2009年7月31日是纽伦堡第34届Bardentreffen（吟游诗人的聚会）第一天，Barden指的是很久以前德国带着乐器四处表演的吟游诗人，现在这个节日已经成为世界各地乐队一年一度相聚的日子，聚会将持续3天。晚上七点不到街上就人头攒动，这么拥挤热闹的场面在德国恐怕不多见，大家都是冲着来自各国的几十个乐队而来的。此时此刻，纽伦堡成了音乐之城，老城里到处都有音乐表演。最吸引人的是节日期间所有音乐会都是免费的！
        老城里设置了几个大型的舞台，每晚各个舞台上都有两场大型表演，直到唱游节结束。今天的首场表演当然不容错过，我一连看了两场不同风格的演出：纽伦堡的Masques和法国的Ma Valise。突然觉得，把音乐说成是人们最容易交流的语言，真是不错。比如说法语歌词我一句也听不懂，但是从融合了巴尔干、非洲和朋克风格的曲调中就能感受到那种震撼人心的魅力。
        看台下聚集着随音乐起舞的人们，这一刻大家都是那么投入，不在乎旁人的眼光，只想放松自己，随心而动。跳舞跳得最开心自然的恐怕要数小朋友们了。很多人都是带着小孩一起来参加盛会的。有个可爱的小男孩还不太会讲话，就会随着节奏摇摆。即便是头发花白的老人也抵挡不住诱惑，轻轻扭动起身体。
        除去官方邀请和组织的大型演出，街头还随处可见音乐爱好者自发的表演。

31 July 2009 was the first day of the 34th Bardentreffen (Singer and Songwriter Festival) in
Nürnberg. Barden refers to the German singers and songwriters in old times who travelled with their musical instruments and performed music everywhere. Nowadays it has already become a great festival for musical bands all over the world gathering together. The festival will last 3 days. As early as 7 p.m., the streets were already jammed with people. These bustling and rustling scenes were not often seen in Germany. People all came to enjoy dozens of musical bands from all over the world. At the time, Nürnberg became a city of music. There were music performances everywhere in the old city. The most appealing thing was that all the concerts were free.

A few big stages were set up in the old city. Two shows would be given on each stage every night during the festival. The first show tonight was definitely a must-seen event. I watched two completely different shows in a roll given by Masques from Nürnberg and Ma Valise from France respectively. Suddenly, I felt that it was so correct to call music the most popular language in the world since I could not understand French at all, but I still could feel the charm of the melody which was fused with the styles of Balkan, Africa and punk.

When you took a look at the people around the stage, you would find that all of them were dancing with the music. At this moment, everybody was so engrossed. Nobody cared other people's look and just wanted to relax and dance with the music. Many people brought kids to attend the music festival. A cute boy was too little to talk, but he knew how to move with rhythm. Even grey-haired old men could not resist the temptation and moved their bodies.

Apart from the big shows invited and organized by the official festival committee, spontaneous performances could also be seen everywhere on the street.

• musical [´mju:zikəl]   a.音乐的；悦耳的   (初中英语单词)
• definitely [´definitli]   ad.明确地；绝对   (初中英语单词)
• resist [ri´zist]   v.抵抗；对抗；抵制   (初中英语单词)
• festival [´festivəl]   n.节日；庆祝；欢庆   (高中英语单词)
• melody [´melədi]   n.悦耳的音调；乐曲   (高中英语单词)
• temptation [temp´teiʃən]   n.引诱，诱惑(物)   (高中英语单词)
• gathering [´gæðəriŋ]   n.集会，聚集   (英语四级单词)
• respectively [ri´spektivli]   ad.各自地；分别地   (英语四级单词)
• rhythm [´riðəm]   n.(诗的)韵律；格律   (英语四级单词)
• spontaneous [spɔn´teiniəs]   a.自发的；自然的   (英语六级单词)