培养对音乐的热爱

l grew up in East Chicago, lndiana.

我在印第安纳州的东芝加哥长大

My mother and father divorced

我很小时父母就离异

when l was at a young age, about six years old.

差不多六岁时吧

My mother was Baptist.

我母亲是浸信会教友

And my sister and l sang in the Baptist choir.

而我与姊妹曾在浸信会的合唱团唱歌

lt made us have a love for music.

培养了我们对音乐的热爱

My father used to listen to the country music all the time,

我父亲以前常收听乡村音乐

and out of Chicago came a show, on the radio,

当时芝加哥有个广播节目

called Suppertime Frolic.

名叫Suppertime Frolic

And then on saturdays, he would listen to the Grand Ole Opty

然后周六他会听Grand Ole Opry

that came out of Nashville.

那是纳什维尔的电台

some of the people were Ernest Tubb, that's ancient.

包含了像欧内斯特·塔伯等歌手 够古老的

let me... let the people know how old l am.

泄漏了我的年龄

We had a club called the Sub-Debs.

我们成立了一个叫瑟布德丝的社团

We used to give teenage parties for all the kids around there,

常常帮附近的青少年办派对

and that's where l met Joe.

我与乔就是那时相识的

l think l was around 17 years old.

我当时应该17岁吧

He would always ask me for a dance when the music was slow.

他喜欢找我跳慢舞

He seemed very kind, very sweet.

他人很好 很贴心

Joseph was in a group.

约瑟夫当时组团

Besides me leaving singing with my sister,

我不再跟我姊妹唱歌

l started singing with him.

而跑去跟他合作

And we would sing and harmonise together a lot.

我们常一起歌唱和音

重点词汇

1、divorce

离婚 A divorce is the formal ending of a marriage by law.

Numerous marriages now end in divorce

现在许多婚姻都以离婚收场。

Their divorce became final this weekend...

他们离婚一事在这周末尘埃落定。

(与…)离婚 If a man and woman divorce or if one of them divorces the other, their marriage is legally ended.

He and Lillian had got divorced...

他和莉莲已离婚了。

I am absolutely furious that he divorced me to marry her...

他为了娶她而和我离婚，我愤怒至极。

分离;脱离 A divorce of one thing from another, or a divorce between two things is a separation between them which is permanent or is likely to be permanent.

This process is, in no sense, a divorce between the Labour Party and the trade union movement.

这个进程绝不是工党和工会运动相脱离。

使分离;使分开 If you say that one thing cannot be divorced from another, you mean that the two things cannot be considered as different and separate things.

Good management in the police cannot be divorced from accountability.

对警察队伍的良好管理和应负的责任是分不开的。

短语积累

divorce rate离婚率

divorce certificate离婚证；离婚证明书；离婚证书；休书

Divorce proceedings离婚诉讼；离婚诉讼；

2、used to

习惯于 [常与 be， get， become 等连用，后接名词或动名词]

过去常常，过去惯常 [一般后跟不定式动词]

He used to stand in for the star.

他过去一直在给明星做替身。

He used to go shopping every morning.

他以前每天上午都去商店买东西。

We used to be good friends,but fell apart about a year ago.

我们过去曾经是好朋友，但一年前关系破裂了。