0 Who Was Bob Marley

Who Was Bob Marley? by Katie Ellison

鲍勃·马利是谁？凯蒂·埃里森

Who Was Bob Marley? When he was twelve years old, Bob Marley and his mother, Cedella, boarded the bungo-bungo. That was what people in the Jamaican countryside called the public buses. Bob and Cedella were riding from their small, friendly village, called Nine Mile, to Kingston, Jamaica's capital city. Watching their neighbors wave good-bye, Cedella wasn't as sad as Bob. He was probably thinking about what they were leaving behind: soccer games in the grassy hills and the music his neighbors played on their porches at night. But Cedella was sure she could find a better life for herself and her son in Kingston. So in 1957, Bob and Cedella rolled down Jamaica's dirt roads in the bungo-bungo to their new home. They moved to a Kingston neighborhood called Trench Town. When they arrived, Bob was nervous about what he saw.

鲍勃·马利是谁？12岁时，鲍勃·马利和他的母亲塞黛拉登上了蹦蹦船。 这是牙买加农村人对公共汽车的称呼。 鲍勃和塞黛拉正从他们友好的小村庄“九英里”出发，前往牙买加的首都金斯顿。 看着邻居们挥手告别，塞黛拉并不像鲍勃那样伤心。 他可能在想他们留下的东西：草地上的足球比赛和邻居晚上在门廊上播放的音乐。 但塞黛拉确信她能在金斯敦为自己和儿子找到更好的生活。 所以在1957年，鲍勃和塞黛拉在牙买加的土路上蹦蹦跳跳地奔向他们的新家。 他们搬到了金斯敦一个叫Trench Town的社区。 当他们到达时，鲍勃对他所看到的感到紧张。

Trench Town was a part of the city with run-down buildings and streets crowded with people who were very poor. Many called it a slum. There was no indoor plumbing, so the people of Trench Town had to collect water from pumps in public spaces, called yards. Public yards were like dusty parks set in the middle of big concrete apartment buildings that had been built by the government.

特伦奇镇是城市的一部分，到处都是破旧的建筑，街道上挤满了非常贫穷的人。 许多人称之为贫民窟。因为没有室内管道，所以特伦奇镇的人们不得不从被称为院子的公共场所的水泵里取水。 公共庭院就像尘土飞扬的公园，坐落在政府建造的大型混凝土公寓楼中间。

Trench Town could be a dangerous place. People sometimes stole from one another and fought in the street. Bob kept to himself and observed his new neighborhood, trying hard to feel at home there. Bob noticed that the public yards were where neighbors gathered to talk or play cards and soccer.

战壕镇可能是个危险的地方。 人们有时互相偷窃，在街上打架。 鲍勃一个人待着，观察着他的新邻居，努力在那里找到家的感觉。 鲍勃注意到公共院子是邻居们聚在一起聊天、打牌和踢足球的地方。

Some kids played music there. Sometimes it could seem almost like Nine Mile! When Bob played his guitar in the yard by his house, other kids noticed how talented he was. They even asked to play with him. Singing and playing with his new neighbors in the public yard, Bob celebrated the good things in life, like having a full meal and a close friend. It seemed the struggles of the poorest people in Kingston made them appreciate the joy that music brought to their lives more than anyone Bob had ever met. That's when Bob knew he always wanted to make music—the kind that brought people together to share simple, everyday joys. And Bob went on to do just that. His music continues to inspire and uplift people everywhere.

一些孩子在那里演奏音乐。 有时它看起来几乎像九英里！当鲍勃在自家院子里弹吉他时，其他孩子都注意到他是多么有天赋。 他们甚至要求和他一起玩。 鲍勃和他的新邻居们在公共院子里唱歌玩耍，庆祝生活中的美好事物，比如有一顿丰盛的饭和一个亲密的朋友。 金斯顿最穷的人的挣扎似乎使他们比鲍勃见过的任何人都更懂得音乐给他们生活带来的快乐。 那时鲍勃知道他一直想做音乐——那种把人们聚集在一起分享简单的日常快乐的音乐。 鲍勃就这样做了。 他的音乐继续激励和鼓舞着世界各地的人们。