JOE: Can I tell you about a few people in the band who I'm finding it quite difficult to cope with?

乔：我可以和你讲讲，乐队里的一些很难应付的人吗？

I'm sure you'll have some ideas about what I can do.

我相信你会对于我能做什么提些建议。

LIZZIE: Go ahead.

莉齐：说吧。

JOE: There's a flautist who says she loves playing in the band.

乔：有一个吹横笛的学生说她非常喜欢在乐队里演奏。

We rehearse twice a week after school, but she's hardly ever there.

我们放学后每周排练两次，但她几乎没来过。

Then she looks for me the next day and gives me a very plausible reason - she says she had to help her mother, or she's been ill, but to be honest, I don't believe her.

然后她会在第二天找我，并给我一个貌似可信的理由——她说她必须帮她母亲干活，或者她病了，但说实话，我不相信她。

LIZZIE: Oh dear! Any more students with difficulties?

莉齐：天哪！还有其他不好处理的学生吗？

JOE: Plenty! There's a trumpeter who thinks she's the best musician in the band, though she certainly isn't.

乔：太多了！有一个小号手认为她是乐队中最好的乐手，尽管很显然她不是。

She's always saying what she thinks other people should do, which makes my job pretty difficult.

她总念叨着她认为其他人应该做的事情，这使我的工作变得非常困难。

LIZZIE: She sounds a bit of a nightmare!

莉齐：她听起来有点难以对付！

JOE: You can say that again.

乔：一点儿没错。

One of the trombonists has got an impressive sense of rhythm, and could be an excellent musician - except that he has breathing difficulties, and he doesn't really have enough breath for the trombone.

有一个长号手有一种令人敬佩的的节奏感，并且可能成为一位出色的乐手——只可惜他有呼吸困难，他吹长号时没有足够的气息。

He'd be much better off playing percussion, for instance, but he refuses to give up.

如果他演奏打击乐会好得多，但他拒绝放弃长号。

So he ends up only playing half the notes.

所以他最终只吹奏了一半的音符。

LIZZIE: I suppose you have to admire his determination.

莉齐：我想你必须佩服他的决心。

JOE: Hmm, maybe. One of the percussionists isn't too bad, but he never seems to interact with other people, and he always rushes off as soon as the rehearsal ends.

乔：嗯，或许吧。有一个打击乐手没什么太大的问题，但他似乎永远不会与其他人互动，而且他总是在排练结束后立即走人。

I don't know if there are family reasons, or what.

我不知道是否有家庭原因，或者是别的什么原因。

But it isn't good in a band, where people really need to feel they're part of a group.

但是这样在一个乐队中并不好，他们真的需要觉得自己是这个团队的一部分。

LIZZIE: Hmm.

莉齐：嗯。

JOE: There are others too, but at least that gives you an idea of what l'm up against.

乔：其实还有其他人也有相似的问题，但至少他们能让你对我需要解决的事情了解个大概。

Do you have any thoughts about what I can do, Lizzie?

莉齐，关于我能做些什么，你有什么建议吗？