Six years later, I was 12, Athena, my older perfect sister was 15 and my brother, Nick, was 11. Every morning, my dad would lecturer us on the history of our people the greatest civilization, the Greeks.
Dad: OK, now name three things the Greeks did first.
Athena: Astronomy, philosophy and democracy.
Dad: Bravo! Very good!
I wish I had a different life. I wish I was braver and prettier or just happy, but it’s useless to dream, because nothing ever changes.
Toula: (Answers the phone) Hi, Michalengelo’s Travel Agency, may I help you? Well sure, that’s what we do. Absolutely, Oh right. Sure. Well, what you can do is book it now, I can reserve the seat for you. Be with you in a second. That would be no problem. All right. Just call me back when you are ready to book. OK, thank you! Bye-bye.
Ian: Hi!
Toula: Hi! Did you want to see some 16)brochures? Huh! (Fallsdown.) Found them!
(Church organ)
我盛大的希腊婚礼
父亲∶你最好快点结婚，你啊，已经显老了！
从我十五岁开始，爸爸就老是对我说这句话。因为漂亮的好女孩一辈子只该做三件事：嫁希腊男孩，生希腊宝宝，毕生致力于喂饱每个人。
长大后，我明白了自己与众不同：别的女孩子金发碧眼、娇俏玲珑，我却只是个黑乎乎的六岁小孩，头发带着鬓角。我是多么想像那些受欢迎的女孩一样啊。大家坐到一块儿，边聊边吃“神奇面包”三明治。
金发女孩：你吃的是什么？
图拉：萨卡冻。
金发女孩：我看是驼鹿鹦鹉吧？哈哈……
漂亮女孩都参加童子军活动，我却要上希腊语中学。（希腊语）在希腊语学校里，我学到宝贵的知识，比如：假如尼克有一头山羊，而玛利亚有九头，他们什么时候可以结婚？（希腊语）
妈妈总是满腔热情与智慧地给我们煮饭，并且永远不忘来道新鲜热辣的“忆苦思甜”配菜。
母亲：尼可，别拿食物玩啊，我像你那么大的时候，我们什么吃的都没有！
图拉：妈妈……
母亲：什么？
图拉：我为什么一定要念希腊语学校呢？
母亲：等你结了婚，难道你不想亲自给你的婆婆写封信吗？尼可，来，吃啊！
我们住在芝加哥近郊，是有品味并且谦和的中产社区。但我们的屋子是仿帕台农神庙建造的，有科林斯式的圆柱子和希腊神像守护。如果邻居对我们的背景不清楚的话，他们只要看看我家给希腊国旗的精致贡品就行了。
我爸爸对两件事深信不疑：希腊人应当教育非希腊人成为希腊人；温帝思牌玻璃清洁水管治百病--上至牛皮藓下至毒葛。
六年后，我十二岁大，我完美无缺的姐姐雅典娜十五岁，弟弟尼可十一岁。每天早晨，爸爸都要给我们上一堂课，讲人类历史上最伟大的希腊文明。
爸爸：好的，现在说出希腊人最先做的三件事。
雅典娜：天文、哲学和民主。
爸爸：太好了！很好！
我希望过一种不同的生活。我希望自己再勇敢点，再漂亮点，或者幸福开心，可这只是胡思乱想，因为我的生活总是一成不变。
图拉：（接电话）你好，这里是米开朗基罗旅行社，您需要什么？这个，当然了，我们就是这么做的。当然。噢，对的。这个嘛，您现在可以预订。我会为您保留座位。请稍等。没问题。好的。您想预订的时候请给我电话。好，谢谢您！再见。
伊恩：嗨！
图拉：嗨！你要不要小册子看看？啊！（摔倒）我找到了！
（教堂里奏起《婚礼进行曲》）
注释:
1) blonde a. 金发碧眼的
2) delicate a. 精巧的
3) swarthy a. 黑皮肤的
4) sideburns n. 连鬓胡子，鬓角
5) side dish n. 正菜外的附加菜
6) tasteful a. 有鉴赏力的
7) model v. 模仿
8) Parthenon n. 帕特农神庙
9) Corinthian n. 科林斯式
10) column n. 柱子
11) heritage n. 传统，遗产
12) tribute n. 供品
13) ailment n. 疾病
14) psoriasis n. 牛皮藓
15) ivy n. 常春藤
16) brochure n. 小册子
★★《2003年11月号-第43期-Disc01-06》★★
Catch Me If You Can
FBI Agent: I'd like you to take a look at something for me. Tell me what you think.
