Little did he expect that the expert percussionists there would be unable to even hold the gongs, even after twenty minutes of showing them what to do. If they didn't drop them, then they couldn't strike them the right way, much less express the nuances of the piece in the way he had envisioned.
沒想到當地專業的打擊團員就是拿這幾面鑼沒辦法，學了二十分鐘仍然拿不上手，不是拿著拿著就掉了，就是敲不准，更別提把他心目中戲曲的暗示性表現出來。