I don't even know what a viola is!

我都不知道什么是中提！

And as I began to play the instrument, I immediately fell in love with it.

我一开始拉中提就立刻爱上了小它。

I took one look at the viola and said, " Great, that'll work."

我看了一眼中提就决定，“太好了，就是它了。”

They include the violin, viola, cello, double bass, and harp.

它们包括小提、中提、大提、低音提。

No, I don't want a viola player. I asked for a violinist.

不 我才不要中提手 我要的是小提手。

Now Jacob Adams is a professional violist here in New Haven.

现在到雅各布·亚当斯他是来自纽海文的职业中提手。

He was a violist.So even in the world of string instruments, that's a nerd.

他是个中提手 就算在弦乐器的世界里 那也算是个书呆。

Violist is just like want to be violinist.He wasn't even cool in the ork extra.

中提手就是想成为小提手的人 他在管弦乐队里都不算酷。

Strike up with your viols and bassoons.

用你的中提巴松管演奏。

I'll start I'm going with to a to a tongue of Viola is awesome.

首先我要说一下中提的舌头，它棒极了。

All right! Okay then, viola! - Ugh.

- 好的！ 好吧，中提！- 呃。

And viola, you've got a really cute festive beverage that is so delicious.

中提， 你有一种非常可爱的节日饮料，非常美味。

(Viola laughs) And he went to acting class to learn how to talk to actors.

（中提笑）然后他去表演课学习如何与演员交谈。

Turkish viola player Can Sakul says the international group works well together.

土耳其中提演奏家 Can Sakul 说国际团队合作得很好。

People ask me, what do I do? What's in this case? I tell them that it's a viola. It's a violin.

人们问我，我是做什么的？这个箱子里是什么？我告诉他们这是中提，这是一把小提。

Others, eight in all, were for string quartets—two violins, a viola, and a bass.

其他的，总共八个，是弦乐四重奏——两把小提， 一把中提一把贝司。

" Bow" is something that you need-dunh-dunh-dunh-dunh-if you're going to play the violin or the viola.

如果你要拉小提或中提， “弓” 是你需要的东西-dunh-dunh-dunh-dunh。

A viola player is suing the Royal Opera House in London for ruining his hearing and his career during rehearsals of Die Walkure.

因在排练“女武神”期间力受损，中提家状告伦敦皇家歌剧院。

Her moods recalled lotus-eaters and the march in Athalie; her motions, the ebb and flow of the sea; her voice, the viola.

她的神情使人想起食落拓枣的人《阿达莉》里的进行曲；她的动作使人想起海潮的涨落；她的声音使人想起中提的幽婉。

Even though my middle school orchestra director was a fabulous bass teacher, she could only teach me so much on the viola.

尽管我们中学的管弦乐主任是一个很出色的贝斯老师，但在中提上她却只能教这么点。