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Jewel于1974年5月23日，出生于美国尤他州的Payson，但是她随着家庭搬到了更靠北部的的阿拉斯加的Anchorage，她的祖父Juel给她取了Jewel这个名字，六岁时，她就开始歌唱生涯，她经常跟随父母在所居住的爱斯基摩村落里演出，并倍受当地村民喜爱。接下来的七年中她跟随离婚的父亲到处演出，直到她考上了密歇根州的Interlochen美术学院。在学院的学习过程中她还参与了戏剧的表演，在学期末的会演节目《Spoon River Anthology》中担任主演。她在毕业后去圣地亚哥找到了母亲，并找到了工作，但是她逐渐受不了了这种朝九晚五的工作方式，于是她决定把自己的主要精力放在音乐上。

英文歌词:

If I could tell the world just one thing
It would be that we're all OK
And not to worry 'cause worry is wasteful
And useless in times like these
I won't be made useless
I won't be idle¹ with despair
I will gather myself around my faith
For light does the darkness most fear

My hands are small, I know
But they're not yours, they are my own
But they're not yours, they are my own
And I am never broken

Poverty² stole your golden³ shoes
But it didn't steal your laughter
And heartache came to visit me
But I knew it wasn't ever after

We'll fight, not out of spite
For someone must stand up for what's right
'Cause where there's a man who has no voice
There ours shall go singing

My hands are small I know
But they're not yours, they are my own
But they're not yours, they are my own
And I am never broken

In the end only kindness matters
In the end only kindness matters
I will get down on my knees, and I will pray
I will get down on my knees, and I will pray
I will get down on my knees, and I will pray

My hands are small I know
But they're not yours, they are my own
But they're not yours, they are my own
And I am never broken

My hands are small I know
But they're not yours, they are my own
But they're not yours, they are my own
And I am never broken
We are never broken

We are God's eyes
God's hands
God's mind
We are God's eyes
God's hands
God's heart
We are God's eyes
God's hands
God's eyes
We are God's hands
We are God's hands

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歌手介绍:

     Jewel于1974年5月23日，出生于美国尤他州的Payson，但是她随着家庭搬到了更靠北部的的阿拉斯加的Anchorage，她的祖父Juel给她取了Jewel这个名字，六岁时，她就开始歌唱生涯，她经常跟随父母在所居住的爱斯基摩村落里演出，并倍受当地村民喜爱。接下来的七年中她跟随离婚的父亲到处演出，直到她考上了密歇根州的Interlochen美术学院。在学院的学习过程中她还参与了戏剧的表演，在学期末的会演节目《Spoon River Anthology》中担任主演。她在毕业后去圣地亚哥找到了母亲，并找到了工作，但是她逐渐受不了了这种朝九晚五的工作方式，于是她决定把自己的主要精力放在音乐上。

　 1995年她与Atlantic唱片公司签约，并发行了第一张LP唱片《Pieces of You》。开始的时候并没有受到太多的关注，直到专辑发行14个月之后才爬上了Billboard排行榜，专辑中的《Who Will Save Your Soul》成为热门单曲，并且使专辑的销量大增，同时另两首单曲《You Were Meant for Me》和《Foolish Games》也颇受欢迎。

      1998年Jewel出版了她的诗集《A Night Without Armor》，并在纽约时报的畅销书排行榜中名列前茅。同年又推出了歌迷们期望已久的第二张专辑《Spirit》。1999年发行了《Joy: A Holiday Collection》，2000年发行了《Chasing Down the Dawn》。2001年发行《This Way》。2003年6月3日，Jewel推出了第六张专辑《0304》。

 

1 idle   

adj.空闲的，闲置的；无用的；懒散的；v.空费

参考例句：

• Mike doesn't study at all.Instead,he sits idle all day.迈克根本不肯读书，相反地，他终日游手好闲。
• How much trouble in this life is caused by idle talk!生活中有多少麻烦不都是由闲谈引起的么！

2 poverty   

n.贫穷， 贫困， 贫乏， 缺少

参考例句：

• We must continue to war against poverty and disease.我们一定要继续同贫穷和疾病作斗争。
• He showed his poverty in his knowledge of agriculture.他表现出缺乏对农业知识的了解。

3 golden   

adj.金的，含金的，可贵的，金色的，贵重的，繁盛的

参考例句：

• My teacher is an Englishman with golden hair.我的老师是一个金黄色头发的英国人。
• It's a balmy evening,the golden time for lovers.这是一个暖和的夜晚，是恋人们的黄金时光。