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艾德·希兰:我歌写我心

2017-06-24byMarkSavage

疯狂英语·初中天地 2017年6期
关键词:艾德芭比娃娃我心

by Mark Savage

翻译:范婕

艾德·希兰:我歌写我心

Ed Sheeran: I Just Do What I Want to Do

by Mark Savage

翻译:范婕

问问你身边的人最近都在听谁的英文歌吧!因为你很有可能听到艾德·希兰的名字哦。有着芭比娃娃的红发,海绵宝宝的身材,还会唱很有爱的小情歌,被誉为“英国创作才子”的英国独立民谣唱作人艾德·希兰可以说是目前音乐圈最红的歌手了。他带着全新专辑《÷》回归乐坛,立刻横扫了近期世界各地的榜单,连他自己也说“2017年将成为他歌唱事业的高峰期”。这个被称为“宇宙蓝颜好闺蜜”的90后大男生,正循着自己的本心为我们创作更多打动心灵的好歌。看到那些不走寻常路的专辑名(《+》《×》《÷》),你是不是已有立刻去听一发的冲动了呢!

Way to Success

There’s no key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everyone. So my kind of thing is, I’m going to keep doing what I want to do. I’m not going to necessarily make something because the1)critics on the last album said that it wasn’t, you know, what they thought it should be. So, should I make an album that they want, or should I just kind of do what I want to do and be happy with it? I know that’s quite a selfish way to look at things, but it often works out.

Ed Sheeran and Taylor Swift

We’re actually2)relatively similar. Like, we’re both the same age, for one. We both came up the same way.3)Granted, she had a lot more success earlier on than I did, but it was from the same kind of4)hectic touring5)schedule and6)gigs. And she writes all her own songs herself; I do the same thing.

The Benefit of Eraser

(Ed7)erased himself from social media for twelve months.) My mind was8)definitely more9)settled. I didn’t have as much anxiety, because I didn’t have as many people wanting things from me. Or I wasn’t aware of the people who wanted things from me. Also, I started having conversations with people, rather than just going into my phone.

I was at a house party the other day and 50% of the people were either watching Snapchat注or Snapchatting. Someone said, “Why don’t you have a phone any more?” And I was like, “Look around you. This is exactly why I don’t have a phone.”

词组加油站

work out 进展(顺利),实现

come up 崭露头角

early on 在初期,在早期

be aware of 知道,察觉到

rather than 而不是

go into 进入……的状态

house party(通常于周末举行并且留宾客小住的)家庭或乡村别墅聚会

成功之道

要获得成功,没有什么诀窍,而如果总是试图去取悦每个人,则必定会失败。所以我的方式是,只要是我想做的,我就会做下去。我不一定会因为评论家说上一张专辑不是……你知道……他们所预期的样子,就按他们的期望去做点什么。那么,我是要制作他们想要的专辑呢,还是应该去做自己喜欢的,安然自得呢?我知道以如此方式看待事情很自私,但这常常是奏效的。

1) critic [5krItIk] n. 批评家,评论员

2) relatively [5rel[tIvlI] adv. 比较地

3) granted [5^rB:ntId] adv. 的确

4) hectic [5hektIk] adj. 繁忙的,忙乱的

5) schedule [5Fedju:l] n.日程安排

6) gig [gIg] n. 演唱会,现场演出

7) erase [I5reIz] v. 擦掉,清除

8) definitely [5defIn[tlI] adv. 肯定地

9) settled [5setld] adj. 稳定的,安定的

艾德·希兰和泰勒·斯威夫特

我们其实还挺像的。好比说,首先我们年纪一般大,我们也以同样的方式为世人所知。当然了,出道早期的她取得了比我大得多的成绩,但我们同样是经历了紧张忙乱的巡演和各个演唱会。她的歌都是自己写的,我也一样。

退出网络社交益处多多

(艾德曾连续十二个月远离社交媒体。)我的心理状态确实变得更加平静,不像以前那么烦忧焦虑了,因为对我有所要求的人变少了,或者说我自己并不知道有这些人的存在。另外,我开始和人们有了面对面的交流,而不是一味地沉迷手机。

有一天,我去参加了一个家庭聚会,而在场有一半的人不是在用阅后即焚软件看图片,就是在用它发图片。有人问我:“为什么你现在不用手机了?”我是这样回答的:“看看你周围的人吧,这正是我放下手机的原因。”

注:阅后即焚(Snapchat),一款由美国斯坦福大学的两位学生开发的照片分享应用。其因独特的自动销毁功能广受年轻人喜爱。

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