来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：聆听音乐 第12集 第12集》

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  and get a sense of what the capabilities
  并试着去了解和认识
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  and limitations of all the instruments were.
  所有乐器的功能和它的局限性
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  A couple summers ago I spent a month at Bard College
  几年前我在纽约的巴德学院
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  in New York at an instrumental conducting workshop,
  用了一个月的时间在器乐指挥工作室学习
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  where I worked with various conductors.
  在那里我和许多指挥家一起工作
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  So I tried to supplement that initial choral leaning.
  我的确有努力弥补声乐出身的不足
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  But what about piano now?
  现在钢琴练的怎么样
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  I'm always surprised how good pianists these conductors are.
  我很惊讶怎么那么多指挥家都弹一手好钢琴
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  So you must have had to practice piano, take piano--
  所以你一定在练钢琴吧
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  I do. I studied piano--
  是的 我有在练习钢琴
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  I wouldn't say extensively--
  我不能说很经常练
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  but consistently throughout my young career--
  但在我早期的职业生涯 一直保持练琴