杰克逊五人组

One day, l was setting up a VlP section for Bobby Taylor,

有天我正在替鲍比·泰勒打理贵宾区时

all of a sudden, l hear the people clapping and hollering...

突然听到鼓掌与尖叫声...

And so l come out of the office and l look and there was the Jackson 5.

我走出办公室就看到杰克逊五人组

Well, they are pretry good.

他们还挺厉害的

Joe Jackson said, 'listen, man, we wanna be on Motown. '

乔·杰克逊开口说 嘿 我们想进摩城

And l said, 'Man, l can't get nobody on the label. '

我说 这可不是我说了就算

And he said, 'Well, do you know anybody you could introduce me to at Motown? '

他回道 你有认识人可引荐我吗?

l was so excited about them,

我对他们充满期待

l told Bobby Taylor that Thursday about them.

那个星期四就跟鲍比·泰勒提到他们

He said, 'Okay, l'll look at 'em. '

他说 '好 我来见他们

l met them in 1968, at the Regal Theater.

我1968年在理格剧院与他们碰面

l was headlining the show.

我当时在那里演出

They were the opening act,

由他们开场

and l was introduced to them by the promoter.

公关介绍我们认识

Berry Gordy, President of Motown, gave him permission

摩城负责人贝瑞·戈迪授权他

to produce any act that he wanted and they would listen to it.

制作任何表演 然后他们就一起听

He, at that time, had a group called Bobby Taylor and the Vancouvers.

他那时组的团名叫Bobby Taylor and the Vancouvers

They had records on the radio that were going really well and stuff.

他们的专辑还卖得不错

重点讲解

1、set up

创建;建立;安排;组建

The two sides agreed to set up a commission to investigate claims...双方同意组建一个委员会来调查那些索赔要求。

an organization which sets up meetings about issues of interest to women.

召开会议讨论妇女关心的问题的组织

2、come out

a、(书或光盘)出版，发行

The book comes out this week.

这本书本周出版。

Christian Slater has a new movie coming out next month in which he plays a vigilante.

克里斯汀·史莱特有一部新片下月发行，他在片中扮演一个治安维持会成员。

b、(事实)暴露，披露，显露

The truth is beginning to come out about what happened...

真相开始逐渐浮出水面。

It will come out that she has covertly donated considerable sums to the IRA.

她暗中给爱尔兰共和军提供了大笔资助的事情即将曝光。

c、公开同性恋身份

the few gay men there who dare to come out...

那里少数几位有勇气公开宣布自己是同性恋的男子

I came out as a lesbian when I was still in my teens.

我才十几岁的时候，就公开了自己的同性恋身份。

d、结果是;到头来

In this grim little episode of recent American history, few people come out well.

在美国近代史上这一小段阴暗时期，很少有人能有好的结果。

So what makes a good marriage? Faithfulness comes out top of the list.

那么，是什么造就了美满的婚姻呢？结果表明忠诚是第一位的。