We have an old musical instrument. It is called a clavichord. It was made in Germany in 1681. Our clavichord is kept in the living-room. It has belonged to our family for a long time. The instrument was brought by my grandfather many years ago. Recently it was damaged by a visitor. She tried to play jazz on it! She struck the keys too hard and two of the strings were broken. My father was shocked. Now we were not allowed to touch it. It is being repaired by a friend of my father"s.
新概念2第十課原文及譯文如下：
Lesson 10—Not For Jazz
課文內容：
Not For Jazz
We have an old musical instrument. It is called a clavichord. It was made in Germany in 1681. Our clavichord is kept in the living-room. It has belonged to our family for a long time. The instrument was brought by my grandfather many years ago. Recently it was damaged by a visitor. She tried to play jazz on it! She struck the keys too hard and two of the strings were broken. My father was shocked. Now we were not allowed to touch it. It is being repaired by a friend of my father"s.
參考譯文：
我們有一件古老的樂器,叫擊弦古鋼琴.它是1681年德國製造的, 我們這架鋼琴放在客廳裡.我們家擁有它很長時間了,這件樂器是許多年前我祖父買來的.最近它被一位客人弄壞了,她用它彈奏爵士樂! 她按鍵太猛,把兩根弦按斷了.我父親為之震怒. 現在他不允許我們再碰它.父親的一位朋友正在修理這件古老的樂器