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I knew I had to take a banjo with me to China.
我這時(shí)候知道我肯定會(huì)帶著班卓琴去中國(guó)了
So before going to law school in China, I bought a banjo,
在出發(fā)去中國(guó)的法學(xué)院之前，我買了個(gè)班卓琴，
I threw it in my little red truck and I traveled down through Appalachia
把它扔進(jìn)我的紅色小皮卡里，然后我一路開到了阿巴拉契亞
and I learned a bunch of old American songs,
途中也學(xué)了一堆美國(guó)風(fēng)老歌
and I ended up in Kentucky at the International Bluegrass Music Association Convention.
最后我來到了肯塔基的國(guó)際藍(lán)草音樂聯(lián)盟大會(huì)
And I was sitting in a hallway one night and a couple girls came up to me.
有天晚上我坐在走廊里，幾個(gè)姑娘走了過來
And they said, "Hey, do you want to jam?" And I was like, "Sure."
她們問我：“嘿，來個(gè)小合奏唄？”我說：“成啊！”
So I picked up my banjo and I nervously played four songs that I actually knew with them.
然后我拿起班卓琴，非常緊張地和她們合奏了四首歌
And a record executive walked up to me and invited me to Nashville, Tennessee to make a record.
然后一個(gè)唱片公司的管理人員走了過來，然后邀請(qǐng)我去田納西的納什維爾(被稱為音樂之都）錄專輯
It's been eight years, and I can tell you that I didn't go to China to become a lawyer.
八年過去了，我沒去中國(guó)當(dāng)律師
In fact, I went to Nashville. And after a few months I was writing songs.
事實(shí)上，我去了納什維爾。幾個(gè)月之后我就開始自己寫歌
And the first song I wrote was in English, and the second one was in Chinese.
第一首是用英文寫的，第二首是中文
Outside your door the world is waiting. Inside your heart a voice is calling.
門外有個(gè)世界，心中有個(gè)聲音
The four corners of the world are watching, so travel daughter, travel. Go get it, girl.
四方等你來啊，遠(yuǎn)行吧我的姑娘，去遠(yuǎn)行。去追逐你的夢(mèng)
