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W: Charles, as a singer, do you ever make yourself cry when you sing?
女：查爾斯，作為歌手，你在唱歌時有沒有把自己唱哭過？
M: No, not at this age. I'm an old man. But the songs can still get through to me.
男：沒有，我現在這個年紀不會了。我現在已經是老人了。不過歌曲仍能觸及我的心靈。
W: What song writers are currently exciting you?
女：現在有哪些作曲家令人感到激動？
M: I don't know much about song writers. Once in a while, I'll listen to the radio to see what they are putting out, but it's not too often I hear something I like. Somebody like Art Tatum can make me sit up and take notice, but some music, like rap, isn't very musical and I can't learn anything from it. You got to do something more than talk to me.
男：我不太了解作曲家。我偶爾會聽聽廣播，看看有什么新歌推出，不過我不太常聽到自己喜歡的歌曲。像亞瑟·泰特姆這樣的音樂家會讓我坐直身體并留意，不過像饒舌這種音樂性不太性的曲風，我不太能體會到什么。除了和我說話，你應該做點別的。
W: What's the most difficult kind of music to sing?
女：你認為哪種音樂最難演唱？
M: It depends. If I like something, I can sing it. I did the opera Porgiam best and that's said to be a complicated piece of music. And I can do country music, blues and love songs. On the other hand, I can't sing something I don't like and that's one of my defects.
男：這要看情況而定。如果我喜歡這種音樂，那我就能唱出來。我唱的最好的是歌劇《Porgiam》，一般人們認為這是一個很難的音樂作品。我也可以唱鄉村音樂、藍調音樂和情歌。另一方面，我不能唱我不喜歡的音樂，這也是我的一個缺點。
W: Can you perform music that's out of tune with the mood you might be in on a given night?
女：你能在某個晚上在沒有伴奏的情況下，表演出符合當時心境的音樂嗎？
M: Yes, because when you sing, you are like an actor performing a part. Once you get out there, you become that part — only you're using music instead of dialogue. I am the kind of a person that if my personal life is hurting, I can go to work and the music will take over. It's like a guy who goes to a bar and drinks. For those few hours, I can wrap myself up in my music.
男：可以，因為在唱歌時，我們其實也是表演的演員。一旦站上舞臺，我們也成為了演員，我們在用音樂代替對白。我是那種可以在個人生活受到傷害后去工作的人，音樂會接管一切。就像有人會去酒吧喝酒一樣。在那幾個小時里，我會使自己沉浸在音樂里。
Questions 9 to 11 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
問題9到問題11依據你剛剛聽到的對話進行提問。
Question 9. What does Charles say songs can do when he sings them?
問題9. 查爾斯認為他唱的歌曲有什么影響？
Question 10. What does Charles say about himself as a singer?
問題10. 查爾斯如何看待自己作為一名歌手？
Question 11. What would Charles do when his personal life is hurting?
問題11. 查爾斯在個人生活受到傷害后會做什么？
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