I cut it in half, I'll use some protractors and dividers and compasses, you can split the meter into any fraction you like.

把它切成两半,我用量角器,两脚规,还有圆规,你想把一米分成任意份数

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So we're going to listen to a track out of John Kander's Chicago here, and the question that's at- in play at the moment is what's the meter of this cut from chicago?

我们先听一下约翰·肯德尔的作品芝加哥,中的一小段,边听边想一个问题,这个片段的节拍是怎样的,这个摘自芝加哥的片段

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