Introduction to the characters

The band we just heard playing is called 'A BigBand'.
剛才演奏的樂隊名為“大樂團”
That's the name used for a large scale of Jazz ensembles.
這是一個用於大規模爵士樂合奏的名字
And today, it's through different types of Jazz that you're going to learn a story of Peter and the Wolf.
今天，通過不同類型的爵士樂，你將聽到一個關於彼得和狼的故事。
A story unlike any other.
一個與眾不同的故事
It will be told through music, written by Sergei Prokofiev.
它將通過由謝爾蓋·普羅科菲耶夫創作的音樂來講述
And just this once,played by the instruments which made up and Jazz band.
僅此一次，由組成爵士樂隊的樂器來呈現
How?It's very simple.
那要如何做到呢？其實非常簡單
Each character in the story is represented by a specific Big Band instrument,
故事中的每個角色都由一個特定的大樂團中的樂器來表現
which will play a short music phase that easy to remember.
它會演奏一段易於記憶的短音樂
Let's see how it works.
我們來看看它是如何運作的吧
Take the bird for example:he's the friend of Peter,our hero.
以小鳥為例：他是我們故事中的英雄彼得的朋友
Wow,the bird will be represented by the flute and muted trumpet.
Wow，這隻鳥將以長笛和無聲小號來表現
The unhappy duck will be represented by soprano saxophone.
而不開心的鴨子將由女高音薩克斯管來代表
This is the highest pitch instrument in the saxophone family.
這是薩克斯家族中音調最高的樂器
It is small and strict.Listen.
它小巧又精確你聽
The Tanner Saxophone will stand in for the velvet-pawl cat .
制革薩克斯管將代表天鵝絨爪貓
As for the grandfather, grumbling into his beard.
至於祖父，他對著他的鬍子發牢騷
He would be personified by the Baritone Sax,
他將會被男中音薩克斯擬人化
the biggest and lowest pitch sax of them all.
最大也最低沉的音高薩克斯
Here's the big grey wolf in the woods .
這是森林中的大灰狼
His sound comes from the trombones and the tuba.
他的聲音來自長號和大號
Oh,I nearly forgot Peter!
哦 我差點忘記了彼得！
Our cheerful smiling hero.
我們快樂的英雄他面帶著微笑
He would be represented by the rhythm section of the Big Band.
他將由大樂隊的節奏部分來表現
The piano, bass and guitar--Three string instruments.
鋼琴，貝司和吉他——三弦樂器
At the end of the story, you will hear the hunters.
在故事的尾聲，你將會聽到獵人的聲音
They are personified by all of the musicians in the band playing together.
樂隊裡所有的音樂家的共同演奏賦予了獵人們鮮明的人格
And the hunters fire their guns,of course you will easily recognize the drums in this part.
獵人們會開槍，當然，你很容易就能認出這部分的鼓聲
Now then,do you remember all those characters and the instruments that represent them?
那麼，現在，你還記得所有這些角色和代表它們的樂器嗎？
Peter,the wolf,the hunters,the bird and the duck and grandfather and his cat?
你是否還記得彼得，狼，獵人，小鳥，鴨子，爺爺和他的貓呢？
All of them?
你是否還記得所有這些角色呢？
So now,let's start our story,right now!
現在，讓我們開始講述我們的故事吧，就現在！