Transcript 麥可.ppt

商用英文
Long Live the KingMichael Jackson
傳奇流行樂天王－
麥可‧傑克森
2010/11/30
指導老師：楊浩偉老師
組別：第 八 組
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9734457蔡瑄育
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9734474許文霖
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Michael Jackson
Full name 全名：
Michael Joseph Jackson
Birthday 生日：
1958/08/29
Hometown 出生地：
Indiana(美國印安那州)
Gary(蓋瑞市)
Constellation 星座：
VIRGO(處女座)
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In June 25, 2009, popular websites like Twitter and
AOL Instant Messenger crashed .At first, many
people thought that was the onset of the first fullblown cyber attack on the Internet, but the truth
was much sadder . Michael Jackson, the highly
influential and controversial singer, was found
unconscious in his bed and soon pronounced dead.
2009年6月25日，如Twitter這類受歡迎的網站和AOL即時通訊軟體都當
機了。剛開始，許多人還以為這是網際網路上第一次全面性網路攻擊事
件的開端，不過事實卻比這更令人傷感。麥可‧傑克森這位具有高度影
響力和極具爭議性的歌手，被人發現昏迷在床上，不久後宣告死亡。
News of his death spread like wildfire over the
Internet, and numerous TV and radio stations
played Jackson’s videos or songs as tribute to the
King of Pop. Like most things that happened
during his life, Jackson’s death was truly an overthe-top spectacle.
他的死訊如野火般在網路上蔓延開來，無數的電視台和廣播電台紛紛
播放他的音樂錄影帶或歌曲來向這位流行樂天王致敬。就像他一生中
發生過的許多事情一樣，傑克森的去世也的確是相當惹人注意的一個
現象。
Born in the working class suburbs of Gary, Indiana,
Jackson had nine brothers and sisters. At a very
young age, Jackson headed a musical group with
his brothers, The Jackson 5. His father, Joe
Jackson, was the manager and forced them to
practice all the time so that they would always be at
their best.
傑克森出生在印第安那州蓋瑞市的工人階級郊區，有９個兄弟姐妹。
傑克森在很小的時候，就和他的兄弟一起組成以他為首的『傑克森５人
組』樂團。他的父親喬‧傑克森是樂團經理，總逼著他們一直練習，以
督促他們永遠都處於最佳狀態。
Joe Jackson even beat his children when they made
mistakes during their routines. Michael Jackson, in
an interview later in his adult life, said that he was
so scared of his father during his childhood that he
would throw up when he saw him. At the same
time, Jackson also credited his father for all the
success he had ever had because he was such a
strict perfectionist.
喬‧傑克森甚至會在他們平時練唱出錯時毆打他們。麥可‧傑克森成
人後，在某次的訪問中曾談到，小時候他很畏懼父親，害怕到他看到
父親時就會嘔吐。但同時傑克森也將他所有的成就歸功於他的父親，
因為他父親是個如此嚴格的完美主義者。
The Jackson 5 were superstars form the very
beginning because their first four singles shot to
number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
However, since they had very little creative control
over their music, The Jackson 5 left Motown, and a
new chapter in Michael Jackson’s life soon began.
傑克森５人組從一開始就發光發亮，因為他們最初的４首單曲在《告
示牌》百大單曲排行榜都竄升到第一名。然而，由於傑克森５人組對
他們的音樂幾乎沒有創意上的掌控權，他們離開了摩城唱片公司，也
開啟了麥可‧傑克森生命中新的一章。
Michael Jackson soon went on to much bigger
things. In 1979, Jackson put out his first solo
album, Off the Wall, with producer Quincy Jones.
In 1982, Jackson teamed up with Jones again and
released Thriller, which went on to become the
most popular album of all time. With its 37 weeks
on top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart, Thriller was
compared to a household necessity like a
refrigerator or a couch because everybody had to
have it.
麥克‧傑克森不久便接著展開更偉大的事業。1979年，傑克森發行了
他個人的第一張專輯《瘋狂》，當時的製作人是昆西‧瓊斯。1982年
，傑克森和瓊斯再次攜手合作，發行了《顫慄》，這張專輯後來成為
史上最熱賣的專輯。由於37週穩坐《告示牌》百大單曲排行榜冠軍寶
座，《顫慄》被比喻為像冰箱或沙發這類的家庭必需品，因為每個人
都非有不可。
The crazy thing about fame is that it is fleeting, and
many superstars have a hard time staying on top.
Soon, tabloids were filled with stories about
Michael Jackson’s plastic surgery, his pet
chimpanzee, his amusement park home, and more.
In the mid-1990s, he was accused of child abuse,
and even though he was never convicted, he
became the butt of many jokes. Unfortunately, the
damage was done, and his reputation was stained
for the rest of his life.
名聲這東西難以駕馭的地方在於它有如曇花一現，許多超級巨星都無
法讓自己永遠處在巔峰。很快地，小報上充斥著麥可‧傑克森整容、
養猩猩當寵物、把家裡佈置的像遊樂園之類的消息。1990年代中期，
他被指控虐童（這裡是指性騷擾），雖然他從未被定罪，但他卻成了
許多玩笑嘲弄的對象。不幸的是，這件事對他已經造成傷害，他往後
的名聲也蒙上了污點。
In the weeks before his
untimely death in 2009,
Jackson was rehearsing for
his comeback tour of 50 soldout shows at London’s O2
arena. Footage of the effort
going into the production
was made into the
documentary, Michael
Jackson’s This Is It. When
the film was released, it
became the highest grossing
musical documentary ever.
2009年在傑克森驟逝的前幾個星期，
他一直在為自己的復出演唱會做排練，
原本要在倫敦O2體育館舉行的50場演唱
會門票全數銷售一空。彩排的影片被製
作成記錄片《麥可‧傑克森未來的未來
演唱會電影》，這部影片上映後，成為
史上最賣座的音樂記錄片。
In the end, some of Jackson’s quirky habits
overshadowed his immense talent as a singer, but
no one will ever be as influential or as popular as
the King of Pop was in the prime of his career.
雖然在後期，傑克森的一些古怪習慣蓋過了他歌唱天賦的光彩，不過
，再也不會有人能夠像這位流行樂天王在事業巔峰時期那樣具有影響
力或受人歡迎。
麥可傑克森未來的未來演唱會
電影 預告片
Michael Jackson -Thriller
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