来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：聆听音乐 第19集 第19集》

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  The lowest part of the female operatic register
  歌剧中最低的女声
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  is called the contralto
  叫做女低音
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  and there are some floating around.
  有不少享有盛名的女低音歌唱家
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  There used to be Maria--Maureen Forrester.
  例如莫莲·弗雷斯特
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  Across the street at our School of Music,
  在对街的音乐学院有一位
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  Lili Chookasian used to sing at the Metropolitan Opera.
  莉莉·楚卡西安 她曾在大都会歌剧院唱过
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  She teaches--is still teaching at the School of Music.
  现在还在音乐学院教书
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  I went to school with a woman named Joyce Castle,
  我念书的时候有个同学叫乔伊斯·卡斯特尔
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  a contralto,frequently singing with the met.
  她也经常在大都会唱女低音
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  So that's the kind of low part, the alto, if you will,
  这些就是歌剧女声中唱低音部的人
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  of the female voice in opera.
  你可以称其为Alto
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  Then we have the mezzo-soprano,
  还有Mezzo-soprAno