天作之合

Quincy Jones has always been smart about merging what he has to offer

昆西·斯一直都很善于

with what the artist has to offer

结合自己与歌手的创意

and l think that's probably one of Quincy's greatest gifts.

这应该是昆西的天赋之一

And he certainly did that with Michael in abundance.

他对迈克尔也是这样

l Will never forget When he brought Off TheWall over to my house

我永远都记得 他将Off The Wall带来我家

to play it for me.

播放给我听时

lt just jumped right out of the record player.

那音乐简直要从收音机里跳出来似的

lt was the most unbelievable album

是当时我所听过

l'd ever heard to that date.

最不可思议的专辑

To me, that's one of the greatest albums l've ever heard in my life.

那是我此生所听过数一数二的专辑

When the musicians that l know,

我与熟识的音乐人

and we all sit around and we listen to the arrangements,

大家坐在一起听着编曲

and the production that was done on that album, the things that Quincy Jones did,

还有那张专辑的制作 昆西·斯的制作

was fantastic.

太棒了

Quincy Jones had horn players playing such fantastic licks

昆西·斯让小号手 吹奏了许多很棒的独奏

and had drummers and percussions that Michael had to dance to,

还有迈克尔要随之起舞的鼓声与敲打乐器

and that only made him even the more exciting.

让他更吸引人

Quincy was a great arranger,

昆西是很杰出的编曲者

Michael was a great singer, and also had a great foresight

迈克尔是个有前瞻理想的杰出歌手

and it just was a marriage made in heaven.

他俩简直是天作之合

l had the pleasure

我很荣幸

of coming up in the same era and watching him

跟他算是同期 并一路看着他

and once he got with Michael... Wow...

他与迈克尔合作后...哗...

Histoty speaks for itself.

历史会做见证

重点讲解

1、bring off

完成，做完（艰难的事）

They were about to bring off an even bigger coup.

他们要发动一次更大的政变。

He thought his book would change society. But he didn't bring it off.

他认为他的书能改变社会，但是他没有完成它。

2、unbelievable

不可思议的；难以置信的；极好的；非常棒的

His guitar solos are just unbelievable.

他的吉他独奏棒极了。

The pressure they put us under was unbelievable.

他们给我们施加的压力之大超乎想象。

极其糟糕的；令人震惊的；令人无法相信的

I find it unbelievable that people can accept this sort of behaviour.

人们竟能接受这样的行为，我震惊不已。

Yes, the music library burned, three or four double basses burned. It's just unbelievable.

是的，音乐图书馆被烧了，三四把低音提琴烧毁了。真是太不幸了。

不可信的；不像真实的

I still find this story both fascinating and unbelievable.

我仍觉得这个故事既有趣又不太可信。

I know it sounds unbelievable but I never wanted to cheat.

我知道听上去难以置信，但我从不想撒谎。

3、fantastic

极好的;极妙的;了不起的

I have a fantastic social life.

我的社交生活丰富多彩。

I thought she was fantastic.

我觉得她太棒了。

奇异的;奇妙的;荒诞的

Unlikely and fantastic legends grew up around a great many figures, both real and fictitious.

围绕着许许多多或真实或虚构的人物，产生了一些不可思议、荒诞离奇的传说。

The book has many fantastical aspects.

这本书有很多方面都十分精彩。