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1、第二十九篇：IllIllIllIll BeBeBeBe BachBachBachBachComposer DavidDavidDavidDavid CopeCopeCopeCope(第 1 题关键词) is the inventor of a computer program that writes original works of classicalclassicalclassicalclassical musicmusicmusicmusic(第 1 题答案出处). It took Cope 30 years to develop the software. NowNowNowNow m
2、ost people cant tell the difference 区别between music by the famous 著名的 German composer 作曲家 J. S. Bach (1685-1750) and the Bach-like 类似巴赫 compositions 作品, from Copes computer.作曲家大卫 科普发明了一个计算机软件， 它能编写出古典音乐的原创作品。 科普花了 30 年才完成这个软件。现在，科普的计算机写出的作品与德国著名作曲家 J . S巴赫写的作品很相似，很少有人能分辨出其中的不同。It all started in 1980
3、 in the United States, when CopeCopeCopeCope(第 2 题关键词) was trying totototo writewritewritewrite anananan operaoperaoperaopera( 第 2 题答 案出处). He was having trouble thinking of new melodies, so he wrote a computercomputercomputercomputer programprogramprogramprogram 程序 to create the melodies 旋律. At fir
4、st this music was not easy to listen to. What did Cope do? He began to rethink how human beings compose music. He realizedrealizedrealizedrealized that composerscomposerscomposerscomposers brainsbrainsbrainsbrains work like big databases. First, they take in all the music that they have ever heard.
5、Then they take out the music that they dislike. Finally, they make new music from what is left. According to Cope, only the greatgreatgreatgreat composerscomposerscomposerscomposers(第 3 题关键词) are able to createcreatecreatecreate thethethethe databasedatabasedatabasedatabase accurately,accurately,acc
6、urately,accurately, rememberrememberrememberremember it,it,it,it, andandandand formformformform newnewnewnew musical patterns 模式 fromfromfromfrom it.it.it.it. (第 3 题答案出处)这一切始于 1980 年的美国，那时科普正在写一部歌剧，但是他无法创作出新的旋律，于是他编写了一个计算机软件来帮他编曲。最开始的时候，软件写出的乐曲并不动听。科普是怎么做的呢？他开始重新考虑人们作曲的方式。他想到作曲家的大脑就像一个大数据库，他们先是吸收他们听
7、过的所有音乐， 然后去除他们不喜欢的， 最后再根据留下的音乐来创作出新的旋律。科普认为，只有伟大的作曲家才能建立好的数据库，并且能熟记于心，从而建立好的数据库，并且能熟记于心，从而创作出新的音乐。创作出新的音乐。Cope built a huge database of existing music. He began with hundreds of works by Bach. The software analyzed the data: it broke it down into smaller pieces and looked for patterns. It then combi
8、ned the pieces into new patterns. Before long, the program could compose short Bach-like works. They werent good, but it was a start.科普根据现有的音乐建立了庞大的数据库。 最开始的时候， 数据库包含了几百部巴赫的作品。 科普的软件将这些数据进行分析： 首先它将音乐拆解成小的片段， 从中找出固定模式，然后将片段组合成新的模式。不久，这个软件就能够写出和巴赫风格很像的小曲子。它们并不完美，但这只是个开始。Cope knew he had more work to d
9、o - he had a whole opera to write. He continued to improve the software. Soon it could analyze more complex music. He also added many other composers, including his own work ,to the database.科普知道，他要做的还有很多 他得写出一整部歌剧。他进一步完善他的软件，不久它就能够写出更复杂的音乐了。 他还在数据库中加人了一些其他作曲家的作品， 其中也包括他自己的作品。A few years later, Cope
10、s computercomputercomputercomputer programprogramprogramprogram 程序(第 4 题答案出处), called “EmmyEmmyEmmyEmmy“(第 4 题关键词), was ready to help him with his opera. The process required a lot of collaboration between the composer and Emmy. Cope listened to the computers musical ideas and used the ones that he
11、liked. With Emmy, the opera took only two weeks to finish. It was called Cradle Falling, and it was a great success! Cope received some of the best reviews of his career, but no one knew exactly how he had composed the work.几年后， 科普的软件“艾米”已经能够帮助他创作歌剧了。 创作过程需要作曲家和艾米共同配合。科普聆听艾米写出的音乐片段，从中选取他认为好的。有了艾米的帮助
12、，科普只用了两个星期就完成了这部歌剧，叫作摇篮坠落 。演出获得巨大成功，科普也得到了他有生以来最高的评价，但是没有人知道他究竟是怎样创作出这部歌剧的。Since that first opera, Emmy has written thousands of compositions. Cope still gives EmmyEmmyEmmyEmmy feedback on what he likes and doesnt like of her music, butbutbutbut sheshesheshe is is is is doingdoingdoingdoing mostmost
13、mostmost ofofofof thethethethe hardhardhardhard workworkworkwork ofofofof composingcomposingcomposingcomposing (第 5 题答案出处)these days!从那以后，艾米已经写了上千部作品。科普现在依然会给艾米反馈，告诉她自己哪些音乐是他喜欢的，哪些是不喜欢的，但是但是现在大部分的工作是由艾米来完成的！现在大部分的工作是由艾米来完成的！练习： 1. The music composed by DavidDavidDavidDavid C C C Copeopeopeope is abo
14、ut A) classicalclassicalclassicalclassical musicmusicmusicmusic 古典音乐 B) pop music 流行音乐 C) drama 戏剧 D) country music 乡村音乐2. By developing a computercomputercomputercomputer softwaresoftwaresoftwaresoftware 软件, David CopeCopeCopeCope aimed A) to be like Bach B) to study Bach C) totototo writewritewrit
15、ewrite anananan operaoperaoperaopera 歌剧 D) to create a musical database 数据库3. What did Cope realizerealizerealizerealize about a greatgreatgreatgreat 伟大的 composerscomposerscomposerscomposers brainbrainbrainbrain? A) It works like a big database. B) It writes a computer program. C) It cancancancan re
16、cognize 识别 anyanyanyany music patterns. D) It cancancancan createcreatecreatecreate melodiesmelodiesmelodiesmelodies.旋律4. Who is EmmyEmmyEmmyEmmy? A) a database B) a computercomputercomputercomputer softwaresoftwaresoftwaresoftware 软件 C) a composer who helped David D) an opera5.Wecan inferinferinferinfer 推断 from the passage that A) David Cope is a computer programmer B) David Cope loves music C) Bachs music helped him a lot D) EmmyEmmyEmmyEmmy diddiddiddid muchmuchmuc
