桃園市人物翻譯

瀏覽次數：209912     時間：2017-11-17

Elvis Aron Presley, born in Tupelo, Mississippi in 1935, could well claim to be the 20th century's most famous entertainer. His combination of white country and Western music with black rhythm and blues gave the 50s teenage generation music they could identify with.

埃爾維斯·阿倫·普萊斯利，1935年出生於密西西比州的圖珀洛城，堪稱20世紀最著名的藝人。他將白人的鄉村西部音樂同黑人節奏布魯斯結合起來，為50年代的年輕人帶去了他們可以認同的音樂。

But like so many 20th century idols, Presley was becoming a victim of the fame he had attracted. Under pressure from his domineering manager, Colonel Tom Parker, he embarked on a series of comparatively mediocre films. By the 1970s, Presley was reduced to singing tearful ballads in night clubs in Las Vegas. Presley died in 1977 at his home in Memphis, which had been the center of his musical world for most of his short life. He had been destroyed by drink, fast food and fast living.

同許多20世紀的偶像壹樣，普萊斯利成了他自己名聲的犧牲品。在跋扈的經紀人塔姆帕克爾德的壓力下，他拍出了壹系列相當平庸的電影。20世紀70年代，他不得不到拉斯維加斯的夜總會唱些悲情民謠。1977年，普萊斯利在孟菲斯的家中逝世。在他短暫壹生的大部分時間裏，那裏是他音樂的中心。是酒、快餐盒放蕩的生活毀滅了他。

To this day, Presley's home is a shrine to his memory, a measure of the impact he had on his contemporaries. Each year, thousands of sightseers visit the Presley Museum in Tennessee to get a closer view of what it was like to be the undisputed idol of so many people for so many years.

今天，他的家是紀念他的聖地，標誌著他對同時代人的影響力。每年，成千上萬的觀光客人參觀田納西州的貓王紀念館，壹睹這位歷久不衰、無可爭議的眾人偶像的風采。