實(shí)戰(zhàn)口語(yǔ)情景對(duì)話：The Music Industry 音樂(lè)界(1)

Hana: Alright, so Ben, what do you think about the music industry recently?

哈娜：好，本，你怎么看最近的音樂(lè)界?

Ben: Recently? Actually, you know I don't really listen to the radio so I'm not really sure about popular music, but one thing I do is I read a lot about music news, so one thing I've been noticing is with all of these new programs and websites like iTunes, Spotify, the free music ...

本：最近的音樂(lè)界?實(shí)際上，你知道我不常聽(tīng)廣播，所以我不太了解流行音樂(lè)，不過(guò)我會(huì)瀏覽大量音樂(lè)新聞，我一直在關(guān)注新程序還有iTunes、Spotify等網(wǎng)站以及免費(fèi)音樂(lè)……

Hana: Like YouTube yeah?

哈娜：比如YouTube?

Ben: YouTube. Yeah, YouTube as well. Like sometimes musicians, we don't ... No one buys CDs anymore.

本：YouTube。對(duì)，還有YouTube。有時(shí)音樂(lè)家，我們不……現(xiàn)在沒(méi)人再買CD了。

Hana: No.

哈娜：對(duì)。

Ben: Right? When was the last time you bought a CD? Do you remember?

本：對(duì)吧?你上次買CD是什么時(shí)候?你還記得嗎?

Hana: I don't even remember. Probably like ten years ago.

哈娜：我不記得了。大概是10年前吧。

Ben: Right, so like with the internet and the increase of everyone having high speed internet all around the world, I think the industry is changing a lot, especially for musicians and how they get paid.

本：好，隨著互聯(lián)網(wǎng)的發(fā)展，現(xiàn)在世界上所有人的網(wǎng)速都很快，我認(rèn)為音樂(lè)界改變了很多，尤其是對(duì)音樂(lè)家以及他們得到報(bào)酬的方式來(lái)說(shuō)。

Hana: Yeah, true.

哈娜：對(duì)，沒(méi)錯(cuò)。

Ben: It's interesting in that kind of way, but I think it's a little ... I think we need to change how we pay musicians because people can't make money anymore.

本：這值得注意，不過(guò)我認(rèn)為……我認(rèn)為我們應(yīng)該改變支付音樂(lè)家報(bào)酬的方式，因?yàn)樗麄儸F(xiàn)在掙不到錢了。

Hana: No.

哈娜：嗯。

Ben: Used to sell CDs and receive a profit from that, but now people are on YouTube downloading music illegally.

本：以前他們通過(guò)出售CD可以得到收益，但是現(xiàn)在人們都在Youtube上非法下載音樂(lè)。

Hana: Yes.

哈娜：對(duì)。

Ben: Do you remember those programs that people ... What were they called? Like they were like downloader ... Peer to peer downloading software programs, like I think one of them was called Napster. It was one of the biggest ...

本：你記得那些程序嗎?那些是什么來(lái)著?就是那種下載程序，點(diǎn)對(duì)點(diǎn)下載軟件程序，其中一個(gè)程序是Napster。這是最大的下載程序之一……

Hana: Was it?

哈娜：是嗎?

Ben: Yeah, yeah. It was huge.

本：對(duì)，是的。這個(gè)程序很受歡迎。

Hana: Okay.

哈娜：好。

Ben: You would download this ... I remember, it was about 15 years ago. You would download the program onto your computer and you'd search for something. Let's say Madonna, which was actually my first song that I ever downloaded illegally was Madonna because I liked her when I was a kid.

本：我記得大約15年前就能通過(guò)這些程序下載音樂(lè)了。你可以把音樂(lè)下載到電腦上，還可以進(jìn)行搜索。我第一首非法下載的歌是麥當(dāng)娜的歌曲，因?yàn)槲倚r(shí)候很喜歡麥當(dāng)娜。

Hana: Okay.

哈娜：好。

Ben: Before my punk days.

本：在我玩朋克樂(lè)之前。

Hana: Alright. Right.

哈娜：好，好的。

Ben: So yeah, you type in the name of the artist you want to listen to and you'd down ... All these songs come up that people have placed on the internet.

本：輸入你想聽(tīng)的音樂(lè)家的名字，然后下載。你可以搜索出人們放到網(wǎng)上的所有歌曲。

Hana: Right.

哈娜：對(duì)。

Ben: And you can download that and you can keep it and listen to it as many times as you want for free.

本：你可以下載并保存這些歌曲，可以想聽(tīng)多少遍就聽(tīng)多少遍，而且都是免費(fèi)的。

Hana: Yeah.

哈娜：對(duì)。

Ben: And you didn't pay ... I didn't pay Madonna anything.

本：你沒(méi)有支付……我沒(méi)有付麥當(dāng)娜任何錢。

Hana: No.

哈娜：沒(méi)有。

Ben: Right? In that way, I think the music industry has changed a lot.

本：對(duì)吧?我認(rèn)為從這一點(diǎn)來(lái)說(shuō)，音樂(lè)界改變了很多。

Hana: Yeah, I think so.

哈娜：對(duì)，我也是這么認(rèn)為的。

Ben: Yeah, yeah. I'm not sure if it's good or bad, probably bad

.本：嗯，對(duì)。我不確定這是好事還是壞事，可能是壞事。

Hana: You think?

哈娜：你認(rèn)為是壞事?

Ben: For artists I think it's not good.

本：我認(rèn)為對(duì)藝術(shù)家來(lái)說(shuō)并不好。

Hana: For artists. Yeah.

哈娜：對(duì)藝術(shù)家來(lái)說(shuō)，對(duì)。

Ben: Especially if they're not as popular, so if they do not have a very big record deal.

本：尤其是如果藝術(shù)家并不太出名的話，如果他們的唱片合約并不重要的話。

Hana: Yeah.

哈娜：對(duì)。