开始写歌

l met Michael Jackson when he first came to Philly

我认识迈克尔·杰克逊时 他才刚来到费城

back in, l think, it was 1974.

好像是1974年吧

He was a vety shy, young kid, you know.

他是个很害羞的小火子

And he was very excited to meet me, you know,

他见到我很开心

'cause he... Mrs Jones... lt was at the height of Mrs Jones.

因为他...Mrs Jones... Mrs Jones当时正红

l welcomed him to the studio and told him he was gonna enjoy it

我表示欢迎他来到录音室 并跟他说会很好玩

and l'd do a good job, you know, and he just laughed.

而他也会唱得很好 他只是笑笑

Michael's voice had changed, obviously,

迈克尔的声音明显地改变了

from the little boy

从小男孩的高亢

that could hit all those high, piercing, l'll Be There notes

可以唱l'll Be There中每一个高音

to a rawer sound.

到更为直接不修饰的声音

But he was a great singer because

但他是名很杰出的歌手

he studied the great singers, he wanted to sing like them.

因为他从其他杰出歌手身上学习 他想要唱得跟他们一样好

He knew what he wanted to do with his voice,

他知道如何驾驭自己的声音

like over-dubbing his voice and doubling his voice

像是重复录他的声音或是重迭声音

and speeding up one voice and this one...

还有将其中一个声轨加快...

These are things that he was telling me, you know. We're the producers.

他一直跟我讲这些 我们是制作人

He would say, 'Gamble, can l try this? Can l try that? '

他会问 甘柏 可以试试这么吗?

l said, 'Yeah, try anything you want. '

我都回 你爱怎么试就怎么试

-We let him express himself. -Yeah.

-让他表达自己 -嗯

You know, he was in there

整个混音过程

through the mixes, he was around me and Huff all the time.

他都与我和瑟夫在一起

l remember when they were working with Gamble and Huff in Philadelphia,

我记得他们在费城 和甘柏与瑟夫合作时

and l liked their sound and l liked what they did and they helped them out a lot.

我很喜欢他们的音乐 他们也帮了大忙

And that's when the boys first start writing, too.

孩子们也是在那时开始写歌的

重点讲解

1、double

双的;成双的;成对的

a pair of double doors into the room from the new entrance hall.

从新的门厅通向该房间的一对双开门

a lone skier gliding along smooth double tracks.

独自沿平滑的双轨雪道滑行的滑雪者

(用于单数名词前)两个的，双重的

an extremely nasty double murder.

极端残忍的双重谋杀

The government committed a double blunder.

政府重蹈覆辙。

(数量、大小)两倍的，加倍的

The offer was to start a new research laboratory at double the salary he was then getting.

所提供的工作机会是创建一个新的研究实验室，待遇是他当时所得工资的两倍。

Leeds Prison is reported to have almost double the number of prisoners it's designed to accommodate.

据报道利兹监狱里犯人的数量几乎已达该监狱设计可容纳人数的两倍了。

兼职;兼任;兼做

a farmer who doubles as a night nurse.

兼做夜班护士的农夫

Lots of homes in town double as businesses.

镇里的很多民宅还兼做商用。

2、express

表达;表述

He expressed grave concern at American attitudes.

他对美国的态度表示严重关切。

Sumner would greet us with frowns and grimaces, doing his best to express wordless disapproval.

萨姆纳会冲我们皱眉，做苦脸，竭力表示他无言的反对。

（用符号等）表示，表达

We can express that equation like that.

我们可以这样表示那个等式。

It is expressed as a percentage.

它是以百分比的形式表示的。

（目的或意图）明确的，特别的

I had obtained my first camera for the express purpose of taking railway photographs.

我已经买了我的第一架照相机，专门用来拍摄铁路。