关于碧昂斯你可能不知道的10件事(上)
日期:2016-10-18 14:39

(单词翻译:单击)

Thought by some to be the most beautiful woman in the world this amazingly talented young woman has packed a lifetime of achievement into the short years of her life since her birth in 1981.
有人认为这个天赋惊人的漂亮女子从她1981年出生起至今短短数年间就已获得了一生中所有的成就。
Her talent was already evident during her years in school and she has grown from there.
在学生时代,碧昂斯的天赋就已初露,在校期间不断成长。
Her group, Destiny's Child was one of the most successful women's groups of all time selling 60 million records and, following their break up in 2005 her solo career has been no less stellar leading to sales of over 118 million solo records.
她所在的乐队——真命天女是史上最成功女子组合之一,唱片销售量超过6亿。2005年组合解散后,她的单飞生涯仍精彩万分,个人唱片销量超过了11.8亿。
She is famous for her sumptuous and spectacular performances characterized by form fitting outfits and high energy.
她的演出往往华丽壮观,套装惊艳,嗨翻全场。
She is one of the most recognized, decorated and influential female artists in the world with Time attributing her as being one of the top 100 most influential people in 2013 and 14 and Forbes stating that she was 2015's most powerful female musician.
她被誉为是世界上最有辨识度与影响力女艺人之一。《时代周刊》将她选入2013年度和2014年度最有影响力的一百人之列,《福布斯》将她评为2015年度最有力量的女音乐家。
Here are 10 facts that you might not have known about this fascinating and talented woman.
下面我们将介绍关于这个风情才华俱备的女人你可能不知道的十点事实。

10.Beyonce Was Born In Texas And Got Her Unusual Name From Her Mother.
10.碧昂斯出生于德克萨斯州,她不同凡响的姓名来源于母亲
Beyonce was born in Houston in 1981 and was named as a tribute to her mother; Beyonce was taken from her mother's maiden name which was Beyince.
1981年碧昂斯出生于休斯顿,为向母亲致敬,她沿用了母亲少女时代的名字。
Beyonce has a complicated ancestry and family background. Her father, Mathew Knowles is African American by descent while her mother, Celestine Ann Knowles is from a Louisiana Creole background with a combination of African, Native American, French, Cajun, Irish and Spanish blood.
碧昂斯的血统及家庭背景相当复杂。她父亲马修·诺尔斯来自路易斯安那州的克里奥尔,诞生于一个法国后裔家庭,是非洲、印第安、法国移民后裔的混血。
She is descended from Joseph Broussard, the man who led the Arcadians to Louisiana following their defeat by the British.
在被英国打败之后,约瑟夫·布鲁萨德带领阿卡迪亚人来到了路易斯安那州。而碧昂斯,就是他的后人。
Beyonce's extraordinary talent was discovered by her primary school teachers when she was able to hit high notes in a song her dance teacher was humming.
碧昂斯的小学舞蹈老师在哼歌时发现这个女孩总能准确地踩到节奏点,从而挖掘出她过人的天赋。

碧昂斯出生于德克萨斯州,她不同凡响的姓名来源于母亲

Beyonce's voice is amazingly powerful; she can cover up to 4 octaves with relative ease. She went on to win a school talent show at the tender age of 7 with John Lennon's 'Imagine' leading her to beat children twice her age.
碧昂斯的声音超有力量,能轻松飙到4 个八音阶。在她七岁尚不谙世事之际,凭借着一首约翰·列侬的《想象》就打败了大她两倍的孩子,赢得了校园才艺大赛的冠军。
By 1990 she had enrolled in the well-known Parker Elementary School before going on to other high profile performing arts schools.
在1990年去其他高等表演艺术学校之前,碧昂斯一直就读于著名的帕克小学。
During this time she also sang as a soloist in the choir at her local Methodist church.
在此期间,她也在当地的卫理公会的唱诗班里独唱。
Over time her training has allowed her to add superb breath control to her vocal skills allowing her to hold a note for up to 14 seconds either with or without a vibrato quality to the note.
随着时间推移,不断的训练使她可以运用高超的气息控制技巧来发音,无颤音hold住14秒单音。
She is also able to dance while singing, performing active routines without any detriment to vocal quality during performances.
她也能同时驾驭劲歌热舞,在表演过程中,快节奏的舞步并不会对她的歌唱有任何影响。

