2017考研英语拓展阅读：周杰伦与女儿谱曲新歌《前世情人》

考研网

考研英语阅读能力提升需要不断地积累练习，通过多阅读来积累词汇，提升阅读速度，强化把握主旨能力。2017考研复习之初，时间相对充裕，新东方在线建议大家每天多做一些阅读，可娱乐也可增长见闻，还能提升能力。下面一篇文章是关于周杰伦与女儿谱曲新歌《前世情人》。
    2017考研英语拓展阅读：周杰伦与女儿谱曲新歌《前世情人》
    Taiwan pop star Jay Chou has released a new music video featuring his
beloved 10-month-old daughter.
    台湾流行歌手周杰伦于最近发布了一首新歌的MV，视频最后还加入了自己10个月大爱女的片段。
    Little Hathaway Chou appears at the end of the three-and-a-half minute
video for his new song ’Lover from the Past’, which was written for her. In
Chinese culture, it is common to describe fathers and daughters as lovers in
their past lives, as fathers are known to treat their daughters with extra
tenderness and care.
    本次MV时长长达3分半，新歌歌名为《前世情人》，是周杰伦专门为女儿所作，而女儿小周周(Hathaway)在视频最后一分钟也有出镜。在中国，人们一般都将女儿比作父亲的前世情人，因为父亲们对待自己的女儿普遍都温柔有加，无微不至。
    In the video, Hathaway can be seen playing a few notes on an electronic
mini-keyboard. The same notes were used as part of the tune for the song which
describes Chou’s love for his daughter.
    在视频中，Hathaway在迷你电子琴上弹下了一段旋律，周杰伦在创作这首曲子的时候将女儿的这段旋律运用了进去，表达了自己对女儿无限的爱。
    Chou says through the video that he is "so proud" of his daughter, and
sings of how he would watch her grow and eventually get married in the
future.
    周杰伦通过这则MV来表达自己为女儿无比骄傲的情感，同时歌词中还描写到了自己会继续陪伴她成长，但最终还是要经受女儿在未来嫁为人妻的不舍。
    The doting dad also included Hathaway’s name under the songwriter credits.
In a tweet on Monday afternoon, Chou jokingly said he did so to prevent Hathaway
from suing him for using her composition.
    这位无限宠女儿的奶爸还将自己女儿的名字也署在作曲者一栏。在周一下午发布的推特中，周杰伦开玩笑地表示这样做的原因是怕日后女儿控诉他擅自使用自己的创作。
    The short clip of Hathaway’s "performance" is not new. It was first posted
online by Chou’s wife, Hannah Quinlivan, on Weibo?in November last year. She had
said then that the baby, who was just over three months old, was exercising her
potential, and cheekily warned Chou to beware of his daughter’s talents.
    事实上，周杰伦女儿的这段短短的弹奏表演并不是首次公开。去年11月份，周杰伦的妻子昆凌就曾将这段视频发布到新浪微博上。当时小周周还只有三个月大，但是却表现出来了非凡的音乐天赋，还幽默地警告周杰伦小心自己女儿会超过爸爸。
    Chou’s video, which was released at midnight on May 30, has garnered over
two million views on Facebook in a span of just 14 hours.
    自周杰伦的这则MV在5月30日凌晨发布以来，短短14小时内就在Facebook上获得两百多万的浏览量。