?A future guitarist

◆語篇導讀

當看到吉他手邊彈邊唱，你是不是覺得很酷呢？有沒有想過自己也能像他們一樣盡顯威風呢？有的人可能會說，那不可能，我做不到。然而，吉扎十歲就想成為一名偉大的音樂家。從他身上我們是不是能學到點什么呢？

It is unusual to see a child playing the guitar at a young age.But Gisa has a dream to become a great musician when he was 10.

“I want to become an artist in the future,to be able to play my songs at big stages.”he said.

Gisa is the first born in a family of two.He is now in Primary Five at Nyamata Bright School in Bugesera District.

In the beginning,Gisa would like to play the guitar at any time,and was fortunate to know how to play it in a very short time after he was trained by his father.

“It took me only three months to know basic playing skills.Every evening,back from school,I would take my father’s guitar and start to practice,”he said.

“It was so painful in the early stages but,as time went by,I comfortably played it without pain.For me,playing the guitar is a hobby,it keeps me busy,”he added.

Gisa can play almost any song with a guitar but he has things to learn before he can think of doing his own song.He said，“Today,I can use only two fingers while playing the guitar but I want to improve further.”

“It is a matter of mindset.I will support my children to be the best of what they want to be.One can be a filmmaker,a chef or a musician.It is their choice.If they love it,then they can do it，”his father said.

Gisa had a message for his peers:“There are children who are even afraid when they see a guitar but it is a very good musical instrument which can help them grow their talent.”

◆詞語積淀

stage/steId?/n.舞臺；階段

fortunate/'f??t??n?t/adj.幸運的；僥幸的

mindset/'maIn(d)set/n.觀念模式；思維傾向

filmmaker/'fIlm,meIk?/n.電影制作人；電影攝制者

chef/?ef/n.廚師；大師傅

peer/pI?/n.同齡人；同等的人；

instrument/'Instr?m?nt/n.樂器；儀器

◆典句賞析

1.It is unusual to see a child playing the guitar at a young age.一個孩子在很小的時候就會彈吉他實屬罕見。

“It is+adj.+to do sth.”意為“做……怎么樣”，it作形式主語，真正的主語是動詞不定式to do sth.；see sb.doing sth.意為“看見某人正在做某事”，doing是動詞的現在分詞形式。

【即時嘗試】很難看見他打籃球。

2.It took me only three months to know basic playing skills.僅僅三個月我就學會了基本的彈奏技巧。“It takes/took sb.+some time+to do sth.”是固定句型，意為“某人做某事花了多長時間”。

【即時嘗試】她花了一個小時做家庭作業。

3.There are children who are even afraid when they see a guitar but it is a very good musical instrument which can help them grow their talent.有的孩子看到吉他就害怕，但吉他是一種很好的樂器，有助于發展才能。

句中的who和which均為引導定語從句的關系代詞，兩個從句分別修飾名詞children和instrument；when引導的是時間狀語從句，表示“當……時候”；help sb.(to)do sth.是固定搭配，意為“幫助某人做某事”。

【即時嘗試】當我離開教室的時候，一個學生正在幫老師擦黑板。

譯文助讀

一個孩子在很小的時候就會彈吉他實屬罕見。但吉扎才10歲時就想成為一名偉大的音樂家。

“我將來想成為一名藝術家，能夠在很大的大舞臺上彈奏自己的歌，”他說道。

吉扎家里有兩個孩子，他是老大。他現在在布格塞拉區的尼亞馬塔光明學校讀小學五年級。

起初，吉扎每時每刻就想著彈吉他，而且幸運的是，在父親的訓練下，他在很短的時間內就學會了如何彈奏。

“僅僅三個月我就學會了基本的彈奏技巧。每天晚上放學回家后，我都會拿起我父親的吉他開始練習，”他說道。

“剛開始時很痛苦，但隨著時間的流逝，我可以彈得很舒適，也感覺不到痛苦了。對我而言，彈吉他是一種愛好，它讓我的生活變得充實，”他補充道。

吉扎幾乎可以用吉他彈奏所有的歌曲，但考慮到彈奏自己創作的歌曲，他還要學很多東西。他說:“現在，我可以只用兩根手指彈吉他，但我還想進一步提升。”

“這是觀念問題。我會支持我的孩子，讓他們成為他們自己最想成為的樣子。一個人可以成為電影制作人、廚師或音樂家。這是他們的選擇。他們喜歡什么，那么他們就可以做什么，”他父親說道。

吉扎向他的同齡人傳達了這樣的信息：“有的孩子看到吉他就害怕，但吉他是一種很好的樂器，有助于發展才能。”