For generations, lovers of classical music have believed that when it comes to(當提到) the violin(小提琴), there is nothing finer(更精細, 更優越的) than the sound of a Stradivarius. But research in America has challenged the mystique(神秘感) surrounding(周圍的) the famous old instruments.
Tests involving(涉及) more than 20 professional violinists were conducted(進行) in a hotel in Indiana. The violinists were made to wear goggles(眼罩) that blinded them.
They couldn't tell whether they were playing an antique(古董) Stradivarius, or a brand new(全新) instrument. And most of the musicians decided that they liked the new ones best.
But they've been unimpressed(不為所動) by this in a place called Cremona, the home town of the Stradivarius violin. At the instrument museum there, a spokesman said the American survey(調查) was no more than "media hype". (媒體炒作)
He said that for hundreds of years the world of music had recognised the quality of the Stradivarius.
Tests involving(涉及) more than 20 professional violinists were conducted(進行) in a hotel in Indiana. The violinists were made to wear goggles(眼罩) that blinded them.
They couldn't tell whether they were playing an antique(古董) Stradivarius, or a brand new(全新) instrument. And most of the musicians decided that they liked the new ones best.
But they've been unimpressed(不為所動) by this in a place called Cremona, the home town of the Stradivarius violin. At the instrument museum there, a spokesman said the American survey(調查) was no more than "media hype". (媒體炒作)
He said that for hundreds of years the world of music had recognised the quality of the Stradivarius.
Alan Johnston from http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/language/wordsinthenews/2012/01/120113_witn_violin.shtml
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