ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Natalie MacMaster - Fiddler
Natalie MacMaster is a star of Cape Breton fiddling, a Canadian tradition with Scottish roots. Her energetic style and virtuoso talent has brought her star billing on the international folk circuit.

Why you should listen

It's not easy to make traditional Irish-Scottish music sound sexy and yet still seem wholesome. But Natalie MacMaster manages this feat, drawing listeners in with her playful showmanship, and then holding them rapt with astounding technical flourishes.

The niece of renowned Canadian fiddler Buddy MacMaster, she's taken up the mantle as standard-bearer for Cape Breton fiddling, a method of Scottish-style violin-playing that's evolved over the last century on this island neighbor to Nova Scotia. The tradition was on the wane when, in 1972, a CBS documentary provocatively titled The Vanishing Cape Breton Fiddler jump-started preservation efforts in the fiddling community.

MacMaster's enthusiastic charm and extraordinary skill has landed her star billing on the international folk circuit and multiple Grammy nominations. She's released nine albums, including Yours Truly (2006), Natalie and Buddy MacMaster (2005) and My Roots Are Showing (1998). She's toured with countless performers, including the Chieftains, Faith Hill, Carlos Santana and Alison Krauss, and has been awarded two Juno Awards (Canada's equivalent to the Grammy).

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Natalie MacMaster: Fiddling in reel time

MacMaster和Leahy演奏小提琴

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Natalie MacMaster和她的音乐伙伴Donnell Leahy演奏了几段布雷顿角传统音乐——一种活泼、充满感情的民间小提琴音乐。他们灵感四溅的合作会让你随着音乐一起拍手(甚至舞蹈)。
- Fiddler
Natalie MacMaster is a star of Cape Breton fiddling, a Canadian tradition with Scottish roots. Her energetic style and virtuoso talent has brought her star billing on the international folk circuit. Full bio

