2 Cruising

Chapter 2 Cruising When George was fifteen, his family moved from Ramona Avenue to a walnut ranch on the outskirts of Modesto. There was plenty of room for George to pursue his new passions. The first was music. When school was over, rather than doing his homework, George locked himself in his room, listening to rock and roll, drinking Coca-Cola, and eating Hershey bars.

乔治十五岁时，全家从雷蒙纳大道搬到了莫德斯托郊区的一个核桃农场。 乔治有足够的空间去追求他的新爱好。 首先是音乐。放学后，乔治不做作业，而是把自己锁在房间里，听着摇滚，喝着可口可乐，吃着好时巧克力棒。

George's father bought him a 35-millimeter camera and helped him convert the family's spare bathroom into a darkroom to develop pictures. Whenever George heard a crop plane flying overhead, he ran outside to take pictures of it. THE BIRTH OF ROCK AND ROLL ROCK AND ROLL WAS BORN OUT OF THE TRADITIONS OF COUNTRY MUSIC, RHYTHM AND BLUES, AND GOSPEL MUSIC. AFTER WORLD WAR II, WITH THE GROWING AVAILABILITY AND MASS

乔治的父亲给他买了一台35毫米的相机，并帮他把家里的备用浴室改成了暗房，用来冲洗照片。 每当乔治听到一架农用飞机从头顶飞过，他就跑出去拍照。 摇滚乐起源于乡村音乐、节奏布鲁斯音乐和福音音乐的传统。 第二次世界大战后，随着越来越多的可用性和质量

PRODUCTION OF RECORD PLAYERS, ELECTRIC GUITARS, AND TRANSISTOR RADIOS, SONGS LIKE "ROCK AROUND THE CLOCK" BY BILL HALEY AND THE COMETS, "THAT'S ALL RIGHT" BY ELVIS PRESLEY, AND "MAYBELLENE" BY CHUCK BERRY GAINED POPULARITY. THE ROCK-AND-ROLL SOUND HAD A DRIVING BEAT AND A FAST TEMPO THAT KIDS LOVED AND PARENTS HATED. MORE THAN JUST A STYLE OF MUSIC, ROCK AND ROLL BECAME A LOOK AND AN ATTITUDE, INFLUENCING FASHION AND LANGUAGE. IT WAS EXCITING, REBELLIOUS, AND WILD

唱片机、电吉他和晶体管收音机的生产，以及比尔·哈利和彗星乐队的《摇滚24小时》、埃尔维斯·普雷斯利的《没关系》和查克·贝里的《美宝林》等歌曲的流行。 摇滚的声音有强烈的节奏和快节奏，孩子们喜欢，父母讨厌。 摇滚乐不仅仅是一种音乐风格，它还成为一种外观和态度，影响着时尚和语言。 这是令人兴奋的，叛逆的，狂野的

When he was fourteen, George became fascinated with motorcycles. A year later, his focus shifted to cars. He was still too young to have a license, but he often drove around the ranch for fun. He hung out in auto repair shops, looking under the hoods of cars. At sixteen, George failed his driver's test because he didn't follow the rules of the road. He eventually got his license, but he still wasn't good at following the rules. George Sr. also got George his own

乔治十四岁时就迷上了摩托车。 一年后，他的关注点转向了汽车。 他还太小，没有驾照，但他经常开着车绕着牧场兜风。 他在汽车修理店闲逛，观察汽车引擎盖下的情况。 16岁时，乔治没有通过驾驶考试，因为他不遵守交通规则。 他最终拿到了驾照，但他仍然不善于遵守规则。 老乔治也给乔治买了自己的

car, a Fiat. It wasn't the kind of car George had in mind. "It had a sewing machine motor in it," he said. "It was a dumb little car. What could I do with that? It was practically a motor scooter." George made plans to turn the Fiat into a racing car. George's parents were getting worried. His grades were terrible. He looked like a JD— juvenile delinquent. Nice boys in the late 1950s wore chinos and sweaters and cut their hair short. George grew his hair past his ears and slicked it back with Vaseline. He wore dirty jeans and white T-shirts. George was becoming a greaser (so named for all the grease they wore in their hair). George and his friends drove up and down the streets of Modesto looking for girls and listening to rock and roll. George's favorite radio DJ was Wolfman Jack, the outlaw of the airwaves, who broadcast late at night from a Mexican radio station. No one knew the real identity of the Wolfman, but George came to think of him as a friend.

汽车，一辆菲亚特。这不是乔治想要的那种车。 “它有一个缝纫机马达，”他说。 “那是一辆不起眼的小汽车。 我能用它做什么呢？ 它实际上是一辆摩托车。” 乔治计划把菲亚特变成一辆赛车。 乔治的父母开始担心了。 他的成绩很差。他看起来像个少年犯。 20世纪50年代末的好男孩穿斜纹棉布裤和毛衣，剪短头发。 乔治把头发留到耳朵以上，用凡士林把头发往后梳。 他穿着脏牛仔裤和白t恤。 乔治正在成为一个油脂师（因为他们在头发上涂了很多油脂而得名）。 乔治和他的朋友们开车在莫德斯托的街道上来来往往，一边找女孩，一边听摇滚乐。 乔治最喜欢的电台DJ是狼人杰克，他是电波界的不法之徒，在深夜从一家墨西哥电台播音。 没人知道狼人的真实身份，但乔治把他当成了朋友。