Frank: That’s a 1)fake.
FBI Agent: How do you know? You haven’t looked at it.
Frank: Well, there’s no 2)perforated edge, right? I mean, this check was hand cut, not fed. Yeah. Paper’s double 3)bonded, much too heavy to be a bank check. 4)Magnetic ink, it’s raising against my fingers instead of flat. And this doesn’t smell like liquor, it’s some kind, you know, some kind of a drafting ink, you know, the kind you get at a 5)stationery store.
FBI Agent: Frank, would you be interested in working with the FBI’s Financial Crimes Unit?
猫鼠游戏
BI探员∶我想请你给我看样东西。说说你的看法。
弗兰克：这张是假货。
FBI探员∶你怎么知道的？你连看也没看。
弗兰克∶边上没穿孔，对吧？我的意思是说，这张支票是手工制作，不是机器里出来的。是的。纸有两层，银行支票没那么沉。磁性墨水，我的指头摸得出，不平整。闻起来没有药液味，大概是一种绘图墨水，在文具店买的。
FBI探员∶弗兰克，你愿不愿意来联邦调查局金融犯罪科工作？
注释:
1) fake n. 假货
2) perforated a. 穿孔的
3) bonded a. 证券的
4) magnetic a. 磁性的
5) stationery n. 文具
★★《2003年11月号-第43期-Disc01-07》★★
The Bourne Identity
Jason: I can’t remember anything that happened before two weeks ago.
Marie: Lucky you.
Jason: No, I’m serious. I don’t know who I am, I don’t know where I’m going. None of it.
Marie: What, really, 1)amnesia?
Jason: Yes.
Marie: Amnesia?
Jason: Yes.
伯恩的身份
贾森：两个星期以前发生的事情，我一件也想不起。
玛丽：你多幸运啊。
贾森：不，我是认真的。我不知道我是谁，我不知道我要去哪里。什么也不知道。
玛丽：什么，真的失忆了？
贾森：是的。
玛丽：失忆？
贾森：是的。
注释:
1) amnesia n. 失忆
★★《2003年11月号-第43期-Disc01-08》★★
8 Mile
Look, if you had one 1)shot, one opportunity
To 2)seize everything you ever wanted. One moment
Would you capture it or just let it 3)slip?
Yo, his palms are 4)sweaty, knees weak, arms are heavy
There’s 5)vomit on his sweater already, Mom’s 6)spaghetti
He’s nervous, but on the surface he looks calm and ready
To drop bombs, but he keeps on forgettin?
What he wrote down, the whole crowd goes so loud
He opens his mouth, but the words won’t come out
He’s chokin’, how, everybody’s jokin now
The clock’s 7)run out, time’s up over, bloah!
