时间:2018-12-06 作者:英语课 分类:吉姆老爷.Lord.Jim


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Michael Joseph Jackson (born 1958) is truly a music legend. He became a superstar at the age of eleven as a member of his family band The Jackson 5. His solo career earned him the title "King of Pop". His studio albums have all become classics. Jackson is equally famous for his high energy and complicated dance techniques such as the Moonwalk. He died in 2009 at the age of 50.


Jackson dominated the music charts throughout the 1970s, 80s and 90s. His distinctive 1 vocal 2 style, rhythm and fashion were perfect for the new music video age. MTV enthusiastically played his videos to the world. His ‘Thriller’ video had all the excitement of a major movie release. Jackson became a true icon 3 of pop culture and influenced dozens of today’s top stars.


Jackson’s personal life created significant controversy 4 and earned him a nickname he hated, ‘Wacko Jacko’. He angered many by having plastic surgery and lightening his skin to look white. His reputation was badly damaged in several high-profile child sexual abuse cases in 2003 and 2005. The courts cleared him on both occasions.


His awards and records are proof of the phenomenal success he achieved. He won World Music Award's Best-Selling Pop Male Artist of the Millennium 5, and was the American Music Award's Artist of the Century. ‘Thriller’ remains 6 the best selling album of all time. ‘Vanity Fair’ magazine named him the "Most popular artist in the history of show business".



1 distinctive
adj.特别的,有特色的,与众不同的
  • She has a very distinctive way of walking.她走路的样子与别人很不相同。
  • This bird has several distinctive features.这个鸟具有几种突出的特征。
2 vocal
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。
3 icon
n.偶像,崇拜的对象,画像
  • They found an icon in the monastery.他们在修道院中发现了一个圣像。
  • Click on this icon to align or justify text.点击这个图标使文本排齐。
4 controversy
n.争论,辩论,争吵
  • That is a fact beyond controversy.那是一个无可争论的事实。
  • We ran the risk of becoming the butt of every controversy.我们要冒使自己在所有的纷争中都成为众矢之的的风险。
5 millennium
n.一千年,千禧年;太平盛世
  • The whole world was counting down to the new millennium.全世界都在倒计时迎接新千年的到来。
  • We waited as the clock ticked away the last few seconds of the old millennium.我们静候着时钟滴答走过千年的最后几秒钟。
6 remains
n.剩余物,残留物;遗体,遗迹
  • He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
  • The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。
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a shot in the dark
astronomical reckoning
biphase shift keying(bpsk)
brain image
center reamer
check sign indicator
chemically disintegrated powder
Chiaramonti
cirso
cranice
dance-hall
DBCD
dealcoholize
defensal
diaphanotheca
digital repository
Dimetane
diode error
dirtside
discount terms
double-deck trestle
dunderheaded
elastic network
elevator horn
firstwatch
fixed mandrel
frequency relay
frogwort
frontbencher
God's medicine
gone deep
griffin claw
head clerk
head-driven conveyor
home slaughter
howay
hull classification certificate
in a split second
insulates
intelligent disc storage
interstitial cell
jabrin oasis (yabrin)
jowliest
krypton-water
language-maintenances
lethe bojonia
Ligustrum obovatilimbum
Logical Domain
lots account
machine of government
malkeil
Maximilian
maximum return
misfolded
moved back and forth
mukhlis
multiple internal reflection face-pumped laser
muscling up
Müschenbach
normalized crack size
nucleus generation
ophthalmophobia
optical sensibilization
order Apodes
organic electroluminescence material
osteological diagnostics
p'ing t'ing tien hsia chih wu
PCTFE
Periodontoclasy
Persicaria amplexicaulis
Pirenella
portery
power level diagram
pre-impregnated
promise to be
pseudoumbilical
punctate calcification
Ramokgwebana (Ramaquabane)
rectangular coordinate manipulator
refrigeration block
Riggston
roof baffle
rubik
send sth on
sib-analysis
sonic depth finders
subscan routine
sulci temporalis superior
thermistor voltage stabilizer
time bearing display
transistor tetrode
transliteration key
travelling-wave single mode laser
trown
trunk test rack
twilled
unconsolidated strata
undercoat fibre
whitefeller
within the limits of
wooden tray
xylaria laevis