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披头士成员简介

John Lennon  约翰·列侬

John Winston Lennon was born in Liverpool on October 9, 1940, during the height of WWII, his father, Fred Lennon, off at sea. His father didn't turn up again until five years later, and when he did he tried to take john away from his mother, Julia, when she refused to restart her life with him. Instead, he grew up in the Liverpool suburb of Woolton, with his Aunt Mimi and Uncle George Smith, at 251 Menlove Ave, which became nicknamed Mendips. Julia died in 1958, in an automobile accident practically in front of Mendips, when John was seventeen. nickname vt. 给...取绰号, 给...起浑名

Aunt Mimi ran a very strict household. John very quickly became bored at school, preferring drawing and writing about his classmates and teachers rather than his studies. Rebellious at an early age, he had a very rough school history, sagging off from school (going AWOL from classes) and petty stealing. His future looked bleak until Mimi got the headmaster of the Quarrybank school to write a letter of recommendation for John to the Liverpool Art College, because of his drawings. sagging v. 松弛, (物价)下跌, 漂流

It was at Liverpool Art College, in 1956, a friend played him Elvis' Heartbreak Hotel, and John's musical interest was piqued. Then he heard Lonnie Donegan's Rock Island Line on Radio Luxembourg, and became part of the new Skiffle craze by begging his Aunt Mimi until she broke down and bought him a guitar, although she forever told him he would never get anywhere with it. He had already learned to play the harmonica during his childhood, and he taught himself the guitar by applying banjo chords that his mother had taught him. piqued vt. 伤害...自尊心, 使...生气 banjo n. 班卓琴, 五弦琴

In 1955 he started his own band, the Quarrymen, with his long time pal and fellow troublemaker Pete Shotton, singing all the popular songs, sometimes making up the words when he couldn't get them all off the radio. Also in the Quarrymen were Nigel Walley and Ivan Vaughan, the rest of John's gang. It was Ivan Vaughan who introduced John to his friend, Paul McCartney, in 1957. John married his girlfriend of four years, Cynthia Powell, in 1962. She was pregnant with their son Julian at the time, who was born in April, 1963. pregnant adj. 怀孕的, 孕育的

In His Own Words About his time in art school, John said: "My whole school life was a case of 'I couldn't care less'. It was just a joke as far as I was concerned. Art was the only thing I could do, and my headmaster told me that if I didn't go to art school I might as well give up life. I wasn't really keen. I thought it would be a crowd of old men, but I should make the effort and make something of myself. I stayed for five years doing commercial art. Frankly, I found it all as bad as maths and science. And I loathed those. The funny thing was I didn't even pass art in the GCE. I spent the exam time doing daft cartoons. I got into art school by doing some decent stuff and taking it along to show them." daft adj. 愚蠢的

On musical differences: "From our earliest days in Liverpool, George and I on the one hand and Paul on the other had different musical tastes. Paul preferred 'pop type' music and we preferred what is now called 'underground'. This may have led to arguments, particularly between Paul and George, but the contrast in tastes, I'm sure, did more good than harm, musically speaking, and contributed to our success."

Paul McCartney保罗·麦卡特尼

On June 18, 1942, James Paul McCartney was born at Walton General Hospital in Liverpool, where his mother had previosly worked as a midwife. His brother, Michael, who's full name is Peter Michael McCartney, and who later went by the name of Mike McGear, was born eighteen months later. His family moved a few times, when he was 13, they moved to 20 Forthlin Road in Allerton, just across a golf course and a little over one mile away from where John lived with his Aunt Mimi. midwife n. 助产士, 接生员, 产婆

Music was always a part of the McCartney household. Before the war, Paul's father was a Cotton salesman during the day, and a jazz musician with Jim Mac's Jazz Band by night. Both Paul and his brother received piano lessons. His mother Mary died of breast cancer when he was fourteen, while the two brothers were away at Boy Scout camp. The antithesis of John Lennon as a school boy, Paul did very well in school.

