Mom is scolding me again for playing computer games too much.
엄마는내가컴퓨터게임을너무많이한다고또야단치신다.
You have to STUDY, NOT play GAMES; you have to STUDY, NOT play GAMES.
넌컴퓨터게임을하지말고공부해야해. 게임을하지말고공부해야해.
After a while, I stop listening to the words and tune into the rhythm of her voice.
잠시후, 나는말을듣는것을멈추고엄마목소리의리듬에귀를기울인다.
I imagine Mom as a rapper up on a stage, and I try to find something interesting in her rhythm.
엄마를무대위의래퍼라고상상하고엄마의리듬에서재미있는것을찾으려고노력한다.
However, all I hear is the same boring rhythm: STUDY-NOT-GAMES.
하지만, 내게들리는것은"게임을하지말고공부해"라는똑같고지루한리듬뿐이다.
Maybe that is the whole point—to drum the message into my brain.
아마그것이중요한점인것같다. 즉, 내머리에그메시지를주입하는것이다.
The thought makes me smile.
그생각이나를미소짓게한다.
Suddenly, Mom grabs my arm, and I come back to reality.
갑자기, 엄마가내팔을움켜잡고나는현실로돌아온다.
Are you even listening to me? she demands loudly.
내말을듣고는있니? 엄마가큰소리로물으신다.
In contrast, my answer sounds like a whisper:
그와대조적으로내대답은속삭임같다.
Yes, Mom, I promise. Study, not games.
네, 엄마, 약속할게요. 게임을하지않고공부하기.
Mom the rapper is an interesting idea.
'엄마는래퍼'는재미있는생각이다.
However, she would not make it as an actual rapper.
하지만, 그녀는실제래퍼로는성공하지못할것이다.
Rap music is much more complex than just thump, thump, thump in a simple, boring pattern.
랩음악은그저단순하고지루한패턴의'쿵쿵쿵'보다훨씬더복잡하다.
In rap music, it is a creative combination of exciting rhythms and powerful words that grabs the listener's attention.
랩음악에서듣는사람의관심을끄는것은신나는리듬과호소력있는가사의창의적인조합이다.
Rhythm is a regular, repeated pattern of sounds.
리듬은규칙적이고반복적인소리의패턴이다.
As music moves forward in time, your brain listens to the length of individual sounds and groups them together into bunches that let you perceive a pattern.
Rap and other popular music forms often spell out the beats explicitly with drums.
랩과다른인기있는음악형식들은흔히드럼으로박자를명확하게표현한다.
Whether rappers simply recite lyrics or create them spontaneously, they have to keep up with the beats.
래퍼가단순히가사를암송하든즉흥적으로만들든그들은박자를맞춰야한다.
Finally, for music to move, it is important to observe a tempo.
마지막으로, 음악을진행시키기위해서는속도를지키는것이중요하다.
If rap is delivered very slowly, it can sound like a funeral march.
랩을너무느리게하면, 그것은장송곡처럼들릴수있다.
In contrast, if it goes too fast, the listener cannot catch the different words.
그에반해, 너무빠르게하면듣는사람들이개별어휘를듣지못한다.
One of the rap artist''s tasks is to choose a tempo that moves the music forward in an exciting way, not too fast and not too slowly.
랩아티스트역할중의하나는너무빠르거나너무느리지않으면서음악이신나게진행되는속도를선택하는것이다.
Enjoying music is not about analyzing these details, however.
하지만음악을즐기는것은이런세부항목들을분석하는것이아니다.
If someone asks, "Why do you like rap?" a likely answer would be, "Because it''s cool."
만약누군가가"당신은왜랩을좋아합니까?"라고물으면예상되는대답은"멋있으니까요."일것이다.
Rap is enjoyable because it delights the listener with a creative mix of musical elements that satisfies and sometimes goes against his or her expectations.