Lesson42 Not very musical
As we had had a long walk through one of the markets of Old Delhi, we stopped at a square to have a rest. After a time, we noticed a snake-charmer with two large baskets at the other side of the square, so we went to have a look at him. As soon as he saw us, he picked up a long pipe which was covered with coins and opened one of the baskets. When he began to play a tune, we had our first glimpse of the snake. It rose out of the basket and began to follow the movements of the pipe. We were very much surprised when the snake charmer suddenly began to play jazz and modern pop songs. The snake, however, continued to 'dance' slowly. It obviously could not tell the difference between Indian music and jazz!
æz wiː hæd hæd ə lɒŋ wɔːk θruː wʌn ɒv ðə ˈmɑːkɪts ɒv əʊld ˈdɛli, wiː stɒpt æt ə skweə tuː hæv ə rɛst. ˈɑːftər ə taɪm, wiː ˈnəʊtɪst ə ˈsneɪkˌʧɑːmə wɪð tuː lɑːʤ ˈbɑːskɪts æt ði ˈʌðə saɪd ɒv ðə skweə, səʊ wiː wɛnt tuː hæv ə lʊk æt hɪm. æz suːn æz hiː sɔː ʌs, hiː pɪkt ʌp ə lɒŋ paɪp wɪʧ wɒz ˈkʌvəd wɪð kɔɪnz ænd ˈəʊpənd wʌn ɒv ðə ˈbɑːskɪts. wɛn hiː bɪˈgæn tuː pleɪ ə tjuːn, wiː hæd ˈaʊə fɜːst glɪmps ɒv ðə sneɪk. ɪt rəʊz aʊt ɒv ðə ˈbɑːskɪt ænd bɪˈgæn tuː ˈfɒləʊ ðə ˈmuːvmənts ɒv ðə paɪp. wiː wɜː ˈvɛri mʌʧ səˈpraɪzd wɛn ðə sneɪk ˈʧɑːmə ˈsʌdnli bɪˈgæn tuː pleɪ ʤæz ænd ˈmɒdən pɒp sɒŋz. ðə sneɪk, haʊˈɛvə, kənˈtɪnju(ː)d tuː dɑːns ˈsləʊli. ɪt ˈɒbvɪəsli kʊd nɒt tɛl ðə ˈdɪfrəns bɪˈtwiːn ˈɪndiən ˈmjuːzɪk ænd ʤæz!
As we had had a long walk through one of the market in of Old Delhi, we stopped at a square to have a rest. After a while, we noticed a snake charmer with two large baskets on at the other side of the square, so we went to have a look at him. As soon as When he saw us, he picked up a long pipe which was covered with coin and opened one of the baskets. When he began to play the a tune, we had our first glimpse of the snake. It rose out of the basket and began to follow the movements of the pipe. We were very surprised when the snake charmer suddenly began to play started playing Jazz and Modern pop songs, we got a shock. The snake, however, continued to 'dance' slowly. It obviously could not tell the difference between Indian music and Jazz.
As we had had a long walk through one of the market of Old Delhi, we had a rest in stopped at a square. After a while, we noticed there is a snake charmer with two large baskets at on the other side of the square, so we went to have a look at him. As soon as he saw us, he picked up a long pipe which has covered with coins and opened one of the baskets. When he began to play a tune, we had our first glimpse of the snake. It rose out of the basket and began to follow the movements of the pipe. We were very surprised when the snake charmer suddenly began to play played the Jazz and modern pop music. The snake, however, continued to 'dance' slowly. It obviously could not tell the difference between Indian music and Jazz.
