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Lara & Eric, School Plays

J: Hello, welcome to American Cafe! I'm Jody!

Y: 各位好，歡迎到美語咖啡屋。我是楊晨。

J: Hey, Yang Chen, don't forget to keep next weekend free.

Y: Oh, 對，下個周末我們要去看音樂劇。因為Eric要在里面扮演一個角色。說Eric起來，我覺得他可是夠忙碌的，又要上學，又要參加學校劇團的演出。

J: He is a very busy 14 -year old. But you know, all kids sooner or later are in a school play.

Y: 是嗎，所有的孩子都有機會參加演出??？

J: Oh sure. And today we'll hear from Eric and his mom Lara about what it means to be in a school play.

Y: 好啊。那我們就先來認識Eric的媽媽Lara 。

實錄1: Lara: It's, I think fairly common, almost every junior high school and high school in the country has some sort of play or dramatic opportunity that kids can participate in.

Y: 原來我以為只有那些將來想進演藝界的小孩才會參加這種演出呢。

J: Oh no, no, no. Everyone tries out for school plays!

Y: "Try out" 就是參加audition，I mean 參加“演員挑選”

J: That's right. Everyone tries out. The nerdy students try out, the artsy students try out and just the plain ol' average students try out. Again here is Lara.

實錄2: Lara: Everyone tries out. Anyone who's interested can try out. The more nerdy kids, if you will, the artsy kids, and just plain ol' average kids. Anyone can try out.

Y: 哎， Jody，你來給大家描述一下，如果說個人很nerdy，那該是什么樣子呢？

J: OK. A nerd is anyone who studies too much, never gets into any trouble and carries around lots of pens and pencils. That is a nerdy student.

Y: Nerdy kids 一般來說都是書呆子。那么artsy呢？

J: Artsy, very creative, artistic students. But no matter if you are nerdy or artsy , being in a play makes you busy.

Y: 沒錯，特別是對一個14歲的孩子來說。那他有那么時間嗎？

J: Well, Yang Chen, that is the negative side of being in a school play - it can really drain a student's time.

實錄3: Lara: The negatives are... it's a very large drain on a kid's time. For an individual play it's several weeks of practice - maybe six weeks of practice.

Y: 要花 6 個星期的時間來排練。那這樣會不會影響他的學習成績呢？

J: Well, it probably does influence a student's grades. But I also think it's well worth it.

Y: Jody, 你的意思是說參加演出比取得好成績還要重要嗎？

J: Well, it could be. Acting in a play is a wonderful opportunity to develop such things as public speaking abilities, confidence.

實錄4: Lara: Well, the pros are that it's a wonderful opportunity for kids to develop public speaking ability and confidence. That's a definite plus - building a positive self-image.

Y: 說了半天，Eric到底參加的是那一部戲的演出？

J: Eric performed in the Music Man.

實錄5: Eric: My name is Eric. And... I was in a play called the Music Man. It's about this man named Harold Hill and he's a con artist. A con artist is someone who tricks people into giving them money. And so Harold is selling boys bands.

Y: Con artist, 就是詐騙犯的意思。

J: In the Music Man boys bands means a marching band with lots of instruments!

Y: Marching band，該怎么解釋呢？

J: I've got an idea. Bring in the band!

[Enter music here.]

Y: 哎，我想Eric一定演的是Music Man里面的男主角大騙子Harold Hill，對不對？

J: Well ... not exactly.

實錄6: Eric: I was Man #2. I was a non-important character who said three lines and had one musical solo line.

Y: 不過不要緊，我相信Eric下次一定能演主角。

J: Oh, sure! He is very talented. And to a parent it doesn't matter if you're the lead role or Man #2.

實錄7: Lara: It doesn't matter if they're in the big part or they're just Man #2; every parent who sees their child on stage feels enormously proud.

J: Lara does sound like a proud parent, doesn't she?