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英语课
By Larry London
Washington
23 April 2007
 






Hoobastank


Hoobastank



Although the members of the Los Angeles rock band Hoobastank are still in their mid-twenties, they have spent over a decade writing and performing music.  The veteran 1 band has already enjoyed international success with their 2004 single "Reason", which sold millions and made their strange moniker a household word.  Hoobastank's 2007 world tour includes stops in South Africa, Japan and Indonesia.  Before flying to Johannesburg to perform in Africa's biggest rock festival, Hoobastank's Doug Robb and Dan Estrin spoke 2 with VOA's Larry London.


Hoobastank's third album, "Everyman For Himself," sold more than 100,000 copies in the U.S. in its first week of release 3 last year, and proved that Hoobastank was more than a "one-hit wonder."  


Singer/songwriter Doug Robb says the band took a new approach to making music on their third album. "With this album, we wrote a bunch of songs and kept them at their early stage of development.  We went in (to the studio) with them at early stages of development. We let them grow in the studio, which is interesting, because I'd go in one day, and I have no idea what kind of sounds we were going to get, and really wondered how certain songs were going to sound, you know, which is cool."


And unlike earlier Hoobastank albums, the new CD explored issues other than love and relationships. 


"As far as writing the songs,” says Robb, “it is always about where I was personally and philosophically 5 in my own life.  The reason there is not lots of relationship-based songs in this record, maybe one or two out of 12.  A lot of it is just more philosophical 4 or life observational-type songs, which, kind of shows where I was at that time, and I may not be there anymore. You want to sing about a lot of different things."


"The Reason", released 6 in 2004, has remained the band's most successful song ever by topping charts in the U.S., and staying on Canada's Top 10 for a record-breaking 20 weeks.


Doug Robb reflects on their success. "If that is or was the most successful point of our careers, I would not change it."


The band came up with its meaningless but memorable 7 name while playing after-school parties.  They planned to change it as soon as they signed with a major label.  But the studio urged them to keep the name.


"People don't realize that we have been in this band for 12 years,” Robb says. “Twelve years ago we were playing, you know, after-school parties, stuff 8 like that.  We were a much quirkier, less-serious band at the time.  The name has that quirky, silly feel to it.  But we grew and the name didn't. It is what it is now, and it is one of those things that, strangely enough, has become a semi-household name.  Whether they like it or not, people have heard of it, and they remember it once they hear it." 




n.老兵;经验丰富的人,老手
  • My grandfather is a veteran of the Second World War.我祖父是二战时的老兵。
  • We often asked the veteran workers for advice.我们常常向老工人求教。
n.(车轮的)辐条;轮辐;破坏某人的计划;阻挠某人的行动 v.讲,谈(speak的过去式);说;演说;从某种观点来说
  • They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
  • The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。
vt.发布,发表,发行;释放,放开
  • After my examination I had a feeling of release.考完试后我有如释重负之感。
  • This medicine will give you release from pain.这药吃后会解除你的疼痛。
adj.哲学家的,哲学上的,达观的
  • The teacher couldn't answer the philosophical problem.老师不能解答这个哲学问题。
  • She is very philosophical about her bad luck.她对自己的不幸看得很开。
adv.哲学上;富有哲理性地;贤明地;冷静地
  • He added philosophically that one should adapt oneself to the changed conditions. 他富于哲理地补充说,一个人应该适应变化了的情况。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Harry took his rejection philosophically. 哈里达观地看待自己被拒的事。 来自《简明英汉词典》
v.释放( release的过去式和过去分词 );放开;发布;发行
  • He was released on bail pending committal proceedings. 他交保获释正在候审。
  • With hindsight it is easy to say they should not have released him. 事后才说他们本不应该释放他,这倒容易。
adj.值得回忆的,难忘的,特别的,显著的
  • This was indeed the most memorable day of my life.这的确是我一生中最值得怀念的日子。
  • The veteran soldier has fought many memorable battles.这个老兵参加过许多难忘的战斗。
n.原料,材料,东西;vt.填满;吃饱
  • We could supply you with the stuff in the raw tomorrow.明天我们可以供应你原材料。
  • He is not the stuff.他不是这个材料。
学英语单词
absorption reaction rate
abuse of law
acrobatic show
Aleksandrinka
Allo-PBSCT
application workspace
arbitrally
blinking method of stereoscopic viewing
brass watch case blank
Chilean tinamous
cixiid
clap-hand
common laburnum
compartment hot well
compartmentalised
conductivity
contra-cyclical measures
Coquimbo owl
cross platform
cyclotheric sedimentation
dc data set
determinable freeholds
diacetylurea
dicumarols
elasto-aerodynamics
erosional vacuity
erotematic
final thermomechanicaltreatment
Gamu
general most favoured nation clause
glory of the snow
green goodss
gyroso-
hally
haylee
hofners
hydrated stock
hyperthite
idiologism
in the jug
incidental cost
ioduretted
items sample
keep on trucking
kindjals
koevoets
laminated clay
Lasianthus formosensis
leveling off
macro-observation
magmatic circulation
marine windscreen
mGal, mgal
moisture measurer for sand and stone
muscle scars
N.C.
nbcc
nobeliums
nuclenoic
NuLab
on-state characteristic
peritoneal tap
phthioic acid
plate mangle
prends
prevention of collision
prolmon tablet
pyramidal cells
raw mast
reactor coolant system cold leg isolation valve
Regranex
relative-entropy
reliability index of generating system
risto
Rubus chiliadenus
sit down to
solti
standard reference materials
starch ester
static stability margin
stochastic procss
strict secrecy
stupiditarian
superior characters
switching pulse
symbiotic action
synedra undulata
synthetic nitrogenous fertilizer
systematic production of substitution lines
thuggish
total corneal transplantation
total variation decreasing scheme
Tuamarina
twin-screw conveyor
TWTA
ultraviolet radiations
unintentional nonlinearity
unquietous
wassily chair
wax string
y.m