访谈录 2011-06-06&06-08 《X战警》X教授和万磁王秀演

 I always ask someone to do a snippet, a little bit of a song that means something to them. It could be that Magneto and Professor X unite and do something that’s just…

-Magneto will shoot you before it. They never do it nice. 

-I’ve got one, I’ve got one. I’ve got one. It’s perfect. 

-Now, I’ve got you. Oh, good.

-I’ve got one, I’ve got one. 

-Is this for, is this for Edicon Johns? 

-I though we can both do it together? 

-But you always sing songs I don’t know them. 

-No, you know this one. 

-Well, whisper to me. 

-“Two little boys had two little toys. Each had a woodenhorse. Daily they played each summer’s day, warriors¹ both of course. One little chap, he had a mishap². Broke up his horse’s head…When we grow up, we both be soldiers and our horses will not be toys, climb up here Jack,and don’t be crying, we can go just as this fast with two. I’ve got that all wrong, but the melody was OK.”

Two Little Boys: In 1969, during a tour of Arnhem Land with his wife and daughter, Rolf briefly³ stayed with a man called Ted⁴ Egan. Ted sung him this song, which Rolf recorded on tape. When he got back to England and talked his television producer into using the song, Rolf discovered he had lost the tape! Rolf rang Ted, twelve thousand miles away in Canberra, and got him to sing the song over the phone. Alan Braden arranged the song for the TV show, and the audience reaction was so marvellous that Rolf decided⁵ to record it. This song was top of the hit parade for seven weeks over Christmas 1969.

1 warriors   

武士，勇士，战士( warrior的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• I like reading the stories ofancient warriors. 我喜欢读有关古代武士的故事。
• The warriors speared the man to death. 武士们把那个男子戳死了。

2 mishap   

n.不幸的事，不幸；灾祸

参考例句：

• I'm afraid your son had a slight mishap in the playground.不好了，你儿子在操场上出了点小意外。
• We reached home without mishap.我们平安地回到了家。

3 briefly   

adv.简单地，简短地

参考例句：

• I want to touch briefly on another aspect of the problem.我想简单地谈一下这个问题的另一方面。
• He was kidnapped and briefly detained by a terrorist group.他被一个恐怖组织绑架并短暂拘禁。

4 ted   

vt.翻晒，撒，撒开

参考例句：

• The invaders gut ted the village.侵略者把村中财物洗劫一空。
• She often teds the corn when it's sunny.天好的时候她就翻晒玉米。

5 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。