CNN英語專訪搖滾詩人斯汀：冬季狂想曲

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　　3.Sting Sings in the Holidays搖滾詩人斯汀的冬季狂想曲

　　CNN主播艾謝·南達(dá)爾

　　He is one of the world's most renowned2 singers and his career has spanned three decades. Sting recently spoke with our Shannon Cook about his winter-themed3 album.

　　他是全球最知名的歌手，他的事業(yè)長達(dá)30年之久。斯汀口前接受了夏儂·庫克的采訪，談?wù)撽P(guān)于他的一張以冬天為主題的唱片。

　　SHANNON COOK, CNN CORRESPONDENT

　　CNN特派員夏儂·庫克

　　Winter, it's a time that you revel in, isn't it.

　　冬天，那是最讓你感到陶醉的季節(jié)，對吧?

　　歌手兼爵樂人斯汀

　　STINC, SINGER AND MUSICIAN

　　歌手兼音樂人斯汀

　　I would say it's an undervalued4 season by most people because it's cold and uncomfortable. I think it's an important season for us because it's a time of reflection5 . It's the season of the imagination, of spirits and ghosts in the chimney6 and ghost stories and firesides and wanting to feel warm. And it's also very important psychologically because we need to reflect on the past so that we can move into the spring. Unless we reflect, we can't really go forwards.

　　我認(rèn)為冬天的價值被大多數(shù)人低估了，因為冬天寒冷且不舒服我認(rèn)為冬天對我們而言是個重要的季節(jié)，因為那是我們反思的時候冬天是個充滿想象的季聲，想象煙囪咀的神靈、鬼魂，在壁爐邊聽鬼故事，并且希望能感受到溫暖。冬天在心理上也非常重要，因為我們必須要反省過去，好讓我們能走向春天。除非我們反省，否則就不能真的向前邁進(jìn)。

　　SHANNON COOK, CNN CORRESPONDENT

　　CNN特派員夏儂·庫克

　　Is your beard part of the wintry7 theme?

　　您的胡子是否是冬天這個主題的一部分?

　　STINC, SINGER AND MUSICIAN

　　歌手兼音樂人斯汀

　　I had to grow a beard last November because I was in an opera with Elvis Costello, and I had to play a Greek. I had to play Dionysus8, so I grew the beard and they made my hair dark. And I sort of kept it, and I kind of enjoy it, and then we started to record this album, and it seemed appropriate9, and I’ve still got it and Trudie hasn't complained yet. I remind her of one of her dogs, she says, but, you know, she likes dogs, fortunately.

　　我去年I1月開始就得開始留胡子，因為我要和埃爾維斯·卡斯提洛共同出演一部歌劇，我飾演一個希臘人、我耍扮演狄俄尼索斯，于是我留起了胡子，然后他們把我的頭發(fā)染黑。后來我就繼續(xù)留著胡子，而且還挺喜歡這樣的。接著我們就開始錄制這張唱片，感覺挺搭的，所以到現(xiàn)在還留著胡子，特魯?shù)?編注：Sting的妻子)到現(xiàn)在還沒抱怨過。她說，我讓她想起她的一只狗。不過幸好，她喜歡狗。

　　SHANNON COOK, CNN CORRESPONDENT

　　CNN特派員夏儂·庫克

　　What kind of a dog?

　　什么樣的狗?

　　STINC, SINGER AND MUSICIAN

　　歌手兼音樂人斯汀

　　She has Irish wolfhounds10. They have the same kind of texture11，

　　她有一只愛爾蘭獵狼犬。那種狗的毛和我的胡子質(zhì)感一樣。

　　We began recording last January in Tuscany. I have a home in Tuscany. I've lived there for years now. When you say Tuscany, most people think, oh it's warm and it's hot and they grow grapes and everything, but in the winter, it's freezing. It's really very cold. And the album cover is photographed on my estate12 there, with all that snow and walking my dog. And so it was a very appropriate place to begin a winter album. And we all huddled13 around a kitchen table with the fire on and our coats and our scarves, and we started to explore these songs together. In that kind of weather, it kind of helps. It's that kind of method recording.

