世界名人简介 第162期:周杰伦

 　　Jay Chou is a Taiwanese singer, songwriter, actor, and movie director. He has won three World Music Awards and is a big star throughout Asia. He is a trained classical musician who has successfully crossed over into pop, and combines Western and Chinese styles. He has sold more than 25 million albums and has a successful movie career. Chou has a growing influence on Chinese culture.

　　周杰伦是一位台湾歌手、词曲创作人、演员和电影导演。他曾三次获得世界音乐奖，是全亚洲的大明星。周杰伦是一位受过训练的古典音乐人，成功转型成流行歌手，融合了中西方音乐风格。他卖出了两千五百多万张专辑，并成功进军电影业。周杰伦对中国文化的影响力越来越大。

　　Chou was born in 1979 and grew up in Taiwan. He started learning the piano when he was four. He loved music and recorded sounds and songs on the tape recorder he carried everywhere. He studied piano and cello¹ at high school and began to write the music and lyrics² to pop songs. He found it easy to combine classical with pop.

　　周杰伦1979年出生，长在台湾，四岁时开始学钢琴。他喜欢音乐、磁带上记录的声音和歌曲，走到哪带到哪。他在高中时学习钢琴和大提琴，并开始创作流行歌曲和歌词。他发现把古典音乐和流行音乐结合起来很容易。

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　　In 1998, Chou appeared on a TV talent show playing the piano. His piano composition impressed a top judge, who offered him a contract to write pop songs. He spent the next two years in the studio and learnt the techniques of song production. The studio manager encouraged him to become a singer. In 2000, he released his debut³ album 'Jay’.

　　1998年，周杰伦在电视选秀节目中表演弹钢琴，他的钢琴作品打动了一位著名评委，获得了一份创作流行歌曲的合同。他接下来的两年在工作室度过，学习歌曲创作的技巧。工作室经理鼓励他当歌手。2000年，周杰伦发布了首张专辑《Jay》。

　　Chou became an overnight success. He releases a new album every year, all of which sell millions. He has won more than 350 music awards in Asia. He also wrote the official song for the 2008 Beijing Olympics. His acting⁴ career is also taking off. He won a Best Newcomer award for his debut role in 'Initial D' in 2005.周杰伦一夜成名。他每年都会发布新专辑，所有的专辑销量都是数百万张。他在亚洲曾获得350多项音乐奖项。他也为2008年的北京奥运会创作了官方歌曲。周杰伦的演艺事业也很成功，2005年他因《头文字D》中的首秀获得最佳新人奖。

　　1. cross over into 跨到

　　例句：Mr. Spacey is one of the biggest Hollywood actors to cross over into the booming Chinese film industry.

　　斯派西是涉水蓬勃发展的中国电影产业的好莱坞大牌男星之一。

　　2. have a influence on... 产生影响

　　例句：The reappearing of this book in Qing Dynasty has a big influence on the growing of Bailment⁵ theory.

　　此书在清代复现，对“比兴寄托”说词论产生了较大影响。

　　3. be an overnight success 一夜成名

　　例句：I don't believe that anyone has the secret forumla for each country to become an overnight success.

　　我不相信有人拥有让每个国家一夜成功的秘方，我相信这是需要漫长过程的。

　　4. win award

　　例句：He is convinced that his poem will win the award. There's nothing like leather, you know.

　　他深信自己那首诗会得奖。这就是“只有自己的东西才算好”。

1 cello   

n.大提琴

参考例句：

• The cello is a member of the violin family.大提琴是提琴家族的一员。
• She plays a melodious cello.她拉着一手悦耳的大提琴。

2 lyrics   

n.歌词

参考例句：

• music and lyrics by Rodgers and Hart 由罗杰斯和哈特作词作曲
• The book contains lyrics and guitar tablatures for over 100 songs. 这本书有100多首歌的歌词和吉他奏法谱。

3 debut   

n.首次演出，初次露面

参考例句：

• That same year he made his Broadway debut, playing a suave radio journalist.在那同一年里，他初次在百老汇登台，扮演一个温文而雅的电台记者。
• The actress made her debut in the new comedy.这位演员在那出新喜剧中首次登台演出。

4 acting   

n.演戏，行为，假装；adj.代理的，临时的，演出用的

参考例句：

• Ignore her,she's just acting.别理她，她只是假装的。
• During the seventies,her acting career was in eclipse.在七十年代，她的表演生涯黯然失色。

5 bailment   

n.寄托，寄托寄卖

参考例句：

• This custom of tea fete is actually a sprit bailment. 这种用茶祭祀的遗风，实是一种精神寄托。
• In the history of the U. S. grain market,grain elevators several times fell prey to this temptation,spurred by a lack of clarity in bailment law.在美国谷物市场的历史上，由于保管法不够明晰，谷仓老板们曾几度经受不住诱惑而堕落。