Элвис пресли на английском сочинение
Обновлено: 05.07.2024
FAITH LAPIDUS: Welcome to PEOPLE IN AMERICA, a program in VOA Special English.
Today Rich Kleinfeldt and Steve Ember tell about one of America’s most popular singers, Elvis Presley.
Сегодня Рич Клайнфелдт и Стив Эмбер рассказывают об одном из самых популярных певцов Америки - Элвисе Пресли
RICH KLEINFELDT: That song, “Hound Dog,” was one of Elvis Presley’s most popular records.
Эта песня - "Гончая собака" - была одной из самых популярных записей Элвиса Пресли
It sold five million copies in nineteen fifty-six.
В 1956г. было продано 5млн. экземпляров записи этой песни
Music industry experts say more than one thousand million of Elvis’s recordings have sold throughout the world.
Эксперты по музыкальной индустрии говорят, что по всему миру продано более 1тыс. миллионов записей Элвиса Пресли
He was a success in many different kinds of music -- popular, country, religious, and rhythm and blues.
Он достиг успеха в разных музыкальных стилях - поп, кантри, религиозный и ритм и блюз
Elvis Presley won many awards from nations all over the world. Yet, he did not record in any language other than English.
Элвис Пресли завоевал много наград по всему миру. Однако записывался только на английском языке
He never performed outside the United States, except for three shows in Canada.
Он никогда не выступал за пределами США, кроме трёх концертов в Канаде
Yet, his recordings and films have been, and are still, enjoyed by people all over the world.
И всё же его (музыкальные) записи и фильмы любили и до сих пор любят люди по всему миру
STEVE EMBER: Elvis Aaron Presley was born in the southern town of Tupelo, Mississippi on January eighth, nineteen thirty-five.
Элвис Аарон Пресли подился в южном городке Тупело, Миссисиппи, 8 января 1935г.
His family was extremely poor. During his childhood, he sang in church with his parents.
Семья была чрезвычайно бедной. В детстве он пел в церкви вместе с родителями
He also listened to music that influenced his later singing, including country, rhythm and blues, and religious music.
Также слушал музыку, которая потом повлияла на его пение, включая кантри, ритм и блюз и религиозную
Elvis and his family moved to Memphis, Tennessee when he was thirteen.
Когда Элвису было 13 лет, семья переехала в г.Мемфис, Теннесси
After high school, he had several jobs, including driving a truck. In nineteen fifty-three, he made his first recording of this song, “My Happiness”:
После средней школы поменял несколько мест работы, в т.ч. был водителем грузовика. В 1953г. сделал первую запись песни "Моё счастье"
RICH KLEINFELDT: Elvis Presley recorded the song at the Memphis Recording Service.
Элвис Пресли записал эту песню в Центре звукозаписи в Мемфисе
The story is that he paid four dollars to make a recording for his mother.
Говорят, он заплатил 4 доллара, чтобы сделать эту запись для своей матери
A woman who worked at the public recording studio had another job with a local independent record company called Sun Records.
Женщина-сотрудница центра работала также в частной компании звукозаписи "Сан рекордс"
She made a second recording of Elvis’s songs because she thought the owner of Sun Records should hear him sing.
Она сделала вторую запись песен Элвиса, т.к. считала, что его должен послушать владелец компании "Сан рекордс"
STEVE EMBER: The owner of Sun Records, Sam Phillips, had been looking for a white performer who could sing black rhythm and blues.
Владелец "Сан рекордс", Сэм Филлипс, искал белого исполнителя в стиле ритм и блюз
He suggested Elvis work with a guitar player and a bass player.
Он предложил Элвису поработать в сопровождении гитары и контабаса
Several months later Mister Phillips agreed to have the group make a record.
Через несколько месяцев г-н Филлипс согласился, чтобы эта группы сделала запись
It was released on July nineteenth, nineteen fifty-four. One of the songs was “That’s All Right”:
Запись вышла 19 июля 1954г. Одной из песен была "Всё хорошо"
The record sold well in Memphis, and was played a lot on local radio stations.
