来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：聆听音乐 第15集 第15集》

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  four short chant like phrases,
  像短句一样叠加 拼接起来
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  and I've numbered them on the sheet one through four.
  我已在乐谱上将它们从一到四标示出来
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  Each of these phrases comes in, in turn in each voice,
  每段乐句轮流以对应的声音演唱
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  each voice imitating the preceding voice,
  每一个声音模仿前一个声音
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  so we've got imitative counterpoint.
  这就是模仿对位法
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  These passages of counterpoint are called points of imitation.
  这些复调片段称为对位法中的模仿点
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  points of imitation.
  模仿点
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  This is what we get a lot of in Renaissance music.
  文艺复兴时期产生了很多此类的音乐
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  So we have four points of imitation.
  这首曲子有四个模仿点
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  In point of fact,
  实际上
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  it's they sort of look like four very short expositions
  它们就像赋格曲里
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  in a fugue.
  四个短小的呈示部