更上一层楼

There wasjust no way

这些歌曲

that these songs weren't going to be big hits.

不可能不成为畅销歌曲的

An album would have two vety good songs on it

每张专辑至少应该有两首非常好的歌

that they know is gonna be hits, and then they throw anything on an album,

绝对会成名的曲子 然后再用其他的曲子

to fill it out.

去填空

And he said, "Mother, l don't believe in that. I think evety song should be a hit.

他说 妈我不认为应该是这样 我觉得每首歌都应该畅销

And so, he just put good songs out there and gave the people

因此他收录了许多好歌 并呈献了

good product.

一张好作品

Actually, it made me start dancing again

让我又开始跳舞

when l went out,

我出去时

'cause l was one of those 'l don't wanna sweat ' guys.

一向都是那种不想弄得满头大汗的人

When Off The Wallwas on, you had to hit the dance floor.

但当Off The Wall推出时 你会忍不住要跳舞

lt was just absolutely astounding

真的太惊人了

and then he just kept getting better and better.

他又更上一层楼

such a God-given talent, so precious.

真的拥有难得的天赋

When he recorded Thriller, Michael was vety excited

迈克尔在录制Thriller时很兴奋

and he said that he thought

他说他有感觉

this was going to sell hundreds and hundreds of millions of copies.

这张销售会破亿万

Quincy kept telling Michael, "You know what? Maybe five million.

昆西一直跟迈克尔说 可能五百万吧

'l mean, if we do 10 million, it's gonna be huge,

要是破千万就不得了了

'but, you know, don't get your hopes up. '

但是别将期望拉得太高

He was never pleased with what he accomplished.

他对自己的成就永远都不满意

He always wanted to accomplish the impossible.

总是想要完成不可能的任务

重点讲解

1、believe

相信；认为

Experts believe that the coming drought will be extensive.

专家们认为即将发生的旱灾将侵袭大片地区。

I believe you have something of mine.

我想你拿了我什么东西。

相信（某人或某人的话）

He did not sound as if he believed her.

他听起来似乎并不相信她。

Never believe anything a married man says about his wife.

永远不要相信一个已婚男人说的任何有关他妻子的话。

相信有…；认为…存在

I don't believe in ghosts.

我不相信有鬼。

Do you believe in magic?

你相信魔法真的存在吗？

2、absolutely

完全地；彻底地

Jill is absolutely right.

吉尔完全正确。

I absolutely refuse to get married.

我决不结婚。

（用于强调）确实地，绝对地

'It's worrying, isn't it?' 'Absolutely.'

“这让人担忧，不是吗？”—“确实是。”

'Did they approach you?' 'No, absolutely not.'

“他们找过你了吗？”—“没有，绝对没有。”

3、accomplish

完成；达成

If we'd all work together, I think we could accomplish our goal.

只要大家齐心协力，我想我们就能实现目标。

They are skeptical about how much will be accomplished by legislation.

他们对于立法成效心存疑虑。