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Natalie娜塔莉 MacMasterMacMaster: I'm going to just
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quickly很快 start开始 out with
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a little bit of music音乐 here. (Applause掌声)
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简短的演奏。(掌声)
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(Music音乐)
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Thank you! (Applause掌声)
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谢谢!(掌声)
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I took my shoes off to dance舞蹈,
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为了跳舞我把鞋脱了,
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but maybe I'll get at that later后来.
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我等一会儿再穿吧。
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Anyways无论如何, I... where to start开始?
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然后,我……从哪儿开始说呢?
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Well, I'm really excited兴奋
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我很高兴今天
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to talk a bit about
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能向大家介绍
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my own拥有 upbringing教养 in music音乐
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我的音乐之路
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and family家庭 and all of that,
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和我的家庭,
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but I'm even more excited兴奋 for you people
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不过更令我激动的是
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to hear about Donnell's奥唐奈的 amazing惊人 family家庭
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Donnell今天也有机会向你们介绍
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and maybe even a little bit about
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他了不起的家庭以及
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how we met会见,
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我们相遇的故事,
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and all that sort分类 of thing,
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我要说的大概就是这些,
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but for those of you that may可能 not
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现场有些观众可能不是很了解
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be familiar with my upbringing教养,
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我的出身。
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I'm from Cape Breton布列塔尼 Island,
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我来自位于加拿大东部新斯科舍省
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Nova新星 Scotia斯科舍省, eastern Canada加拿大,
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的布雷顿角岛,
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which哪一个 is a very, very musical音乐 island,
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岛上的音乐气氛非常浓厚,
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and its origins起源 come from Scotland苏格兰
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岛上的人、音乐以及所有的传统
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with the music音乐 and all the traditions传统,
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舞蹈、语言
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the dancing跳舞, the language语言,
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都是苏格兰裔,
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which哪一个 unfortunately不幸 is dying垂死 out
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不幸的是布雷顿角的这一切
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in Cape Breton布列塔尼.
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现在都在逐渐消亡。
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The traditional传统 language语言 is Gaelic盖尔,
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布雷顿角的传统语言是盖尔语(Gaelic),
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but a lot of the music音乐 came来了
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很多音乐都来自于
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from the Gaelic盖尔 language语言,
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这种语言,
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and the dancing跳舞 and the singing唱歌
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舞蹈、歌曲等等
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and everything, and my bloodline世系
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也是如此,我的血统是
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is Scottish苏格兰的 through通过 and through通过,
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彻彻底底的苏格兰裔,
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but my mother母亲 and father父亲
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我的母亲和父亲
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are two very, very musical音乐 people.
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都非常热爱音乐。
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My mom妈妈 taught me to dance舞蹈
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我五岁的时候
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when I was five, and my dad
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我妈妈教我跳舞,九岁的时候
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taught me to play fiddle小提琴 when I was nine.
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我爸爸教我拉小提琴。
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My uncle叔叔 is a very well-known知名
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我的叔叔是一位非常著名的
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Cape Breton布列塔尼 fiddler小提琴手.
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布雷顿角小提琴演奏家。
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His name's名字的 Buddy伙伴 MacMasterMacMaster,
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他叫做Buddy MacMaster,
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and just a wonderful精彩 guy,
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是一个了不起的人物,
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and we have a great tradition传统 at home
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我们家里有跳方块舞(square dancing)
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called square广场 dancing跳舞,
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的优良传统,
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and we had parties派对, great parties派对
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我们也会在家里或者邻居的家里举办
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at our house and the neighbors'邻居' houses房屋,
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派对,非常棒的派对,
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and you talk about kitchen厨房ilidhsilidhs.
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我们常说厨房“凯利”。
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Well, cèilidhilidh first of all is Gaelic盖尔 for party派对,
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“凯利”在盖尔语中是派对的意思,
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but kitchen厨房 party派对
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厨房派对
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in Cape Breton布列塔尼 is very common共同,
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在布雷顿角非常普遍,
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and basically基本上 somebody drops滴剂 into the house,
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厨房派对大体是这样的,一个人拜访别人的家
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and no matter what house you go to
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在布雷顿角,所有人家里
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in Cape Breton布列塔尼, there's a fiddle小提琴 there,
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都有小提琴,
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guaranteed保证, and I'd say,
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这点我敢保证
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well there's first of all more fiddlers小提琴手
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布雷顿角的人均拥有的小提琴数量
