VOA慢速英语2015 蓝调之王B.B. King去世享年89岁
时间：2019-01-12 作者：英语课 分类：2015年VOA慢速英语(五)月
AS IT IS 2015-05-18 Blues 1 Music Great B.B. King Dead at 89 蓝调之王B.B. King去世享年89岁
A great master of blues guitar, B.B. King, is dead. King died Thursday night at his home in Las Vegas, Nevada. He was 89 years old.
B.B. King was in the music business for almost 70 years. He influenced generations of musicians during his career.
His millions of fans around the world recognize his singular 2 sound immediately. The so-called 3 King of Blues never seemed to lose the thrill of performing. He spent most of each year traveling and playing his music for audiences all over the world.
"I've always felt that to be an entertainer, you've got to entertain. So I've tried to pull all my energies together if I'm singing, to put it all right there. I'm trying to remember that the people that come to see me are fans that are expecting the best that I have."
Wherever B.B. King traveled, at least one of his black Gibson guitars came along. He named each "Lucille." He told fans he first named his guitar after a performance at a club in Arkansas. He said two men began to fight and started a fire in the process.
"And everybody started to run for the front door, including B.B. King. But when I got on the outside, then I realized I'd left my guitar. And in '49, believe me, keeping a good guitar was a hard job."
He went back into the burning building. He said it was collapsing 4 around him. He got his guitar but almost lost his life, he said.
Later, King discovered the two men in the club had been fighting over a woman named Lucille.
Riley B. King was born on a farm in Mississippi on September 16, 1925. As a boy, he sang with gospel groups. But by the age of 16, he was performing on the street, singing and playing guitar. He found that blues music was more profitable 6 than gospel.
The name B.B. is short for "Blues Boy," the name he used at work as a disc 5 jockey in Memphis, Tennessee.
B.B. King made his first record in 1949, at the age of 24. Three years later, his recording 7 of Lowell Fulsom's "Three O'Clock Blues" became a number one R&B hit.
B.B. King’s only pop hit was "The Thrill Is Gone," from 1969. But the musician had a huge influence on many rock and rollers, including Britons Eric Clapton and George Harrison and the Irish band U2.
B.B. King won 15 Grammy awards. He was named to the Blues Foundation 8 Hall of Fame, as well as the Rock and Roll and R&B halls of fame. He was awarded honorary doctorates 9 from several universities and was honored 10 by presidents.
B.B. King is gone, but the thrill of his music remains 11.
Words in This Story
fan – n. a person who likes and admires someone (such as a famous person) or something (such as a sport or a sports team) in a very enthusiastic way
thrill – n. a feeling of great excitement or happiness
audience – n. a group of people who gather together to listen to something or watch something: the people who attend a performance
gospel – n. a type of Christian 12 music that was created by African-Americans in the southern United States
disc jockey – n. a person who plays recorded music on the radio or at a party or nightclub
- She was in the back of a smoky bar singing the blues.她在烟雾弥漫的酒吧深处唱着布鲁斯歌曲。
- He was in the blues on account of his failure in business.他因事业失败而意志消沉。
- The young man has a singular ear for music.这个年轻人对音乐有非凡的欣赏力。
- The noun is in the singular.这个名词是单数形式。
- These were the so-called mainframe machines.它们被称为主机。
- Let's see what this so-called button does.让我们来看看为什么这个按钮叫这个名字。
- Rescuers used props to stop the roof of the tunnel collapsing. 救援人员用支柱防止隧道顶塌陷。
- The rocks were folded by collapsing into the center of the trough. 岩石由于坍陷进入凹槽的中心而发生褶皱。
- He hands a metal disc to me.他把一个金属圆盘给我。
- The disc went spinning away into the sky.圆盘旋转着飞入空中。
- That business became profitable last year.那项生意去年变得很赚钱。
- The convention business is very profitable for the hotel industry.承办会议业务能给旅馆业带来很高的利润。
- How long will the recording of the song take?录下这首歌得花多少时间？
- I want to play you a recording of the rehearsal.我想给你放一下彩排的录像。
- The foundation of the university took place 600 years ago.这所大学是600年前创办的。
- The Foundation gives money to help artists.那家基金会捐款帮助艺术家。
- Nearly 1,000 specialized personnel with doctorates have settled in Shenzhen. 现已引进博士学位的专门人才近千名。 来自互联网
- John played the field academically, obtaining doctorates from several universities. 约翰的学术广博，他从几所大学拿到了博士学位。 来自互联网
- I hope to be honored with further orders. 如蒙惠顾，不胜荣幸。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- This is a time-honored custom. 这是一个古老的习俗。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
- The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。