Guitar
吉他
Probably no other musical instrument is as popular around the world as the guitar.
世界上可能没有其他乐器能像吉他那样受欢迎。
Musicians use the guitar for almost every kind of music.
吉他几乎在各种音乐风格中起着非常重要的作用。
Country and western music would not be the same without a guitar.
乡村音乐,西方音乐中吉他起着非常重要的作用。
The traditional Spanish folk music could not exist without a guitar.
传统西班牙民歌中吉他起着非常重要的作用。
The sound of American blues music would not be the same without the sad cry of the guitar.
美国蓝调中吉他起着非常重要的作用。
And rock and roll music would almost be impossible without this instrument.
摇滚音乐中吉他起着非常重要的作用。
Music experts do not agree about where the guitar first was played.
专家们对吉他的起源意见不一,
Most agree it is ancient.
但大多认同它是从古代流传下来的。
Some experts say an instrument very much like a guitar was played in Egypt more than 1,000 years ago.
有些专家认为吉他起源于1000多年前的埃及,
Some other experts say that the ancestor of the modern guitar was brought to Spain from the ancient Iran sometime in the 12th century.
也有专家认为吉他是在12世纪从古伊朗传入西班牙的。
The guitar continued to develop in Spain.
吉他在西班牙继续发展,
In the 1700s it became similar to the instrument we know today.
最终在18世纪逐渐演变成我们今天所熟悉的吉他。