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per capita人头 in Cape Breton布列塔尼 than anywhere随地
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位居世界第一
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in the world世界, so ten chances机会 to one,
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因此,前来拜访的人
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the fellow同伴 who walked in the door
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十有八九
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could play it, so you'd have someone有人 come
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会拉小提琴,所以我们邀请
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into the house, you'd invite邀请 them to play
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前来的拜访的客人
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a tune, and lo and behold不料
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拉一首曲子,然后
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a little party派对 would start开始 up and somebody would dance舞蹈,
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一个小型派对就开始了,有人跳舞
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and somebody would sing, and all that sort分类 of thing,
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有人唱歌,大家一起享受音乐,
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so it was a wonderful精彩, wonderful精彩 way
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to grow增长 up, and that is where
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的成长经历,也是
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my beginnings开始 in music音乐 come from:
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我的音乐生涯的开始:
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my surroundings环境, my family家庭,
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我成长的环境,我的家庭,
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just my bloodline世系 in itself本身, and, oh,
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我的血统,
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I've doneDONE lots of things with my music音乐.
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我做了很多与音乐有关的事情。
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I've recorded记录 lots of CDs光盘.
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我录制了很多唱片。
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I was nominated提名 for a Grammy格莱美 and
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得到过一个格莱美奖提名
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I've won韩元 some awards奖项 and stuff东东 like that,
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以及获得过一些奖项。
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so that's awesome真棒,
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这些经历都非常棒,
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but the best最好 part部分 was meeting会议 my husband丈夫,
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然而其中最棒的还要数与我的丈夫相遇,
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and I've actually其实 known已知 Donnell奥唐纳
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实际上我和Donnell认识
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for probably大概 12 years年份 now, and
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已经十二年了,
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I'm going to get into a little bit of, I guess猜测,
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我想,我会简要的介绍一下,
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how music音乐 brought us together一起,
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音乐如何让我们走到一起,
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but I'm going to introduce介绍 you
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不过现在我先要向大家介绍
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right now to my new husband丈夫
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我的新婚丈夫
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as of October十月 5,
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十月五号刚刚转正的,
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Donnell奥唐纳 Leahy莱希. (Applause掌声)
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Donnell Leahy。(掌声)
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Donnell奥唐纳 Leahy莱希: Thank you. I'm kind of new to the TEDTED
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Donnell Leahy:谢谢。我对TED还不是很熟悉
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experience经验 and I'm glad高兴 to be here,
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我很高兴来到这里,
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but I'm just trying to put it all together一起,
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我正在努力搞懂这一切,
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trying to figure数字 all you people out, and I've
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弄清你们都是些什么人物
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been here for a short while, and I'm starting开始
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在这里呆了一会儿之后
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to understand理解 a little bit better.
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我已经不觉得那么陌生了。
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So I asked Natalie娜塔莉, what do I do?
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我问Natalie,我上台要干什么呢?
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And she said, just talk about yourself你自己.
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她叫我介绍一下自己。
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It's kind of boring无聊, but I'll just tell you a little
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这可能会有点无聊,不过我就介绍一下吧
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bit about my family家庭. I'm one of 11 brothers兄弟
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说一说我的家庭。我来自多伦多西北,安大略省莱克菲尔德(Lakefield)
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and sisters姐妹 from Lakefield莱克菲尔德, Ontario安大略,
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距多伦多一个半小时车程,
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an hour小时 and a half northeast东北 of Toronto多伦多,
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我有十个兄弟姐妹
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and we grew成长 up on a farm农场.
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我们在农场长大。
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Mom妈妈 and Dad raised上调 beef牛肉 cattle黄牛,
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我的父亲和母亲养肉牛,
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and I'm the oldest最老的 boy男孩.
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我是家中最大的男孩。
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There are four girls女孩 a little bit older旧的 than me.
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我有四个比我稍微大一点的姐姐。
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We grew成长 up without a television电视.
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我小时候家里没有电视。
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People find that strange奇怪,
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很多人觉得奇怪,
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but I think it was a great blessing祝福 for us.
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但我觉得这是我们的福气。
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We had a television电视 for a few少数 years年份,
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我们曾经有过电视,
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but of course课程 we wasted浪费 so much time
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并因此浪费了很多时间
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and the work wasn't getting得到 doneDONE,
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工作都完成不了,
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so out went the television电视.
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所以电视就被扫地出门了。
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We grew成长 up playing播放
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我们从小就——
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Mom's妈妈的 from Cape Breton布列塔尼, coincidentally巧合.
