VOA标准英语2011--Brad Paisley Pays Tribute to Country Mus
时间：2019-01-14 作者：英语课 分类：VOA标准英语2011年(六月)
Brad Paisley Pays Tribute to Country Music
"Entertainment Weekly's" review of Brad Paisley's new album, "This Is Country Music," reads, "The whole record plays like a best-of sampler - not just for Paisley, but for the history of the art form."
Brad Paisley feels the title track of his new album sets the tone for the entire collection. He says, "The song itself is what inspired the album, which is the best way to have an album come about. From then on, all the songs on the album fill certain slots and paint the rest of the picture."
Paisley is known for his musical diversity that shows all sides of his personality. His hits include ballads 1, up-tempo songs and humorous novelty tunes 2. He says, "I'm really lucky that radio has allowed me to be myself, because that's not always something that people get to do. I've been allowed to straddle that fence all the way throughout my career."
Paisley co-wrote 12 of the 15 tracks on "This Is Country Music." Guests include Carrie Underwood, Don Henley, Blake Shelton, actor Clint Eastwood and legendary 3 Country band Alabama, which joins Paisley on his Number One hit, "Old Alabama." "Remind Me," the new single from the album, features Carrie Underwood.
Brad Paisley is the reigning 4 Country Music Association (CMA) Entertainer of the Year. To date, he's won a total of 14 CMA Awards, three Grammys and 14 Academy of Country Music Awards.
"This Is Country Music" debuted 5 at Number One on Billboard's Country Albums chart. This is Paisley's sixth consecutive 6 album to enter that list in the top spot.
Paisley recently kicked off his "H2O II Wetter and Wilder" tour. The 35-city trek 7 includes five stadium concerts and eight European dates. Later this year, he will have his first book published. "Diary of a Player" tells the story of his journey to becoming a Country music star. In it, Paisley also shares his memories about the musicians in Country, blues 8 and rock-and-roll who have inspired him throughout his life.
- She belted out ballads and hillbilly songs one after another all evening. 她整晚一个接一个地大唱民谣和乡村小调。
- She taught him to read and even to sing two or three little ballads,accompanying him on her old piano. 她教他读书，还教他唱两三首民谣，弹着她的旧钢琴为他伴奏。
- a potpourri of tunes 乐曲集锦
- When things get a bit too much, she simply tunes out temporarily. 碰到事情太棘手时，她干脆暂时撒手不管。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Legendary stories are passed down from parents to children.传奇故事是由父母传给孩子们的。
- Odysseus was a legendary Greek hero.奥狄修斯是传说中的希腊英雄。
- The sky was dark, stars were twinkling high above, night was reigning, and everything was sunk in silken silence. 天很黑，星很繁，夜阑人静。
- Led by Huang Chao, they brought down the reigning house after 300 years' rule. 在黄巢的带领下，他们推翻了统治了三百年的王朝。
- In late 2003 a full-size SUV, the Pathfinder Armada, debuted. 2003年末，全尺寸SUV的探路者无敌舰队，推出。
- The album debuted at number two and quickly went platinum. 专辑一亮相就荣登排行榜第二名，很快就取得了白金销量。
- It has rained for four consecutive days.已连续下了四天雨。
- The policy of our Party is consecutive.我党的政策始终如一。
- We often go pony-trek in the summer.夏季我们经常骑马旅行。
- It took us the whole day to trek across the rocky terrain.我们花了一整天的时间艰难地穿过那片遍布岩石的地带。