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So I could apply all of this acoustic folk picking and slide guitar and etc etc

我能够运用原声民谣拨弦 滑音吉他技巧等等

But it was a very, very closed shop in those days

不过当时 这些是非常非常封闭的

Actually, probably still, maybe

也许现在仍然是这样

But now, obviously, as a specialist musician, you would be contracted in

不过现在 作为专业音乐人 你显然也能获得合同

But, in those days

不过在当时

when I had to sort of go in the door and have that discipline to play

我需要到现场 遵循各种演奏原则

because, boy, if you made mistakes, you wouldn't be seen again

你如果犯错 以后别人就不会再要你

I was in this whole sort of studio role for about two and a half years

我在录音室中担当这种角色大约有两年半时间

playing all manner of things from

演奏各种内容

TV jingles to soundtracks and film music

包括电视配乐和电影配乐

Goldfinger, to The Kinks

从《金手指》到奇想乐队

to, you know, it was really a wonderful sort of, colourful role that I was playing

我在这些演奏中都扮演了很美妙 很多彩的角色

Until, one day the music charts were passed out and there were the notes

直到有一天 音乐图被发出 然后还有音符

and it was a gentle hint, I think

这似乎是在暗示我

that I had to learn to read music in a very, very serious way

我需要用一种很严肃的方式来学着读音乐

Because there were serious competitors there

因为外面有很多认真的竞争者

and everybody was fluent with music reading

而且大家都在读音乐方面非常流畅

So I had to come on very, very quickly in leaps and bounds

于是我需要非常迅速地行动起来

It was, yeah, it was quite a pressurised moment

没错 当时我的压力非常大

but I had come through it and then I was reading like all you guys do

但我经受住了挑战 能和你们所有人一样读音乐了

So I just wanted to give you that little bit of empathy here and understanding about

我只是想让你们有一些感同身受

having to, you know, reading music is a major part of it

理解读音乐是一大重要组成部分

and of course once you can read, then you can write it down

能读之后 你就自然能够将其写出来

and read others' work, that's great

读他人的作品 这会非常棒

Thank you so much for inviting me here

非常感谢学校对我的邀请

it really is an honour and a privilege

我感到无比荣幸

and I thank you all very much

非常感谢你们所有人

Good luck in the future. Thank you

祝大家未来好运 谢谢

人物简介和演讲视频

人物简介
比尔·奈是美国著名科普专家，曾负责美国迪士尼公司制作的著名科教节目《比尔教科学》，并因此蜚声国内外。本视频是比尔·奈于2014年在马萨诸塞大学洛厄尔分校毕业典礼上的演讲，重点谈到了气候变化、探索宇宙等科学问题，勉励学生加入到科学世界的探索中来，并以此改变世界。