CNN英語專訪搖滾朋克精靈艾薇兒：滑板女孩長大了
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采訪對話
ANJALI RAO, TALK ASIA
《亞洲名人聊天室》安姿麗
She stormed onto the international stage with this anthem of teenage angst1. Nine years later and with this, her latest single, Canadian singer-songwriter Avril Lavigne still proves to be a firm favorite. One of the things that's really interesting about you is that when you look at songs that are, you know, the more upbeat2 ones like Girlfriend, they're really sort of bratty3 happy, but then the more slow tempo4 ones like When You're Cone, they're a lot more thoughtful5 and kind of anguished6 in a way. Does that contradiction7 tell us something about you as a person?
她以一首描寫青少年憂慮的經(jīng)典名曲在國際舞臺走紅。9年后，加拿大歌手兼詞曲創(chuàng)作者艾薇兒推出這首最新單曲，證明她仍然深受歌迷喜愛。你很有趣的一點就是，你創(chuàng)作的比較輕快的歌曲，例如《女朋友》，都帶有有些調(diào)皮的歡快氣息;可是比較慢拍的作品，例如《當(dāng)你離去》，則深沉得多，而且在某種程度上也帶著苦澀味道。這樣的矛盾是不是能夠讓我們看出你的真實性格呢?
AVRIL LAVIGNE, SINGER-SONGWRITER
詞曲創(chuàng)作歌手艾薇兒
Yeah. As a human being I have different emotions and there's a side... I'm a very deep person. Sometimes I can be very serious and introverted8 and quiet and, you know, I think a lot and that's
Why I'm a songwriter, because I go to that place. And of course, then there's a side of me that, you know, [is] just a chick9. I like to have fun, I like to be spontaneous11, I like to live on the edge a little. So, you know, I love with my music to have that
Diversity11 and to go out on stage and to rock out12 and to have my guitar and run around, but I also love the feeling of just sitting down at a piano and just singing alone to that.
是啊。我是一個人，我有各種不同情緒，也有一面……我是個非常深沉的人?有時候我會很嚴(yán)肅，很內(nèi)向，很安靜，而且我常常思考，這就是為什么我會創(chuàng)作歌曲，因為我會進入那樣的境界。當(dāng)然，我也有只是個小女孩的一面，喜歡玩樂，喜歡隨性，也喜歡追求一點刺激。所以，我很高興白己的音樂能夠表現(xiàn)出這種多樣性，我喜炊能夠在舞臺上盡情享受搖滾，抱著吉他跑來跑去，但我也很喜歡簡單地坐在鋼琴前面，獨自對著鋼琴的伴奏唱歌。
So, that's why music's great. I get to express all the different sides, and different emotions to [of] me as a person.
這就是為什么音樂很棒的原因。我可以表達自己作為普通人的不同面和不同的情緒。
ANJALI RAO, TALK ASIA
《亞洲名人聊天室》安姿麗
Let's talk about your fashion sense, because your look has been emulated13 by fans, you know, right back since the days of Complicated. These days though, you're on the front cover of magazines. How has your style changed over the years?
我們來淡談你的時尚觀，因為自從你發(fā)行《復(fù)雜》這首單曲以來，歌迷就一再模仿你的裝扮。近來，你更是成為雜志封面的?？?，你的裝扮風(fēng)格在這些年來有什么變化?
AVRIL LAVIGNE, SINGER-SONGWRITER
詞曲創(chuàng)作歌手艾薇兒
Well, definitely I would say since my first album my style is ... it's a little more feminine14 than before. On my first album I was wearing a lot of, like, guys' pants, baggy15 clothes and stuff like that. I mean I was 17 and I was kind of a little tomboy16, and that you would never see me wearing a dress or heels on
my first record.
