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Yemi, Musician Poet

J: Hello I'm Jody! Welcome to American Cafe.

Y: 大家好，我是楊晨。歡迎您到美語咖啡屋。我們今天的客人是Yemi。Yemi是個(gè)很有意思的人，您聽了我們的節(jié)目保證會(huì)喜歡上他。

J: Oh, I think you're going to find Yemi very interesting. First of all he's a sound engineer. But that's not all he does.

Y:沒錯(cuò)，不過我們首先還是讓Yemi來作一個(gè)自我介紹吧。

實(shí)錄1: Yemi: My full name is Yemi... and I'm from Washington, D.C. I was born in 1976. I perform, I produce, and write songs under the name, stage name, Nfact which is N-f-a-c-t. If you'd like more information you can visit my website at Nfactonline.com (https://nfactonline.com/).

Y: 你覺不覺得Yemi 的聲音讓你一聽就知道他很會(huì)唱歌。

J: As soon as you hear Yemi, you know he's a singer. He has a great voice.

Y: 實(shí)際上他確實(shí)是個(gè)好歌手。而且他告訴我們他很快就要出唱片了。

J: That's right. He's soon to release an album, which is a huge step in a musician's career. So we're really happy for him.

J: Way to go, Yemi.

Y: Yemi，加油。

J: Again here's Yemi.

實(shí)錄2: Yemi: And lately I've been working on my album. We'll probably sell it at our website and other websites.

Y: Yemi剛才說他的唱片在網(wǎng)上就可以買到。

J: That's right. Yemi says that you can buy his album on the Internet. And not only does Yemi record music, but he also writes poems and performs them a local poetry readings here in Washington D.C.

Y: Yemi不僅會(huì)唱歌，還是個(gè)詩人，所以我說他很有意思。

J: On Wednesdays he performs at a place called the Bohemian Caverns, a famous place in Washington DC.

Y: 每個(gè)星期三Yemi都要在一個(gè)叫Bohemian Caverns的地方表演詩歌朗誦。

實(shí)錄3: Yemi: My more recent performances lately have been poetry readings at a place called Bohemian Caverns here in Washington D.C. And every Wednesday they have, ah, local poets come out and read their poetry.

Y: Poetry reading就是詩歌朗誦。

J: According to Yemi the crowd at Bohemian Caverns is really supportive. And he says it's inspiring to have other poets listen to his poems.

實(shí)錄4: Yemi: The Bohemian Caverns ... my experience there ... it's more like a lot of poets coming out to hear other poets. Well, I like it because the other poets listen. They actually listen to what I'm saying and, um, it's supportive. And then when I hear some of their stuff it kinda of inspires me to go home and write even better poetry.

Y: 一群詩人聚在一起，討論詩歌、互相支持、互相鼓勵(lì)。其實(shí)說起來Yemi的詩，他的詩內(nèi)容都很嚴(yán)肅。他覺得自己有責(zé)任要喚醒年輕的一代人，希望他們更加獨(dú)立，更加有責(zé)任感。

J: He feels a responsibility to wake his generation, which he feels has been bred to be dependent - which means raised to rely on other people too much.

Y: 對(duì)，就是太依賴別人，比如太依賴父母，朋友或周圍的人。

實(shí)錄5: Yemi: A lot of the stuff that I write has more to do with waking up my generation. I feel like we've been a generation that's been bred to be dependent.

Y: 下面我們請(qǐng)Yemi來朗讀一段他的詩歌。

J: Now, you may not understand all the words in his poem ...

Y: 如果你聽不懂不要緊，只要去感覺就可以了。

實(shí)錄6: Yemi:

Nfact, what is this we call rap?

Intertwining words through instruments, instrumentals to your mental.

Weaving and bobbing through notes with verbs,

Is it just that simple?

Oh come come now. Will this ever stop here? Does this ever stop now?

Hallelujah is powerful happiness over the people. But you aint gettin' it.

Y'all too busy searching for a hero.

Yes, Yes. Y'all too busy searching for a hero.