Запись хорошо продавалась в Мемфисе, часто исполнялась на местных радиостанциях
To let others hear Elvis, Sam Phillips organized a series of performances at country fairs in the area.
Чтобы познакомить публику с Элвисом, Сэм Филлипс организовал серию выступлений на местных ярмарках
One of the people who heard Elvis perform at these shows was Colonel Tom Parker.
Одним из тех, кто слышали выступления Элвиса в то время, был полковник Том Паркер
Elvis signed an agreement that Colonel Parker would organize his appearances.
Элвис подписал с полковником Паркером контракт на организацию выступлений
One of Elvis’ first new recordings became a huge hit, and led to his many appearances on television. It was “Heartbreak Hotel”:
Одна из первых новых записей Элвиса стала огромным хитом и привела к частым вытуплениям на телевидении. Это была песня "Отель разбитых сердец"
RICH KLEINFELDT: By the middle of the nineteen fifties, Elvis Presley was known around the world as the young man who moved his hips in a sexual way as he sang rock and roll music.
К середине 1950-ых годов Элвис Пресли стал известен по всему мироу как молодой человек, который сексуально двигал бёдрами и пел рок-н-ролл
Many adults said he and his music were bad influences on young people.
Многие (взрослые) считали, что его музыка плохо влияет на молодёжь
Young women loved him. Huge crowds attended his performances.
Молодые жещины его любили. Огромные толпы приходили на его выступления
He made his first movie in nineteen fifty-six. It was “Love Me Tender.” The title song was a big hit.
В 1956г. он впервые снялся в кино. Это был фильм "Люби меня нежно". Песня из него с тем же названием стала большим хитом
STEVE EMBER: Elvis Presley was one of the highest paid actors in Hollywood for a number of years in the nineteen fifties.
В 50-ых годах Элвис Пресли несколько лет был одним их самых высокооплачиваемых актёровГолливуда
He acted in thirty-one movies.
Он снялся в 31 фильме
In nineteen fifty-eight, just as he finished making the movie “King Creole,” Elvis received notice that he had to serve in the United States Army.
В 1958г., только что закончив съёмки в фильме "Король Креол", Элвис получил повестку на службу в армии США
He was stationed in Germany where he lived in a large house and dated a lot of beautiful women.
Он служил в Германии, где жил в большом доме и встречался со многими красивыми женщинами
One young girl he met in Germany was Priscilla Beaulieu, the daughter of an Army officer.
Одной из девушек, с которыми он позакомился в Германии, была Присцилла Больё, дочь армейского офицера
She was fourteen years old. Later, after Elvis had finished his army service, she came to live with him in Memphis.
Ей было 14 лет. Позднее, когда Элвис отслужил в армии, она переехала жить к нему в Мемфис
They married in nineteen sixty-seven, when she was twenty-one years old. He was thirty-two.
В 1967г. они поженились, когда её был 21 год. Ему было 32.
They became parents nine months later of a baby girl, Lisa Marie.
Через 9 месяцев они стали родителями девочки, Лизы Мари
RICH KLEINFELDT: Colonel Parker made sure that songs Elvis had recorded earlier were released during the years he was in the army.
Полковник Паркер позаботился, чтобы записи старых песен Элвиса продолжали выходить во время его службы в армии
So Elvis was just as popular after his military service as he was before it.
Так что и после службы в армии Элвис оставался таким же популярным, как до неё
Elvis Presley won three of the music industry’s highest award, the Grammy.
Элвис Пресли получил три Грэмми - высших награды в области музыки (музыкальной индустрии)
He received the first one in nineteen sixty-seven. It was for “How Great Thou Art,” an album of religious music.
Первую Грэмми он получил в 1967г. за альбом религиозной музыки "Как Ты Велик"
STEVE EMBER: Elvis returned to performing live shows in nineteen sixty-nine, in Las Vegas, Nevada.
В 1969г. Элвис вновь начал давать концерты в Лас-Вегасе, Невада
He then traveled around the country performing before huge crowds.
Затем гастролировал по всей стране, выступая перед огромными толпами
He began to take drugs to help him sleep. He gained a lot of weight so he took drugs to help control his weight.
