2 Practice Makes Perfect

CHAPTER 2 Practice Makes Perfect After Bruce finished the eighth grade in 1963, he switched to a big public high school in Freehold. Bruce still mostly kept to himself. He didn't care much about the other kids or his classes. Sometimes he would sneak out of class to practice guitar in the band room. He taught himself to play "Twist and Shout" the way the Beatles played it.

1963年，布鲁斯读完八年级后，转到弗里霍尔德的一所大型公立高中。 布鲁斯基本上还是一个人待着。 他不太关心其他孩子或他的班级。 有时他会溜出教室到乐队室练习吉他。 他自学了披头士乐队演奏《Twist and Shout》的方式。

Bruce would practice for hours—sometimes for ten hours a day! He wasn't interested in drinking or doing drugs, because he felt it would take him away from his music. Bruce started to grow his hair long because some of his favorite rock stars did. He wanted to look like a rocker, too.

布鲁斯会练习好几个小时——有时一天练习10个小时！他对喝酒或吸毒不感兴趣，因为他觉得这会让他远离音乐。 布鲁斯开始留长发，因为他最喜欢的一些摇滚明星都留长发。 他也想看起来像个摇滚歌手。

Some boys in Bruce's high school had a band. One day, Bruce heard the band was looking for a new guitar player. There was a tryout. Bruce showed up and played some music. He mostly played bits and pieces of some popular songs from the radio. The band was not impressed. The boys sent him home. But Bruce didn't let that stop him. That night he taught himself a whole set of complete songs. He went back to the band the next day. He played six new songs perfectly. Bruce was in the band!

布鲁斯高中的一些男生有个乐队。 一天，布鲁斯听说乐队在寻找新的吉他手。 有一次选拔。布鲁斯出现并演奏了一些音乐。 他主要是零零碎碎地演奏收音机里的一些流行歌曲。 乐队对此并不买账。 男孩们把他送回家了。但布鲁斯并没有因此停下脚步。 那天晚上，他自学了一套完整的歌曲。 第二天他又回到了乐队。 他完美地演奏了六首新歌。 布鲁斯在乐队里！

The band was named the Castiles. Castile was a kind of soap that was popular with teenage boys. The band played at school dances, swim clubs, and at "Battle of the Bands" contests. They even went to Manhattan to play at Cafe Wha? It was a famous club in Greenwich Village where Bob Dylan and Jimi Hendrix had played. This

这支乐队被命名为卡斯蒂利亚人。 卡斯蒂利亚是一种深受十几岁男孩欢迎的肥皂。 乐队在学校舞会、游泳俱乐部和“乐队之战”比赛中演出。 他们甚至去曼哈顿的什么咖啡馆演出？ 那是格林威治村一家著名的俱乐部，鲍勃·迪伦和吉米·亨德里克斯曾在那里演出。 这

meant a lot to Bruce because Bob Dylan was one of his idols. Bruce admired the words of Dylan's songs. They were like long poems or stories. And Dylan was great at so many kinds of music— rock, folk, and blues.

对布鲁斯意义重大，因为鲍勃·迪伦是他的偶像之一。 布鲁斯欣赏迪伦的歌词。 它们就像长诗或故事。 迪伦擅长各种各样的音乐——摇滚、民谣和布鲁斯。

Bruce played with the Castiles throughout high school. On the morning of graduation, Bruce went to pick up his cap and gown. But there was a problem. A teacher said that Bruce had to cut his shoulder-length hair or he would not get into the ceremony. That made Bruce mad. He decided to skip graduation. Instead, he took a two-hour bus ride to Manhattan and listened to bands at different music clubs. Bruce's mom was disappointed. She had planned a big party for him! But Bruce wanted to do his own thing.

布鲁斯整个高中都和卡斯蒂利亚人一起玩。 在毕业典礼的早晨，布鲁斯去拿他的帽子和长袍。 但是有一个问题。一位老师说布鲁斯必须剪掉齐肩的头发，否则他就不能参加典礼了。 这让布鲁斯很生气。他决定不毕业。 相反，他坐了两个小时的公交车去曼哈顿，在不同的音乐俱乐部听乐队演奏。 布鲁斯的妈妈很失望。 她为他计划了一个盛大的聚会！但布鲁斯想做他自己的事。