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Peruvian Prisoners Learn Beethoven
About 20 men lined up to enter the national theater in the Peruvian capital of Lima. In their handcuffed hands were violin, drum set, saxophone and clarinet. By their side stood 50 dark-clothed prison guards who had transported them in a special bus.
The trip was part of a new project to help criminals lead productive lives.
In 2017, Peru started music lessons for prisoners, expanding a similar national program for young people. Four of the country's 69 prisons have the program. The goal is to create a prison orchestra in time for Peru's 200th anniversary celebration in 2021.
The men, imprisoned for murder, robbery and drug trafficking, are now playing music from the "Game of Thrones" television show and pieces by Beethoven.
They listened in silence as Wilfredo Tarazona, head of a state music program, called the session between the prisoners and the orchestra's musicians "an event without precedent." He added that Peru's prison service, which normally buys locks and handcuffs, had recently spent more than $150,000 on musical instruments.
Then Tarazona led all the prisoners and musicians in a performance of Festive Overture by Dmitri Shostakovich. The guards kept a close eye on the prisoners during the music session before bringing them back to El Callao, their prison in Lima.
Martín Reano said the classical music session is an "escape, something out of the ordinary." He was sentenced to 20 years in prison for murder. In his small prison cell, there are a keyboard, three trombones, a trumpet and a bass guitar. The instruments were left behind by others who served their sentences and left prison.
At El Callao, Reano had joined one of the salsa bands formed by the prisoners themselves. Then, he met a trombone player and others who helped him learn to read music. Now, he said, he is ready to bring his musical skill to another level.
Percy Trujillano is a professional musician who teaches at El Callao. He said a number of former prisoners could not find a job because of their criminal past. But they could earn some money by playing in small orchestras.
Music "is an opportunity to be born again, to live again," Trujillano said.
I'm Mario Ritter, Jr.
重点解析
1.television show 电视剧
One critic calls it the first television show in a long time that is just plain fun.
一位评论家称它在很长一段时间，这只是纯娱乐第一的电视节目。
2.anniversary celebration 周年庆典
I was once invited to the 60th-anniversary celebration of a remarkable couple.
我曾应邀参加一对不同寻常的夫妇结婚60周年庆祝会。
3.criminal past 犯罪历史
Does your doctor have a criminal past?
你的医生有犯罪历史吗？
4.in time 及时
To get there in time, they started early.
为了及时赶到那里，他们出发的很早。
5.The guards kept a close eye on the prisoners during the music session before bringing them back to El Callao, their prison in Lima.
kept a close eye on 密切关注
The local police kept a close eye on his activities.
当地警方对他的一举一动进行了严密监视。
Companies have long kept a close eye on employees to maintain productivity and guard against theft.
一直以来，公司都时刻提防员工顺手牵羊，并监督他们保持工作效率。
6.He said a number of former prisoners could not find a job because of their criminal past.
a number of 一些
This equipment has saved the lives of a number of new born children.
这套设备已经挽救了许多新生儿的生命。
We have lived here quite a number of years.
我们在这儿住了好些年了。
参考译文
秘鲁囚犯组建监狱交响乐团
大约20名男子排队进入秘鲁首都利马的国家剧院。他们戴着手铐，手里拿着小提琴、架子鼓、萨克斯管和单簧管。他们旁边站着50名身穿黑衣的狱警，他们乘坐一辆特殊的公共汽车往返。
这次活动是帮助罪犯进入开拓性生活的新项目的一部分。
2017年，秘鲁开始为囚犯开设音乐课，这是一个类似青年国家的拓展项目。全国69所监狱中有4所实施了这一计划。他们的目标是在2021年秘鲁建国200周年之际，及时打造出一个监狱交响乐团。
这些犯人因谋杀、抢劫和贩毒入狱，现在他们正在演奏美剧《权力的游戏》主题曲以及贝多芬的作品。
他们静静地聆听着，国家音乐项目负责人威尔弗雷多·塔拉索纳(Wilfredo Tarazona)称，囚犯与乐团音乐家之间的合作是“史无前例的”。他补充说，秘鲁监狱服务部门最近在乐器上花费了超过15万美元，而该部门通产负责采购挂锁和镣铐。
然后塔拉索纳带领所有的囚犯和音乐家演奏了德米特里·肖斯塔科维奇的节日序曲。在演奏期间，狱警们一直紧盯着这些囚犯，然后将他们带回利马的埃尔卡奥监狱。
马丁·雷亚尼奥（Martín Reano）说，古典音乐课程是一种“逃避，一种与众不同的东西”。他因谋杀被判20年监禁。在他的小牢房里，有一个键盘，三个长号，一把小号和一把低音吉他。这些乐器是其他刑满出狱的人留下的。
在首都利马埃尔卡劳， 雷亚尼奥加入了由囚犯们组成的萨尔撒乐队。然后，他遇到了一位长号手和其他帮助他学习阅读音乐的人。现在，他说，他准备把他的音乐技巧提高到另一个层次。
特鲁吉拉诺（Percy Trujillano）是一位在埃尔卡劳任教的专业音乐家。他说，由于过去的犯罪经历，一些出狱的囚犯找不到工作。但是他们可以通过在小型管弦乐队演奏来谋生。
特鲁吉拉诺说，音乐是“重生、重新生活的机会”。
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