帮着看看这段英文的理解，谢！
Justin Bieber BiographyAn old soul is the last thing you would expect to find inside Justin Bieber. But all it takes is one listen to the 15 year-old soul-singing phenomenon to realize that he is light years ahead of his manufactured pop peers.
本帖最后由 gocrack 于 2012-10-22 10:37 编辑
An old soul is the last thing you would expect to find inside Justin Bieber. But all it takes is one listen to the 15 year-old soul-singing phenomenon to realize that he is light years ahead of his manufactured pop peers.
心灵成熟可能是你最难在Justin Bieber身上找到的了，但是当你认真去听这个只有15岁的小伙子来自心底的非凡的歌声，你才能意识到他其实比其他做作的流行歌手略成熟一点。
old soul : 心灵成熟。
last thing: 这其实是“最难的”意思。
phenomenon:这里是带有remarkable 事物的意思。
manufacturered: 我的理解是“做作的”。
好难理解啊，呵呵。 一楼里的一段话，取自美国G6年级的一篇阅读理解题。 charlenedavid 发表于 2012-10-22 09:46 static/image/common/back.gif
一楼里的一段话，取自美国G6年级的一篇阅读理解题。
也只有经常看到你那些阅读帖子才能让我经常不淡定地想让自己女儿学习加州。哈哈。 如果是“最不想的”，怎么翻译？ 这句可不太象“This is the last thing I want to do” 那样吧？
An old soul is the last thing you would expect to find inside Justin Bieber
我的理解是心灵成熟是你在Justin Bieber身上最不想期望能找到的.
"This is the last thing I want to do" 是你在別无选择下才想做的, 也就是最不想做的 如里是这样，大家理解其实是一样的，只不过是翻译时各人表达不一样。
相对于“心灵成熟是你在Justin Bieber身上最不想期望能找到的”，我的翻译“心灵成熟是你在Justin Bieber身上最难找到的”更俗点吧。{:soso_e113:} “最不希望找到”也好，“最难找到也好”，总之是Justin Bieber的歌声里，充满了童稚和单纯。
是那意思就行了，呵！ 在justin bieber身上，你找不到一丝老成。只需听听这个15岁少年用心灵演绎的歌声，你就会发现，他比那些靠包装成名的乐坛明星好了不知多少倍。 charlenedavid 发表于 2012-10-22 10:28 static/image/common/back.gif
“最不希望找到”也好，“最难找到也好”，总之是Justin Bieber的歌声里，充满了童稚和单纯。
是那意思就 ...
提供上下文，不然我还真从这句字面上看不出“充满了童稚和单纯”。 old soul，老成，老练，老道，老。。。
the last thing to find，含义类似：不可能找到。
light years，光年，意思是很遥远。
manufactured，制造出来的，联系到演艺界，就是包装吧。 看来要学好英语，真要学好汉语才行。不然看懂是一回事，表达出来是另一回事。 本帖最后由 charlenedavid 于 2012-10-22 10:46 编辑
看大家很有热情，不妨把这篇文章贴上来，以及后面的几道阅读理解题（含答案）：
Justin Bieber Biography (Grade 6)
An old soul is the last thing you would expect to find inside Justin Bieber. But all it takes is one listen to the 15 year-old soul-singing phenomenon to realize that he is light years ahead of his manufactured pop peers. After posting dozens of homemade videos on YouTube in 2007, where the multi-talented Bieber put his impeccable spin on songs from artists like Usher, Ne-Yo and Stevie Wonder, Justin racked up over 10,000,000 views purely from word of mouth.
“I started singing about three years ago,” says the Canadian native who grew up an only child in Stratford, Ontario. “I entered a local singing competition called Stratford Idol. The other people in the competition had been taking singing lessons and had vocal coaches. I wasn’t taking it too seriously at the time, I would just sing around the house. I was only 12 and I got second place.”
In an effort to share his victory with his loved ones, Justin began posting his performance footage online. “I put my singing videos from the competition on YouTube so that my friends and family could watch them,” he says. “But it turned out that other people liked them and they started subscribing to them. That’s how my manager found me. He saw me on YouTube and contacted my family and now I’m signed!”
Seven months after Justin started posting his videos online, former So So Def marketing executive Scooter Braun flew the then 13-year old singer to Atlanta, GA to meet with his elite colleagues. As if Justin’s natural singing talent wasn’t enough to impress Scooter’s inner circle, Braun knew Bieber was also a self-taught musician who plays the drums, guitar, piano and trumpet.
