唱乡村音乐

Michael would use some of the money from his candy store

迈克尔会拿他卖糖果的钱

to go and buy 45s,

去买唱片

because in those days, that's what kids bought, 45s.

那时的孩子都是买唱片

And if you were lucky, you'd buy an lP.

运气好才能买黑胶唱片

But he started listening strongly to James Brown

但是他差不多从五岁起

from the time he was about five years old.

就开始很喜欢听詹姆斯·布郎

He had a great taste for real R&B,

他很喜欢R&B音乐

gritry R&B, like Wilson Pickett,

有点粗糙的R&B 像威尔逊·皮克

the Dells,

戴尔斯合唱团

great singers like levi Stubbs.

还有像利瓦伊·史塔布斯这样的大师

We sang country songs and we sang folk songs.

我们唱乡村音乐也唱民谣

And then they started singing the Temptations

我们买了电视后

when we got a television.

他们就开始唱诱惑合唱团的歌

My father had a guitar that he kept locked in the closet.

我父亲有一把吉他锁在衣橱里

One day, he didn't lockthe closet the closet

有天他忘了锁

and l started playing that thing.

我就把它拿出来弹

l learnt evety song on the radio

我学会弹所有收音机上播放的歌曲

and made my brothers sing with me.

并逼兄弟们跟我合唱

Joseph had warned them, "Don't play my guitar, now."

约瑟夫警告过他们 别乱玩我的吉他

And so, Tito took it out and played it, and a string broke.

蒂托还是拿出来弹 结果断了一根弦

There was no way of hiding that he hadn't had his guitar.

他玩吉他的事就曝光了

He punished him for it.

结果被惩罚

Then he said, 'let me hear you play. '

然后他说 你弹给我听听

And Tito played for him.

蒂托就为他弹奏

Joe just said nothing else to him,

乔之后什么都没说只跟他说

You can play it if you want to.

喜欢就拿去弹吧

重点讲解

1、taste

a、味觉

a keen sense of taste.

灵敏的味觉

b、(品尝的)少量，一点，一小口

We have a taste of the white wine he's brought.

我们尝了尝他带来的白葡萄酒

c、有…的味道

I drank a cup of tea that tasted of diesel.

我喝了杯有股柴油味的茶。

It tastes like chocolate.

它吃起来像巧克力。

d、尝;品尝

He finished his aperitif and tasted the wine the waiter had produced...

他喝完开胃酒，又尝了点侍者端来的葡萄酒。

2、punish

a、动词处罚，惩罚（犯错之人） To punish someone means to make them suffer in some way because they have done something wrong.

I don't believe that George ever had to punish the children...我认为乔治根本没有必要处罚孩子们。

According to present law, the authorities can only punish smugglers with small fines...

根据现行法律，当局只能对走私者处以小额罚款。

Don't punish your child for being honest.

不要因为你的孩子说了实话而处罚他。

b、动词惩罚（犯罪之人）；对…判罪 To punish a crime means to punish anyone who commits that crime.

The government voted to punish corruption in sport with up to four years in jail...

政府经表决后决定对体育界的舞弊行为最高将处以4年监禁。

Such behaviour is unacceptable and will be punished.

这种行为不可容忍，必将受到惩罚。