8)Snap back to reality
Oh there goes 9)gravity
Oh, there goes Rabbit, he 10)choked
He’s so mad, but he won’t give up that
Is he? No
He won’t have it, he knows his whole back city’s 11)ropes
It don’t matter, he’s dope
He knows that, but he’s 12)broke
He’s so 13)stacked that he knows
When he goes back to his 14)mobile home, that’s when it’s
Back to the lab again yo
This whole rap city
He better go capture this moment and hope it don’t pass him
*You better lose yourself in the music, the moment
You own it, you better never let it go
You only get one shot, do not miss your chance to blow
This opportunity comes once in a lifetime yo (Repeat *)
The soul’s escaping, through this hole that it’s gaping
This world is mine for the taking
Make me king, as we move toward a new world order
A normal life is borin? but 15)superstardom’s close to 16)postmortem
It only grows harder, only grows hotter
He blows us all over, these hoes is all on him
Coast to coast shows, he’s known as the 17)globetrotter
Lonely roads, God only knows
He’s grown farther from home, he’s no father
He goes home and barely knows his own daughter
But hold your nose cuz here goes the cold water
His bosses don’t want him no mo, he’s cold product
They moved on to the next schmo who flows
He nose dove and sold nada
So the soap opera is told and unfolds
I suppose it’s old partner, but the 18)beat goes on
Da da dum da dum da da
街头痞子
看，假如你只有一次把握，一个机会
去获取你想要的一切。一刻钟的时间
你是抓紧还是让它溜走？
哟，他的手掌心冒汗，膝盖发软，胳膊沉甸甸
他已经吐在毛衣上了，妈妈的意大利面
他紧张，表面上却镇定自若
准备发连珠炮轰，他忘记了
写下的歌词，人群大声喧闹
他张开嘴，无言吐出
他喉咙哽着了，怎么了，人人都在取笑
没时间了，时间到了，梆！
弹回现实
哦，地心引力回来了
哦，兔子喉咙哽着了
他太生气了，但他不放弃
对不对？不
他不会放弃，他知道怎么把说唱发挥尽致
没关系，他只是楞神了
他知道的，可他身无分文
他有脾气，他知道的
回到汽车房，就等于是
再次回到了实验室，哟
这个说唱的城市
他最好还是抓紧这刻，别辜负时机
还是在音乐中放逐自己吧，在你
拥有机会的时候，别让它溜走
你只有一次胜算，别放过好机会
好机会一生难求，哟
灵魂在逃逸，穿过它的孔穴
世界属于我
我为王者，向新世界的秩序前进
生活归于正常，巨星淡出后的自省
更艰难，更热烈
他震撼我们，流莺紧簇
巡回演出，众人看他浪迹天涯
孤独的长路，只有上苍知道
他离家更远，他没有父亲
他回了家，却不认识自己的女儿
这是冷水，吸住你的鼻子
老板炒了他，他遭遇冷落
他们找了另一个巧舌如簧的家伙
他失落，买卖无路
肥皂剧开幕上演
我想生活就是这模样，但有节奏依然在敲响
哒哒咚哒咚哒哒
注释:
1) shot n. 赌胜的机会
2) seize v. 抓住
3) slip v. 滑过，摆脱
4) sweaty a. 出汗的
5) vomit n. 呕吐物
6) spaghetti n. 意大利面条
7) run out 用完，离开
8) snap v. 猛地中断
9) gravity n. 重力
10) choke v. 呼吸困难
11) ropes n. 内情，规则，做法
12) broke a. 不名一文的
13) stacked a. 勃然大怒的
14) mobile home 由汽车拖拉的活动房屋
15) superstardom n. 超级巨星的地位
16) postmortem n. 对失败或不愉快事情的事后剖析和检讨
17) globetrotter n. 世界观光旅行家
18) beat n. 节拍
★★《2003年11月号-第43期-Disc01-09》★★
Music for Everybody
I think the album, The Piano Player, is quite interesting. It’s quite 1)dynamic, we have the pure classical pieces, we have pop classical pieces, we have easy listening music of pieces of 2)Tonci Huljic and as well we have film music, so it like music for everybody, something for everybody.
We are here now on 3)Havana on Cuba and we are shooting the video for my new single, “The Flight of the 4)Bumble-Bee.” Because it’s something very different, because we have a boxer, we have a 5)ballet dancer then it’s... and we were shooting in one very special room, you know, it’s like all really all room with all mirrors. I think it will be very interesting.
I’ve started to play piano when I was nine. My first piano was brown and over a hundred years old.
When the war began I was like fifteen and there was some quite difficult times because it was quite a hard bombing in my city. And we didn’t have a school practically for two years. So we were just practising in the basement of the music school and I remember the dust falling from the ceiling while we were practising.
