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pipa/ 琵琶/ (pípá)
A: I heard that you've liked music since you were a kid. Have you learned to play any instrument?
听说你从小就很喜欢音乐,你学过什么乐器吗？
(tīnɡshuō nǐ cónɡxiǎo jiù hěn xǐhuān yīnyuè, nǐ xuéɡuò shénme yuèqì ma?)
B: I started learning to play pipa when I was a kid.
我从很小的时候就开始学习弹琵琶。
(wǒ cónɡ hěnxiǎo de shíhòu jiù kāishǐ xuéxí tán pípá.)
A: I've never heard of pipa, what kind of instrument is it?
我从来没听说过琵琶,这是一种什么样的乐器呢？
(wǒ cónɡlái méi tīnɡshuōɡuò pípá, zhèshì yīzhǒnɡ shíme yànɡ de yuèqì ne? )
B: Pipa is one of the most representative traditional Chinese instruments. It has more than 2,000 years of history.
琵琶是中国传统乐器里最有代表性的一个。它已经有两千多年的历史了。
(pípá shì zhōnɡɡuó chuántǒnɡ yuèqì lǐ zuìyǒu dàibiǎoxìnɡ de yīɡè.tā yǐjīnɡ yǒu liǎnɡqiān duōnián de lìshǐ le.)
A: So can the pipa instrument only be used to play Chinese style songs?
那么琵琶这种乐器就只能用来演奏中国风的曲子吗？
(nàme pípá zhèzhǒnɡ yuèqì jiù zhīnénɡ yònɡlái yǎnzòu zhōnɡɡuó fēnɡ de qǔzǐ ma?)
B: Of course not. Nowadays there are a lot of pipa players who are merging it with jazz or hip hop music so that this instrument that represents the beauty of China can be loved by more audiences overseas.
当然不是,现在社交平台上有许多年轻的琵琶弹奏者把它与爵士乐和嘻哈音乐融合,让这种体现中国美的乐器被更多外国观众喜爱。
(dānɡrán bùshì, xiànzài shèjiāo pínɡtái shànɡ yǒu xǔduō niánqīnɡ de pípá tànzòuzhě bǎtā yǔ juéshì yuè hé xīhā yīnyuè rónɡhé, rànɡ zhèzhǒnɡ tǐxiàn zhōnɡɡuó měi de yuèqì bèi ɡènɡduō wàiɡuó ɡuānzhònɡ xǐài.)
pipa/ 琵琶/ (pípá)
A: I heard that you've liked music since you were a kid. Have you learned to play any instrument?
听说你从小就很喜欢音乐,你学过什么乐器吗？
(tīnɡshuō nǐ cónɡxiǎo jiù hěn xǐhuān yīnyuè, nǐ xuéɡuò shénme yuèqì ma?)
B: I started learning to play pipa when I was a kid.
我从很小的时候就开始学习弹琵琶。
(wǒ cónɡ hěnxiǎo de shíhòu jiù kāishǐ xuéxí tán pípá.)
A: I've never heard of pipa, what kind of instrument is it?
我从来没听说过琵琶,这是一种什么样的乐器呢？
(wǒ cónɡlái méi tīnɡshuōɡuò pípá, zhèshì yīzhǒnɡ shíme yànɡ de yuèqì ne? )
B: Pipa is one of the most representative traditional Chinese instruments. It has more than 2,000 years of history.
琵琶是中国传统乐器里最有代表性的一个。它已经有两千多年的历史了。
(pípá shì zhōnɡɡuó chuántǒnɡ yuèqì lǐ zuìyǒu dàibiǎoxìnɡ de yīɡè.tā yǐjīnɡ yǒu liǎnɡqiān duōnián de lìshǐ le.)
A: So can the pipa instrument only be used to play Chinese style songs?
那么琵琶这种乐器就只能用来演奏中国风的曲子吗？
(nàme pípá zhèzhǒnɡ yuèqì jiù zhīnénɡ yònɡlái yǎnzòu zhōnɡɡuó fēnɡ de qǔzǐ ma?)
B: Of course not. Nowadays there are a lot of pipa players who are merging it with jazz or hip hop music so that this instrument that represents the beauty of China can be loved by more audiences overseas.
当然不是,现在社交平台上有许多年轻的琵琶弹奏者把它与爵士乐和嘻哈音乐融合,让这种体现中国美的乐器被更多外国观众喜爱。
(dānɡrán bùshì, xiànzài shèjiāo pínɡtái shànɡ yǒu xǔduō niánqīnɡ de pípá tànzòuzhě bǎtā yǔ juéshì yuè hé xīhā yīnyuè rónɡhé, rànɡ zhèzhǒnɡ tǐxiàn zhōnɡɡuó měi de yuèqì bèi ɡènɡduō wàiɡuó ɡuānzhònɡ xǐài.)
Illustrations:Liu Xidan/GT
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