❶A future guitarist

◆语篇导读

当看到吉他手边弹边唱，你是不是觉得很酷呢？有没有想过自己也能像他们一样尽显威风呢？有的人可能会说，那不可能，我做不到。然而，吉扎十岁就想成为一名伟大的音乐家。从他身上我们是不是能学到点什么呢？

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.”

◆词语积淀

stage/steIdʒ/n.舞台；阶段

fortunate/'fɔːtʃənət/adj.幸运的；侥幸的

mindset/'maIn(d)set/n.观念模式；思维倾向

filmmaker/'fIlm,meIkə/n.电影制作人；电影摄制者

chef/ʃef/n.厨师；大师傅

peer/pIə/n.同龄人；同等的人；

instrument/'Instrəmənt/n.乐器；仪器

◆典句赏析

1.It is unusual to see a child playing the guitar at a young age.一个孩子在很小的时候就会弹吉他实属罕见。

“It is+adj.+to do sth.”意为“做……怎么样”，it作形式主语，真正的主语是动词不定式to do sth.；see sb.doing sth.意为“看见某人正在做某事”，doing是动词的现在分词形式。

【即时尝试】很难看见他打篮球。

2.It took me only three months to know basic playing skills.仅仅三个月我就学会了基本的弹奏技巧。“It takes/took sb.+some time+to do sth.”是固定句型，意为“某人做某事花了多长时间”。

【即时尝试】她花了一个小时做家庭作业。

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，但吉他是一种很好的乐器，有助于发展才能。

句中的who和which均为引导定语从句的关系代词，两个从句分别修饰名词children和instrument；when引导的是时间状语从句，表示“当……时候”；help sb.(to)do sth.是固定搭配，意为“帮助某人做某事”。

【即时尝试】当我离开教室的时候，一个学生正在帮老师擦黑板。

译文助读

一个孩子在很小的时候就会弹吉他实属罕见。但吉扎才10岁时就想成为一名伟大的音乐家。

“我将来想成为一名艺术家，能够在很大的大舞台上弹奏自己的歌，”他说道。

吉扎家里有两个孩子，他是老大。他现在在布格塞拉区的尼亚马塔光明学校读小学五年级。

起初，吉扎每时每刻就想着弹吉他，而且幸运的是，在父亲的训练下，他在很短的时间内就学会了如何弹奏。

“仅仅三个月我就学会了基本的弹奏技巧。每天晚上放学回家后，我都会拿起我父亲的吉他开始练习，”他说道。

“刚开始时很痛苦，但随着时间的流逝，我可以弹得很舒适，也感觉不到痛苦了。对我而言，弹吉他是一种爱好，它让我的生活变得充实，”他补充道。

吉扎几乎可以用吉他弹奏所有的歌曲，但考虑到弹奏自己创作的歌曲，他还要学很多东西。他说:“现在，我可以只用两根手指弹吉他，但我还想进一步提升。”

“这是观念问题。我会支持我的孩子，让他们成为他们自己最想成为的样子。一个人可以成为电影制作人、厨师或音乐家。这是他们的选择。他们喜欢什么，那么他们就可以做什么，”他父亲说道。

吉扎向他的同龄人传达了这样的信息：“有的孩子看到吉他就害怕，但吉他是一种很好的乐器，有助于发展才能。”