Obituary
84. Michael Jackson
Jul 2nd 2009 From The Economist print edition

Michael Jackson, pop star, died on June 25th, aged 50

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FIRST, the songs. The light, infectious lilt of "Don't Stop Til You Get Enough". The sheer, vicious swoop of "Speed Demon". The soft, syncopated sadness of "Billie Jean", or the raucous shouts of "Bad". His high, pure tenor was shot through with the little yips and sighs he had learnt from Diana Ross. And behind it lay the astonishing confidence of child-star Michael in "I'll Be There' or "Rockin' Robin", with each note treble-true and each time-change as natural as taking breath.
Next, the dancing, springing from the music like a bird out of a trap. Pointing, jerking, thrusting, with rage in his feet, as Fred Astaire said once. He was at war with the floor as it slid away in the Moonwalk, and with the air as he spun through it. He danced with his knees, on tiptoe, hunching his shoulders to his ears. His splayed hand pulled at his crotch as if emasculation would be sweet to him.

A. 어휘
light 경쾌한. infectious 전염성의. lilt 경쾌한 리듬. sheer 완전한, 절대적인.
vicious 아주 굉장한, 부도덕한. swoop 急降下(급강하), 急襲(급습).
demon 악마. syncopated (음악) 强弱拍(강약박)의 移換(이환), 강약이 교차하다.
raucous 목쉰 소리의, 귀에 거슬리는. yip 강아지가 깽깽 우는 소리. sigh 한숨.
astonishing 깜짝 놀라게 하는, 눈부신. confidence 自信(자신).
note 音(음), 音調(음조). treble 最高音符(최고음부)의, 고음의, 3배의.
treble-true 트레블 트루. time-change 타임 체인지.
Rockin󰡑 Robin󰡓흔들리는 울새. spring 춤추다, 튀어 오르다. trap 덫.
point 가리키다. jerk 홱 잡아당기다. thrust 찌르다. rage 怒發大發(노발대발).
slide-slid-slid 미끄러지다. moonwalk 댄스 기교중의 하나. the air 空中(공중).
spin-spun-spun 빠른 속도로 회전하다. hunch 등을 활 모양으로 구부리다.
splayed hand 비스듬하게 펼친 손. crotch 바지의 가랑이.
emasculation 去勢(거세), 무력화.

B. 구문
- He was at war with the floor . . . he spun through it.
[잭슨은 the Moonwalk에서 무대의 바닥과, 공중에서 고속으로 회전하며 공중과 싸웠다. ]

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The show was everything. Lights made a giant of him as he stood motionless: one white, glittering, gloved hand raised, fedora pulled down at a slant. Under the tight, too-short trousers, sequinned socks ("No one would recognise Bruce Springsteen by his socks"). On stage he felt truly alive, invincible, "unlimited". He would appear in explosions of smoke and fire, or fly away like an astronaut. On his videos he was a leader of crowds, prowling the city in "Thriller" (1983) in an outfit red as blood. P.T. Barnum was his model, crossed with Walt Disney. He wanted his life to be "the greatest show on earth". And so, for much of the 1980s and 1990s, it was, with "Thriller" the biggest-selling album ever, eight Grammys in 1983, his dark, lavish videos a staple of the fledgling MTV channel and his place as the King of Pop assured.

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What lay behind it? He told his biographer, Randy Taraborrelli, that he had "deep, dark secrets". They were encased in a voice as soft as a whisper, a handshake that felt like a cloud, a face as pale and delicate as plastic surgery and Porcelana skin-bleach could make it. Dark glasses and surgical masks kept the world away from him. On his estate at Neverland in southern California, remote from the "normal people" who might grab and scratch him, he lived like a child with blank-eyed mannequins, pet snakes and Ferris wheels. He shared his meals with a chimpanzee and his bed with young boys, "the most loving thing to do". People spread rumours about him, even twice accused him of sexual abuse, but he was never proved guilty of anything: except love, and desire for lost childhood, and a longing to be Peter Pan

A. 어휘
lights 照明(조명). motionless 움직이지 않는. glittering 번쩍이는.
gloved 장갑을 낀. fedora 中折帽(중절모). at a slant 비스듬히. trousers 바지.
sequinned socks 장식용 금속판이 달린 양말. recognise 알아 보다, 인식하다.
invincible 無敵(무적)의, 불패의. explosion 폭발. astronaut 우주비행사.
prowl 사냥감을 찾아서 헤매다, 배회하다. outfit 한 벌의 옷, 장비 一襲(일습).
cross 교차하다. dark 소리가 탁한. lavish 호화로운, 풍부한. staple 주요 상품.
fledgling 풋내기, 깃털이 갓 난 새. assured 보장된. neverland 꿈나라, 머나먼 곳.
biographer 전기작가. encase ...을 넣다, 싸다. whisper 속삭임.
delicate 精緻(정치)한, 優美(우미)한. plastic surgery 성형수술.
bleach 漂白(표백). skin-bleach 피부를 하얗게 하는 것.
Porcelana skin-bleach 포르세로나 도자기 같이 하얀 피부.
surgical masks 수술하여 고친 얼굴. estate 저택. grab 잡아채다.
scratch 할퀴다, 긁다. blank 공백. blank-eyed 눈이 없는.
Ferris wheels 유원지의 회전하는 페리스 관람車(차). accused 고발하다.
abuse 추행, 욕지거리, 남용. guilty 유죄의. longing 渴望(갈망), 憧憬(동경).

B. 구문
- He wanted his life to be . . . as the King of Pop assured.
cf. so.... it was : it→"the greatest show on earth"
his dark, lavish videos→ a staple 과 同格(동격)
[잭슨은 그의 삶이 “지상 최대의 쇼가 되기를 원했다. 그래서 1983년에 그래미償(상) 8개 부문을 받으며 가장 많이 팔린 󰡒Thriller󰡓와 新參(신참)MTV 채널의 주요 공연물이 된 그의 강렬하고도 화려한 비디오와 팝의 왕으로서의 확고한 위치로 인해 1980년대와 1990년대의 대부분 동안 그의 삶은 지상최대의 쇼가 되었다.