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我的妈妈恰巧也来自布雷顿角。
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Mom妈妈 and Natalie'sNatalie的 mother母亲
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她认识Natalie的妈妈。
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knew知道 each other. We grew成长 up playing播放,
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我们从小就演奏音乐
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and used to dance舞蹈 together一起, right, yeah.
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还曾经一起跳舞,恩,是的。
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(Laughter笑声) We grew成长 up playing播放 a bunch of,
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(笑声)我们从小就演奏乐器,
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we played发挥 by ear and I think
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即兴演奏,我认为
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that's important重要 for us because
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这对于我们来说非常重要
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we were not really exposed裸露 to a lot of
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因为我们没有接触过多的
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different不同 styles款式 of music音乐.
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其它风格的音乐。
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We learned学到了 to play the instruments仪器,
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我们学习演奏乐器,
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but we kind of had to come from within
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但我们的音乐都来自内心
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or go from within, because we didn't
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生发自内心,因为
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watch television电视, we didn't listen to a lot of
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我们不看电视,我们不怎么听广播
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radio无线电. We went to church教会
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我们上学
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and to school学校 sometimes有时,
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有时候去教堂,
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and farmed养殖 and played发挥 music音乐,
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干农活、演奏音乐,
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so we were able能够, I think,
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我想因此我们才能在
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at a very critical危急 age年龄 to develop发展
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关键的年纪
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our own拥有 style样式, our own拥有 self,
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发展出我们自己的风格,找到真正的自我,
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and my mother母亲 plays播放, my father父亲 plays播放,
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我的父亲母亲都会演奏乐器
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and the style样式 that came来了
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他们的风格来自
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from the Ottawa渥太华 Valley in Ontario安大略,
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安大略的渥太华谷,
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we call it French-Canadian加拿大法语 style样式
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叫做法式加拿大风格
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but it originated起源 in logging记录 camps营地.
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这种风格最早起源于伐木场。
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Years年份 ago, hundreds数以百计 of men男人 would go
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多年以前,成百上千的人
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up for the winter冬季 to the camps营地
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冬天会去
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in Northern北方 Ontario安大略 and in Quebec魁北克,
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魁北克和北安大略的伐木场,
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and they were all different不同 cultures文化,
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他们都来自不同的文化,
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and the Irish爱尔兰的, the French法国, Scottish苏格兰的,
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爱尔兰人、法国人、苏格兰人、
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German德语, they'd他们会 all meet遇到, and of course课程
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德国人,他们在那里相遇,晚上
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at night, they'd他们会 play cards
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当然就打牌
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and step dance舞蹈 and play fiddles小提琴,
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跳踢踏舞、拉小提琴
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and over the course课程 of many许多 years年份,
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所以随着时间的推移
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the Ottawa渥太华 Valley fiddling摆弄 kind of evolved进化
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渥太华谷的小提琴演奏在不断进化
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and the Ottawa渥太华 Valley step dancing跳舞
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渥太华谷的踢踏舞也在不断进化
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evolved进化, so that's, I kind of started开始 out
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我最早的风格
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with that style样式 and I quickly很快
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就来源于此,不过我很快就开创了
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started开始 doing my own拥有 thing,
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我自己的风格,
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and then I met会见 Natalie娜塔莉, and I was
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后来我遇见了Natalie,随之
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exposed裸露 to the great Cape Breton布列塔尼 fiddling摆弄.
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接触到了伟大的布雷顿角小提琴风格。
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That's how we met会见. (Laughter笑声)
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我们就是这样相遇的。
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You tell them. (Laughter笑声)
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你跟他们说吧。(笑声)
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NMNM: You want to or no? (Laughter笑声)
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NM:你到底想不想说?(笑声)
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Well I guess猜测 I have to now.
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这样一来,我就不得不说了。
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Well, it's just so interesting有趣 that
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Donnell的出身和我非常相似
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Donnell's奥唐奈的 upbringing教养 was very similar类似
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这十分有趣
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to mine, and I actually其实 saw Donnell奥唐纳 play
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事实上,我第一次看到Donnell演奏
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when I was about 12 years年份 old,
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的时候是12岁
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and he and his family家庭 came来了 to
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他和他的家人来
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Inverness因弗内斯, which哪一个 is about 45 minutes分钟
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因佛内斯(Inverness),距离我家
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from where I lived生活, and I was just
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大约四十五分钟,我被他
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blown away, like, it was just amazing惊人,
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的演奏震撼了,实在太精彩了,
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and you'll你会 find out why pretty漂亮 soon不久 here,
