早安英文 第184期:带你了解美国骚年们的青春期

 英语学习笔记：

definitely [?def?n?tli]

adv. 肯定地；当然地；明确地

mainstream¹ [?men?strim]

n. 主流 adj. 主流的

rebellious² [r??b?lj?s]

adj. 叛逆的；难以控制的

participate [pɑ:r?t?s?pe?t]

vi. 参加；参与

I used to walk around in the ridiculous big pants and speak the slang.

我以前喜欢穿一些滑稽的大叉裤，讲一些脏话。

Well when I was a teenager, I definitely followed the mainstream, even if it wasn’t most popular.

当我在青少年的时候，我绝对追随的是主流，即使它不是最受欢迎的。

So when i was a younger teenager, like 13 or 14, I fall for rap, because that’s what everybody like. it’s rap. When I was older I stop liking³ rap, I start to think how stupid it was. And I fall for rock.

所以当我更小的时候，大概13,14岁的样子，我爱上了说唱，因为所有人都喜欢它。但当我长大一些之后我就不爱了，我开始会想喜欢说唱真的太蠢了。并且我爱上了摇滚。

Because rock was against the normal rock was you know something different. But I was still following that mainstream idea.

因为摇滚是在反对一些正常的东西，它所表达的是一些不一样的。但我依旧追随那些主流观念。

For example I really want to listen to jazz. But in the same time I don’t dedicate my life to jazz, wear what the jazz people do, talk the way jazz people talk. i think i’m a normal guy, i just listen to jazz. it’s something I enjoy.

打个比方，我真的想听爵士乐。但同时，我不会让我的生活充满爵士乐，不会穿他们爱穿的，也不会讨论他们爱讨论的。我觉得我只是个很普通的人，我只是想听爵士乐，并享受它。

And I’m more mellow⁴. I don’t get upset so easily. I mean, now I don't like to argue. I don't really care is someone disagrees with me and If someone calls me an idiot, I'm not so eager to fight.

我变得更成熟了，我不会再那么容易心烦意燥。我是想说，现在我不再喜欢争论。我也不会那么在意别人意见和我相不相同，哪怕有人嘲笑我，我也不会那么想揍他了。

I used to be an asshole to my mom when I was a teenager. I would just fight and argue. It’s like, my mother tells me to do something, say “TJ clean your room”. obviously I need to clean my room, it’s trash, but I’ll argue, just ‘cause I don’t like being told what to do. 

当我年轻的时候，对于我妈来说我是个很讨厌的人。我就只会打架和争吵。就像我妈让我做一些事情说：TJ把你自己房间打扫了。很显然我需要打扫我的房间，里面全是垃圾。但我还是会和她争论，因为我就是很讨厌别人命令我去做某事。

It is the rebellious phase we go through when we are teenagers.

大家都有过愤怒的青少年时期啊。

1 mainstream   

n.（思想或行为的）主流；adj.主流的

参考例句：

• Their views lie outside the mainstream of current medical opinion.他们的观点不属于当今医学界观点的主流。
• Polls are still largely reflects the mainstream sentiment.民调还在很大程度上反映了社会主流情绪。

2 rebellious   

adj.造反的，反抗的，难控制的

参考例句：

• They will be in danger if they are rebellious.如果他们造反，他们就要发生危险。
• Her reply was mild enough,but her thoughts were rebellious.她的回答虽然很温和，但她的心里十分反感。

3 liking   

n.爱好；嗜好；喜欢

参考例句：

• The word palate also means taste or liking.Palate这个词也有“口味”或“嗜好”的意思。
• I must admit I have no liking for exaggeration.我必须承认我不喜欢夸大其词。

4 mellow   

adj.柔和的；熟透的；v.变柔和；(使)成熟

参考例句：

• These apples are mellow at this time of year.每年这时节，苹果就熟透了。
• The colours become mellow as the sun went down.当太阳落山时，色彩变得柔和了。