So, we're going to listen to just a couple of seconds here of a blues tune sung by Nora Jones.

那么,我们来听上几秒钟,诺拉·琼斯的唱的布鲁斯曲调

耶鲁公开课 - 聆听音乐课程节选

I'm a semi-bluesman in the life of mind of jazz man, and a world of ideas, that puts stresses on the spirit.

我是半个布鲁斯乐者，又拥有爵士乐者的灵魂，以及一大把的想法，这使得我的精神很有紧迫感。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

But what she's working off of here— we're not going to listen to the whole thing-- is this idea of a blues scale.

但她处理这段曲子的方法,我们不是要全部听完,是布鲁斯音阶的理念

耶鲁公开课 - 聆听音乐课程节选

Another book, another book cover, The Weary Blues, by Langston Hughes, 1926.

另一本书，另一本的封面，这是1926年由兰斯顿，休斯所著的《萎靡的布鲁斯》

耶鲁公开课 - 现代诗歌课程节选

Bruce instead of Shelly, easy enough.

简单地说,我叫布鲁斯而不是薛立

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

That makes a blues man.

这就是一个布鲁斯歌者。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

Suppose my parents had named me Bruce.

假设我父母姓布鲁斯

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选