So if we tease this apart and this is actually nice, every semester I get beat up for just how bad this thing actually is if you start really picking it apart.

因此，如果我们分解这个部分，这其实是不错的，不管事情多么糟糕,分解一下就好了。

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We have the convention of music of writing this symbol indicating the beat-carrying unit of four so I'm writing a four underneath each of these.

我们有一个约定俗成的书写格式,来表示四拍一单元,所以我在每行这里的下面写上一个四

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It's as though I've walked across the stage like this realized, damn, it was the guy over here or rather I found the smallest element here who beat out number 2 over here so I can now put number 1 into place and recall that it didn't matte if I punted whoever was standing here 'cause they were given to me randomly anyway.

这就像是我这样走过讲台,然后才发现要找的人在那儿,或者说发现了最小的元素,那么就可以将1号放在正确的位置,而在这儿的是谁并不重要,因为他们本身就是,随机的。

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We're going to do this in four, just for-- just because I think it works out better so everybody tap your foot with a four beat.

我们只做四拍,因为我觉得这样的效果更好,大家都用脚打四个拍子

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So I've put this idea of the beat up on the board here.

我把拍的概念写在白板上

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So there it's--I'm simply taking the Cole Porter piece and throwing in an extra beat in each measure an unstressed beat in each measure and it works out pretty well.

我只是简单的把科尔·波特的作品,在其每小节中,加了一拍,在其每小节中,加了一个非强拍,看起来效果还很不错

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