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你们等下看过他的表演之后就明白我的意思了,
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but I couldn't不能 believe the fiddling摆弄
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他演奏小提琴简直让人不敢相信
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and Mom妈妈 was there with me,
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我的妈妈当时也在那里
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and she was saying
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她说——
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Donnell's奥唐奈的 mother母亲 came来了 up on stage阶段
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Donnel的妈妈当时也在舞台上
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and danced跳舞 with her children孩子, and Mom妈妈
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和她的孩子们一起跳舞
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was saying, "That's Julie朱丽叶 MacDonnell麦当劳,
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我的妈妈告诉我,“那是Julie MacDonnell,
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I used to dance舞蹈 with her when we
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我们小时候
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were kids孩子. Little did I think our children孩子
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曾经一起跳舞,我真没想到
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would be playing播放 instruments仪器, you know,
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我们的孩子都会演奏乐器,
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playing播放 music音乐, yeah."
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演奏音乐。”
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Twelve十二 years年份, er, 20 years年份 later后来 little did she think
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her kids孩子 would be getting得到 married已婚,
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她们的孩子会结婚,
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but anyway无论如何, so, then I got
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反正,这件事发生,大概,
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a phone电话 call about, I dunno不知道,
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七年之后,我接到一个电话。
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seven years年份 later后来. I was 19,
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那时我十九岁,
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first or second第二 year of college学院,
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刚刚大学一二年级,
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and it was Donnell奥唐纳, and
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是Dennell打来的,
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he said "Hi你好, you probably大概 don't know me
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他说“你好, 你可能不认识我
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but my name名称 is Donnell奥唐纳 Leahy莱希."
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我叫Donnell Leahy。”
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And I said, "I know you.
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我说:“我认识你。
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I have a tape胶带 of yours你的 at home."
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我家还有一盘你的带子。”
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And he said, "Well, I'm in Truro特鲁罗,"
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他说,“恩,我现在特鲁罗,”
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which哪一个 is where I was,
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我当时也在特鲁罗,
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and he asked me out for supper晚餐.
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然后他就邀请我吃晚餐。
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That's it. (Laughter笑声)
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就是这样。(笑声)
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(Applause掌声)
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(掌声)
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Then — Will I keep going? (Laughs)
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然而——我还要继续说吗?(笑)
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(Laughter笑声)
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(笑声)
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Then we dated过时的 for two years年份,
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然后我们约会了两年,
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broke打破 up for 10, got back together一起
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分开十年,再复合
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and got married已婚. (Laughter笑声) (Applause掌声)
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然后就结婚了。(笑声)(掌声)
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DLDL: So anyway无论如何, we're running赛跑 out of time,
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DL:我们时间不多了
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so I'll just get to it.
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所以我就直接开始了。
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I'm going to play a piece of music音乐 for you.
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我将要为演奏一首乐曲。
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It's actually其实 a Scottish苏格兰的 piece I've chosen选择.
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我选择的是一首苏格兰乐曲。
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I starts启动 out with a slow air空气.
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开头比较舒缓。
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Airs架子 were played发挥 in Europe欧洲
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在欧洲,人们经常在葬礼上演奏这种音乐
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at burials墓葬, as a body身体 was carried携带的 out
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当灵柩从守夜的地方呗抬到
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from the wake唤醒 site现场 to the burial葬礼 site现场,
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埋葬的地方时
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the procession游行 was led by a piper吹笛者
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风笛手或者小提琴手
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or a fiddle小提琴 player播放机.
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会引领前进的队列。
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I'll quickly很快 play a short part部分 of the air空气,
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我会很快的演奏这首乐曲的一部分,
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and then I'm going to get into
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然后我就会拉一段
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kind of a crazy tune that is very difficult
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疯狂的旋律,在没有热身的情况下
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to play when you're not warmed温暖 up,
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这一段非常难拉,
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so, if I mess食堂 it up, pretend假装 you like it
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因此,如果我出错了,假装你们喜欢就好了。
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anyway无论如何. It's called The Banks银行.
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曲子的名字叫做The Banks。
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(Tuning调音)
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NMNM: Well, we're gonna play one
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NM:那么我们再一起演奏
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together一起 now. (Applause掌声)
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一曲吧。(掌声)
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We're laughing, like, because
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我们笑是因为
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our styles款式 are totally完全 different不同,
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我们的风格完全不同,
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as you can hear.
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你们听过了一定也发现了。
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And so, you know, Donnell奥唐纳 and I
