「英文學習筆記」
ephrase vt. 改述
genre n. 類別
suave adj. 柔和的
demeanor n. 風度
spike n. 激增
big band jazz and swing 搖擺爵士

Rap and hiphop is popular with the kids. Country is really popular where I’m from though. But my genre of music is big band jazz and swing.
好吧，年輕人和喜歡饒舌和嘻哈音樂，鄉村音樂在我 ( TJ ) 的家鄉很流行。但是我比較中意的音樂類型是搖擺爵士。

Jazz isn’t very popular in China. What is it about Jazz that you like so much？
爵士樂在中國不是那么的流行，對于個人而言，那爵士樂是什么呢？

It’s about a guy that enjoys the simple things in life. That’s all jazz, baby, Love, a good book, and a strong drink.
它是一種生活方式。孩子，愛，一本好書，再加上一口烈酒，這就是爵士樂的全部。

I know about the billboard list. But what other lists are there? How do songs get chosen for these?
我們都知道公告牌，除此之外還有什么別的榜單嗎？還有，他們是怎樣選擇歌曲的？

Well, a lot of time people are flipping through the radio stations, when a certain song comes on, a radio will receive a spike in listeners because so many people stop on that station. I imagine that’s how the songs are chosen for the billboard lists.
很多時候，當人們隨意切換電臺并且停留在某首歌時，如果其他人也像你一樣，電臺將收到激增的聽眾。我想這就是“公告牌”的歌曲的選擇列表。

更多實用有趣節目 搜索微博微信：早安英文