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名校励志英语演讲 第50期:迈克尔·杰克逊-拯救世界 拯救儿童

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But while performing and making music undoubtedly remain as some of my greatest joys,when I was young I wanted more than anything else to be a typical little boy.I wanted to build tree houses, have water balloon fights, and play hide and seek with my friends. But fate had it otherwise and all I could do was envy the laughter and playtime that seemed to be going on all around me.

毫无疑问,表演和音乐创作是我最大的乐趣,但年少时,我更想和其他的小男孩一样,和我的朋友搭树屋、打水仗、捉迷藏。但恰恰相反,命中注定我只能羡慕那些充斥在我周围的笑声和欢乐。

There was no respite from my professional life.But on Sundays I would go Pioneering, the term used for the missionary work that Jehovah's Witnesses do.And it was then that I was able to see the magic of other people's childhood.

我的职业生活方式不允许我停下来。不过每逢星期天,我都会去“先锋会”,这是一个指代耶和华见证会传教工作的术语。那时,我就会设想别人充满魔力的童年。

Since I was already a celebrity, I would have to don a disguise of fat suit, wig, beard and glasses and we would spend the day in the suburbs of Southern California, going door-to-door or making the rounds of shopping malls, distributing our Watchtower magazine. I loved to set foot in all those regular suburban houses and catch sight of the shag rugs and La-Z-Boy armchairs with kids playing Monopoly and grandmas baby-sitting and all those wonderful, ordinary and starry scenes of everyday life.Many, I know, would argue that these things seem like no big deal. But to me they were mesmerizing.

因为我已是名人,所以我不得不穿肥大的衣服、戴假发、留胡须、戴眼镜、把自己伪装起来。我们会在加州南部的郊区度过一整天,挨家挨户串门,或在各个购物中心闲逛,发放我们的《望塔》杂志。我也喜欢到普通的郊区居民家里去,看壁炉旁和拉兹男孩扶手椅上,小孩子们在玩大富翁的游戏、老奶奶在照看小孩,看所有那些普通却绚丽多彩的日常生活场景。我知道很多人会认为这些没什么大不了的,但它们对于我来说却充满了诱惑。

I used to think that I was unique in feeling that I was without a childhood. I believed that indeed there were only a handful with whom I could share those feelings.

我过去常常认为唯独自己没有这种童年的感觉,我想能和我分享这种感觉的人更是少之又少。

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professional [prə'feʃənl]

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adj. 职业的,专业的,专门的
n. 专业人

 
monopoly [mə'nɔpəli]

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n. 垄断,专利,独占,控制

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unique [ju:'ni:k]

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adj. 独一无二的,独特的,稀罕的

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balloon [bə'lu:n]

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n. 气球
vt. 使膨胀
vi.

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celebrity [si'lebriti]

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n. 名人,名誉,社会名流

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typical ['tipikəl]

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adj. 典型的,有代表性的,特有的,独特的

 
disguise [dis'gaiz]

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n. 假面目,伪装物,假装
vt. 假装,假扮

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respite ['respit]

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n. 暂缓,缓刑 vt. 延迟,推延

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