2017-01-01
【Aiden in English】
You know, Longwood Gardens feels like a tradition now. It has been, what, three straight years of seeing the park in the holiday seasons? Correct me if I'm wrong, but this place is beginning to grow on me a bit. Most of you may wonder why Longwood Gardens hasn't grown dull. Instead of answering, may I ask you a question? Why does Christmas never get old? If you think about it, it's the same experience repeatedly, so why the hype? I feel like having Christmas while going to Longwood Gardens on New Year's Day. It never seems to grow old. Even when seeing the same trees becomes dull, the gardeners behind the scenes always appear to offer something new. For example, this year, they offered a new session of the Open Air Theatre Fountain Shows, which were performed at specific times accompanied by cheerful Christmas music. When mom asked for directions, the worker told us to follow a path and listen to the holiday spirit. The fountain show was a new experience since it isn't usual to see non-frozen water around the Christmas season in PA. Besides the lively night lights, Longwood Gardens had a pretty typical day. The other standout was a holiday sing-along featuring an enormous organ with 10,000 pipes and a small group of people. Waltzing around, my family just so happened to catch the 4 o'clock show, and it was a treat. Granted, I was not the type to enjoy festive, jolly songs, but I did appreciate great musical moments. All I could say was that during the sing-along, only one person with any good musical talent was being broadcast, and that was the organ player, who, I may add, was phenomenal. Everyone was astonished by pianists whose hands moved so fast or whose fingers covered such a wide area. What they don't understand, and what I've just recently seen, is how much harder the organ is. Due to its limited public use, size, and cost, the instrument is rarely seen outside of churches with financial means, and thus, it is not given much consideration. The organ player, I admit, is probably one of the best musicians I will see for a long, long time. I know nothing about playing the organ. Still, I know it is four times as complex as a piano (four keyboards), uses foot pedals, has a 5th set of keys played by the feet, and consists of bells, horn sounds, and a separate set of buttons that control the octave, in which some notes are so low that the sound waves can't be detected by ear, just the pulses of sound. While amid the songs, the organists would turn on and off the hundreds of buttons, levers, and switches at random times. There is something I will never learn, and it should stay that way for now, since the organ is the one I'll probably never play. For once in my life, sticking with the piano sounds like a good idea. 【红霞译】
如你所知，现在宾夕法尼亚“山林”州的长木花园象征着一个传统习俗，不失为逢年过节的好去处，但至于一连三年光顾此地吗？若有说错的地方欢迎指正，这个地方正不知不觉地伴我成长。
大多数读者也许要问几年来多次参观长木花园难道一点不觉得腻歪，在给出答案之前让我先来提个问题好吗？为什么圣诞节从不过时？说真的，如若细想一下，我这只不过反复体验曾经体验的经历而已，有啥惊奇吗？
元旦当天置身长木花园感觉像过圣诞一般，非但没有过时的感觉，相反即使看到同样的花草树木也不会心生倦意，毕竟幕后园艺师们总是千方百计营造新颖别致的氛围，就拿今年推出的“露天剧场喷泉表演”来说，每次喷水都能听到欢快优扬的圣诞音乐。记得妈妈问路时，工作人员随手一指，让我们顺着小路去感受节日气氛，而我头一回在长木花园观赏喷泉表演，殊不知宾州圣诞节前后要想见到不结冰的水实属稀罕事儿。
除了晚间彩灯齐放，长木花园白天活动一切照旧。节日歌曲大家唱是游园活动另一个突出项目，用来伴奏的巨型钟琴由一万根音管组成，而且室内个别歌喉身手不凡。紧随滚滚人潮，我家老少恰好驻足四点钟群唱现场，夸它为一种精神享受实不为过，诚然我算不上热衷起哄的顽主，但激昂开怀的音乐旋律让我心潮澎湃。纵观整个歌唱过程，我敢说钟琴手比所有音乐才子录制的演奏还要出色，在此补充一句，其琴技已经达到炉火纯青的程度。观众往往对双手弹奏飞快指间跨度超常的钢琴家惊叹不已，可他们有所不知、而我直到最近方才初见端倪的是钟琴非常难弹，无人真正明白难度有多大，毕竟钟琴极不流行，况且体积又大花费忒高，除了资金雄厚的教堂以外，其它地方鲜少使用这种乐器。 我承认，这位钟琴手恐怕将是未来很长一段时间内本人有幸见识的最佳音乐家之一。我对如何弹奏钟琴一窍不通，因它拥有四组键盘，所以感觉比钢琴复杂四倍之多，况且还要操作脚踏板，第五组键盘完全依靠双脚演奏，另有铃铛、喇叭以及单独一套控制八度的音栓，其中有的音调很低，耳朵根本无法辨别声波变化，仅能听出声音脉冲而已。钟琴手在弹奏中随时调节数百个音栓、轨杆机和五花八门的开关，我没本事捣鼓这种乐器，自以为时下这种状况挺好，看来钟琴跟我无缘，不过这辈子我若能坚持弹奏钢琴已然不错了。
Today in History(历史上的今天): 2014: New Year's Day on Mozambique Channel(莫桑比克海峡庆元旦) 2013: Puerto Madryn the Diving Capital, AR(阿根廷马德林港—潜水之都) 2011: 拾金不昧(Lost Money Found) 2010: 澳洲仙企鹅游行(Fairy Penguin Parade, Australia) 2009: 孩子与我(Son & Me)
Open Air Theatre Fountain Shows (露天剧院喷泉表演 01-01-2017)  Small Lake (小湖 01-01-2017)
 Large Lake (大湖 01-01-2017)
 Pine Cone Arbor (松球花架 01-01-2017)
 Whispering Bench (耳语长凳 01-01-2017)
 East Conservatory (东花房 01-01-2017)
 Music Room (音乐室 01-01-2017)
Exhibition Hall (展厅 01-01-2017)
 Estate Fruit House (庄园果房 01-01-2017)
 Rose House (玫瑰屋 01-01-2017)
 Lady's Glove (毛地黄 05-01-1999)
Fern Passage (蕨类植物通道 08-01-1999)  Sing-along (同声齐唱)
 Four-Manual Organ Console (四层钟琴键盘)
 Möller Organ Console (缪勒钟琴键盘)
 Organ Fanfare Division (风琴齐鸣管箱)
 Organ Solo Division (独奏管箱)
 Music Box (音乐盒)
Red & Green Wreath in Stark Relief (强烈对比的红绿花环)  The 1906 Restaurant, Longwood Garden
(长木公园·“1906年”餐厅 01-01-2017)  Mushroom Soup (蘑菇汤)
 Longwood Gardens Scallop Special (长木花园扇贝招牌菜)
 Seafood Nage (海鲜美丽世界)
 Atlantic Halibut w/ Farro, Swiss Chard, Beets & Meyer Lemon
(大西洋大比目鱼配麦香、瑞士甜菜、甜菜和酸甜柠檬)  Flower Pot w/ Dark Chocolate Custard, Chocolate Soil, and Woodside Farms Vanilla Ice Cream (花盆栽黑巧克力蛋糕、巧克力粉和林边农场香草冰淇淋)
 Chestnut Cheese Cake w/ Sage & Cranberry
(栗子奶酪蛋糕配鼠尾草和蔓越莓) Crosslinks(相关博文):
A Christmas Day @ Longwood Gardens, PA(宾州长木花园过圣诞) 8th Grade(初中三年级)
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