世界名人简介第162期:周杰伦-英语课

时间：2019-02-11 作者：英语课 分类：世界名人简介

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　　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 cello 1 at high school and began to write the music and lyrics 2 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 debut 3 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 acting 4 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 Bailment 5 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”。

世界名人简介 第162期:周杰伦

世界名人简介第162期:周杰伦