When Lonnie Donnegan appeared in Liverpool and the Skiffle craze hit, Jim McCartney scraped together ?5 for a guitar for Paul. Paul's friend Ivan Vaughan invited Paul to Woolton to see the Quarrymen play in Woolton on July 6, 1957, but not really to hear the Quarrymen, it was because Vaughan had promised Paul it would be a great place to pick up girls, which Paul was already very interested in at the age of 14. Later in the afternoon, after hearing the Quarrymen play, Paul borrowed a guitar and impressed the boys with all the chords and the words to "Twenty Flight Rock". Paul's first impression of John was that he was drunk. But Paul wrote down the words for "Twenty Flight Rock" and "Be Bop a Lula" for him so that John could learn them. A few days later Pete Shotten told Paul the others wanted him to join the band. scraped vi. 刮掉, 擦掉, 刮出刺耳声

Paul switched to the Bass when the Beatles' bass player Stu Sutcliffe left the group in 1961. When all of the Beatles moved to London in 1963, Paul began to see actress Jane Asher on a steady basis. switched vt. 转换, 转变

In His Own Words On the creation of Apple, Paul said: "We've already bought all our dreams. We want to share that possibility with others. When we were touring, and when the adoration and hysteria were at a peak, if we'd been the shrewd operators we were often made out to be, we might have thought -- that's nice! Ah. Click. Let's use this for own evil ends. But there's no desire in any of our heads to take over the world. That was Hitler. That's what he wanted to do. There is, however, a desire to get power in order to use it for good." While speaking about the Maharishi, Paul said: "I realize now that taking drugs was like taking an aspirin without having a headache."

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George Harrison was born February 25, 1943, making him the youngest Beatle. The only Beatle who's childhood was not marred by divorce or death, he had two brothers, Harold Jr. and Peter, and a sister, Louise. His father, Harold, was a bus driver, and his mother a housewife, who all the kids in the neighborhood knew and liked.

George attended Dovedale Primary school, two forms behind John Lennon, and then Liverpool Institute, one form below Paul McCartney. He showed his independant nature at an early age, defying his school's age-old dress code by wearing jeans and growing long hair. His strict parents did not condone his disrespectful attitude and George soon learned to tone down his rebellion. When the skiffle craze hit Liverpool, George and his brother Peter formed a Skiffle band, but because they were so young, they had to sneak out of the house to play their first engagement. disrespectful adj. 失礼的, 无礼的 rebellion n. 谋反, 叛乱, 反抗, 不服从

George and Paul took the same bus to school, and soon found they had music and guitars in common. They spent many hours together at each other's homes practicing guitar. In 1956, Paul introduced the skinny and pimple-faced George to the Quarrymen, who was only 14 at the time. Not old enough to join the group, George hung around with the boys, and came to idolize John, doing everything he could to emulate him. George stood in the back of the room at all their shows with his guitar. A few times he filled in for the regular guitarist who didn't show up, and the boys were also welcomed in George's house by his mother to practice and for an occasional "jam buttie", encouragement which infuriated John's Aunt Mimi. Gradually, George became a member of the group, which by then had come to be called Johnny and the Moondogs. skinny adj. 皮的, 似皮的, 膜状的, 小的 pimple n. [医]丘疹, 面泡, 疙瘩 infuriated adj. 狂怒的

From the very start of the Beatles' popularity, George was as major a vocalist as John and Paul. As the songwriting of Lennon and McCartney became world-known, George started to concentrate more on writing songs as well, although many of the early songs written while with the Beatles went unrecorded. The first Beatles song written by George was Don't Bother Me. George became a very serious musician who worked dilgently to perfect his playing. His concentration to his playing was apparent while on stage, especially compared to the wild antics of John and Paul. dilgently n. 勤奋

George almost missed the Beatles' biggest appearance in America, the Ed Sullivan Show, on February 9, 1964, because of a sore throat. He met teenage model Patty Boyd while filming A Hard Day's Night and they got married on January 21, 1966. appearance n. 出现, 露面, 外貌, 外观

In His Own Words At their first session, when the Beatles were asked by George Martin if there wasn't anything they didn't like, George replied: "Well, I don't like your tie for a start." About Indian music and philosophy, George said: "After 'Norwegian Wood', I met Ravi Shankar at a friend's house in London, for dinner. He offered to give me instructions in the basics of the sitar, like how to sit, how to hold it, and the basic exercises. It was the first time I had ever really learned music with a bit of discipline. Then I started to listen to Indian music for the next two years, and hardly touched the guitar, except for recordings. Having all these material things, I wanted something more. And it happened that at just the time I wanted it, it came to me in the form of Ravi Shankar, Indian music, and the whole Indian philosophy." Ringo Starr林戈·斯塔尔

