.

尼科拉：嗯。

Kate: I love the Beatles, cause they always make me happy and I've grown up with the Beatles

凱特：我喜歡披頭士，因爲他們總是會讓我感到快樂，我是聽着披頭士的音樂長大的。

Nicola: Uh-huh, so you're parents listen to it?

尼科拉：啊哈，你父母也聽披頭士的歌嗎？

Kate: Yeah, so we have all these old 45's when I was younger and this record player, and so we had loads of like Simon and Garfunkel and the Beatles and the Stones so that was the music I grew up listening to, and that's what I still really love.

凱特：沒錯，我們有所有的45轉唱片，我小的時候有這種唱機，我們有大量的唱片，包括西蒙和加芬克爾、披頭士以及滾石樂隊，我就是聽着這些音樂長大的，這就是我非常喜歡的音樂。

Nicola: Oh, awesome, and so do you like have a favorite song or?

尼科拉：哦，真棒，那你有最喜歡的歌嗎？

Kate: Yeah, probably it's "Happiness is a warm gun" which is on the White Album.

凱特：有，曲名是《Happiness is a warm gun》，收錄在《白色專輯》中。

Nicola: Yeah, right, right, cool.

尼科拉：哦，對，對，真酷。

Kate: I love all their albums. But I haven't been to Liverpool yet. I'd like to go. That would be nice.

凱特：我喜歡他們的所有專輯。不過我還從沒去過利物浦。我很想去。那一定很棒。

Nicola: And do you have a favorite Beatle?

尼科拉：那披頭士樂隊中你最喜歡的是誰？

Kate: John Lennon, definitely. He's definitely the coolest. I like his songs.

凱特：絕對是約翰·列儂。他絕對是最酷的。我喜歡他的歌。

Nicola: Do you like his individual work?

尼科拉：你喜歡他的個人作品？

Kate: Yeah.

凱特：沒錯。

Nicola: Yeah

尼科拉：好的。

Kate: Yeah. Some of them, like "Imagine" is really good. Yeah, he's definitely my favorite. Though, I quite like George as well. That was sad when he died, cause he was, yeah, he was real individual. I like Ringo, but Paul not so much.

凱特：嗯。其中有一些，比如《想象》，真的非常棒。他絕對是我最愛的成員。不過我也很喜歡喬治。他去世的時候太令人傷心了，他是真正有個性的人。我也喜歡林戈，不過覺得保羅一般。

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重點講解：
1. a load of/loads of
很多；大量；
eg. I've got loads of money.
我有大把的錢。
eg. His people came up with a load of embarrassing information.
他的部下亮出一大堆令人尷尬的資料來。
eg. I used to read loads of Asterix books.
我以前看了很多《高盧英雄傳》系列漫畫書。
2. as well
也；還；
eg. It is most often diagnosed in women in their thirties and forties, although I've seen it in many younger women, as well.
這種病一般多發於三四十歲的女性，但我也見過許多更年輕的女性患這種病。
eg. 'What do you like about it then?' — 'Erm, the history, the shops—people are quite friendly as well.'
“那麼你喜歡這兒的什麼？”——“嗯，它的歷史啦，商店啦，還有這兒的人也都很友好。”
eg. Andy's face paled with disappointment; perhaps with anger as well.
安迪的臉色由於失望而變得蒼白，也許還摻雜着氣憤。