Parker: Sound any better that time? All right. You remember we were talking about John Philip Sousa...great march composer around the turn of the century. He was a very famous man...but he had a huge thing about recorded music. He would never allow his music to be recorded. Even when Thomas Edison came to him with his brand-new invention, the phonograph. But Edison didn't care. He went ahead and did it anyhow. Secretly he recorded his marching band in a parade, which I guess makes it the very first bootleg. So what do you think about that? Do you think it's okay now? What about today's performers? Should you be able to just walk up in the middle of the stage...plug in your CD player to a Marshall Stack and...that's it? It's good enough? I don't know. I'm a lot older than you but I tend to think that...there's an element of music...that cannot be captured. Life cannot be captured. The human heart cannot be captured. The moment of creation itself is fleeting¹.

 

Students: Lord! What's wrong with him?

 

Students: It looks like a heart attack.

 

Passenger: Hey, Hachi, how you doing?

 

Passenger: Hey, Hachi.

 

Seller: Good night, Hachi.

 

Michael: Hey, buddy². You ready to go home?

 

 

1. John Philip Sousa: 约翰·菲力浦·苏萨，美国军人、作曲家、指挥家，创作过一百首以上的进行曲，被称为“进行曲之王”（The March King）。

 

2. march: 进行曲

 

3. the turn of the century: 世纪之交

 

It was built at the turn of the century.（这是在世纪之交修建的。）

 

4. brand-new: 崭新的

 

5. phonograph: 留声机，唱机

 

Phonograph is no longer used nowadays.（留声机现在已不再使用了。）

 

6. marching band: 军乐队；游行乐队

 

At the Mido-suji Parade held in autumn, marching bands from all over the world merrily parade on this street.（秋天举行的御堂筋大游行华丽多彩，有来自世界各国的军乐队等参加这一盛会。）

 

7. bootleg: 非法制造或售卖，私货，盗版

 

He wanted to run bootleg whisky to the border, and get into the big time.（他要把私酿的威士忌酒偷运到边界去赚大钱。）

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