Lesson 42 Not very musical
What happened when the snake charmer began to play jazz?
As we had had a long walk through one of the markets of old Delhi, we stopped at a square to have a rest. After a time, we noticed a snake charmer with two large baskets at the other side of the square, so we went to have a look at him. As soon as he saw us, he picked up a long pipe which was covered with coins and opened one of the baskets. When he began to play a tune1, we had our first glimpse2 of the snake. It rose out of the basket and began to follow the movements of the pipe. We were very much surprised when the snake charmer suddenly began to play jazz and modern pop songs. The snake, however, continued to 'dance' slowly. It obviously3 could not tell the difference between Indian music and jazz!
haʊ wəz ðə pleɪn ˈeɪbl tə klɪə ðə ˈmaʊntɪnz?
ɪn 1929, θriː jɪəz ˈɑːftə hɪz flaɪt ˈəʊvə ðə nɔːθ pəʊl, ði əˈmɛrɪkən ɪksˈplɔːrə1, ɑː.iː. bɜːd, səkˈsɛsfʊli2 fluː ˈəʊvə ðə saʊθ pəʊl fə ðəfɜːst taɪm. ðəʊ, ət fɜːst, bɜːd ənd ɪz mɛn wər ˈeɪbl tə teɪk ə greɪt ˈmɛni ˈfəʊtəgrɑːfs əv ðə ˈmaʊntɪnz ðət leɪ bɪˈləʊ, ðeɪ suːn ræn ˈɪntəˈsɪərɪəs ˈtrʌbl. ət wʌn pɔɪnt, ɪt siːmd ˈsɜːtn ðət ðeə pleɪn wəd kræʃ. ɪt kəd ˈəʊnli gɛt ˈəʊvə ðə ˈmaʊntɪnz ɪf ɪt rəʊz tʊ 10,000 fiːt. bɜːdət wʌns ˈɔːdəd ɪz mɛn tə θrəʊ aʊt tuː ˈhɛvi fuːd sæks3. ðə pleɪn wəz ðɛn ˈeɪbl tə raɪz ənd ɪt klɪəd ðə ˈmaʊntɪnz baɪ 400 fiːt. bɜːdnaʊ njuː ðət hi wəd bi ˈeɪbl tə riːʧ ðə saʊθ pəʊl wɪʧ wɒz 300 maɪlz əˈweɪ, fə ðə wə nəʊ mɔː ˈmaʊntɪnz ɪn saɪt. ði ˈeəkrɑːft4 wəzˈeɪbl tə flaɪ ˈəʊvə ði ˈɛndlɪs waɪt pleɪnz wɪˈðaʊt ˈdɪfɪkəlti5.
任务配置：L0+L4
知识笔记：
musical adj. 精通音乐的
snake charmer 玩蛇者（通常借音乐控制）
jazz 英 /dʒæz/
Old Delhi： n. 旧德里（印度北部城市）
pipe n. （吹奏的）管乐器
tune n. 曲调 英 /tjuːn/
glimpse n. 一瞥 英 /glɪm(p)s/
dance 英 /dɑːns/ vi. 跳舞
练习感情：实际练习日期 2018/11/18
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