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92.The Rising and Falling of Stars
92.明星的沉浮
When Jack finally got around to submitting his song for copyright protection, it was almost too late to get credit for writing it!
當杰克終于抽出時間考慮把他的歌曲交上去申請版權保護時，他的創作得到認可幾乎是為時太晚！
The song was just about to be released and then it would have been over.
這首歌正準備公開發行，接著就可能沒他的事了。
Thankfully Jack got cracking at the right time.
幸虧杰克做事抓住了機會。
The song was his, after all, why should he let someone else get away with taking die credit?
最后這首歌還是他的，為什么要讓別人偷走他的功勞呢？
The song was a hit. It allowed Jack to get back on his feet and get back to what he did best.
這首歌一炮打響。它讓杰克重振旗鼓、東山再起。
How he had gotten away from it was clear, addiction to alcohol! But now he was better!
很顯然他是因為酗酒才不務正業的！但現在他的表現好多啦！
He got down to business right away, writing song after song!
他很快就開始認真做事了，他寫了一首又一首歌曲！
The lyrics were deep, honest and powerful.
他的歌詞深刻、誠懇，極具感染力。
And the audience knew what Jack was getting at - stay clean, don't drink, and get busy with what matters in life!
聽眾知道杰克想說什么——清清白白做人，不好酒貪杯，做一些生活中有意義的事件！
They loved him for it! And it didn't matter anymore how far he had gotten behind because of his problems.
正因為這樣，他們愛杰克！由于問題纏身，他落后了，但這已經不再重要。
He had gotten better and that was all that mattered!
重要的是他在好轉！
He could finally get back at his demons, and they could get back to listening to his music!
終于能夠報復身上的魔鬼，而它們又能重新聽他的音樂了！
No one cared that he was just barely getting by with his comeback!
誰都沒在意他的東山再起其實只是勉強為之！
The stress was so great!
他的壓力太大啦！
When he got cut off from going to the studio one day, he didn't know where to go.
那天他被攔住不讓進錄音棚，他不知道該去哪兒。
Writing was his therapy, his salvation, and he couldn't be away from it even for an hour.
是創作治好了他，拯救了他，他離不開創作，哪怕一小時都不行。
He went into a bar!
他進了一家酒吧！
The world moaned that Jack had failed again!
杰克又失敗了，世界為之嘆惜！
But they would forgive him again if he could only pick himself up one more time!
但只要他能再崛起一次，他們還是會再原諒他！
People are always willing to forgive their heroes!
人們總是愿意原諒他們心中的英雄！
