VOA慢速英语文本：《今日美国》第35课.doc

1、英语翻议讲解：1.loyal adj.忠诚的, 忠心的 例句：He is a loyal friend. 他是一位忠诚的朋友。2.identify vt.认出, 识别 例句：Would you be able to identify the man who robbed you? 你能够认出那个抢你东西的人吗? She identified her son among a lot of children. 她在许多孩子中认出了自己的孩子。3.inner adj.里面的；向内的；内部的；接近中心的 例句：The label is on the inner side of the box. 标签贴

2、在盒子内侧。4.soundtrack n.声道;音带;声迹 例句：(of film) having no spoken dialogue and usually no soundtrack. （指电影）没有对白并且通常是无声的。5.nominate vt.提名为候选人; 任命 例句：I nominate John. 我推荐约翰。 I nominate Bill as the club president. 我提名比尔为俱乐部主席候选人。1.Reba McEntire is now performing on tour with two other country stars, George S

3、trait and Lee Ann Womack.on tour漫游中;周游或巡回中例句：Once the recording has been completed, it is likely the band will go on tour to promote their album. 一旦录音完成，乐队就可能巡回演出以推介他们的专辑。 2.But their songs also appeal to fans of bluegrass, reggae and other kinds of music. appeal to对有吸引力例句：This job rather appeals to

4、 me. 这工作对我有吸引力。Reba McEntire1954年3月28日生于Oklahoma的Chockie，父亲是一名赛牛师，家中有四个孩子。她从母亲那里接受最初的音乐教育，经常在去牛场的路上教孩子们唱歌。5岁那年，有次在一家饭店大厅里大声唱Jesus Loves Me，有位牛仔把一枚硬币放到了她手里，这是她挣的第一份唱歌钱。 十几岁时，McEntire和妹妹Susic、哥哥Pake组成三重唱组，在一起唱了好几年，并希望能和一家唱片公司签约。1974年，McEntire在Oklahoma City的全国赛牛决赛上演唱国歌，受到歌手兼作曲家Red Steagall赏识，帮她与Nashvil

5、le的Mercury唱片公司签了约。她母亲回忆说：“开始Reba拒绝单独签约，但是我们想先去一个，对其他人会有帮助。”而后来的确通过她的帮助使她的兄弟妹妹们都走上了歌唱道路。 在Mercury公司获得了4首进入排行榜前10名的歌曲后，1984年她转投到MCA唱片公司。1985年的How Blue荣获榜首，一直到1992年的Is There Life Out There，几年间总共有24首歌曲进入前10名，包括14首第一名。在此期间，她的专辑总销量达两千万张。她还4次获得乡村音乐协会的“最佳女歌手奖”，1986年获得美国乡村音乐学院CMA的“最佳演员奖”。自从1976年以I Dont Want

6、to Be a One Night Stand上榜到1983年初以Cant Even Get the Blues荣登榜首，Reba McEntire花了将近7年时间。这是一段缓慢的成名过程，但她并不为此而不快。她说：“如果我像现在的一些歌星一下子就串到榜首，我还有点掌握不住。我没有这种思想准备，或许就从此不唱歌而去洗衣服刷盘子了。” McEntire可说是作为乡村音乐的皇后进入90年代的，不断有歌曲进入前10名，多次名列第一，并以不断创新来维护这个地位。她在一些歌里加入了一点流行音乐色彩，如她唱的Sunday Kind of Love、Walk On和For My Broken Heart等。

7、她的舞台演出也越发令人目眩，大场面、新服装、大屏幕，外加伴舞。评论界批评她放弃了乡村音乐，但McEntire坚持认为她只是投歌迷所好。她与歌迷有着良好的关系，她说：“每次演出后我和他们交谈，我很注意我的歌迷俱乐部和他们给我的信。我从他们那得到信息，如果我走得太远，他们也会告诉我的。“她也和电台听众保持密切接触，经常打电话给他们征求意见。 McEntire的成功秘诀，就在于一贯坚持自己的风格，不张扬，对自己的成就保持诚实的态度。她说：“我真没有带来什么新东西。我学习，向每个人学，注意观察、研究，然后我作出贡献，但确实什么也没有带来。我是从Oklahoma来的无知的乡下人。我要感谢我的导师们，像L

