2012/02/14,周二,情人节快乐!
今天本来应该需要更多的快乐,但大家都知道美国天王级女巨星惠特尼-休斯顿刚去世,又闻台湾歌坛大姐大级人物、曾与邓丽君齐名的一代歌后凤飞飞也辞世了。所以借此机会,以时事英语方式纪念惠特尼、凤飞飞。
巨星陨落:惠特尼•休斯顿与世长辞 享年48岁
Whitney Houston, who reigned as pop music's queen until her majestic voice and regal image were ravaged by drug use, erratic behavior and a tumultuous marriage to singer Bobby Brown, has died. She was 48.
Publicist Kristen Foster said Saturday that the singer had died, but the cause and the location of her death were unknown.
At her peak, Houston the golden girl of the music industry. From the middle 1980s to the late 1990s, she was one of the world's best-selling artists. She wowed audiences with effortless, powerful, and peerless vocals that were rooted in the black church but made palatable to the masses with a pop sheen.
Her success carried her beyond music to movies, where she starred in hits like "The Bodyguard" and "Waiting to Exhale."
She had the he perfect voice, and the perfect image: a gorgeous singer who had sex appeal but was never overtly sexual, who maintained perfect poise.
She influenced a generation of younger singers, from Christina Aguilera to Mariah Carey, who when she first came out sounded so much like Houston that many thought it was Houston.
1)majestic[mə'dʒestik]
a. 宏伟的,庄严的
副 词:majes'tically
同反义词同: [a.] gallant, imperial, lofty, olympian
2)erratic[i'rætik]
n. 古怪的人,漂泊无定的人
a. 不稳定的,奇怪的
n. 古怪的人,漂泊无定的人
名 词:errat'icism
副 词:errat'ically
同反义词同: [a.] fickle, planetary, temperamental, wandering
3)tumultuous[tju:'mʌltjuəs]
a. 吵闹的,纷乱的,骚乱的
名 词:tumul'tuousness
副 词:tumul'tuously
同反义词同: [a.] disruptive, riotous, troubled, turbulent
4)palatable['pælətəbl]
a. 1.可口的,美味的
2.合意的,认可的,认同的
名 词:pal'atabil'ity,pal'atableness
副 词:pal'atably
同反义词同: [a.] toothsome
反: [a.] unpalatable
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