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Design -- I love its design. I remember when I was little, my mom asked me, "Would you like to play the violin or the piano?"
设计—我喜欢小提琴的设计。我记得我小的时候，我妈妈问我，你是喜欢拉小提琴还是弹钢琴？
I looked at that giant monster and said to myself -- "I am not going to lock myself on that bench the whole day!"
我看看那庞然大物，我自言自语地说，我可不要把我锁在那张板凳上整整一天。
This is small and lightweight. I can play from standing, sitting or walking.
这个很小，很轻。我可以站着、坐着或走着拉。
And, you know what? The best of all is that if I don't want to practice, (Whispering) I can hide it.
而且你知道吗？最好的事情是如果我不想练习，我可以把它藏起来。
The violin is very beautiful. Some people relate it as the shape of a lady.
小提琴非常美丽。有些人把它联系到女人的身材之美。
But whether you like it or not, it's been so for more than 400 years, unlike modern stuff [that] easily looks dated.
但是无论你喜欢于否，它已经有四百多年的历史，与那些时髦一时的现代东西相比，它却是百年不衰。
But I think it's very personal and unique that, although each violin looks pretty similar, no two violins sound the same -- even from the same maker or based on the same model.
但是我认为它因人而异，具有非常独特的品质，虽然每一把小提琴看起来都很相似，但没有任何两把小提琴发出同样的声音。即使是出自同一制造者，或基于同一模式。
Entertainment -- I love the entertainment. But actually, the instrument itself isn't very entertaining.
娱乐—我喜欢娱乐。可实际上，小提琴本身并没有什么娱乐性。
I mean, when I first got my violin and tried to play around on it, it was actually really bad, because it didn't sound the way I'd heard from other kids --
我的意思是，当我开始拉小提琴时，我试着拉，当时的小提琴，事实上声音很不好听，它发出的声音并不像其他孩子那样拉得好听。
so horrible and so scratchy. So, it wasn't entertaining at all. But besides, my brother found this very funny: Yuk! Yuk! Yuk!
声音很糟，很刺耳，因此我开始拉的小提琴一点没有娱乐性。尽管如此，我弟弟认为这个很好玩。呀，呀，呀。
A few years later, I heard a joke about the greatest violinist, Jascha Heifetz.
几年之后，我听到一个笑话，是关于最伟大的小提琴家雅沙·海菲兹的故事。
After Mr. Heifetz's concert, a lady came over and complimented him: "Oh, Mr. Heifetz, your violin sounded so great tonight!"
一次海菲兹音乐会之后，一位女士前来恭维，噢，海菲兹先生，您今晚之小提琴的声音太美妙了。
And Mr. Heifetz was a very cool person, so he picked up his violin and said, "Funny -- I don't hear anything."
海菲兹先生当时很酷，他拿起小提琴，他说，有意思，我可听不见任何声音。
Now I realize that as the musician, we human beings, with our great mind, artistic heart and skill,
现在，我认识到，作为一个音乐家，我们人类，我们有一个奇妙的大脑，艺术的心灵和技巧。
that can change this 16th-century technology and a legendary design to a wonderful entertainment. Now I know why I'm here.
这些可以改变十六世纪的科技，一个传奇的设计，成为一个美妙的娱乐。现在，我明白了我为什么会在这里。