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Donnell和我
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are actually其实 in the process处理 of
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其实正在尝试
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writing写作 new pieces of music音乐 together一起
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创作我们可以一起演奏
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that we can play,
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的音乐,
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but we don't have any of those ready准备.
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但是我们还没有成功写出任何作品。
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We just started开始 yesterday昨天. (Laughter笑声)
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我们昨天才开始。(笑声)
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So we're gonna play something together一起 anyway无论如何.
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但是我们还是要一起演奏一曲。
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DLDL: With one minute分钟.
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DL:用最后一分钟时间。
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NMNM: With one minute分钟.
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NM:最后一分钟。
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(Audience听众 reaction反应)
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(观众的反应)
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DLDL: You start开始. NMNM: No, you have to start开始,
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DL:你开始。NM:不行,必须从你开始,
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because you've got to do your thing.
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你拉你的。
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NMNM: I'm not tuned调整. Hold保持 on.
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(Tuning调音)
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(调音)
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NMNM: I feel like I'm in the duck or
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NM:我觉得我现在动作
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the bird pose提出 right now. (Laughter笑声)
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像鸭子或者鸟。(笑声)
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(Music音乐)
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(Audience听众 claps拍手 along沿)
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Announcer播音员: Great news新闻,
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主持人:好消息,
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they're running赛跑 late晚了 downstairs楼下.
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楼下的人延误了。
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We've我们已经 got another另一个 10 minutes分钟.
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所以我们还有十分钟。
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(Applause掌声)
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NMNM: Okay. Sure.
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NM:好的。没问题。
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All right, okay.
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好的,好的。
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Let's get her going. (Applause掌声)
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那我们就继续吧。(掌声)
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(Tuning调音)
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DLDL: What do you want to play?
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DL:你想拉什么?
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NMNM: Well, umUM...
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NM:那,恩……
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(Music音乐) (Laughter笑声)
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(音乐)(笑声)
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NMNM: Uh, sure.
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NM:没问题。
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DLDL: How fast快速?
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DL:多快?
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NMNM: Not too fast快速.
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NM:别太快。
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(Music音乐)
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(Cheering打气)
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(欢呼)
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(Audience听众 claps拍手 along沿)
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(Applause掌声)
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DLDL: We're going to play a tune
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DL:下面这首乐曲
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and Natalie'sNatalie的 going to accompany me on the piano钢琴.
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Natalie会弹钢琴配合我。
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The Cape Breton布列塔尼 piano钢琴 playing播放
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布雷顿角钢琴演奏
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is just awesome真棒. It's very rhythmic有板有眼
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非常棒。节奏感很强
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and, you'll你会 see it.
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你们很快就会体验到。
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My mom妈妈 plays播放 piano钢琴, and she learned学到了
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我妈妈会弹钢琴,
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to play before they had a piano钢琴 at home
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当时她在布雷顿角的家里还没有钢琴
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in Cape Breton布列塔尼. Before Mom's妈妈的 family家庭 had
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她就已经学会怎么弹了。
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a piano钢琴 in Cape Breton布列塔尼, she learned学到了 to play
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没有钢琴的时候,她用一块板子
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the rhythms节奏 on a piece of board,
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学习节奏,
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and the fiddlers小提琴手 would all congregate集合
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很多小提琴手冬天寒冷的晚上
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to play on the cold winter's冬天的 evenings晚上
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都会聚在一起演奏
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and Mom妈妈 would be banging on this board,
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我妈妈就会在板子上敲打,
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so when they bought a piano钢琴,
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后来他们在多伦多
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they bought it in Toronto多伦多 and had it taken采取
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买了一架真的钢琴,
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by train培养 and brought in on a horse,
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然而先用火车再用马拉雪橇
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a horse and sleigh雪橇 to the house.
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运回家。
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It became成为 the only piano钢琴 in the region地区,
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这是当时当地唯一的一台钢琴,
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and Mom妈妈 said she could basically基本上 play
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我妈妈说钢琴一来
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as soon不久 as the piano钢琴 arrived到达,
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她就已经会弹了,
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she could play it because she had learned学到了
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因为她已经学会了
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all these rhythms节奏. Anyway无论如何, we found发现
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所有的节奏。我们去年
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the piano钢琴 last year and were able能够 to
