2019年11月18日 星期一

The Ice Orchestra 夢幻冰雕樂器饗宴


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The Ice Orchestra
The future of music is frozen.
音樂的未來結凍了。


    

  High in the Italian Alps, music can be heard echoing off walls of stone. Those sounds, however, aren’t made by traditional instruments, but by ones made out of a rather unlikely material: ice. This is the home of the ice orchestra.
  Artist Tim Linhart started making ice sculptures at the ski resort in his hometown in New Mexico. He worked on his art for 16 years. One day, he decided to try and make an ice violin and was amazed at the sound it produced.
  Since then, Linhart has perfected his art. At the Passo Paradiso sports station in Italy, he makes violas, drum sets, xylophones, a double bass, and even a huge percussion pipe instrument out of ice. Some of the instruments take months to complete. When finished, the instruments are played by professional musicians in a 200-seat igloo theater. The more the instruments are played, the bigger the sound gets. In the end, though, they are due to melt. However, as soon as the next winter rolls around, Linhart is ready to make his amazing frozen creations all over again.

 

1. echo vi. 發出回聲;回響
The beautiful music echoed through the hall.
美妙的音樂在大廳裡迴盪。
2. unlikely a. 難以置信的;不大可能的
It seems unlikely the rain will stop within the next hour.
雨似乎不大可能在一小時內就停。
3. sculpture n. 雕像
The ice sculpture is shaped like a dove.
這冰雕的形狀像隻鴿子。
4. be amazed at...  對……感到驚訝
We were all amazed at how much the movie scared Carol.
我們都對凱蘿被那部電影嚇成那樣感到吃驚。
5. perfect vt. 使完美;改善,提高
Mary hoped to perfect her dancing skills.
瑪麗希望能使她的舞技臻至完美。
6. be due to V  預定……
This film is due to be released next Tuesday.
這部電影預定在下星期二上映。
7. melt vi. 融化
The ice cream melted quickly under the hot sun.
冰淇淋在炎熱的太陽下融化得很快。
8. roll around  每到某個時刻;(季節)周而復始
When fall rolls around, the leaves all turn from green to red.
每當秋天來臨時,葉子都由綠轉紅。

resort n. 度假中心/勝地
igloo n. 圓頂冰屋

When finished, the instruments are played by professional musicians in a 200-seat igloo theater.
副詞連接詞 when(當……時)引導副詞子句修飾主要子句,當副詞子句中的主詞與主要子句中的主詞相同時,此副詞子句可化簡為分詞句構,亦即:刪除副詞子句的主詞,並將動詞變為現在分詞,若動詞為被動時,be 動詞變成現在分詞 being 之後通常予以省略,保留過去分詞。
如本句 When 之後即省略了 the instruments are。
When Julia was asked if she was going to quit, she just smiled.
→ When
asked if she was going to quit, Julia just smiled.
茱莉亞被問到是否要辭職時,她只是微笑。

as soon as + S + V
as soon as... 表「一……(就……)」,為副詞連接詞,所引導的副詞子句可置於主要子句之前或之後,用來表示某事緊接著另一件事發生。as soon as 亦可用 the moment / the instant / once 取代。
As soon as Barry gets home from school, he turns on the TV.
貝瑞放學一回到家就會打開電視。
Ada picked up the phone as soon as it rang.
電話鈴一響艾達就立刻拿起了電話。

  在義大利阿爾卑斯山上的高處,可以聽見音樂迴盪於岩壁間。然而,那些聲音不是由傳統樂器所發出,而是由一種非常難以置信的材料所做成的樂器:冰。這裡是冰雕樂團的故鄉。
  藝術家提姆•林哈特在他家鄉新墨西哥州的滑雪度假村開始做冰雕。他做冰雕長達十六年之久。有一天,他決定嘗試做了一把小提琴冰雕,他對其所發出的聲音大為驚豔。
  從那時起,林哈特精進了做冰雕樂器的手藝。在義大利天堂隘口體育館,他用冰打造出中提琴、爵士鼓組、木琴、低音提琴,甚至還有大型管狀打擊樂器。有些樂器要花好幾個月打造。當樂器打造完工時,專業音樂家們會在設有兩百個座位的冰屋音樂廳演奏冰雕樂器。冰雕樂器演奏越多次,聲音越響亮。不過最終它們還是會融化。然而,下個冬天一到,林哈特就準備好重新開始打造他令人驚豔的冰雕樂器。

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