The “6)Rhapsody of Paganini Theme”, it’s one of the most beautiful pieces ever written for classical piano. That’s the piece which I wanted to have on my 7)repertoire. It was experience for me to do a Rachmaninoff because it was the first time I had to learn this piece in, like ten days and it’s a really difficult piece. I had to learn it, go to London, record it in the studio and I never saw the scores before, you know. So it was like a big challenge for me.
It’s very modern, it’s very experimental, there are so many interesting sounds, you know mixed with this beautiful piece, it’s really special for me. Many variations. But the slow one, I think it’s 21st, it’s wonderful piece of music.
The track “8)Exodus” is originally from the movie Exodus, which is really old movie. It’s quite interesting music and it was produced and it was arranged for two pianos, so four hands. Four-hand piece and I recorded two pianos and then we put it in one, so it sounds like really big sound of the piano. I can actually perform this track live because also made an arrangement for one piano so they put these two arrangements in one. It’s much more difficult than separate pianos but it’s OK.
When I perform live for me it’s much better because there is this special feeling, special connection with the audience.
There is was one track on this album which is “Croatian Rhapsody” and it was originally written for me by a Croatian composer Tonci Huljic. It’s wonderful piece because it has a real characteristics of Croatian music. You can hear it with Croatian harmonies and Croatian dance. So I like this track especially.
我狂故我在
我觉得《钢琴玩家》这张专辑很有趣。它很有动感，有纯粹的古典乐，也有流行古典乐，有彤奇·胡里奇所作的轻音乐，也有电影音乐。所以，整张专辑的音乐像是为所有人创作的。
我们现在在古巴的哈瓦那为我的新单曲《大黄蜂的飞行》拍摄音乐电视。这是一种完全不一样的工作，我们找到一个拳师，一个芭蕾舞演员，还有……我们在一个非常特别的房间里拍摄，你知道，整个房间到处都是镜子，我想这是很有意思的。
我从九岁起就开始弹钢琴了。我的第一架钢琴是棕色的，有一百多年的历史。
战争开始时我十五岁，我所在的城市遭受一次大轰炸，境况十分艰难。实际上我们有两年没有上学。于是我们在音乐学院的地下室练习。我还记得在练琴的时候，尘土从天花板上掉下来。
《帕格尼尼主题狂想曲》，这是古典钢琴曲里写得最优美的一个乐章，也是我想要收录的曲目。它使我非常有满足感，因为这是第一首我在十天内就必须学会的曲目，虽然它难度很大，但我必须学会它，然后到伦敦的录音棚里录音，而此前我根本没见过乐谱。所以对我来说，它真是一项巨大的挑战。
它非常现代，非常前卫，许多有趣的音乐融合在这优美的乐章里，对我来说是那么独特。它有许多变调，但节奏慢的这一部分，我想，是二十一世纪，是极妙的乐章。
《出埃及记》是电影--一部很老的电影--《出埃及记》的主题曲。音乐很有意思，是用两架钢琴、四只手演奏出来的。我们将两架钢琴、四只手演奏出来的音乐录下来，融合在一起，这样听起来就像一架钢琴发出的洪亮的声音。我可以现场演奏这首曲子，因为只要安排一架钢琴，把两部分曲子合而为一来演奏就可以了。这比用两架钢琴分别演奏弹要难多了，但效果还不错。
当我现场演奏的时候，对我来说，会好多了，因为我会产生一种特别的感觉，与观众产生共鸣。
专辑有一首曲子叫《克罗地亚狂想曲》，是克罗地亚作曲家彤奇·胡里奇写给我的。这首曲子很精彩，因为它真正含有克罗地亚音乐的特点。你可以边听边欣赏克罗地亚舞蹈，边品位克罗地亚式的和声。所以，我特别喜欢这支曲子。
注释:
1) dynamic a. 动态的
2) Tonci Huljic: 彤奇·胡里奇，克罗地亚作曲家
3) Havana n. 哈瓦那（古巴首都）
4) bumble-bee n. 野蜂，大蜂
5) ballet n. 芭蕾舞，舞剧
6) rhapsody n. 狂想曲。这首曲子的全名是Rachmaninoff’s Rhapsody On A Theme Of Paganini
7) repertoire n. （剧团、演员、歌手等的）全部剧目，全部节目
8) Exodus n. （古代以色列人）出埃及；基督教《圣经》中的《出埃及记》
★★《2003年11月号-第43期-Disc01-10》★★
March into Nashville
A little later tonight, the Grammy Awards will be presented. And one of the nominees in country is a band that calls itself Bering Strait, whose sound is as pure and clean as the smell of fresh cut 1)bluegrass. It’s their first big break after five years of knocking on doors in 2)Nashville. Bering Strait named after the 3)waterway that divides Russia from America, but Bering Strait, the band does the opposite. It connects them.
