VOA标准英语2010年-Dreams Come True for Laura Bell Bundy
时间：2019-01-13 作者：英语课 分类：VOA标准英语2010年(六)月
Country newcomer Laura Bell Bundy spent the past decade working as a television, film and Broadway actress and just recently switched gears to focus on a career in Country music.
Laura Bell began acting 1 at the age of nine. She appeared in many network television shows and major motion pictures. Laura Bell also starred in the critically-acclaimed Broadway musicals "Legally Blonde," "Hairspray" and "Wicked."
Bundy grew up in Kentucky where her parents introduced her to Country music. She lists Dolly Parton, Reba McEntire, Patsy Cline and Willie Nelson among her musical influences. At 18, Laura Bell moved to New York and formed a Country duo with her roommate. But, the opportunity to earn a living as an actress postponed 2 her music plans. By 2008, Laura Bell had the financial means to move to Nashville, and fulfill 3 her original dream of a career in Country music. Mercury Nashville Records signed her the following year.
Laura Bell began writing Country songs when she was in her teens. She co-wrote 11 of the 12 tracks on "Achin' and Shakin'," including the album's debut 4 hit, "Giddy On Up."
"It was the first song that I had written for the Shakin' side of the album and it inspired the rest of those Shakin' songs," she says. "It had all those elements, which are sort of older Country meets older soul or Motown put together and produced in a modern way, and lyrically was sassy and witty 5. It's a girl giving a guy the 'What for?' [ending the relationship] and women love those kinds of things. It had this catchy 6 little punch line, 'Giddy on up and giddy on out,' which is very representative of my sense of humor."
"Giddy On Up" received a CMT Music Award nomination 7 for Breakthrough Video of the Year and "Achin' and Shakin'" made a respectable debut on the Country chart at Number 5.
Laura Bell explains the two opposite themes of the album.
"It's six songs Achin', six songs Shakin.' It's kind of like an old LP [record album], where you had side A, side B and you just flipped 8 it over when you wanted to change your mood so to speak. So, this is kind of a mood album, it's the extreme of moods, you know, Achin,' sad slow, sultry Country ballads 9 and then the Shakin' is all up-tempo, kind of crazy, fast, a little bit throw-back Country, a little bit throw-back old soul or Motown."
- Ignore her,she's just acting.别理她，她只是假装的。
- During the seventies,her acting career was in eclipse.在七十年代，她的表演生涯黯然失色。
- The trial was postponed indefinitely. 审讯无限期延迟。
- The game has already been postponed three times. 这场比赛已经三度延期了。
- If you make a promise you should fulfill it.如果你许诺了，你就要履行你的诺言。
- This company should be able to fulfill our requirements.这家公司应该能够满足我们的要求。
- That same year he made his Broadway debut, playing a suave radio journalist.在那同一年里，他初次在百老汇登台，扮演一个温文而雅的电台记者。
- The actress made her debut in the new comedy.这位演员在那出新喜剧中首次登台演出。
- Her witty remarks added a little salt to the conversation.她的妙语使谈话增添了一些风趣。
- He scored a bull's-eye in their argument with that witty retort.在他们的辩论中他那一句机智的反驳击中了要害。
- We need a new slogan.The old one's not catchy enough.我们需要新的口号，旧的不够吸引人。
- The chorus is very catchy to say the least.副歌部分很容易上口。
- John is favourite to get the nomination for club president.约翰最有希望被提名为俱乐部主席。
- Few people pronounced for his nomination.很少人表示赞成他的提名。
- The plane flipped and crashed. 飞机猛地翻转，撞毁了。
- The carter flipped at the horse with his whip. 赶大车的人扬鞭朝着马轻轻地抽打。