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[00:00.00]The hit musical ‘Cats' has had a slight makeover for its comeback performances starting in December in London. 
音乐剧《猫》在经过简单装扮之后，12月份在伦敦重新登台演出。
[00:14.17]One of the traditional songs will now be a rap. 
其中一首传统的歌曲现在已经变成说唱音乐。
[00:18.08]The musical's writer, Andrew Lloyd Webber, 
音乐剧的作家安德鲁.洛伊德.韦博，
[00:21.48]said he felt the musical needed to be updated to appeal to a new generation of theatre-goers. 
说他认为音乐剧应当与时俱进来吸引那些看音乐剧的新一代人。
[00:28.80]Lloyd Webber based his musical on a famous book called "Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats" by the famous British writer T. S. Eliot. 
洛伊德.韦博将一本由英国著名作家T. S. Eliot写的一本书《猫》作为这一音乐剧的基础。
[00:39.80]It tells the story of a group of cats called the Jellicles,
这本书讲述的是一群名叫Jellicle的猫的故事。
[00:44.58]who have to decide which cat gets to come back to life after death. 
它们需要决定哪只猫能够死而复生，
[00:48.96]‘ Cats' first opened in London's West End in 1981 and on Broadway in New York in 1982. 
“猫”于1981年在伦敦西区首次登台演出，在1982年在纽约百老汇也曾演出过。
[00:57.32]It won numerous awards and ran for twenty-one years in the English capital. 
这一音乐剧获得了许多奖项，并在英国首都流行了21年。
[01:02.56]The rap will be performed by the Rum Tum Tugger character, 
说唱音乐将会由“好奇的猫”这一角色演唱，
[01:07.37]who is a rebellious street cat. 
它是一只富有叛逆精神的街猫。
[01:09.62]Lloyd Webber said the original poem that the cat sings, 
洛伊德.韦博说，这只猫原来所唱的诗歌，
[01:13.68]written in the 1930s, has a strong rap rhythm. 
是在20世纪30年代被创作出来，并带有明显的说唱节奏。
[01:17.69]He joked that T.S. Eliot may have been the world's first rapper, saying: 
他开玩笑说，T.S. Eliot可能是世界上第一位说唱音乐家，他还说，
[01:23.98]"I've come to the conclusion…that maybe Eliot was the inventor of rap." 
我已经得出结论，或许Eliot是说唱音乐的创造者。
[01:29.45]He added: "I think Rum Tum Tugger is going to have to become a street cat for today 
他补充说道，我认为“好奇的猫”将会变成现在的街猫。
[01:35.45]and he has to do hip-hop." 
这只猫需要跳街舞。
[01:37.43]The show's producer, Sir Trevor Nunn, 
音乐剧的制作人，特拉维.拿恩爵士，
[01:40.83]explained the decision to include the rap. 
解释了将说唱音乐融入进来的原因。
[01:43.83]He said: "There is a whole generation of kids who haven't seen ‘Cats' or discovered it. 
他说，当今有一代人完全没有看过《猫》或者发现过这一音乐剧。
[01:49.26]And there are certainly elements of the show that can be reinvigorated in very contemporary terms." 
演出的一些元素可以借助非常现代的名词来复兴。