声音简介：今年格莱美颁奖典礼上Alicia Keys献唱的Underdog给我留下了很深的印象。80后的Alicia Keys已经手握15座格莱美奖。今年已经是她连续第二年主持格莱美。今天我们就来聊聊这首很励志的、Alicia和Ed Sheeran 黄老板共同创作的Underdog吧~

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【英文参考】

An underdog would basically be someone who is at a disadvantage in a given situation.

Alicia mentions “Single mothers waiting on a check to come" in her song, as she grew up with her single mother in a poor section of New York City's Manhattan borough. In the song, she talks about how she refused to let her circumstances prevent her from achieving her goals.

They said I would never make it

But I was built to break the mold

The only dream that I've been chasing is my own

We've all been in that place where we have to overcome adversity. My life is different from yours, and your life is different from hers. Everybody has a different experience. But even when it feels like everything is at its worst, there are these challenges that we can overcome—we can figure it out and we can have the tenacity to fight the way through it. That's what “Underdog" is about.

我们都经历过必须克服逆境的时刻。我的生活和你的不同，你的生活也和她的不同。每个人都有不同的经历。但是这种能力让我们知道，即使感觉一切都是最糟糕的，我们仍然可以克服这些挑战——我们可以解决它，我们可以有毅力克服它。这就是《Underdog》的意义所在。

We're surrounded by all this other energy that makes you confused and makes you doubtful. You feel frustrated and it makes you just want to curl up in a corner. These feelings are all valid. But to remember that we are meant to defy the odds.

我们被所有这些让你困惑和怀疑的能量包围着。你感到沮丧，这让你只想蜷缩在角落里。这些感觉都是合理的。但要记住，我们注定要战胜困难。

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