Bill made an honest effort to change his brother's mind.

He has a genuine and abiding love of the craft.

他对这门手艺有着真挚持久的热爱。

Jazz gave way to rock and then to the twist, folk, rock again, soul, funk, heavy metal, disco, punk, reggae, hip-hop and so on ( I left out mambo, but it is there, somewhere).

爵士让位给摇滚，再被扭扭舞取代，接下来是民谣、摇滚、灵乐、放克、重金属、迪斯科、朋克、雷鬼、嘻哈等等（我略过了曼波音乐，但它确实在某些地方颇有影响力）。

They have started showing a strong soul element in their sound

他们的音乐风格开始表现出一种强烈的灵乐特色。

But as a soul singer her heritage was already royal rather than rags: daughter of Cissy Houston of the Sweet Inspirations,

但作为一个灵乐歌手，她已经继承了一流的遗产宝藏而非一无所有。她是“甜美灵感”乐队茜茜•休斯顿的女儿，

Rock, and then soul, and then punk album covers.

摇滚乐，还有骚灵乐，然后是朋克专辑的封面。

Together with Off the Wall and Thriller's producer Quincy Jones, he devised an upbeat musical blend of soul, RB and disco that ushered in the high-tech dance-pop of today.

杰克逊与上述两张专辑的制作人昆西琼斯（Quincy Jones）一道，发明了一种将灵乐、节奏蓝调（RB）与迪斯科杂糅起来的欢快的音乐形式，开创了当今的高科技机械舞。

That aong is a successful melange of music styles, from soul and rhythm and blues to rap.

那首歌是从灵乐、节奏布鲁斯到说唱等各种音乐风格的成功组合。

We can not try this man; he is mentally unfit to plead.

我们不能审问这个人, 他的精神状况不适于辩解.

Mr Mugabe, sycophant-surrounded and with his own foreign-currency wallet, is short of neither bread nor baubles, and may do the same.

佞人环绕且有海外存款的穆加贝衣食无忧、怡然自得，他很可能做出同样的事来。

The restaurant is running short of supplies of bread.

饭店的面包贮量不足了。

He who does work on his land will not be short of bread; but he who goes after foolish men is without sense.

耕种自己田地的，必得饱食。追随虚浮的，却是无知。

Short courses, the bread and butter of many schools, are often the first to be axed by companies in the face of any economic downturn.

在经济低迷时期，企业削减开支的第一个项目通常是短期课程，而这种课程是许多商学院的主要收入来源。

Still, Ms. Lubin, who is not an Apple user, said it seemed sad that “somebody as creative as Steve Jobs could not have figured out a more graceful and creative solution.”

此外，非苹果用户卢宾女士还说，“像史蒂夫·乔布斯这样有创意的人竟然想不出一个更得体更有创造性的解决方法来”真是令人难过。

Sad to say, this seaside resort formerly asas a painting, but now is overcrowded with people.

不幸的是, 这个海滨胜地曾经风景如画, 现在却人满为患.

I am sad to say he is not well enough to travel to Athens.

我很难过在他生病期间我却去雅典.

But, sad to say, Plato's words ring as true today as when he spoke them.

但是, 很不幸地说, 当柏拉图说到这些时,他的话在今天仍然是真实的.

When I a schoolgirl , sad to say, I longed to shower my teachers with presents.

不好意思地讲,当初我念书的时候, 我常常想给老师送礼.

Sad to say, you're finding really good things.

很难过的说, 你能找到好东西.

Sad to say, she hasn't given us permission to do it.

不幸的是, 她没准许我们做这件事.

Sad to say , however, this first ecstasy was but of short duration.

不过,我们真不好意思启口, 开始这种飘飘然的心情很快被扰乱了.