04 我的弟弟
In his teachers' and my parents' eyes, my youngest brother is a sidetracked young man, but in mine, he is a musical genius.
在老師和父母眼中,我的弟弟是個偏離正途的年輕人,然而在我眼中,他是個音樂天才。
He has a terrible attendance record at school and actually quit going twice.
他出勤的記錄很差,實(shí)際上還休學(xué)兩次。
The fact is that it's music which really interests him.
事實(shí)上真正令他感興趣的是音樂。
Indeed, he has a musical bent; he sings well, is gifted in composing songs, and even formed a band with his buddies.
他的確很有音樂天分:他歌唱得好,有作詞作曲的天賦,甚至還跟他的哥們兒組成一支樂團(tuán)。
I enjoy listening to the songs he writes and, although the lyrics are sort of immature,they come straight from the heart.
我喜歡聽他寫的歌,雖然歌詞有點(diǎn)不成熟,但那是直接發(fā)自他內(nèi)心的情感。
He says his dream is to make music his career.
他說他的夢想是獻(xiàn)身音樂工作。
Who knows if he is on the right track or not?
誰知道他走的是不是正途呢?
But I do know that whatever he does, music will always be a part of his life.
但我倒知道不管他做什么,音樂永遠(yuǎn)是他生活中的一部分。
短語解析:
1.in one's eyes, S + V在某人眼中/心目中
例:In the teacher's eyes,Johnny is something of a dunce.
在老師的眼中.約翰尼是個笨學(xué)生.
*dunce n.笨學(xué)生;傻瓜
2.enjoy V-ing喜歡/享受……
例:I don't enjoy studying; I just want to pass the tests.
我不喜歡學(xué)習(xí),只想通過考試.
3.whatever S十V,…不管……
例:Whatever she sings,I'm sure it will be nice to listen to
不管她唱什么,我敢說一定會很好聽。