关于大卫鲍威你不知道的14件事

 　　CHILDHOOD

　　童年

　　1.David Bowie was born David Robert Jones in Brixton, London, on 8 January 1947.He shares the same birthday as Elvis.

　　大卫·鲍威原名大卫·罗伯特·琼斯，于1947年1月8日出生于英国伦敦。他和埃尔维斯（猫王）同天生日。

　　2.Rock guitarist Peter Frampton was Bowie's friend at school - his dad was head of the art department. He's gone on to play guitar with Bowie many times during his career

　　摇滚吉他手皮特·弗兰普森是鲍威校友兼好友——他的父亲是艺术系领导。他在职业生涯中，为鲍威弹过多次吉他。

　　PRE-FAME

　　成名前

　　3.Around 1967, he wrote songs for actor Paul Nicholas.

　　1967年左右，他为演员保罗·尼古拉斯写过几首歌曲。

　　4.1967 also saw the release of a single, The Laughing Gnome¹, which many fans argue is the worst song he has ever recorded.

　　鲍威1967年还发行了单曲《The Laughing Gnome》，许多粉丝都认为这是他录过最难听的歌曲。

　　STARMAN

　　成名

　　5.Bowie's first hit in the UK - 1969's Space Oddity - was used by the BBC in the moon landing.

　　鲍威在英国的第一首热单是1969年发行的《Space Oddity》——之后这首歌在月球登陆时被BBC使用。

　　6.He was voted fourth in the BBC's Culture Show public vote in 2006 to discover Britain's greatest living icons². Above him were Sir Paul McCartney (3), Morrissey (2) and Sir David Attenborough at number one.

　　为寻找英国最伟大的在世标志性人物，2006年BBC进行了文化演出公众人物评选，大卫·鲍威排名第四。前三名分别为保罗·麦卡特尼爵士（第三），莫里西（第二）和戴维·阿滕伯勒爵士（第一）。

　　THE PERFORMER

　　表演家

　　7.Bowie was hit in the eye by a lollipop³ while on stage in Oslo, Norway in 2004.

　　2004年在挪威奥斯陆表演时，鲍威被棒棒糖击中眼睛。

　　8.Director Nicolas Roeg cast Bowie in his first leading role, as a stranded⁴ alien in the 1976 film The Man Who Fell to Earth. In one scene, shot in a record store, a poster for Bowie's Young Americans album can clearly be seen hanging from the ceiling.

　　导演尼古拉斯·罗伊格让鲍威在自己于1976年拍摄的电影《天降财神》中担任电影主角。鲍威在影片中扮演一位滞留地球的外星人。电影中有个镜头，鲍威的《青年美国人》专辑海报就挂在天花板上。

　　PERSONAL LIFE

　　私生活

　　9.Bowie married Somalian supermodel Iman in 1992. They have a daughter Alexandria Zahra Jones, born in 2000. Iman has a Bowie knife tattooed⁵ on her ankle in tribute to her husband.

　　鲍威在1992年和索马利亚超模艾曼结婚，并在2000年生下女儿亚历山大·萨拉·琼斯。为表对丈夫的敬意，艾曼在脚踝上刻有鲍威刀的纹身。

　　THE MUSICIAN

　　音乐家

　　10.He was in 10 bands - The Konrads, The Hooker Brothers, The King Bees, The Manish Boys, The Lower Third, The Buzz, The Riot Squad⁶, The Hype, Tin Machine and Tao Jones Index. (Some of these performed under other names). He plays just about every instrument on Diamond Dogs - including the famous guitar riff on Rebel Rebel.

　　他曾经在10只乐队中工作过——包括康拉兹乐队、虎克兄弟乐队、王蜂乐队、坏男孩乐队、地三乐队、蜂鸣乐队、混乱军团乐队、之声乐队、镀锡机乐队和陶·琼斯乐队。（其中一些乐队以其他名称演出。）在《钻石狗》中，他几乎弹遍了各种乐器——包括《叛逆将军》中著名的即兴吉他。

　　MISCELLANEOUS

　　全面发展

　　11.His image appears on every single one of his album covers - except the UK release of The Buddha⁷ Of Suburbia and his final album, Blackstar.

　　每张单曲封面上都有他的照片，除了他在英国发行的《The Buddha Of Suburbia》以及他最后一张专辑《Blackstar》。

　　12.His favourite artists were Tintoretto, John Bellany, Erich Heckel, Picasso and Michael Ray Charles.

　　他最喜欢的艺术家有丁托列托、约翰·贝兰尼、埃里奇·赫克尔、毕加索和米迦勒·雷·查尔斯。

　　13.Bowie drew, painted, sculpted⁸ and wrote in his spare time.

　　业余时间，鲍威还会绘图、作画、雕塑和写作。

　　14.In 2004, Rolling Stone ranked him 39th on their list of the 100 greatest artists of all time, and 23rd on their list of the best singers of all time.

　　2004年，在滚石评选出的史上最伟大100名艺术家中，鲍威排名第39；而在滚石选出的最伟大歌手中，他排名23。

1 gnome   

n.土地神；侏儒，地精

参考例句：

• The Swedes do not have Santa Claus.What they have is Christmas Gnome.瑞典人的圣诞节里没有圣诞老人，但他们却有一个圣诞守护神。
• Susan bought a garden gnome to decorate her garden.苏珊买了一个土地神像来装饰她的花园。

2 icons   

n.偶像( icon的名词复数 )；（计算机屏幕上表示命令、程序的）符号，图像

参考例句：

• Distinguish important text items in lists with graphic icons. 用图标来区分重要的文本项。 来自About Face 3交互设计精髓
• Daemonic icons should only be employed persistently if they provide continuous, useful status information. 只有会连续地提供有用状态信息的情况下，后台应用程序才应该一直使用图标。 来自About Face 3交互设计精髓

3 lollipop   

n.棒棒糖

参考例句：

• The child put out his tongue and licked his lollipop.那孩子伸出舌头舔着棒棒糖。
• I ate popcorn,banana and lollipop.我吃了爆米花、香蕉和棒棒糖。

4 stranded   

a.搁浅的，进退两难的

参考例句：

• He was stranded in a strange city without money. 他流落在一个陌生的城市里， 身无分文，一筹莫展。
• I was stranded in the strange town without money or friends. 我困在那陌生的城市，既没有钱，又没有朋友。

5 tattooed   

v.刺青，文身( tattoo的过去式和过去分词 )；连续有节奏地敲击；作连续有节奏的敲击

参考例句：

• He had tattooed his wife's name on his upper arm. 他把妻子的名字刺在上臂上。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The sailor had a heart tattooed on his arm. 那水兵在手臂上刺上一颗心。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

6 squad   

n.班，小队，小团体；vt.把…编成班或小组

参考例句：

• The squad leader ordered the men to mark time.班长命令战士们原地踏步。
• A squad is the smallest unit in an army.班是军队的最小构成单位。

7 Buddha   

n.佛；佛像；佛陀

参考例句：

• Several women knelt down before the statue of Buddha and prayed.几个妇女跪在佛像前祈祷。
• He has kept the figure of Buddha for luck.为了图吉利他一直保存着这尊佛像。

8 sculpted   

adj.经雕塑的

参考例句：

• a display of animals sculpted in ice 冰雕动物展
• The ladies had their hair sculpted by the leading coiffeur of the day. 女士们的发型都是当代有名的理发师做的。