VOA慢速英语2020 鲍勃迪伦鲍勃迪伦售价220万美元

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A paper on which music star Bob Dylan wrote the words to one of his most famous songs, The Times They Are A-Changin,' has gone on sale. The asking price is $2.2 million dollars, a record amount for such an object if someone pays it.

音乐家鲍勃迪伦著名歌曲《时代正在改变》的歌词手稿已经开始出售。该手稿要价220万美元，如若成交，那么这将成为创纪录的拍卖品。

Gary Zimet owns the business Moments in Time, an autograph dealership² in Los Angeles. He said that the paper was first owned by Jeff Rosen, a top employee of Dylan's. Now, Zimet said, it is being sold by an unidentified private collector.

盖里·齐梅特（Gary Zimet）是“时光瞬间”公司的老板，这是一家位于洛杉矶的签名代理商。他说，这份手稿最初为迪伦的经纪人杰夫·罗森(Jeff Rosen)所有。现在，齐梅特表示，该手稿正在被一个身份不明的私人收藏家出售。

"It's not an auction³. It's a private sale. First come, first served," Zimet told Reuters.

“这不是拍卖。只是私人出售。先到先得。”

Similar Dylan papers have been sold for record amounts already. In 2014, a buyer paid $2 million for a paper on which the musician wrote the song Like a Rolling Stone.

类似的迪伦手稿已经卖出过创纪录的高价。2014年，一名买家以200万美元的价格买下了一份手稿，迪伦在这份手稿上创作了《Like a Rolling Stone》。

Dylan wrote The Times They Are A-Changin' in 1963 and included it on an album of the same name the following year. It became a major protest song of the 1960s.

1963年，迪伦创作了歌曲《时代正在改变》，并于次年将其收录在同名专辑中。该曲成为20世纪60年代主要的抗议歌曲。

Zimet said he was also selling papers on which Dylan wrote the words to two other songs. The dealer¹ set the price for the writing of 1965's Subterranean⁴ Homesick Blues⁵ at $1.2 million. He wants $650,000 for the paper on which Dylan wrote Lay Lady Lay, a song released in 1969.

齐梅特表示，他还在出售迪伦的另外两首歌曲的歌词手稿。该交易商为1965年的《隐秘思乡布鲁斯》(Subterranean Homesick Blues)定价120万美元。而迪伦于1969年发行的《Lay Lady Lay》的歌词手稿定价为65万美元。

"They are not quite as important," said Zimet, explaining the lower prices. "Subterranean Homesick Blues is certainly a major, major song but not in the same league as ‘The Times They Are A-Changin'," he said.

对于定价略低一事，齐梅特解释称，“它们没有那么重要”。他说：“《隐秘思乡布鲁斯》无疑是一首非常重要的歌曲，但是不及《时代正在改变》的地位。”

Musicians' hand-written words to popular songs have become some of the most sought-after objects for collectors.

音乐家写的流行歌曲歌词手稿已经成为收藏家最受欢迎的物品之一。

Singer Don McLean's 16-page handwritten document of the song American Pie sold for $1.2 million in 2015. Paul McCartney's handwritten words to the Beatles' song Hey Jude sold for $910,000 at an online auction earlier this month.

2015年，歌手唐·麦克莱恩(Don McLean)的16页歌词手稿《美国派》(American Pie)以120万美元的价格售出。本月早些时候，保罗·麦卡特尼(Paul McCartney)为披头士乐队(Beatles)所作歌曲《Hey Jude》的歌词手稿在网上拍卖会以91万美元的价格成交。

The 78-year-old Dylan is considered the voice of his generation. Last month, he released his first new music in eight years. It included a 17-minute song called Murder Most Foul⁶ about the 1963 murder of American President John F. Kennedy.

78岁的迪伦被认为是他那一代人的声音。上个月，他发布了他八年来的第一首新曲。这首名为《最卑鄙的谋杀》(Murder Most Foul)的歌曲时长17分钟，讲述的是1963年美国总统约翰·肯尼迪(John F. Kennedy)被谋杀的故事。

In 2016, Dylan became the only songwriter to win the Nobel Prize for Literature.

2016年，迪伦成为唯一获得诺贝尔文学奖的歌曲作家。

Words in This Story

lyrics–n. words of a song

autograph –n. something written by a famous person in their own hand

auction –n. a public sale in which goods are sold to the people who offer to pay the most

league –n. a level of accomplishment; ‘the same league' can mean at the same level