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  • (Applause)

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  • Robbie Mizzone: Thank you.

    羅比米松 (Robbie Mizzone):謝謝大家。

  • Tommy Mizzone: Thank you very much.

    湯米米松 (Tommy Mizzone):非常感謝。

  • We're so excited to be here. It's such an honor for us.

    我們很高興能來到這裡, 這真是莫大的榮幸。

  • Like he said, we're three brothers from New Jersey --

    像他說的,我們三個來自新澤西——

  • you know, the bluegrass capital of the world.

    你知道所謂世界蘭草音樂之鄉。

  • (Laughter)

    (笑聲)

  • We discovered bluegrass a few years ago,

    多年前我們接觸了蘭草音樂,

  • and we fell in love with it. We hope you guys will too.

    便從此愛上了它,希望大家也會喜歡。

  • This next song is an original we wrote called "Timelapse,"

    下面我們將表演一首原創作品《時光飛逝》,

  • and it will probably live up to its name.

    相信它會是歌如其名。

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  • TM: Thank you very much.

    湯米米松:非常感謝。

  • RM: I'm just going to take a second to introduce the band.

    羅比米松:讓我來簡單介紹一下我們的樂隊。

  • On guitar is my 15-year-old brother Tommy.

    吉他手是我十五歲的哥哥湯米。

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  • On banjo is 10-year-old Jonny.

    彈班卓琴的是十歲的強尼。

  • (Applause) He's also our brother.

    (掌聲)他也是我的兄弟。

  • And I'm Robbie, and I'm 14, and I play the fiddle.

    我是羅比,今年十四歲,我是小提琴手。

  • (Applause)

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  • As you can see, we decided to make it hard on ourselves,

    如你所見,我們想給自己出個難題,

  • and we chose to play three songs

    所以選擇

  • in three different keys.

    彈三首不同音調的曲子。

  • Yeah. I'm also going to explain, a lot of people want to know

    是的。我也要解釋一下,許多人很好奇

  • where we got the name Sleepy Man Banjo Boys from.

    我們為何取名「沉睡的班卓男孩」。

  • So it started when Jonny was little,

    這要追溯到強尼小時候,

  • and he first started the banjo, he would play on his back

    他剛開始練班卓琴時會躺著彈

  • with his eyes closed,

    並且閉上眼睛,

  • and we'd say it looked like he was sleeping.

    我們說看起來好像他在睡覺。

  • So you can probably piece the rest together.

    其他的你們就自己琢磨吧。

  • TM: We can't really figure out the reason for this.

    湯米米松:我們也不清楚是什麽原因,

  • It might have been that it weighs about a million pounds.

    可能是因為琴太重了。

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  • TM: Thank you very much.

    湯米米松:非常感謝。

  • RM: Thank you.

    羅比米松:謝謝。

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【TED】沉睡的班卓男孩 (Sleepy Man Banjo Boys): 精湛的蘭草技藝來自……新澤西? (Bluegrass virtuosity from ... New Jersey? | Sleepy Man Banjo Boys)

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