【张艺兴】小蕾老师英语课堂 LESSON 22/Spring Showers 雨水（二）

Spring Showers (2)

Only Michael Jackson was the highlight of that miserable period of life.

I often watched Michael Jackson dance, together with my mother.

Sometimes on a hot summer afternoon, the two of us would wake up from a nap and watch . Her eyes shining, my mum would take out a disc and say: “Little one, let's watch this.”

And then in my eyes, the mysterious person who always wore black clothes with white socks, black hat with white gloves, would appear. On stage he was like a robot! His body could be inclined to an unbelievable degree, but no matter what he did he would not fall! Even the way he walked was different from the average person... At that time I did not even know what was amazing and what was great, I just felt that when I saw this person, I could not look away.

Until now I can still remember that amazing sight, it was Michael Jackson's concert. After the show opened, he rose slowly from the bottom of the stage, stood at the centre of the stage, and never moved throughout. From the moment Michael Jackson appeared, there was ceaseless manic applause and screams from the audience below the stage. And then the first person started to faint, and the second person fainted. It was only about 3 or 5 minutes, but people kept being carried out and people kept crying.

That stage, and that person standing on the stage....he did not move, yet it seemed like there was something massive enveloping everyone from overhead. That was a kind of overpowering aura from the stage that made my heart pound as a child.

Today’s key points:

Spring Showers (2)

雨水（二）

Only Michael Jackson was the highlight of that miserable period of life.

只有迈克尔·杰克逊，是那段悲催生涯中的唯一亮点。

I often watched Michael Jackson dance, together with my mother.

我总是和我妈一起看迈克尔·杰克逊跳舞。

Sometimes on a hot summer afternoon,

有时候是炎热夏天的下午

the two of us would wake up from a nap and watch .

我们两个睡了午觉起来看了《狮子王》

Her eyes shining, my mum would take out a disc and say:

我妈就会眼睛发亮地拿出一张碟片，说：

> shine [ʃaɪn] vi.发出光;反射光，闪耀;出类拔萃，表现突出;露出vt.照射，把光射后;〈口〉通过擦拭使…变得有光泽或光亮n.光亮，光泽;好天气;擦皮鞋;鬼把戏或诡计

Eg. It is a mild morning and the sun is shining 

这是个和煦的早晨，阳光普照。

Eg. Did you shine at school?...

你上学时成绩优秀吗？

“Little one, let's watch this.”

“崽，我们来看这个。”

And then in my eyes, the mysterious person who always wore black clothes with white socks, black hat with white gloves, would appear.

然后我的眼睛里就会出现那个老是穿着黑衣服配白袜子黑帽子白手套的神奇的人

On stage he was like a robot!

他在舞台上像一个机器人！

His body could be inclined to an unbelievable degree, but no matter what he did he would not fall!

身体可以倾斜到不可思议的程度却怎么也不会倒下！

> incline [ɪnˈklaɪn] vt.& vi.（使）倾斜，弄斜;（使）偏向，倾向于;（使）认为;点（头）（以示同意、打招呼等）n.倾斜;斜面;斜坡;坡度

Eg. I incline to the view that he is right. 

我倾向于认为他是正确的。

Eg. The road he took had a steep incline. 

他走的那条路有一个很陡的斜坡。

Even the way he walked was different from the average person...

他连走路的方式都和一般人不一样…

> average [ˈævərɪdʒ,ˈævrɪdʒ] adj.平均的;平常的;典型的n.平均水平;（速度等的）平均率;平均估价vt.[数学]计算…的平均值;调和，拉平;分摊vi.平均：作为或达到一个中间值

Eg. The train's average speed was no better than that of our bicycles. 

火车的平均速度比我们骑自行车的速度快不了多少。

Eg. 40 hours is a fairly average working week for most people.

对大多数人来说，一周工作40小时是相当正常的。

At that time I did not even know what was amazing and what was great,

那时候的我，真的还不知道什么是厉害什么是好

I just felt that when I saw this person, I could not look away.

但就是觉得看到这个人，眼睛就移不开了

Until now I can still remember that amazing sight,

到现在还能记起来一个非常厉害的场景

it was Michael Jackson's concert.

是迈克尔·杰克逊的一场演唱会

After the show opened, he rose slowly from the bottom of the stage,

开场之后，他从舞台下面慢慢地升上来

stood at the centre of the stage, and never moved throughout.

站在舞台中央，始终一动不动

From the moment Michael Jackson appeared, there was ceaseless manic applause and screams from the audience below the stage.

舞台下面的观众，从迈克尔·杰克逊出现开始，就不停地发出狂躁的掌声和尖叫声

> ceaseless [ˈsislɪs] adj.无休无止;<正>不停的，无休止的，不断的 同义词：constant

Eg. There is a ceaseless struggle from noon to night. 

从中午到夜晚，争斗没有停歇。

Eg. I'm really grateful to my parents for their ceaseless support when I was down. 

我非常感谢我的父母，在我低潮时期对我不断地支持。

And then the first person started to faint,

然后开始第一个人晕倒

and the second person fainted.

第二个人晕倒

It was only about 3 or 5 minutes,

大概只有三分钟还是五分钟的时间

but people kept being carried out and people kept crying.

但就是觉得看到这个人，眼睛就移不开了

That stage, and that person standing on the stage…

那个舞台，还有那个舞台上站着的人……

he did not move, yet it seemed like there was something massive enveloping everyone from overhead.

他没有动，但却好像有非常巨大的东西，笼罩在了所有人的头顶

> massive [ˈmæsɪv] adj.大规模的;大的，重的;大块的，大量的;魁伟的，结实的;（疾病）非常严重的

Eg. The explosion made a massive hole in the ground.

爆炸在地面留下了一个巨大的坑。

Eg. He died six weeks later of a massive heart attack. 

六周后他因严重的心脏病发作去世。

That was a kind of overpowering aura from the stage that made my heart pound as a child.

那是一种让幼年时候的我，心脏怦怦直跳的来自舞台的威压。

> overpowering [ˌoʊvərˈpaʊərɪŋ] adj.压倒性（优势）的;无法抵抗的;极强大的;制止不了的v.overpower的现在分词;击败;（感情等）压倒;使无法忍受

Eg. This perfume is strong but the smell is not overpowering. 

这种香水的香味儿很浓，但不会太冲。

Eg. The singers sang that love is significant and overpowering. 

歌手们唱出爱情是伟大的，是至高无上的。

BGM：Hold My Hand (Duet with Akon) - Michael Jackson