语音讲解:
课文内容
If I could reach the stars
Pull one down for you
Shine it on my heart
So you could see the truth
That this love I have inside
Is everything it seems
But for now I find
It’s only in my dreams
Chorus:
(That) I can(could) change the world
I would be the sunlight in your universe
You would think my love was really something good
Baby if I could change the world
(Baby if I could change the world)
(Baby if I could change the world)
And if I could be king
Even for a day
I’d take you as my queen
I’d have it no other way
And our love would rule
In this kingdom we have made
Till then I’d be a fool
Wishing for the day
Chorus X 2
Performer: Eric Clapton
英语小教室
被歌迷尊称为“吉他之神”的Eric Clapton从1963年起先后加入了Yardbirds、Bluesbreakers、Cream以及Derek & The Dominos等乐队,是当时最受人推崇的蓝调吉他手之一。60年代在Yardbirds乐团的时候,Eric在台上演出得很卖力,经常会弹断吉他的琴弦,台下观众便一边拍手,一边等他换琴弦,因此获得Slowhand的昵称(he earned the nickname“Slowhand”because his forceful string-bending often resulted in broken guitar strings, which he would replace on stage while the crowd engaged in slow hand-clapping)。
Eric以一把吉他和充满蓝调风格的摇滚曲风,为这些乐队在摇滚史上留下光辉的纪录。然而在60年代末期,他却染上了毒瘾,使得他的前途顿时黯淡下来。
Eric摆脱毒品的困扰之后,在1974年以一首“I Shot the Sheriff”勇夺全美排行榜的冠军宝座。但是好景不常,这时他又面临毒品之外的另一个恶魔——酒精。大量的酗酒使他不得不在1981年住院治疗(a serious drinking problem eventually led him to be hospitalized for a time in 1981)。
战胜了酒精的Eric旋即以“Another Ticket”、“Money and Cigarettes”、“Journeyman”等专辑向歌迷证明自己的功力未减。1992年,他凭着为怀念坠楼身亡的爱子所写的令人感动的抒情佳作“Tears in Heaven”以及专辑“Unplugged”赢得六项葛莱美大奖,为Eric创造了事业上的另一个高峰。本次介绍的歌曲是他为电影Phenomenon《第三类奇迹》所作的主题曲。这首歌的曲调优美动听,再配上真诚朴实的歌词,于1997年再度为Eric夺得了年度最佳唱片与最佳流行男歌手两项葛莱美大奖。
虽然有人说Eric的成绩已不复当年身染毒瘾时的光彩,但对他在摇滚乐坛的传说仍在不断流传(Though some say Clapton never regained the musical heights of his heroin days, his legend has nevertheless continued to grow)。
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