Чтобы избавиться от бессоницы, стал принимать транквилизаторы. Он сильно поправился и для контроля веса также принимал таблетки
And he took extremely strong drugs to reduce pain.
Также он пил очень сильные таблетки, чтобы снять боль
Elvis also suffered from the emotional sickness, depression.
Элвис также страдал от психического заболевания, депрессии
It became worse after his marriage ended. Elvis never permitted Priscilla to stay with him in Las Vegas or travel with him around the country.
Депрессия усилилась, когда распался его брак. Элвис никогда не разрешал Присцилле жить с ним в Лас-Вегасе или путешествовать с ним по стране
He also did not want Priscilla to see other people when he was away from home.
Также он не хотел, чтобы Присцилла встречалась с кем-либо, когда его не было дома
And he spent time with other women. Priscilla finally left him in nineteen seventy-two for another man.
А сам проводил время с другими женщинами. Наконец, в 1974г. Присцилла ушла от него к другому мужчине
RICH KLEINFELDT: Elvis Presley released many recordings of his performances during the nineteen seventies.
В 1970-ых годах Элвис Пресли выпустил много записей своих выступлений
He also enjoyed great success on television.
Он также пользовался большим успехом на телевидении
His nineteen seventy-three television show from Hawaii was seen in forty countries by more than one thousand million people.
В 1973г. телешоу с его выступлением на Гавайях смотрели в 40 странах более 1 тыс. миллионов человек
His last record album was called “Moody Blue.” He recorded it in nineteen seventy-six. One of its hit songs was called “Way Down”:
Его последний альбом назывался "Moody Blue". Он записал его в 1976г. Один из хитов в нём назывался "Путь вниз"
STEVE EMBER: Elvis Presley died on August sixteenth, nineteen seventy-seven.
Элвис Пресли умер 16 августа 1977г.
First reports said he had a heart attack, but later tests showed many drugs in his body.
Experts agree that these drugs probably caused his death.
Специалисты соглашаются, что эти наркотики могли вызвать его смерть
Hundreds of thousands of people still visit his home, Graceland, in Memphis every year.
Сотни тысяч людей ппродолжают ежегодно посещать его дом в Грейсленде, Мемфис
Fans continue to buy his music, making him the most popular recording artist ever.
Фанаты продолжают покупать его записи. Записи Элвиса - самые популярные за всю историю звукозаписи
Elvis Presley remains the undisputed King of Rock and Roll.
Элвис Пресли остаётся неоспоримым Королём Рок-н-Ролла
FAITH LAPIDUS: This program was written by Nancy Steinbach. Rich Kleinfeldt and Steve Ember were the narrators. The producer was Paul Thompson. I’m Faith Lapidus. Listen again next week for another PEOPLE IN AMERICA program in VOA Special English.
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АМЕРИКА И АМЕРИКАНЦЫ
ELVIS PRESLEY
Elvis Presley was born in 1935, in East Tupelo, Mississippi. His family was poor. They moved to Memphis, Tennessee in search of better opportunities.
What influenced Elvis and his music? First there was his mother Gladys. For his eleventh birthday, Elvis wanted a rifle. Gladys convinced him to get a guitar. Then there were the revivals, or religious meetings, he went to. These revivals were highly emotional, with singing as well as preaching and prayer. Elvis was influenced by the gospel music sung and by the way the preachers stirred up the crowds emotions. Finally there was Memphis. Memphis was a centre for blues and had a radio station that played gospel, blues and rhythm-and-blues. Elvis often listened to this station.
Elvis became a truck driver. One day in 1954, he stopped in at the Memphis Recording Studio and just for fun, recorded a song. Sam Phillips, the studio head, heard the song and immediately recognized Elvis's potential. He called Elvis back for a real recording session.
Elvis was an instant hit on the radio and soon he went on tour. Again, success came more from spontaneity than from deliberate plans.
Elvis's career was interrupted in the late 1950's, when he went into the army. In 1968 he returned to live performances. But to many people, these performances were like a bad imitation of his former self. Elvis also had problems in his personal life (divorced his wife him), as well as problems with his weight and with drugs.
