环球慢速英语 班尼·佩拉萨(2)

Voice 1: And the person playing it is just as amazing - Benny Prasad. Benny has played his guitar in countries all over the world. Everyone praises his skill and creativity¹. But the beginning of Benny's life was very different to his life now. In fact, people told Benny that he would never play the guitar! Here is his story.

声音1：而弹奏这个乐器的人同样令人惊叹，他就是班尼·佩拉萨。班尼在世界各个国家演奏这把吉他。所有人都称赞他的技巧和创意。但是班尼的人生开始时和现在有很大不同。实际上，有人曾对班尼说，他永远不能弹吉他！下面来听听他的故事。

Voice 3: "My father was a scientist. He designed airplanes. He had very high expectations for me. I was the first born in the family. But I was a failure. I failed in my studies. I failed in my personality². I failed in my health - in every part of my life. This included my talent - my abilities. People said to me - Benny you will never be a music player. At school, my teachers laughed at me. They asked me why I was there. I brought shame to the school. I was not an intelligent person. My life was meaningless."

声音3：“我父亲是一名科学家。他的工作是设计飞机。他对我的期望非常高。我是家里的长子。但是我很失败。我学习不好。性格不好。健康还很差，我生命中的一切都很失败。这包括我的才华和我的能力。有人曾对我说，班尼，你永远不能成为音乐演奏家。在学校时，我的老师会嘲笑我。他们问我为什么要去上学。我给学校带去了耻辱。我不是聪明的人。我的生活毫无意义。”

1 creativity   

n.创造力，创造

参考例句：

• There is limited scope for creativity in my job.我的工作中发挥创造力的空间有限。
• She got an unusually low score for creativity.在创造力方面，她得了异乎寻常的低分。

2 personality   

n.个性，人格，名人

参考例句：

• Einstein was a great personality.爱因斯坦是个伟大的人物。
• She has a powerful personality.她有坚强的个性。