VOA慢速英语:Words and Their Stories: Like a Rolling Stone

Today we explain a very old saying that has had a big influence on rock-and-roll music. That saying is a rolling stone gathers no moss. It has several meanings. One meaning is that a person who never settles down in one place will not be successful. Another is that someone who is always moving, with no roots in one place, avoids responsibilities.
今天我们来讲解一句古老的谚语，这句谚语对摇滚乐影响巨大。“滚石不生苔”，这句谚语有几个含义。一个意思是居无定所的人不会取得成功，还有个意思是到处流浪不安家的人其实是逃避责任。

This proverb was said to be first used in the fifteen hundreds. But in the nineteen sixties, the expression rolling stone became famous in the world of rock-and-roll music. It became the name of a rock group, a song and a magazine.
这句谚语的使用最早可追溯至16世纪。但在20世纪60年代，“滚石”这一表达在摇滚乐界开始出名。"滚石"成为了一个摇滚乐团，一首歌以及一本杂志的名字。

Experts say it all started with a song by the American singer and guitarist Muddy Waters. He was one of the country’s top blues musicians until his death in nineteen eighty-three. His music influenced singers like Elvis Presley and Bob Dylan. In nineteen-fifty, Muddy Waters recorded a song called “Rollin’ Stone.”
专家称这种风尚是由美国歌手，吉他手“泥泞”沃特斯的一首歌开创的。他是美国最棒的蓝调音乐家之一，直至其1983年去世。他的音乐影响了猫王，鲍勃•迪伦。在1950年，沃特斯录制了一首歌，名为“滚石”。

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A British rock group is said to have taken its name from Muddy Waters’ song. The Rolling Stones performed for the first time in nineteen sixty-two. The group’s members called themselves “the world’s greatest rock and roll band.”
据说英国某摇滚乐队就是以马迪沃特斯的歌来命名的。1962年"滚石"进行了首场演出。乐队成员们自称为“世界上最棒的摇滚乐队”

In nineteen sixty-five, Bob Dylan released his song “Like a Rolling Stone.” It is one of his best known and most influential works.
1965年，鲍勃•迪伦发布了他的新歌“像一块滚石”，这是他最著名和最具影响力的作品之一。

It is an angry song about a woman who was once rich and successful. But now she is on her own, “with no direction home, like a complete unknown, like a rolling stone.”
那是一首充满愤怒的歌曲，讲的是一个女人曾经成功富有，如今却只身一人，“居无定所，无人问津，四处流浪。”

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In nineteen sixty-seven, a young man named Jann Wenner started a magazine he named “Rolling Stone.” The magazine reported on rock music and the popular culture that the music created. By nineteen seventy-one, “Rolling Stone” had become the leading rock music and counterculture publication. It is still popular today.
1967年，一名叫简•温纳的年轻人创办了以“滚石”命名的杂志，内容主要是摇滚乐和随之产生的流行文化。在1971年，“滚石”已成为宣扬主流摇滚乐和反主流文化的刊物，至今仍广受欢迎。

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