Elvis died in 1977, at age 42. The Beatles replaced Elvis in the early 1960s as the most important figures in rock.
Elvis's mistique lives on. Each year thousands of fans visit Graceland, his mansion in Memphis. Elvis look-alike contests are still popular.
Elvis Presley, who died at the age of 42 on August 16,1977, will be remembered as one of the earliest and greatest rock and roll singers. His recordings of "Blue Suede Shoes", "Hound Dog" and "Heartbreak Hotel" will always be classics. To his own generation and to others born after his career began, Elvis remained "the King".
A new art form, a youth revolution were not among the ideas of Presley and his promoters. He was launched in the middle fifties as a money-making singer with a life, possibly, of six months. But he was to create a style which fascinated millions of young people for twenty years.
Elvis Aron Presley was bom in January, 1935, in the small town of Tupelo, Fast Mississippi. His parents were poor factory workers. Elvis was one of twin boys, his brother Aron died at birth. Throughout his childhood, Elvis was beloved of all who knew him, especially his mother Gladys. Elvis, in return, was very fond of his mother, and was deeply affected by her death in 1958.
The Presley family moved to Memphis when Elvis was 10. Elvis had received a musical education no greater than any boy in the Southern States of the USA, picking up simple guitar-playing, singing in church or at country fairs. When he left school, he was to work as a truck driver.
Etvis's first success was a recording made for Sam Phillips at Sun Records in Memphis: "That's All Right, Mama". Phillips saw the possibilities in а у white boy who could sing black music. It was he Ik who encouraged Presley to develop a style unlike0^ anything ever heard in Country and Western music.
Presley might none the less have become unknown to the great public but for the work of "Colonel" - Tom Parker who steered his career as manager - flooding the market with songbooks, lipsticks, sweaters and picture albums of his Eh/is.
The "Colonel" restricted Elvis's TV shows to one every two years-he saw the dangers of being seen too often by the masses. This and, of course, his powerful singing made Elvis's success. "Heartbreak Hotel" alone stayed for eight weeks at number one in the American hit-parade.
Элвиса Пресли, который умер в возрасте 42 лет 16 августа 1977 г., будут помнить как одного из первых и величайших певцов рок-н-ролла. Его записи "Голубые замшевые туфли", "Гончий пес", "Отель, где разбиваются сердца" будут всегда классикой. Элвис остался королем для своего поколения и для других, рожденных после начала его карьеры.
Новая форма искусства, молодежная революция не были идеями Пресли и его покровителей. Предполагалось, что его карьера как певца принесет прибыль и продлится, возможно, шесть месяцев. Но ему было суждено создать стиль, который очаровал миллионы молодых людей на двадцать лет.
Элвис Арон Пресли родился в январе 1935 г. в маленьком городке Тупело (Восточная Миссисипи). Его родители были бедными заводскими рабочими. Элвис был одним из братьев-близнецов. Его брат Арон умер при рождении. Все детство Элвис был любимчиком всех, кто его знал, особенно своей матери Глэдис. Элвис, в свою очередь, очень любил мать и был глубоко поражен ее смертью в 1958 г.
Семья Пресли переехала в Мемфис, когда Элвису было 10 лет. Элвис получил музыкальное образование не большее, чем любой другой мальчик в южных штатах США, быстро научившись играть на гитаре, петь в церкви или на деревенских ярмарках. Когда он окончил школу, работал водителем грузовика.
Первый успех Элвису принесла запись, сделанная для Сэма Филлипса на "Сан Рекорде" в Мемфисе: "Все хорошо, мама". Филлипс обратил внимание на возможности белокожего мальчика, который мог петь негритянские песни. Именно он помог Пресли развить стиль, непохожий ни на что ранее слышанное в музыке в стиле кантри или музыке Запада.
Тем не менее Пресли мог бы не стать широко известным, если бы не роль Полковника - Тома Паркера, который был его менеджером и наводнил рынок песенниками, губной помадой, свитерами и альбомами с фотографиями Элвиса.
