So the melodies tend to be long; they tend to be asymmetrical.

所以旋律会很长会很不均匀
Rhythm--think about rhythm in the music that we've been listening to.

节奏想想我们曾经听到过的节奏
My paradigm here is the beginning of the

我举《布兰登堡第五大协奏曲》开始部分的例子
Fifth Concerto Grosso, in which the rhythm starts out

在这首曲子里开始的
It's very regular.

节奏是十分整齐的
It's like a machine gun, almost, or a sewing machine,

就像一支机关枪一样或者说像一部缝纫机
or some kind of repetitive process there.

或者其他的什么在那儿重复工作
When we get into the classical period, rhythm is somewhat more

当我们进入古典主义时期的后
relaxed but it is still a pattern,

节奏会比较随意但是仍然是一板一眼
but here, with this music in the romantic period,

但是在这里在浪漫主义时期的音乐中
the themes are not only long and asymmetrical;

不仅主题很悠长很不匀称
the rhythms don't seem to shake out in patterns that allow us to

而且节奏也不太固定