周杰伦20年英文进化史:从蹩脚到流畅,他的改变有多大?


时隔六年后
周杰伦终于发布了最新的专辑
《最伟大的作品》(Greatest Works of Art)
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In the video, Chou enters the La Samaritaine, a shopping mall that boasts a history of over 150 years and a landmark of Paris, and plays a melody on the piano that brings him back to the 1920s.
在视频中,周杰伦进入 La Samaritaine,一个拥有150多年历史的购物中心,也是巴黎的一个地标,他用钢琴弹奏了一段旋律,把他带回了20世纪20年代。
Pianist Lang Lang also performs in the video. He says it is a creative one which features elements of both pop and classical music.
钢琴家郎朗也在视频中进行了表演。他说这是一个具有创意的,同时具有流行音乐和古典音乐的元素。
说起周杰伦,几乎所有人对他的喜爱都初始于他的音乐才华。特别是在80、90后的每个人的青春里,至少有过一首周杰伦的情歌。
但或许你不知道,出道二十多年的时间里,周杰伦的英语口语也发生了翻天覆地的变化。
先来看刚出道不久的杰伦,那时候他还非常青涩,英文发言就像念稿,流畅度不高,并且带有很重的中式口音。是不是像极了刚学英语口语的你?
接着是2011年,周杰伦获得了主演好莱坞电影《青蜂侠》的机会,每天除了拍戏以外,他还会跟着老师练习英文。从这段采访可以看出他的英语已经进步了很多,可以独自面对镜头的采访,遇到复杂的表达还是需要求助外援。
再之后周董的英文以肉眼可见的速度在提升,虽然达不到native speaker的水平,但也算得上熟悉驾驭了。
2016年,杰伦担任了 Wild Aid 野生动物救援全球大使,拍摄了四支英文公益广告 ,他的口语水平如何呢?一起来看看吧~
以下为广告全文:
01
Imagine if elephants could simply give us their ivory (象牙), but instead, we steal it by killing up to 33,000 a year, just for things that could be made of something else. Elephants need their ivory. We don't. Please tell your friends and family to be ivory free. When the buying stops, the killing can too.

02
If people tell you shark fin (鱼翅) soup doesn't kill millions of sharks each year, don't buy it. If they tell you it's not harming shark populations, don't buy it. If they tell you it doesn't contain mercury that can kill you, definitely don't buy it. For your health, for the sharks, for the oceans, please say no to shark fin soup. When the buying stops, the killing can too.

03
In the 1990s, Taiwan was the biggest buyer of rhino (犀牛) horn (角), but when we realized it was wrong, we stopped and the poaching (偷猎) did, too. In 2009, Vietnam emerged as a new market and the poaching increased again. So please, don't bring shame on your country. Join us now in helping the rhinos. Never buy rhino horn. Together, we can save the rhinos. When the buying stops, the killing can too.
04
Some people think it's clever to eat these cute animals - pangolins (穿山甲). In fact, it's dangerous. There is a serious risk of picking up parasites (寄生虫), or catching diseases. And the scales (鳞片) used for medicine? They are keratin (角质), just like your fingernails. And these animals are becoming endangered. Never eat pangolins or use their scales. When the buying stops, the killing can too.
如今,在周杰伦日常的ins里,他常以流利的英文分享对艺术品的看法,再也不是当年那个自嘲英语不好的明星了。

在英语加持下,周杰伦让更多人见识到他不仅仅只有才华,还能通过努力,学好一门原本不擅长的技能,想来这也是他能一直被大家喜爱的理由之一吧。
Everything’s changing for the better。共勉吧!
#weekly talk#
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