We were jamming all day.
時下有不少年青人喜歡自成樂隊一起玩音樂，他們在錄音室里一起合奏，俗稱jam歌，英文可以說：We were jamming all day. (我們整天在合奏)。隨意的演奏叫jamming，為了演出的排練/預演叫rehearsing。有時候在酒吧里樂隊即興演奏爵士樂，這個演奏會叫jam session，小規(guī)模的演唱會叫g(shù)ig，大型演唱會則叫concert。
對 話
Marcus: What a day. I'm bushed. (Yawn)
Brandon: What have you been doing to make you so tired?
Marcus: We were jamming all day. It sure takes it out of you.
Brandon: I didn't know you were in a band. How cool.
Marcus: There's no band. I was making jam all day. Winter's coming and I need to stock up. Would you like a jar? How about strawberry? Apricot? I know, a nice jar of Marmalade, perfect.
馬卡斯: 又一天，我好累喔。(打呵欠)
布賴頓: 你搞什么這么累呀？ 馬卡斯: 我們整天在制果醬，這工作實在使人疲乏。
布賴頓: 我不知道你參加樂團，好酷哦！
馬卡斯: 沒有樂團，我整天在制果醬，冬天來臨了，我需要儲備，你想要一瓶嗎？草莓味？杏味？我知道，有一瓶橘子醬，美味喔！
馬卡斯說：I'm bushed. We were jamming all day. It sure takes it out of you（我倦極了。我們整天做果醬，這工作實在使人疲乏）。
Bush除了解作‘叢林’，也可指‘荒野’，例如：There are in the bush many strange animals.（荒野中有很多奇怪動物）。俗語以bushed來說‘迷失在荒野中’，后來引申解作‘倦極’，例如：I was completely bushed after the soccer match.（足球賽后，我疲倦極了）。
Take it out of somebody也是通俗說法，意思是‘使某人力盡筋?！莍t是指‘精力’，例如：A long cycle ride took it out of him（他騎了很遠的腳踏車，疲累不堪）。
Jam作動詞，可以解作‘把水果制成果醬’，Strawberries may be preserved by jamming即‘要保藏草莓，可制成果醬’。Jam也可以指一群樂工合奏自娛或即興合奏，所以馬卡斯的朋友聽到他說We were jamming all day，還以為他是演奏了一天。Jam既是指‘合奏’，所以常和介系詞with連用，例如：He has jammed with many jazz legends.（他曾經(jīng)和不少爵士樂名家一起即興演奏）。
即興或自娛式合奏會，叫jam session，所奏多是爵士樂或搖滾樂。即興演唱、演講等，英文叫improvise，例如：In a jam session, you have to improvise as best as you can（參加即興的合奏音樂會，你必須在毫無預備下盡力而為）。
時下有不少年青人喜歡自成樂隊一起玩音樂，他們在錄音室里一起合奏，俗稱jam歌，英文可以說：We were jamming all day. (我們整天在合奏)。隨意的演奏叫jamming，為了演出的排練/預演叫rehearsing。有時候在酒吧里樂隊即興演奏爵士樂，這個演奏會叫jam session，小規(guī)模的演唱會叫g(shù)ig，大型演唱會則叫concert。
對 話
Marcus: What a day. I'm bushed. (Yawn)
Brandon: What have you been doing to make you so tired?
Marcus: We were jamming all day. It sure takes it out of you.
Brandon: I didn't know you were in a band. How cool.
Marcus: There's no band. I was making jam all day. Winter's coming and I need to stock up. Would you like a jar? How about strawberry? Apricot? I know, a nice jar of Marmalade, perfect.
馬卡斯: 又一天，我好累喔。(打呵欠)
布賴頓: 你搞什么這么累呀？ 馬卡斯: 我們整天在制果醬，這工作實在使人疲乏。
布賴頓: 我不知道你參加樂團，好酷哦！
馬卡斯: 沒有樂團，我整天在制果醬，冬天來臨了，我需要儲備，你想要一瓶嗎？草莓味？杏味？我知道，有一瓶橘子醬，美味喔！
馬卡斯說：I'm bushed. We were jamming all day. It sure takes it out of you（我倦極了。我們整天做果醬，這工作實在使人疲乏）。
Bush除了解作‘叢林’，也可指‘荒野’，例如：There are in the bush many strange animals.（荒野中有很多奇怪動物）。俗語以bushed來說‘迷失在荒野中’，后來引申解作‘倦極’，例如：I was completely bushed after the soccer match.（足球賽后，我疲倦極了）。
Take it out of somebody也是通俗說法，意思是‘使某人力盡筋?！莍t是指‘精力’，例如：A long cycle ride took it out of him（他騎了很遠的腳踏車，疲累不堪）。
Jam作動詞，可以解作‘把水果制成果醬’，Strawberries may be preserved by jamming即‘要保藏草莓，可制成果醬’。Jam也可以指一群樂工合奏自娛或即興合奏，所以馬卡斯的朋友聽到他說We were jamming all day，還以為他是演奏了一天。Jam既是指‘合奏’，所以常和介系詞with連用，例如：He has jammed with many jazz legends.（他曾經(jīng)和不少爵士樂名家一起即興演奏）。
即興或自娛式合奏會，叫jam session，所奏多是爵士樂或搖滾樂。即興演唱、演講等，英文叫improvise，例如：In a jam session, you have to improvise as best as you can（參加即興的合奏音樂會，你必須在毫無預備下盡力而為）。