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Always on our minds: "The King"
① He broke onto the music scene in 1956, crooning "They call me poor boy".
break onto the music scene: 出道；闖入音樂界
croon /kru:n/: vt. 溫柔地唱；低聲地唱
② In 1960 he lamented fame and fortune and "how empty they can be".
lament /l??m?nt/: vt. 抱怨殊者；哀悼
③ Finally, three years before his death at the tender age of 42, came a plaintive cry: "Help Me".
tender age: 幼年
plaintive /?ple?nt?v/: adj. 哀傷的；悲哀的
④ Many have compared Elvis Presley's life—with its humble beginnings, rise to superstardom and sad decline—to that of a flawed, tragic hero.
compare A to B: 把 A 比作是 B
flawed /fl??d/: adj. 有瑕疵的
⑤ Eugene Jarecki, a documentarian, saw it as a "cautionary allegory" of America's democracy.
documentarian /?d?kj?m?n?t?:r??n/: n. 紀錄片制作人
cautionary allegory/tale /?al?ɡ(?)ri/:? 警世寓言/故事
⑥ In "The King", released yesterday, Mr Jarecki takes a cross-country road trip in Presley's Rolls-Royce, picking up assorted passengers, including celebrities, to discuss Elvis's legacy, his relationship with black culture, the American dream and the challenges it now faces.
Rolls-royce: 勞斯萊斯
assorted passengers: 各種各樣的乘客
⑦ "I thought that the country had indeed perhaps died on the toilet, choked by our addiction to power, money and excess," Mr Jarecki says.
choke /t???k/: vt. 嗆韵洋；窒息
excess /?k?s?s/: n. 無節(jié)制摹菠；過度
⑧ But "America and Elvis were always imperfect—works-in-progress, full of greatness and shortcomings."
works-in-progress: 進行茉唉、演變中的作品
