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M: Excuse me. Where's your rock music section?
W: Rock music? I'm sorry. We're a jazz store. We don't have any rock and roll.
M: Oh, you only have jazz music? Nothing else?
W: That's right. (1)We're the only record store in London dedicated exclusively to jazz. Actually, we're more than just a record store. We have a caf and library upstairs, and a ticket office down the hall where you can buy tickets to all the major jazz concerts in the city. Also, we have our own studio next door, where we produce albums for up-and-coming artists. We are committed to fostering new music talent.
M: Wow, that's so cool! (2)I guess there's not much of a jazz scene anymore. Not like they used to be. But here you are trying to promote this great music genre.
W: Yes. Indeed. Nowadays most people like to listen to pop and rock music. Hip hop music from America is also getting more and more popular. So, as a result, there are fewer listeners of jazz, which is a great shame, because it's an incredibly rich genre. But that's not to say there isn't any good new jazz music being made out there anymore far from it. It's just a much smaller market today.
M: So how would you define jazz?
W: (3)Well, interestingly enough, there is no agreed-upon definition of jazz. Indeed, there are many different styles of jazz. Some have singing, but most don't. Some are electric and some aren't. Some contain live experimentation, but not always. While there is no simple definition for it and while there are many different styles of jazz, you simply know it when you hear it. (4)Honestly, the only way to know what jazz is is listen to it yourself. As the great trumpet player Louis Armstrong said, If you gotta ask, you'll never know.
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预览四道题各选项,可以初步推测,对话内容与爵士乐有关。
详解详析
1. What do we learn about the woman's store?
A)。对话中，女士对男士说，他们这家商店是伦敦唯一一家爵士乐唱片专卖店。因此答案为A)。
2. What does the man say about jazz music?
B)。对话中男士提到，现在看不到多少爵士乐的场景了，不像以前那么常见。由此推断，爵士乐的市场已经萎缩了，因此答案为B)。
3. What does the woman say about jazz?
A)。对话中男士问女士如何定义爵士乐，女士回答说，爵士乐没有一致的定义，而且风格多样。因此答案为A)。
4. What should you do to appreciate different styles of jazz according to the woman?
C)。对话中女士说，了解爵士乐的唯一途径就是亲自去听一听。因此答案为C)。