That 4)straightforward style is the stuff of country music legend. But make way 5)Hank Williams and Patsy Cline make room for Natasha, Sergei, Sasha, Alexander, Ilya and Lydia.
The sound may be down home American, but Bering Strait is pure Russian. Natasha Borzilova is the lead singer. It’s been her steady job since childhood. Ilya Toshinsky is the band’s founding member. He’s been dreaming of making it big in American country since he was 15. The parents all wanted the same things for their kids: good education, rewarding careers and 6)rigorous classical music education. For Bering Strait, that discipline did not lead to bronze, it led to bluegrass.
And in 1998, they came here to the Jerusalem of country music, to Nashville, Tennessee where vast fortunes are made singing of heartbreak and loss.
For half a century dreamers, coal-miners’ daughters have joined the pilgrims on the 7)trek, but none of them have traveled quite the geographic and cultural distance as these kids.
Once in Nashville, they thought they struck gold. They got a record deal and it fell through, then another, their timing couldn’t have been worse. Musical 8)boomtown Nashville went into the biggest slump in its history and the child stars from Russia became just one more group without a 9)gig. In five years, four labels picked up the band but collapsed before they could put out a record.
Today a musician, tomorrow unemployed. A parental remark as old as time, but so far they’re still working. One reason is raw talent. But like most country bands their biggest kick is playing for that 10)Grand Ole Opry audience. It’s yet another irony of the band’s story that when they do play live the 11)showstopper is not country in western; it’s country in eastern -- an old Russian folk song called “Porushka” set to a bluegrass beat.
Talent and perseverance seem to be paying off-in January 12)the Grammy nomination, the release of their first CD and “Bering Strait” the documentary and an invitation to New York and a date at 13)B.B. King’s Club in Times Square. For any band to make it this far is an achievement; for the six kids from Obninsk, win or lose at tonight’s Grammies, they have already hit the 14)jackpot.
向纳什维尔进军
今晚稍迟一些将举行格莱美颁奖典礼。这些获得乡村音乐奖提名的乐队中，有一支名为“白令海峡”的乐队，他们的声音宛如新刈的蓝草那样散发着纯净、清新的气息。这是他们在纳什维尔奋斗五年之后所取得的首次重大突破。虽然白令海峡以那条分隔了俄罗斯和美国的水路命名，但他们做的却正好相反--他们连接二者。
那种坦率真挚的风格是这支乡村乐队中的精华。但是，哪怕是汉克·威廉姆斯和佩茜·克莱恩这些乡村音乐的元老恐怕也要让位于“白令海峡”的纳塔莎、瑟奇、萨沙、亚历山大、伊利亚和莉迪亚。
“白令海峡”的声音或许有很强的美国本土味，但他们是纯粹的俄罗斯人。纳塔莎·波兹洛娃是主唱，从孩提时候起她就坚定不移地唱歌了。伊利亚·托什斯基是乐队的创始成员。自从他十五岁以来，就一直梦想在美国乡村音乐领域成就一番事业。父母们在教育方面对他们的孩子都期待同样的事情，即良好的教育、富有前景的事业和严格的古典音乐教育。然而，对“白令海峡”来说，那种训练并没有把他们引向古典艺术，而是引向了乡村音乐。
