TED演讲: 用班卓琴来建设中美关系(2)

 　　I knew I had to take a banjo with me to China.  我这时候知道我肯定会带着班卓琴去中国了

　　So before going to law school in China, I bought a banjo, 在出发去中国的法学院之前，我买了个班卓琴，

　　I threw it in my little red truck and I traveled down through Appalachia 把它扔进我的红色小皮卡里，然后我一路开到了阿巴拉契亚

　　and I learned a bunch of old American songs,  途中也学了一堆美国风老歌

　　and I ended up in Kentucky at the International Bluegrass Music Association Convention¹. 最后我来到了肯塔基的国际蓝草音乐联盟大会

　　And I was sitting in a hallway one night and a couple girls came up to me. 有天晚上我坐在走廊里，几个姑娘走了过来

　　And they said, "Hey, do you want to jam?" And I was like, "Sure." 她们问我：“嘿，来个小合奏呗？”我说：“成啊！”

　　So I picked up my banjo and I nervously² played four songs that I actually knew with them. 然后我拿起班卓琴，非常紧张地和她们合奏了四首歌

　　And a record executive³ walked up to me and invited me to Nashville, Tennessee to make a record. 然后一个唱片公司的管理人员走了过来，然后邀请我去田纳西的纳什维尔(被称为音乐之都）录专辑

　　It's been eight years, and I can tell you that I didn't go to China to become a lawyer. 八年过去了，我没去中国当律师

　　In fact, I went to Nashville. And after a few months I was writing songs. 事实上，我去了纳什维尔。几个月之后我就开始自己写歌

　　And the first song I wrote was in English, and the second one was in Chinese. 第一首是用英文写的，第二首是中文

　　Outside your door the world is waiting. Inside your heart a voice is calling. 门外有个世界，心中有个声音

　　The four corners of the world are watching, so travel daughter, travel. Go get it, girl. 四方等你来啊，远行吧我的姑娘，去远行。去追逐你的梦

1 convention   

n.惯例，习俗，常规，会议，大会

参考例句：

• How many delegates have checked in at the convention?大会已有多少代表报到？
• He sets at naught every convention of society.他轻视所有的社会习俗。

2 nervously   

adv.神情激动地，不安地

参考例句：

• He bit his lip nervously,trying not to cry.他紧张地咬着唇，努力忍着不哭出来。
• He paced nervously up and down on the platform.他在站台上情绪不安地走来走去。

3 executive   

adj.执行的，行政的；n.执行者，行政官，经理

参考例句：

• A good executive usually gets on well with people.一个好的高级管理人员通常与人们相处得很好。
• He is a man of great executive ability.他是个具有极高管理能力的人。