嗯，確實，自從我的第一張專輯發(fā)行以來……我會說我的風(fēng)格比以往變得更女性化了。在我發(fā)行第一張專輯的時候，我穿了很多類似男生的長褲、松垮垮的衣服和那類的東兩。我是說，我當(dāng)時17歲，有點像有男孩子氣的女生，所以你在我的第一張唱片里絕對看不到我穿女裝或高跟鞋。
Now, I’m a lot more into fashion and I have a clothing line, and it's called Abbey Dawn, and I started that a couple years ago. And fashion really ties into my music. Like, I have so many photo
shoots and video shoots and I'm up on stage so, you know, I'm constantly thinking about what I'm gonna wear and what I want to wear and how I want to express myself.
現(xiàn)在我比較注重時尚，也有自己的服飾品牌，叫做Abbey Dawn，幾年前我創(chuàng)立了這個品牌。時尚也和我的音樂密不可分。比如說，我需要拍很多照片和影片，也要在舞臺上表演，所以我總是不斷地想自己要穿什么、想穿什么，要怎么表達自我。
So, it's been really fun to kind of see with each album when I change, to see the fans at the show kind of emulate and, my style, and the first record... a lot of the kids in the crowd were wearing neckties like I was. Now you'll see a lot of girls with pink hair, and it's cool.
所以，人們能夠隨著我的每一張專輯看到我的變化，看到來看表演的歌迷模仿我的風(fēng)格，確實很有趣。我出第一張專輯的時候……人群里有很多小朋友像我一樣系著領(lǐng)帶?，F(xiàn)在你會看到很多女孩子染了粉紅色的頭發(fā)，確實很酷。
ANJALI RAO, TALK ASIA
《亞洲名人聊天室》安姿麗
Early last year, Avril Lavigne created a foundation17 in her name. Its aim is to work with other charitable18 organizations to raise awareness and support children and teenagers living with an illness or a disability19. Recently, you've definitely been giving back through your Avril Lavigne Foundation Tell me about it and also what it means to you to be in a position to do something like that, something that's truly good.
去年年初，艾薇兒以自己的名字命名成立了一個基金會，目的在于和其他慈善機構(gòu)合作，呼喚大家關(guān)注并扶助患病或有殘疾的兒童與青少年。你近來確實通過你的艾薇兒基金會對社會回饋很多。跟我談?wù)勥@一點，還有能夠做這樣的事情，做些很棒的善事，對你有什么意義。
AVRIL LAVIGNE, SINGER-SONGWRITER
詞曲創(chuàng)作歌手艾薇兒
I've had a lot of opportunities to give back and to
do charity, charity events, and get involved different programs and stuff, and basically I just wanted to take it to the next level to really be able to give back as much as I possibly can.
我有很多機會可以回饋社會，從事慈善工作、出席慈善活動、參與各種不同的慈善項目之類的。基本上，我只是想要再進一步，盡一己之力來回饋社會。
I wanted to have my own foundation for a while and now that I'm just starting it, I'm so excited because it's gonna be a huge learning process and I can't wait to get my fans involved so they can contribute20. And I'm developing programs right now.
我想要成立自己的基金會已經(jīng)有好長一段時間了。現(xiàn)在我才剛起步，我很興奮，因為這一定會是一段內(nèi)容很豐富的學(xué)習(xí)過程。我已等不及要讓我的歌迷參與其中，讓他們一起奉獻愛心。我現(xiàn)在正在做一些計劃。
英語單詞注釋
1.angst n. 憂慮，焦慮
2.upbeat adj. 樂觀的，快樂的
3.bratty adj. 淘氣的，不乖的，不禮貌的
4.tempo n. 速度，節(jié)奏
5.thoughtful adj. 關(guān)心別人的，關(guān)切的
6.anguished adj. 痛苦的，苦惱的
7.contradiction n. 矛盾，對立
8.introverted adj. 內(nèi)向的
9.chick n. 小姐
10.spontaneous adj. 自發(fā)的，即興的
11.diversity n. 多樣性，多元的
12.rock out 享受歌曲(尤指搖滾樂)
13.emulate v. 仿真，模仿
14.feminine adj. 女性的，女性化的
15.baggy adj. 寬松的，不緊繃的
16.tomboy n. 男孩子氣的女生
17.foundation n. 基金會
18.charitable adj. 慈善的，行善的
19.disability n. 缺陷，障礙
20.contribute v. 捐獻，捐贈
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