8、oretta Lynn、Dolly Parton、Barbara Mandrell等等，正是由于有机会和她们在一起，我才能成为一名好歌手，对音乐有所认识。我希望我对歌唱技巧有所提高，鼓舞了一些孩子去唱歌，而最重要的，我希望，我祈祷，我一直是人们心目中的一个正面形象。” 终于，这一切努力使她成为乡村音乐中最成功最受欢迎的女歌星。 英语听力原文：BARBARA KLEIN:Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. Im Barbara Klein. This week on our program, we have music from

9、the latest albums by country singer Reba McEntire and saxophonist David Sanborn.We also tell you about a hot new group, the Zac Brown Band. And we play music from the movie Crazy Heart.(MUSIC)Consider Me Gone is from Reba McEntires latest album. She has recorded more than thirty albums since she had

10、 her first number one song on the country music charts. Cant Even Get the Blues was released in nineteen eighty-three.Reba McEntire has won two Grammy Awards and seven Country Music Association Awards. Add to that her twelve Academy of Country Music Awards and fifteen American Music Awards.But her m

11、ain interest in recent years was acting. She had a situation comedy series on television for six seasons. And she starred in a musical play on Broadway. She was Annie Oakley in Annie Get Your Gun.Today, the fifty-four year old entertainer says she is only doing music. She spent twenty-five years wit

12、h MCA Records. Now she has moved to Valory Music, an independent record label in Nashville, Tennessee. Her new album, her first for the new label, is called Keep on Loving You. She says she was thinking of her loyal fans.Reba McEntire has sold millions of albums over the years. But the first release

13、 from her newest album was the fastest rising single of her career. The song is called Strange.Reba McEntire is now performing on tour with two other country stars, George Strait and Lee Ann Womack. And in April she will host the Academy of Country Music Awards for the twelfth time.Last year the Aca

14、demy of Country Music named the Zac Brown Band as top new group. Now they have won the Grammy Award for best new artist.They released the first of their two albums in November of two thousand eight. The first hit single from The Foundation was a song called Chicken Fried.The band is from the America

15、n South. Singer, songwriter and guitarist Zac Brown was born and raised in the state of Georgia. He and the five other members of his group strongly identify with country music. But their songs also appeal to fans of bluegrass, reggae and other kinds of music.Here is the Zac Brown Band with a song c

16、alled Whatever It Is.The Zac Brown Band is on tour and will be in the western United States next month.Alto saxophonist David Sanborn is a three-time Grammy winner who has been recording music for thirty-five years. His first album was Taking Off in nineteen seventy-five.David Sanborn became serious

17、 about music at the age of eleven. That was after going to a live performance by Ray Charles and hearing the saxophone of Hank Crawford. On his new album David Sanborn plays Hank Crawfords hit The Peeper.David Sanborn is on tour around the country performing songs from his latest album. The album is

18、 called Only Everything. David Sanborn plays Blues in the Night.Ever heard of a country singer named Otis Blake?He calls himself Bad Blake, and bad is a good description of his life. He was a big star. Now he is fifty-seven and damaged by too much alcohol, too many cigarettes and not enough inner st

19、rength. The best he can do is open shows for the young star he trained. He ruins his chance with a woman who tries to save him. But in the end there is hope for this singer, who exists only in a movie and its soundtrack.Bad Blake is a character played by actor Jeff Bridges in Crazy Heart. The movies

20、 theme song, The Weary Kind by Ryan Bingham and T Bone Burnett, is nominated for an Academy Award. And so is Jeff Bridges. He is nomined for best actor. If he wins on March seventh, it will be his first Oscar out of five nominations in the past forty years.Our program was written by Nancy Steinbach, Mary Morningstar and Doug Levine. Caty Weaver was our producer. Im Barbara Klein. Transcripts, MP3s and podcasts of our programs can all be found at . Join us again next week for THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English.版权所有：高考资源网()版权所有：高考资源网()