At work one afternoon, my friend Michael asked me if I wanted to help him start a band.
下午我正在上班的时候，我的朋友麦克问我是否有兴趣帮他建立一个乐队。
I was really surprised because I didn’t even know Michael was a musician.
我很是惊奇因为我一点都不知道麦克原来是个乐手。
As it turns out, not only was Michael a good guitarist, he was also a good songwriter.
后来我发现，他不仅是一个好的吉它手，而且还是一个好的作曲家。
He wanted to get together a band and maybe start playing some gigs.
他想建立一支乐队，也许我们可以办个爵士乐演奏会。
I was interested, but I wasn’t sure if my voice was good enough to be the lead singer.
我很感兴趣，但我不知道我的声音做主唱行不行。
After hearing me sing, Michael said that he thought I was.
他听我唱了一下认为行。
With me in the band, we still needed a drummer and a bass player.
我加入之后，我们还需要一个鼓手和一个贝斯手。
My sister wanted to be a back-up singer for the band, but we didn’t think we needed one yet.
我妹妹想成为我们乐队的备用歌手，不过我们都认为我们暂时不需要。
We auditioned a lot of people and found our other two band members.
我们试听了很多人，找到了乐队的另外两个成员。
They had their own instruments and even had the sound equipment we’d need.
他们都自有乐器，而且还拥有我们需要的其它声乐设备。
We start rehearsal next week.
下周我们就要排练了。
Hopefully, we’ll be able to get a demo made soon and get hired as an opening act for another band.
And, who knows?
希望我们很快就可以试演了，然后被雇做公开的演出。
You may be seeing us as headliners in your city before too long.
谁知道呢，也许不久你就会在你城市报纸的头条上看到我们。