　　我們?nèi)ツ?月在托斯卡尼開始錄音。我在托斯卡尼有個家，我在那兒已經(jīng)住了12年。每當(dāng)提到托斯卡尼時，大部分人都會以為那里很暖和、很熱，那里都在種葡萄等等，但是冬天時，那里卻是天寒地凍，真的很冷。唱片的封面就是在我的莊園拍攝的，有很多雪，而我在遛狗。所以那里是個非常適合開始制作冬天專輯的地方。我們所有人都圍著廚房的餐桌，屋里生著火，桌上還放著我們的大衣和圍巾，然后大家一起開始研究這些歌。那種天氣狀況其實還挺有幫助的。有點像是體驗式錄音。

　　SHANNON COOK, CNN CORRESPONDENT

　　CNN特派員夏儂·庫克

　　In two years, time, you'll be 60. How do you feel about that?

　　兩年后您就要60歲了。對此您有何感想?

　　STINC, SINGER AND MUSICIAN

　　歌手兼音樂人斯汀

　　Well, I was, you know, 58 a week ago. I feel like I'm 14-and-a-half inside, and yet I have the memories of a 58-year-old man, and so I've the best of both worlds, you know. I have a certain sagacityi14, a certain wisdom that comes with reaching this, you know, very august15 age, but also I feel very useful ir, myself, my physical self. Also mentally, I feel quite young but not immature16, but just have a lot of energy. So it's good.

　　我一星期前剛滿58歲，我感覺自己才14歲半，但我卻擁有一個58歲的人的回憶，所以我擁有這兩個世界里的精華。我擁有某種程度的睿智，某種到了這個年紀(jì)而擁有的智慧，這個歲數(shù)讓人敬畏，但我覺得自己身體還很好。心理方面，我覺得我還很年輕，但并非不成熟，而是精力充沛。所以這樣很好。

　　SHANNON COOK, CNN CORRESPONDENT

　　CNN特派員夏儂·庫克

　　Over the years as your musical style has evolved 11, we've seen you in The Police, we've seen you with pop, with jazz, a lute" album. Do you see how your audience changes?

　　過去這些年來您的音樂風(fēng)格有所改變，我們見過您在警察樂隊時的表現(xiàn)，聽過您演唱流行歌曲、爵士樂和一張魯特琴專輯。您認(rèn)為您的聽眾變了嗎?

　　STINC, SINGER AND MUSICIAN

　　歌手兼音樂人斯汀

　　I don't think my audience changes. I think the audience has come to expect the unexpected. I think I never want them to second-guess what I'm going to do next. I have no idea what I'm ... even I don't know. I think they appreciate19. that sense of, you know, "Well, what's he got this time?"

　　我不認(rèn)為我的聽眾變了。我認(rèn)為聽眾已經(jīng)預(yù)期到一些意料之外的事。我從未讓他們?nèi)ゲ挛医酉聛硪鍪裁?。我不知道我接下來?hellip;…連我自己都不知道。我認(rèn)為他們會喜歡那種“他這次要拿什么東西出來?”的那種感覺。

　　英語單詞注釋

　　1.veteran adj. 經(jīng)驗豐富的

　　2.renowned adj. 有名的，有聲望的

　　3.themed 以……為主題的

　　4.undervalued adj. (能力、價值)被低估的

　　5.reflection n. 思考，沉思

　　6.chimney n. 煙囪，煙囪管道

　　7.wintry adj. 冬天的，寒冷的

　　8.Dionysus n. 狄俄尼索斯(希臘神話中的酒神，羅馬神話中名為Bacchus)

　　9.appropriate adj. 適合的，恰當(dāng)?shù)?/p>

　　10.wolfhound n. 獵狼犬

　　11.texture n. 質(zhì)地，質(zhì)感，材質(zhì)

　　12.estate n. (大面積)私有土地，(鄉(xiāng)間)莊園

　　13.huddle v. 擠在一起，依偎

　　14.sagacity n. 睿智，聰慧

　　15.august adj. 威嚴(yán)的，令人敬畏的

　　16.immature adj. 幼稚的，不成熟的

　　17.evolve v. 演進(jìn)，逐漸進(jìn)展

　　18.lute n. 魯特琴，詩琴(撥弦樂器)

　　19.appreciate v. 喜愛，常識，感謝