3. Band Karate

3 Band Karate We fooled around with the instruments for a long time. We all sounded pretty horrible, except for Andrea of course. Mrs. Bacon told us not to get discouraged. She said it takes hard work and lots of practice to get good. She also told us our parents could rent an

我们在乐器上胡闹了很长时间。 我们听起来都很糟糕，当然除了安德里亚。 培根夫人告诉我们不要气馁。 她说这需要刻苦训练和大量的练习。 她还告诉我们，我们的父母可以租一个

instrument for us and then come see us play at a recital. "Okay, it's time to choose your instrument," Mrs. Bacon announced. "What do you want to play?" "Clarinet!" shouted Andrea. "It's the only instrument here that I don't already know how to play." "Flute!" shouted Emily. "It will be easy to carry home from school." "Trumpet!" shouted Michael. "Because they play them in the army." "I want to play French horn," said Ryan, "because I like French fries." "Drums!" shouted Neil. "Banging on stuff is fun." "I want to play trombone," said Alexia, "because that slide thing is cool." "How about you, A.J.?" asked Mrs.

给我们演奏乐器，然后来看我们的独奏会。 “好了，该选乐器了，”培根夫人宣布。 “你想玩什么？”“竖单簧管！”安德烈喊道。 “这是这里唯一一种我还不会弹的乐器。” “长笛！”爱米丽喊道。“从学校带回家很容易。” “小号！”迈克尔喊道。 “因为他们在军队里玩。” “我想吹圆号，”瑞恩说，“因为我喜欢炸薯条。” “鼓！”尼尔喊道。“敲打东西很有趣。” “我想吹长号，”亚历克西娅说，“因为那个滑梯很酷。” “你呢，A.J.?”

Bacon. "Which instrument do you want to play?" "I don't want to play any instrument." You could have heard a pin drop. Well, that is if anybody had pins with them. But why would you bring pins to school? Everybody was staring at me. It was like the earth had stopped turning. "I beg your pardon?" asked Mrs. Bacon. That's grown-up talk for "What?" Grown-ups are always begging to be pardoned. Nobody knows why. "I said I don't want to play any instrument," I told her. "I just like to play video games." Mrs. Bacon dropped to the floor like

培根。“你想弹哪一种乐器？”“我不想演奏任何乐器。” 连针落地的声音都能听见。 前提是有人拿着别针。 但你为什么要带别针来学校？ 每个人都盯着我看。 就好像地球停止转动了。 “你说什么？”培根太太问。 这是成年人说的“什么？”大人们总是乞求原谅。 没人知道为什么。“我说过我不想演奏任何乐器，”我告诉她。 “我只是喜欢玩电子游戏。” 培根太太倒在地板上

an elephant had just fallen on her head. "Noooooooooo!" she screamed. She got down on her knees in front of me. Tears were running down her cheeks. Either she's really emotional, or Mrs. Bacon is fakin'. "Anyone can click a button on a video game," she moaned. "It takes effort to make beautiful music. I think

一头大象正好落在她的头上。 “不行！”她尖叫道。 她在我面前跪了下来。 泪水顺着她的面颊流下来。 要么她真的很情绪化，要么培根太太在装。 “任何人都可以点击电子游戏的按钮，”她抱怨道。 “做出美妙的音乐需要付出努力。 我认为

video games are bad for kids." "But they're fun," I said. "Playing music is fun too," said Mrs. Bacon. "Won't you just try an instrument, A.J.? You might become the next Beethoven!" "Who's that?" I asked. "Arlo," said Andrea, "Beethoven was the greatest composer who ever lived!" "You might be the next Mozart!" said Mrs. Bacon.* "Never heard of her," I replied. "Mozart was a man, dumbhead," said Andrea. "Oh, snap!" said Ryan. "What a waste it would be to have musical talent and not use it," said Mrs. Bacon. "A.J., you might be the next

电子游戏对孩子不好。” “但它们很有趣，”我说。 “演奏音乐也很有趣，”培根夫人说。 “你就不能试试乐器吗，A.J.?” 你可能会成为下一个贝多芬！”“那是谁?”我问。 “阿乐，”安德烈说，“贝多芬是有史以来最伟大的作曲家！”“你可能会成为下一个莫扎特！”培根夫人说。“从没听说过她，”我回答。 “莫扎特是个男人，笨蛋，”安德里亚说。 “哦，糟了！”瑞恩说。“有音乐天赋却不加以利用，这是一种多么大的浪费啊，”培根太太说。 aj，你可能是下一个

Tchaikovsky, the next Rachmaninoff, the next Shostakovich!" She named a bunch of other people with names I couldn't pronounce. "Playing an instrument is boring," I replied. "I don't want to spend hours practicing some dumb instrument when I could be playing video games or doing something fun, like going to karate."

柴可夫斯基，下一个拉赫玛尼诺夫，下一个肖斯塔科维奇！”她说了一堆我念不出名字的人的名字。 “演奏乐器很无聊，”我回答。 “我不想花几个小时练习一些愚蠢的乐器，而我可以玩电子游戏或做一些有趣的事情，比如空手道。”