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找到了这架钢琴,而且
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bring带来 it back home. We purchased购买 it.
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把它运回家了。我们再一次买下了它。
22:44
It had gone走了 through通过, like,
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它几经易主,
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five or six families家庭,
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换了五六个主人,
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and it was just a big thing for us,
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这对于我们来说是一件大事,
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and we found发现 actually其实 an old picture图片
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事实上我们还发现一张其它家庭的
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of somebody and their family家庭 years年份 ago.
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老照片。
22:56
Anyway无论如何, I'm blabbering张口闭口 on here.
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我有点太唠叨了。
22:58
NMNM: No, I want you to tell them about Leahy莱希.
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NM:没有,你跟他们说说Leahy乐队吧。
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DLDL: What about Leahy莱希? (Laughter笑声)
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DL:Leahy怎么了?(笑声)
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NMNM: Just tell them what—
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NM:跟他们说就是了——
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DLDL: She wants me to talk about—
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DL:她希望我说说——
23:08
We have a band named命名 Leahy莱希.
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我们有一支名叫Leahy的乐队。
23:10
There's 11 siblings兄弟姐妹. We, umUM
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由我家的十一个兄弟姐妹组成。我们,恩——
23:12
What will I tell them? (Laughter笑声)
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我跟他们说什么(笑声)
23:14
We opened打开
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我们为——
23:17
NMNM: No surgeries手术.
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NM:没有手术。
23:19
DLDL: No surgeries手术, oh yeah.
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DL:没有手术,是的。
23:21
We had a great opportunity机会.
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我们得到了一个很好的机会。
23:23
We opened打开 for Shania仙妮亚 Twain吐温 for two years年份 on her international国际 tour游览.
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我们担任Shania Twain(著名加拿大乡村歌手)国际巡演的开场乐队有两年时间。
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It was a big thing for us, and now
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我们觉得非常荣幸和幸运,现在
23:27
all my sisters姐妹 are off having babies婴儿
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我的姐妹们都离开乐队生孩子去了
23:29
and the boys男孩 are all getting得到 married已婚, so we're
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兄弟们则都在忙着结婚,所以
23:31
staying close to home for, I guess猜测,
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我们可能会在家多呆
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another另一个 couple一对 of weeks.
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几个星期。
23:35
What can I say? I don't know what to say,
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我还要说什么?我不知道说什么了,
23:37
Natalie娜塔莉. We, uh... (Laughter笑声)
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Natalie。我们,恩……(笑声)
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(Laughter笑声)
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(笑声)
23:48
NMNM: Is this what marriage婚姻 is about?
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NM:这难道就是婚姻的真谛吗?
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(Applause掌声)
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(掌声)
23:53
I like it. (Applause掌声)
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我喜欢这种感觉。(掌声)
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(Laughter笑声)
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(笑声)
24:01
DLDL: Oh yeah, okay,
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DL:好,好。
24:03
in my family家庭 we had seven girls女孩, four boys男孩,
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我家有七个女孩,四个男孩,
24:06
we had two fiddles小提琴 and one piano钢琴,
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我们有两把小提亲和一架钢琴,
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and of course课程 we were all fighting战斗 to play
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我们都争着弹奏这些乐器
24:10
on the instruments仪器, so dad and mom妈妈
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所以爸爸和妈妈
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set a rule规则 that you couldn't不能 kick anyone任何人
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制定了一条规则:不许打断别人的
24:15
off the instrument仪器. You had to wait
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演奏。别人演奏完才轮到你。
24:17
until直到 they were finished, so of course课程,
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结果,因为不想被兄弟姐妹
24:19
what we would do is we'd星期三 get on the piano钢琴
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抢去弹琴的机会,
24:21
and you wouldn't不会 even get off to eat,
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我们只要坐在钢琴面前
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because you wouldn't不会 want to give it up
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就会废寝忘食的
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to your brother哥哥 or sister妹妹, and they'd他们会 wait
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一直演奏下去。别人就要
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and wait and wait, and it'd它会 be midnight午夜
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一直等一直等,等到午夜
24:29
and you'd be still sitting坐在 there on the piano钢琴,
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前一个人可能还坐在钢琴前,
24:31
but it was their way to get us to practice实践.
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我爸爸妈妈就是这样督促我们练琴的。
24:34
Will we play a tune?
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我们来一曲吧?
24:36
NMNM: It worked工作. DLDL: It worked工作.
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NM:可以的。DL:好的。
24:39
Sorry, I hate讨厌 to carry携带 on...
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不好意思,我也不想再继续说了……
24:41
So this is our last number, and we'll feature特征 Nat纳特 on piano钢琴.
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这是我们的最后一曲,Nat会演奏钢琴
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Okay, play in, how about A?
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好的,什么调,A怎么样?
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(Applause掌声)
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Translated by Yi Shao
Reviewed by Dennis Guo

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Natalie MacMaster - Fiddler
Natalie MacMaster is a star of Cape Breton fiddling, a Canadian tradition with Scottish roots. Her energetic style and virtuoso talent has brought her star billing on the international folk circuit.

Why you should listen

It's not easy to make traditional Irish-Scottish music sound sexy and yet still seem wholesome. But Natalie MacMaster manages this feat, drawing listeners in with her playful showmanship, and then holding them rapt with astounding technical flourishes.

The niece of renowned Canadian fiddler Buddy MacMaster, she's taken up the mantle as standard-bearer for Cape Breton fiddling, a method of Scottish-style violin-playing that's evolved over the last century on this island neighbor to Nova Scotia. The tradition was on the wane when, in 1972, a CBS documentary provocatively titled The Vanishing Cape Breton Fiddler jump-started preservation efforts in the fiddling community.

MacMaster's enthusiastic charm and extraordinary skill has landed her star billing on the international folk circuit and multiple Grammy nominations. She's released nine albums, including Yours Truly (2006), Natalie and Buddy MacMaster (2005) and My Roots Are Showing (1998). She's toured with countless performers, including the Chieftains, Faith Hill, Carlos Santana and Alison Krauss, and has been awarded two Juno Awards (Canada's equivalent to the Grammy).

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