9.Beyonce Hit The Big Time With Destiny's Child in 1997
9.1997年碧昂斯因真命天女组合大获成功
Beyonce's first music group was formed with Kelley Rowland and four other girls came together to form an all girl group called Girl's Tyme.
碧昂斯和凯莉·罗兰以及其他四位女孩建立了她们的一支全女子乐队,名叫“女孩时光”。
They primarily performed rap and dance numbers in Houston talent shows. They came to the attention of the well known producer Arne Frager who put them into the TV talent show, Star Search.
起初,她们凭借在休斯顿的选秀节目中的说唱和舞蹈表演成功引起著名的制片人阿恩·弗雷杰的注意,他将她们推荐到一个电视选秀节目——寻星者。
The group did not perform well and failed to win the show because they made the wrong choice of song, opting to rap instead of sing.
然而结果这支组合表现得并不出色,因选择表演饶舌说唱而非演唱歌曲,她们没能赢得节目的冠军。
The group were undeterred and Beyonce's father gave up his job to manage them with the girls taking time to practice at church, in their backyards and even in the salon that was owned by Beyonce's mother where they would collect both monetary tips from customers and critique of their performances which helped them improve.
这支乐队并未就此放弃。碧昂斯的父亲辞去工作,设法使她们在教堂、他们家的后院,甚至是在碧昂斯妈妈的美发沙龙里面练习歌唱。在沙龙里,此举不仅能收到小费,还能使女孩们听到有助于提高她们演唱技巧的意见。

1997年碧昂斯因真命天女组合大获成功

It was not long before they were performing as warmup acts for well-known groups. The Knowles' kept as much in the family as possible, not only did Beyonce's father manage the group but her mother designed all their performance clothes, makeup and hair.
这段经历成为了她们成名之前短暂的热身。诺尔斯一家努力不懈,不仅碧昂斯的父亲帮忙,她的母亲也亲自为她们设计表演服装、妆容及发型。
The strain of working together alongside monetary pressures caused her parents to split briefly but they reunited just before Destiny's child scored their contract with Columbia Records in 1996 and their first album debuted in 1997. Since that time Beyonce has been a household name.
她的父母也因长时间的紧张工作以及经济压力短暂分手了,不过在1996年“真命天女”与哥伦比亚唱片公司签订合同之前他们就和好了。1997年她们的第一张唱片上市,自那之后,碧昂斯的名字家喻户晓。

8.The Name, Destiny's Child Is Inspired By The Bible
8.“真命天女”名字来自《圣经》
Following their defeat on Star Search the group, now managed by Beyonce's father, a former salesman changed their members and name a number of times becoming in turn, Something Fresh, Cliche, The Dolls and simply, Destiny.
“真命天女”的曾用名“女孩时光”就不被选秀节目寻星者看好, 该组合被碧昂斯的曾为销售员的父亲接管后,他几次变动成员,为更改名字更是花样百出:“新秀”、“旋律永恒”、“简单娃娃”、“命运”。
Under the final name they signed with Elektra Records but were dumped before they could produce an album. It was only in 1996 that the group settled on the name of Destiny's Child.
最后终于与艾丽卡唱片公司签约定下“命运”这个名字,但这个名称的维持时间都还不到最后成片。直至1996年,组合名称才最后定为“真命天女”。
The name was inspired by the Book of Isaiah in the Old Testament. The name change proved prophetic because a year later they had their song, 'Killing Time' included in the Men In Black soundtrack.
这个新名字来源于《旧约全书》中的《以赛亚书》。经过一连串的更改,“真命天女”最终为组合带了了好运。一年后,她们的歌曲killing time被收入了《黑衣人》的电影原声带。

“真命天女”名字来自《圣经》

Their debut album, Destiny's Child achieved platinum status and won a number of awards including the Soul Train Lady Best/Soul single for their first big single, 'No, No, No'.
首张专辑《真命天女》斩获白金奖项,首支单曲no no no 也荣获多项包括灵魂猎车女士奖和灵魂单曲奖等多个奖项。
Their second album The Writing's On The Wall is widely credited as being the real breakout work for the group.
组合的第二张专辑The writing's on the wall被公众广泛认为是组合的突破之作。
It went platinum many times over and included a number of their best known songs including 'Bills, Bills, Bills', 'Jumpin' Jumpin' and 'Say My Name', their biggest hit of all time.
专辑也多次赢得白金奖项,其中歌曲Bills bills bills 、Jumpin Jumpin与Say my name也成为“真命天女”组合脍炙人口的代表作。
The group's success did not prevent band members from pursuing their own, individual, projects and a duet between Beyonce and Marc Nelson of Boyz II Men called 'After All Is Said And Done' featured on the soundtrack of the film The Best Man.
然而,组合的大获成功却没能阻止成员们单飞,各自去追求自己的梦想。碧昂斯便与来自Boyz II Men的马克·尼尔森合作,演绎了歌曲After all is said and done,这首歌也出现在了电影《伴郎》中。

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