火星哥：努力+才华=成功

导读：“火星哥”布鲁诺·马尔斯是欧美乐坛公认的音乐才子，在2017年11月举行的全美音乐奖颁奖礼上一举拿下了六项大奖。而谈到自己的成功秘籍，火星哥认为只有一个诀窍：努力。

Like it or not， people tend to give labels to singers—Adele， pop； Eminem， rap； Miranda Lambert， country. But that rule doesnt seem to apply to Bruno Mars. The 33-year-old US singer is， in the eyes of The New York Times critic Jon Caramanica， “one of the most versatile and accessible singers” working today.

不论你是否喜欢，人们总会给歌手们贴上标签——阿黛尔，流行歌手；埃米纳姆，饶舌歌手；米兰达·兰伯特，乡村歌手。但贴标签这一说法似乎并不适用于“火星哥”布鲁诺·马尔斯。在《纽约时报》评论家乔恩·卡拉曼尼卡看来，这位现年33岁的美国歌手是当今活跃在歌坛中“最多才多艺又平易近人的歌手之一”。

After hearing the musician display a wide variety of music styles ranging from pop to hip-hop to rock， Caramanica said， “there is nowhere Mars doesnt belong.”

在听完这位音乐人演绎流行、嘻哈、摇滚等多样的音乐曲风后，卡拉曼尼卡说道：“没有哪种曲风是马尔斯无法驾驭的。”

Mars won six awards at the American Music Awards on Nov. 19， 2017 including Artist of the Year and Favorite Male Artist.

2017年11月19日，马尔斯在全美音乐奖颁奖礼上获得了年度艺人、最受欢迎男艺人等六项大奖。

And unlike many of todays popular singers， Mars didnt get to where he is via a talent show or the Internet. After he left his hometown of Hawaii for Los Angeles， California， to pursue his dreams at 17， Mars was “rejected and rejected and rejected for years”， as he told the Mercury News. Before he was able to appear on stage， he had to prove himself by producing and writing songs for others.

与如今许多流行歌手不同的是，马尔斯并非通过选秀或网络成名。他17岁离开家乡夏威夷，前往加州洛杉矶追逐梦想，正如他在接受《水星新闻报》采访时所说的那样，“好几年来一直被拒”。在登上舞台演出之前，他不得不为他人写歌来证明自己。

So what does Mars owe his success to？ “Spending thousands of hours in a studio learning how to write a song， learning how to play different chords， training myself to sing，” he said in an interview on US TV show 60 Minutes.

那么马尔斯认为自己成功的原因是什么呢？“在工作室里花上无数小时来学习创作歌曲、弹奏不同的和音以及练习唱功。”他在接受美国电视节目《60分钟》采访时表示。

However， it seems that Mars forgot to mention one thing： his amazing talent.

然而，马尔斯似乎忘了提及一件事：他出众的才华。

Word Study

versatile /'v??s?ta?l/ adj. 多才多艺的

Hes a versatile actor who has played a wide variety of parts.

accessible /?k?ses?b?l/ adj. 易接近的；易相處的

I think that youll find shes very accessible.