Richard Starkey was born in a small two-story terraced house in the Dingle area of Liverpool, on July 7, 1940, making him the oldest Beatle, three months older than John. His father, who's name was also Richard, was originally a Liverpool dock worker, and later worked in a bakery where he met Ringo's mother Elsie. His parents broke up in 1943, and Elsie later married Harry Graves, who little Richie called his "step ladder". terrace vt. 使成梯形地, 使有平台屋顶 bakery n. 面包店

Although remaining cheerful throughout his childhood, it was filled with hospital time, for appendicitis at 6, at which time he went into a coma for two months, and a cold which developed into pleurisy when he was 13, causing him to miss much school. By fifteen he could just barely read and write. appendicitis n. 阑尾炎, 盲肠炎 coma n. 昏迷 pleurisy n. [医] 肋膜炎, 胸膜炎

Like the other Beatles, young Ritchie also eventually became caught up in Liverpool's Skiffle craze. After starting his own group with Eddie Miles called The Eddie Clayton Skiffle Group in 1957, he joined The Raving Texans in 1959, a quartet which played while Rory Storm sang. During this time, he got the nickname Ringo, because of the rings he wore, and because it sounded "cowboyish", and the last name Starr so that his drum solos could be billed as "Starr Time". quartet n. 四重奏, 四重唱, 四部合奏(唱)曲

Notice Ringo's real name listed as "Richard Sharkey" Ringo first met the Beatles in Hamburg in October 1960 while there performing with what had become Rory Storm and The Hurricanes. Ringo joined the Beatles on August 18, 1962. Rory Storm was magnanimous about the theft of his drummer, but Pete Best fans were upset, holding vigils outside Pete's house and rioting at the Cavern Club, shouting "Pete Best forever! Ringo never!" His health would cause him problems again later, he missed three quarters of the 1964 tour of Scandanavia, Holland, the Far East and Australia, to have his tonsils out. Hurricanes n. 飓风, 狂风 magnanimous adj. 宽宏大量的, 有雅量的 quarters num. 四分之一, 刻 tonsils n. [解] 扁桃腺

The Beatles' first movie, originally to be called Beatlemania became to be called A Hard Day's Night because it was something Ringo had said one evening after a long and particularly grueling session. grueling n. 重罚, 严惩 Ringo married his long-time girlfriend Maureen Cox on February 11, 1965, and they had three children, Zak, Jason and Lee.

In His Own Words

About his early drumming, Ringo said: "I started to be an engineer but I banged me thumb on the first day. I became a drummer because it was the only thing I could do. But whenever I hear another drummer I know I'm no good. John learned me the song I sing. I can only play on the off beat because John can't keep up on the rhythm guitar. I'm no good on the technical things but I'm good with all the motions, swinging my head, like. That's because I love to dance but you can't do that on the drums. "I figure we're good for another four years. I don't want to invest me money in stocks or anything. I just want to have it and draw twenty or thirty quid a week. The main thing is, I don't ever want to go back to work."

披头士的家 London: Beatle Homes

57 Green Street, Mayfair	Hotel President, Russell Square
	13 Emperor's Gate, Brompton

The Beatles lived in the Hotel President in Bloomsbury in the summer of 1963 after making the move from Liverpool to London. They all moved into a flat at 57 Green Street, near Hyde Park, in the Autumn of 1963, the only true home shared by all four Beatles. John, Cynthia and baby Julian soon moved to their own place on Emperor's Gate (the building was since torn down to make way for the new office building at the rear of the picture).