“Right when we flew into Atlanta, Scooter drove us to the studio and Usher was there in the parking lot,” remembers Bieber. “That was my first time ever being out of Canada so I went up to him and was like, ‘Hey Usher, I love your songs, do you want me to sing you one? ‘He was like, ‘No little buddy, just come inside, it’s cold out.’” All it took was a short time online for Usher to realize he was in the company of a future superstar. “A week later Usher flew me back to Atlanta,” says Bieber. “I sang for him and his people and he really wanted to sign me then and there but I still had a meeting with Justin Timberlake who also wanted to sign me. It turned out Usher’s deal was way better. He had L.A. Reid backing him up and Scooter had a lot of really good connections in Atlanta. I always tease Usher now and remind him how he blew me off the first time we met.” Why I always tease Usher for the first met?
In October of 2008, Justin Bieber officially signed to Island Records. His debut album, My World is an intimate look into the mind of a budding young renaissance man. With production from star hit men like The Dream and Tricky Stewart who produced “Umbrella” for Rihanna and Beyonce’s smash, “Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It),” Justin has everything he needs to achieve pop supremacy.
His first single, “One Time” produced by Tricky, is about one of Justin’s favorite topics, puppy love. Usher joins Justin on “First Dance” where the two share verses on a song that Bieber describes as, “A slow groovy song that people can dance to.” On the Midi-Mafia produced “Down to Earth” Justin digs deep to talk about growing up. “Bigger” finds the teenaged singer maturing at a steady rate, while motivating his listeners to strive for their goals.
“I’m looking forward to influencing others in a positive way,” says Justin. “My message is you can do anything if you just put your mind to it. I grew up below the poverty line; I didn’t have as much as other people did. I think it made me stronger as a person it built my character. Now I have a 4.0 grade point average and I want to go to college and just become a better person.”
A virtually untapped well of natural artistic talent, Justin Bieber is primed to be a solid force in music for many years to come. “I think older people can appreciate my music because I really show my heart when I sing, and it’s not corny,” he says.” I think I can grow as an artist and my fans will grow with me.” And just think, he’s just getting started.
1. How did Justin Bieber rack up over 10,000,000 views on YouTube?
A. Internet Marketing B. Facebook C. Word of Mouth D. MTV
2. Why did Justin Bieber put his videos online?
A. He wanted to be famous B. He wanted to get signed by a manager
C. He thought he was really good D. He wanted to share them with his loved ones
3. What instruments does Justin Bieber play?
A. Piano, Trombone, Drums, Keyboard B. Guitar, Piano, Trumpet, Drums
C. Drums, Guitar, Piano, Dancing D. Drums Guitar, Piano, Saxophone
4. Why did Bieber want to be signed by Usher instead of Timberlake?
A. Usher was more famous B. Justin Timberlake didn’t want to hear him sing
C. He had people backing him up and had connections in Atlanta
D. Usher said he could be in his music videos
5. What makes Justin Bieber a good role model?
A. He has a 4.0 grade point average and wants to go to college
B. He wants to be rich and famous
C. He is friends with Usher and dresses really nice
D. He only cares about money and fame
C D B C A
本帖最后由 goroc 于 2012-10-22 10:48 编辑
这个句子，我觉得最关键的是这里： all it takes is one listen to（大意：你所需要做的，只是去听一下 ，就一下），这里listen是名词，听。前面的one，一次。前后连起来，含义应该是，你只需要听一下他的歌声就会被震撼。最后就是遣词造句了。 我觉得2楼3个词都没有翻准，old-soul, soul-singing和 light years aheads
你在Justin Bieber身上最不可能找到的就是因循守旧，只要听听这位15岁的灵魂乐达人（的歌），你就会意识到他(的音乐)领先他那些粗制滥造的流行乐同辈们，已经无数光年了（亦即领先很多） 翻译是很难，我的翻译向来只打打酱油帮助人理解一下。搞不懂原文的，我帮个忙而已。搞得懂的，都不需要我翻译了。 每天跟儿子这样看几篇英文文章，坚持2年多了，没有绝对地理解，只是在接触英文，感受英文，是一种慢功夫。 其实大家理解都差不多的，这里有区别的只是中文表达了。
lintao915于2012-10-22 12:20补充以下内容：
另外我想说的是，如果孩子只是小学低年级，读这样的文章，是否有点拔苗啊。
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