时间:2019-01-14 作者:英语课 分类:VOA标准英语2013年(五月)


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The Band Perry Scores Big with 'Pioneer'



The title track from the sibling 1 trio’s first chart-topping collection was inspired by a journey across the United States.  Kimberly, Reid and Neil Perry drove from Nashville to California to record the project with legendary 2 producer Rick Rubin.  The band credits Rubin with improving the songs they had written for “Pioneer.”  But, in the end, they returned to Nashville and worked with Dann Huff, who has produced hit records for such artists as Faith Hill, Keith Urban and Rascal 3 Flatts. 


During the 18 months The Band Perry spent working on “Pioneer,” Kimberly and her younger brothers Reid and Neil faced some challenges. 


“We had so many questions about our future, both personally and professionally," Kimberly said. "We also had to let go of fear and trust the boldness that has always informed our creative decisions.” 


Kimberly and Neil explained what the new album means to them.


“We understand that sometimes when we hear that word, there’s a tendency to feel that it’s very antiquated 4 or out of date, when in fact, ‘Pioneer’ couldn’t be any more of a modern word than it is," Kimberly said. "I mean, it’s about discovery. There is still so much left to be discovered. Yes, in the world around us, but especially a personal discovery. And the three of us learned so much about ourselves and each other and our music in the making of ‘Pioneer’.”


"And with that too, we had an image in our head as we were writing the music for ‘Pioneer’; we had an image of a marching band, an army marching forward," Neil added. "Always the forward motion and if you look on the cover of the album, the three of us are kind of leaning forward. We have very purposeful facial expressions and we wanted that to come across as well.”


The album's lead single, “Better Dig Two,” shot to the top of the Country Airplay chart where it spent two weeks earlier this year.  The million-selling track became the fastest-rising radio hit of the trio’s career.


Since the release of its 2010 self-titled debut 5 album, the band has graduated from performing in small clubs to arenas 6.  Playing larger venues 7 allowed them to add more of a rock edge to their sound.


On May 31, The Band Perry begins a North American tour with Rascal Flatts.  Also in the group’s upcoming plans is its first headlining tour, set for 2014.


The Band Perry is now climbing the Country charts with the new single “Done.”  Kimberly and Reid describe the fun they had in the studio while recording 8 that song.


You know, as long as I’m dancing, I can sing that song in the right way," Kimberly said. "So I will say there was a lot of, of course under lock and key never to be seen outside of the vocal 9 booth, but a lot of dancing going on around ‘Done.’


“She definitely felt the lyrics 10 to that song,” Reid added.


“Yeah, I bring the spitfire in The Band Perry,” Kimberly replied. 




n.同胞手足(指兄、弟、姐或妹)
  • Many of us hate living in the shadows of a more successful sibling.我们很多人都讨厌活在更为成功的手足的阴影下。
  • Sibling ravalry has been common in this family.这个家里,兄弟姊妹之间的矛盾很平常。
adj.传奇(中)的,闻名遐迩的;n.传奇(文学)
  • 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。
n.流氓;不诚实的人
  • If he had done otherwise,I should have thought him a rascal.如果他不这样做,我就认为他是个恶棍。
  • The rascal was frightened into holding his tongue.这坏蛋吓得不敢往下说了。
adj.陈旧的,过时的
  • Many factories are so antiquated they are not worth saving.很多工厂过于陈旧落后,已不值得挽救。
  • A train of antiquated coaches was waiting for us at the siding.一列陈旧的火车在侧线上等着我们。
n.首次演出,初次露面
  • 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。
表演场地( arena的名词复数 ); 竞技场; 活动或斗争的场所或场面; 圆形运动场
  • Demolition derbies are large-scale automobile rodeos that take place in big arenas. 撞车比赛指的是在很大的竞技场上举行的大型汽车驾驶技术表演。
  • Are there areas of privacy in the most public of arenas? 在绝大部分公开的场合中存在需要保护隐私的领域吗?
n.聚集地点( venue的名词复数 );会场;(尤指)体育比赛场所;犯罪地点
  • The band will be playing at 20 different venues on their UK tour. 这个乐队在英国巡回演出期间将在20个不同的地点演出。
  • Farmers market corner, 800 meters long, 60 meters wide livestock trading venues. 农牧市场东北角,有长800米,宽60米的牲畜交易场地。 来自互联网
n.录音,记录
  • 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。
adj.直言不讳的;嗓音的;n.[pl.]声乐节目
  • The tongue is a vocal organ.舌头是一个发音器官。
  • Public opinion at last became vocal.终于舆论哗然。
n.歌词
  • music and lyrics by Rodgers and Hart 由罗杰斯和哈特作词作曲
  • The book contains lyrics and guitar tablatures for over 100 songs. 这本书有100多首歌的歌词和吉他奏法谱。
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Acer fabri
acgih
ametrometer
amyntas
anatomical location
aneurysmatic goiter
Apsu
basal area of a stand
beam attenuator
biochemistry of drought resistance in plants
Borrelia buccale
brass water valve
cav.
centrifugal spinning pot
ceramic shell
coded Fourier-transform hologram
cohune(palm)
colourest
constant-boiling mixture
crossbar latch
dc coefficient
destructful
dimensional scaling
electric load curves
exclusive sales
failure frequency distribution
foreign subcont/actors
formed by
freewheeling arm
functional recovery
genus macroclemyss
green-woods
hausner
heliosin
ice cream with chocotate flavour
icpd
in-line engine
inclinary
inherent uncertainty
Jasminum hongshuihoense
key tape load
labour for subsistence
lactation hormone
leading edge peak mesial point
linnen
linolin
lobed-wheel
Lysimachia millietii
malacanthidaes
Maliseet
manipulation function
mean lower low-water springs
Melillans
metaloph
mineral surface
mycetology
N'Goussa
native beech
Navatalgordo
nesting store
new concept
number of threads per unit length
online discussion
open source
optical mark
optimumtrajectory
Osteomeles
over-layer
partialimage
phosphatidylinositol phosphate
Pocklington
potassium lithium tartrate
prenzlaus
private ledger
pseudo-lock
pyrodex
rapy
revertive impulse
rotating nozzles
rub up
salary cap
San Antonian
scheduling mode
sfnistrogyric
shift-phase parallel microprocessor
single sideband radio set
snrs
sphyraena putnamae
stick of solder
sun-loungers
time transgressive (diachronous)
times-to-times
to scope
transcendental expression
tuning eye
underfeature
unruffled
UV-SPECTRUM
viscoelastic fiber
wedding-bell
Yushania megalothyrsa
Zadar