Whaddon House, Knightsbridge	Whaddon House
	34 Montagu Square, Marylebone

Brian Epstein moved into the top floor apartment of Whaddon House in late 1963, followed shortly by George and Ringo, who shared an apartment here for over a year. Whaddon House is located on William Mews, a small, private street near Harrods and the Knightsbridge tube stop. Ringo moved into a two-level apartment on the ground floor and basement of an elegant building at 34 Montagu Square in 1965. Ringo moved again later in that year, but retained the lease on Montagu Square and loaned his apartment to several friends over the next few years, most notably Jimi Hendrix and John & Yoko, who lived here in 1968. (This is also where John & Yoko were busted for drugs in October 1968.) elegant: adj. 文雅的, 端庄的, 雅致的, <口>上品的, 第一流的 lease: n. 租借, 租约, 租赁物, 租期

57 Wimpole Street, Marylebone

7 Cavendish Avenue, St. John's Wood

Paul McCartney left Green Street to move into a top floor room on Wimpole Street at the family home of his girlfriend, actress Jane Asher. John and Paul wrote several songs, including "I Want to Hold Your Hand," in the basement music room of the Asher home. In 1966, Paul moved to his own home in St. John's Wood close to Abbey Road and EMI Studios. The Beatles frequently gathered here before or after sessions at Abbey Road.

Kenwood

Sunny Heights

John, George and Ringo all moved into large homes in the distant, wooded "stockbroker belt" suburbs of Surrey in the mid-sixties, leaving Paul the only true "London Beatle." John and Ringo both bought homes in the exclusive St. George's Hill Estate in Weybridge. John lived in "Kenwood" with Cynthia and Julian from 1964 until their divorce in 1968. Ringo and wife Maureen lived in "Sunny Heights" from 1965 through 1968. George bought a home ("Kinfauns") in the Claremont Estate in nearby Esher. stockbroker: n. 股票经纪人

24 Chapel Street, Belgravia

a view up Chapel Street

Brian Epstein moved, in January 1965, from Whaddon House to Chapel Street in Belgravia, an embassy district and one of the most exclusive areas in London. Many memorable parties were held at 24 Chapel Street, including the release party for "Sgt. Pepper," and Brian Epstein died here in August 1967.

披头士的出生地Liverpool: Beatle Birthplaces

Oxford Street Maternity Hospital

Walton Hospital

John Lennon was born on October 9, 1940 in the now-closed Maternity Hospital on Oxford Street, adjacent to the University of Liverpool campus. Paul McCartney was born on June 18, 1942 in Walton Hospital, where his mother had worked as a nurse. Walton Hospital is in the northern part of Liverpool not far from Paul's first home at 10 Sunbury Road.

adjacent: adj. 邻近的, 接近的

12 Arnold Grove

9 Madryn Street

George Harrison was born on February 25, 1943 in a tiny "two up, two down" on the Arnold Grove cul-de-sac not far from Penny Lane. Ringo Starr [Richard Starkey] was born on July 7, 1940 on Madryn Street in the "Dingle" area of Liverpool. Both George and Ringo were born at home.

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John spent his first five years at 9 Newcastle Road (two blocks from Penny Lane), the family home of his mother, Julia Stanley. He then moved into "Mendips," where he was raised by his Aunt Mimi and where he lived until he was twenty. John's mother was run over by a car and killed in front of Mendips when John was 17.

From 1946 until 1955, the McCartney family lived in the sprawling Speke industrial development south of Liverpool, first at 72 Western Avenue and then at 12 Ardwick Road.

sprawl: v. 四肢伸开地坐(或卧), 爬行, 蔓生, 蔓延

Paul McCartney's family moved to Forthlin Road in the Allerton suburb in 1955. (Paul's mother, Mary, died of breast cancer less than a year after the move to Forthlin Road.) The McCartney's old "council flat" has now been purchased and made a historic site by the National Trust.

suburb: n. 市郊, 郊区

George Harrison's family moved from his Arnold Grove birthplace to Upton Green in the Speke industrial development in 1950. George met Paul at a bus stop in Speke when both families lived there, and the Harrison home in this distant locale was the setting for many Quarrymen rehearsals, thanks to the relative tolerance of George's parents... The Harrisons moved up to Macket's Lane in 1962 and lived there until 1965, continually besieged by Beatle fans.

locale: n. 现场, 场所 besiege: vt. 围困, 围攻, 包围,

At the age of six, Ringo Starr moved to this small "two up, two down" on Admiral Grove, just around the corner from his birthplace on Madryn Street and in the heart of a working class area called The Dingle. Serious health problems made the Children's Hospital on Myrtle Street (now closed) his second home for nearly a year.

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