拉格泰姆

非裔美国钢琴家ScottJoplin写了许多拉格泰姆歌曲。

African-American piano player Scott Joplin wrote many ragtime songs .

那时最流行的音乐叫拉格泰姆音乐。

The most popular music back then was called ragtime .

陈世英尤其喜欢蝴蝶，这是他作品中常常出现的主题，比如：在“鼓翼的蛱蝶”（Fluttery-PaintedLady）中，蝴蝶与花草一起出现，在“拉格泰姆”（Ragtime）中，蝴蝶火焰般的翅膀用薄如纸张的珠母片做成。

Mr. Chan particularly loves butterflies , a motif that appears in works such as Fluttery-Painted Lady , patterned with grass and flowers , and Ragtime , with flamelike wings crafted from paper-thin sheets of mother of pearl .

《拉格泰姆时代》成为了一个消费社会的缩影。

Therefore , Ragtime has become a microcosm of consumer society .

这首歌结合了拉格泰姆音乐和进行曲乐队音乐的要素。

This song is a combination of Ragtime and march elements .

司格特·乔普林早期的钢琴课不包括拉格泰姆音乐。

Scott Joplin 's early piano lessons did not include ragtime .

解读《拉格泰姆时代》历史的重现与重构

Decoding the Recurrence and Reconstruction of the History in Ragtime

20世纪初期拉格泰姆音乐很流行。

Ragtime music was popular in the early20th century .

拉格泰姆音乐是舞蹈音乐。

Ragtime music is dance music .

大多数专家一致认为，传统的音乐和舞蹈的美国奴隶发挥的拉格泰姆发展的一大组成部分。

Most experts agree that the traditional music and dance of American slaves played a big part in the development of ragtime .

《拉格泰姆时代》是他的代表作之一，曾荣获1976年全国图书评论界奖和美国高校学术界文科和文学奖。

Ragtime is one of his masterpieces , it wins 1976 National Books Critics Circle Award and Arts and Letters Award from American Academy .

那个人把狗放到了弹钢琴坐的凳子上面，狗就开始了演奏，先是拉格泰姆音乐、接着弹莫扎特还有其它的……服务生和顾客们都非常欣赏它的弹奏。

So the guy sits the dog on the piano stool , and the dog starts playing . Ragtime , Mozart ... and the bartender and patrons are enjoying the music .

《拉格泰姆时代》向读者展示了一段更为独特和生动的历史，使读者对历史的真实与虚构有了新的理解；能够帮助人们摆脱历史的束缚，树立清晰的历史观和重新认识历史。

Ragtime reveals a more special and active history to readers and brings readers new interpretation to the reality and fiction of history ; this novel helps people to escape the limitation of history , build clear historical opinion and reconsider history .