时间:2019-01-12 作者:英语课 分类:2016年VOA慢速英语(七)月


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AS IT IS 2016-07-09 Jon Bon Jovi: Wedding Singer? 乔恩·邦乔维乐队:婚礼歌手?


This is What’s Trending Today…


When American rock star Jon Bon Jovi attended a wedding in Florida recently, he had no plans to perform.


After all, there was already a band playing music for guests. However, the band’s singer, local jazz musician Lourdes Valentin, knew that Bon Jovi was among the wedding guests. So, she and her jazz band played his famous song, “Livin’ on a Prayer.”


Valentin told the Associated Press that she did not think Bon Jovi would want to sing the song with them.


But, that did not stop her from trying to persuade him to do so. As she sang, Valentin walked over to Bon Jovi’s table. He did not seem like he was interested in performing. At one point, he said to Valentin “you’ve got it.”


But, after a few moments, Bon Jovi took the microphone 1 from Valentin’s hand, and got on stage. He and the band performed a jazz version 2 of the 1986 rock and roll classic 3. A trumpet 4 player added a part in place of an electric guitar.


Video of the performance appeared on social media. By Friday, it was a trending topic.


Many people wrote that Bon Jovi did not look exactly pleased or excited. They felt bad that the wedding singer had troubled him during the wedding.


One Twitter user 5 said it looked like he had been “put on the spot.”


Another called the performance, “painful to watch.”


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persuade - v. to cause (someone) to do something by asking, arguing, or giving reasons


trumpet - n. a brass 6 musical instrument that you blow into that has three buttons which you press to play different notes


put on the spot - idiom. to demand that someone produce as expected.



n.扩音器,麦克风,话筒
  • He gave a tap at the microphone before speaking.他在讲话前先轻叩了一下扩音器。
  • She behaved naturally before the microphone.她在话筒前表现自然。
n.版本;型号;叙述,说法
  • His version of the events is pure supposition.他对这件事的说法纯属猜测。
  • What is your version of this matter?你对这件事情的看法 怎么样?
n.经典作品;adj.经典的,一流的;古典的
  • The novel is regarded as one of the classic works.这篇小说被公认为是最优秀的作品之一。
  • The football match was a classic.那场足球比赛堪称典范。
n.喇叭,喇叭声;v.吹喇叭,吹嘘
  • He plays the violin, but I play the trumpet.他拉提琴,我吹喇叭。
  • The trumpet sounded for battle.战斗的号角吹响了。
n.用户,使用者
  • The company is the biggest user of oil.该公司是最大的石油用户。
  • The umbrella keeps the rains off the user.雨伞使撑伞人免受雨淋。
n.黄铜;黄铜器,铜管乐器
  • Many of the workers play in the factory's brass band.许多工人都在工厂铜管乐队中演奏。
  • Brass is formed by the fusion of copper and zinc.黄铜是通过铜和锌的熔合而成的。
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