每日听写9.7(选)中级迈克尔杰克逊
The children around our neighbourhood, especially the boys,
邻居的孩子们 尤其是男孩子
they were kind of bad, some of them.
有些品性真的不好
They would break in people's cars and do things.
会偷人家的车之类的
And our children were never allowed
我们禁止孩子们
to go out at night or play with those kids.
晚上出游或是跟那些孩子们玩
They weren't really social with the rest of the neighbourhood.
他们与周遭的邻居没有什么互动
They clung to each other,
他们自己是个小团体
and that's how the Jacksons were raised.
杰克逊家的孩子就是这样长大的
Poor? I mean, that was a way of life.
贫穷? 日子就是这样
We had plenty of food to eat.
我们从来不会没饭吃
We were like all the other kids in the area.
我们就跟附近的孩子们一样
Michael never thought he was poor when he was young,
迈克尔小时候从不曾觉得自己家境不好
because he did not know what poor was.
因为他根本不知贫穷为何物
He thought everyone lived the way his family did.
他一直认为所有人的家庭都跟他家一样
We had a rickety washing machine.
我们有台破洗衣机
We weren't able to buy a new one.
但没有钱换新的
Whenever it washed, it would creak. You know, make noises...
每次洗衣服时都叽喀作响
something like that.
类似这样
And Michael, l guess, was about 11 or 12 months old.
迈克尔差不多11到12个月时
He was just dancing to the rhythm of the washing machine.
开始随着洗衣机的声响起舞
And l knew then that he had a lot of rhythm.
我当时就发现他很有节奏感