英語名人堂：鮑勃·迪倫

鮑勃·迪倫(Bob Dylan，1941年5月24日-)，原名羅伯特·艾倫·齊默曼(Robert Allen Zimmerman)。美國搖滾、民謠藝術(shù)家。[1]

鮑勃在高中的時(shí)候就組建了自己的樂隊(duì)。[2] 1959年高中畢業(yè)后，就讀于明尼蘇達(dá)大學(xué)。在讀大學(xué)期間，對(duì)民謠產(chǎn)生興趣，開始在學(xué)校附近的民謠圈子演出，并首度以鮑勃·迪倫作藝名。1961年簽約哥倫比亞唱片公司。1962年推出處女專輯名為《鮑勃·迪倫》。[3] 1963年起，瓊·貝茲邀請(qǐng)迪倫與她一起巡回演出。

Robert Allen Zimmerman was born in 1941 and loved music, especially blues, from a young age. He formed several bands and played so loudly at a high school talent show the principal had to cut the microphone off. He switched to folk music because, he said: “The songs are filled with more despair, more sadness, more triumph, more faith in the supernatural, much deeper feelings."

In 1963, he released his second album, “The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan”. It included what became the most famous song of the times, "Blowin' in the Wind". The album made Dylan a legend overnight. The Beatles bought it and said: "We just played it, just wore it out…it was incredibly original and wonderful.” It inspired a whole generation of musicians.

Dylan continued to have an important impact on the history of rock for many decades. He has received hundreds of awards for his songwriting, recording and performances. He got a Pulitzer Prize in 2008 for his "profound impact on popular music and American culture, marked by lyrical compositions of extraordinary poetic power”. He still plays 100 dates a year.

There is a debate today about whether or not Dylan should receive the Nobel Prize for Literature. Thousands of his fans, as well as literary critics, say his words are as important as those of any previous winners. His songs describe the latter half of the twentieth century and many have become traditional protest songs. Many believe he is the greatest living poet.

1 blues

n.抑郁，沮喪;布魯斯音樂

參考例句：

She was in the back of a smoky bar singing the blues.她在煙霧彌漫的酒吧深處唱著布魯斯歌曲。

He was in the blues on account of his failure in business.他因事業(yè)失敗而意志消沉。

2 recording

n.錄音，記錄

參考例句：

How long will the recording of the song take?錄下這首歌得花多少時(shí)間?

I want to play you a recording of the rehearsal.我想給你放一下彩排的錄像。

3 poetic

adj.富有詩意的，有詩人氣質(zhì)的，善于抒情的

參考例句：

His poetic idiom is stamped with expressions describing group feeling and thought.他的詩中的措辭往往帶有描寫群體感情和思想的印記。

His poetic novels have gone through three different historical stages.他的詩情小說創(chuàng)作經(jīng)歷了三個(gè)不同的歷史階段。