Полковник сократил выступления Элвиса в телешоу до одного раза в два года - он знал, как опасно для певца часто быть на глазах у публики. Это и, конечно же, его прекрасное пение принесли Элвису успех. Один лишь "Отель, где разбиваются сердца" оставался на первом месте в американских хит-парадах восемь лет.
Биографии на английском
Элвис Пресли биография на английском языке
Elvis Aaron Presley was born to Vernon and Gladys Presley in a two-room house in Tupelo, Mississippi, on January 8, 1935. He and his parents moved to Memphis, Tennessee, in 1948, and Elvis graduated from Humes High School there in 1953.
Elvis’ musical influences were the pop and country music of the time, the gospel music he heard in church and at the all-night gospel sings he frequently attended, and the black R&B he absorbed on historic Beale Street as a Memphis teenager.
In 1954, Elvis began his singing career with the legendary Sun Records label in Memphis. In late 1955, his recording contract was sold to RCA Victor. By 1956, he was an international sensation. With a sound and style that uniquely combined his diverse musical influences and blurred and challenged the social and racial barriers of the time, he ushered in a whole new era of American music and popular culture.
He starred in 33 successful films, made history with his television appearances and specials, and knew great acclaim through his many, often record-breaking, live concert performances on tour and in Las Vegas. Globally, he has sold over one billion records, more than any other artist. His American sales have earned him gold, platinum or multi-platinum awards. Among his many awards and accolades were 14 Grammy nominations (3 wins) from the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences, the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award which he received at age 36, and his being named One of the Ten Outstanding Young Men of the Nation for 1970 by the United States Jaycees. Without any of the special privileges, his celebrity status might have afforded him, he honorably served his country in the U.S. Army.
His talent, good looks, sensuality, charisma, and good humor endeared him to millions, as did the humility and human kindness he demonstrated throughout his life. Known the world over by his first name, he is regarded as one of the most important figures of twentieth century popular culture. Elvis died at his Memphis home, Graceland, on August 16, 1977.
Биографию Элвиса Пресли на русском Вы можете прочесть, чтобы узнать больше о его жизни.
When Elvis Presley died on 16th August, 1977, radio and television programmes all over the world were interrupted to give the news of his death. President Carter was asked to declare a day of national mourning. Carter said, “Elvis Presley changed the face of American popular culture… He was unique and irreplaceable”. Eighty thousand people attended his funeral. The streets were jammed with cars, and Elvis Presley films were shown on television, and his records were played on the radio all day. In the year after his death, 100 million Presley LPs were sold.
In 1948, when he was thirteen, his family moved to Memphis, Tennessee. He left school in 1953 and got a job of a truck driver. In the summer of 1953 Elvis paid $4 and recorded two songs for his mother’s birthday at Sam Phillips’ Sun Records studio, Sam Phillips heard Elvis and asked him to record “That’s All Right” in July 1954. 20 000 copies were sold, mainly in and around Memphis. He made five more records for Sun, and in July 1955 he met Colonel Tom Parker, who became his manager in November. Parker sold Elvis’s contract to RCA Records. Sun Records got $35 000 and Elvis got $5 000. With the money he bought a pink Cadillac for his mother. On January 10th, 1956, Elvis recorded “Heartbreak Hotel”, and a million copies were sold. In the next fourteen months he made another fourteen records, and they were all big hits. In 1956 he also made his first film in Hollywood.
In March 1958, Elvis had to join the army. He wanted to be an ordinary soldier. When his hair was cut thousands of women cried. He spent the next two years in Germany, where he met Priscilla Beaulieu, who became his wife eight years later on May 1st, 1967. In 1960 he left the army and went to Hollywood where he made several films during the next few years. By 1968 many people had become tired of Elvis. He hadn’t performed live since 1960. But he recorded a new LP
”From Elvis in Memphis” and appeared in a special television programme. He became popular again, and went to Las Vegas, where he was paid $750 000 for four weeks.
In 1972 his wife left him, and they were divorced in October, 1973.He died from a heart attack. He had been working too hard, and eating and drinking too much for several years. He left all his money to his only daughter, Lisa Marie Presley. She became one of the richest people in the world when she was only nine years old.
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