偶像的光环

Michael called me when he got home from doing Motown 25,

迈克尔后来打给我 《摩城25周年纪念》表演回家后

and said, 'l've just given the greatest performance of my life. '

跟我说 我刚经历了此生最棒的表演

How excited we all were for him,

我们都很替他兴奋

it was like, 'l guess l've arrived, ' you know?

有种我终于到达这境界的感觉

With an armful of Grammys. lt was wonderful.

通吃了葛莱美各奖项 真的很棒

Michael!

迈克尔!

Michael Jackson is one of the greatest artists of all time,

迈克尔·杰克逊是史上最伟大的歌手之一

who transcended being labelled black, white, red, yellow,

跨越了种族的界线

it didn't matter, he appealed to everybody, everywhere.

全世界所有人都爱戴他

l think he came here ready 'cause he always wanted to be a superstar.

我想他一直都准备要当名巨星

He was wearing little rings on his fingers when he was a little man, you know.

他小时候就喜欢戴戒指

He was vety conscious

他很强烈的意识到

of the iconoclastic nature of 'Michael Jackson, '

迈克尔·杰克逊这个偶像的光环

and what it would mean historically.

以及他在历史上的定位

Michael's image was vety important to him，

迈克尔非常注重他的形象

because Fred Astaire and the people that he studied,

因为那些他所学习的榜样 佛雷·亚斯坦

Jackie Willson, James Brown...

杰基·威尔逊 詹姆斯·布郎...

How are they being revered? Why are they so terrific and what did they do?

他们是如何掳获粉丝的心? 他们为何如此成功?

And he was a great student.

他是个很聪明的学生

lt just didn't come upon him,

他不是突然开窍

he studied his craft, he worked at it.

而是非常努力

He was directing his career,

主导着自己的事业

he was so street smart

他很机灵

and he knew how to make a campaign work,

知道怎么营销

and more importantly, how to make it last.

更清楚怎么去维持

重点讲解

1、performance

表演；演出

Inside the theatre, they were giving a performance of Bizet's Carmen.

在剧院里，他们正在演出比才的作品《卡门》。

her performance as the betrayed Medea.

她所演绎的遭人背叛的美狄亚

表现；业绩；性能；运行情况

That study looked at the performance of 18 surgeons.

那项研究调查了18名外科医生的工作表现。

The poor performance has been blamed on the recession and cheaper sports car imports.

业绩不佳的原因被归咎于经济衰退和低价跑车的进口。

执行；履行；做

He devoted in excess of seventy hours a week to the performance of his duties.

为了完成任务，他每周工作70多个小时。

The people believe that the performance of this ritual is the will of the Great Spirit.

该部族的人认为举行这种仪式是大神的意志。

2、appeal

呼吁;恳请;恳求

The Prime Minister appealed to young people to use their vote.

首相呼吁年轻人行使他们的投票权。

He will appeal to the state for an extension of unemployment benefits.

他将呼吁国家延长领取失业救济金的时限。

呼吁;恳请;恳求

He has a message from King Fahd, believed to be an appeal for Arab unity.

法赫德国王传话给他，据信内容是呼吁整个阿拉伯世界团结起来。

Romania's government issued a last-minute appeal to him to call off his trip.

罗马尼亚政府最后一刻恳请他取消行程。

上诉;申诉

He said they would appeal against the decision.

他说他们将对该决议提出申诉。

We intend to appeal the verdict.

我们打算对裁决提出上诉。