1.Elvis Costello, Patti Smith and Mavis Staples will be among the dignitaries expected in Tulsa, Oklahoma, this weekend for the opening of the Bob Dylan Center, the museum and archive celebrating the Nobel laureate's work.
埃尔维斯·考斯特罗、帕蒂·史密斯和梅维斯·斯台普斯等政要预计将于本周末在俄克拉荷马州的塔尔萨参加鲍勃·迪伦中心的开业典礼，该博物馆和档案馆旨在庆祝这位诺贝尔奖得主的作品。
2.Dylan himself won't be among them, unless he surprises everyone.
迪伦本人不会出席，除非他想给大家个惊喜。
3.The center's subject and namesake has an open invitation to come anytime, although his absence seems perfectly in character, said Steven Jenkins, the center's director.
该中心的主任史蒂文·詹金斯说，该中心的主题和同名人随时都可以来，尽管他的缺席似乎完全符合他的性格。
4.Oddly, Dylan was just in Tulsa three weeks ago for a date on his concert tour, sandwiched in between Oklahoma City and Little Rock, Arkansas.
奇怪的是，迪伦三周前刚刚在塔尔萨参加他巡回演唱会的一个活动，该地夹在俄克拉荷马城和阿肯色州的小石城之间。
5.He didn't ask for a look around.
他当时没想着要来看一下。
6.“I don’t want to put words in his mouth,” Jenkins said.
“我也没法替他回答，”詹金斯说道。
7.“I can only guess at his reasoning. Maybe he would find it embarrassing.”
“我只能猜测他的想法。也许他会觉得有点尴尬吧。”
8.It's certainly unusual for a living figure — Dylan is due to turn 81 on May 24 — to have a museum devoted to him, but such is the shadow he has cast over popular music since his emergence in the early 1960s.
给活着的人—迪伦将在5月24日满81岁—建博物馆当然是不寻常的，但这也反映了他从20世纪60年代开始就给流行乐坛带来的影响力。
9.He's still working, performing onstage in a show devoted primarily to his most recent material.
他仍在工作，在一场展示他最新作品的秀里登台演出。
10.And he's still pushing the envelope.
他仍然在寻求新突破。
