时间:2018-12-07 作者:英语课 分类:国外媒体新闻


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素有"毒舌"之称的《美国偶像》评委西蒙-考威尔(Simon Cowell)近日在媒体上发表评论,他认为最近凭借《英国达人》(British talent show)迅速蹿红的苏格兰大婶苏珊-波伊儿(Susan Boyle) 前途不容乐观。而这样的一个预言得到了印证。苏珊大妈还是被淘汰了。


There may be not anybody alive today with the TV as you’ve heard of or seen Susan Boyle, the singer from Scotland whose saga 1 has a lot of people wondering if it all wasn’t too good to be true, it came to a less than romantic ending Saturday night with millions watching on live TV. Now we learn it may not be over, some would like to know exactly what has happened here, our report tonight from NBC’s Dawna Friesen in London.


She rose so far, so fast.


“I dreamed a dream in time of live … …”


Her shy slightly awkward style made Susan Boyle an unlikely superstar, but as quickly as she shot to fame, came reports, she was cracking. Boiling over, swearing a journalist, unable to stand the pressure and on the verge 2 of walking out, so on the night of the final of Britain’s Got Talent. Many wondered if she could hold it together. She did. It was another soaring performance, another standing 3 ovation 4.


A lot of people said you shouldn’t be in this competition that you are not equipped to do with it, I completely disagree with that.


In the end, though.


The winner of Britain’s Got Talent 2009 is Diversity.


Boyle seemed gracious in defeat,  but there were reports she collapsed 5 in tears back stage.


It’s reported Boyle then threw a glass of water on a floor manager, and shouted: I hate the show. Then last night after reportedly acting 6 strangely in the hotel, the police and paramedics were called and Boyle was brought voluntarily here: The Priory. It’s a private clinic that specializes in mental health issues.


She said to be exhausted 7 and emotionally drained.


She needs to get away, and you know, be amongst her friends and family and away from the media glared and just chill out a bit.


Tonight Britain’s media regulators said it may launch an inquiry 8 after viewers complain the producers shouldn’t have allowed Boyle to go on when they knew she wasn’t eating and sleeping properly and that she is a vulnerable woman who is exploited for the sake of ratings.



1 saga
n.(尤指中世纪北欧海盗的)故事,英雄传奇
  • The saga of Flight 19 is probably the most repeated story about the Bermuda Triangle.飞行19中队的传说或许是有关百慕大三角最重复的故事。
  • The novel depicts the saga of a family.小说描绘了一个家族的传奇故事。
2 verge
n.边,边缘;v.接近,濒临
  • The country's economy is on the verge of collapse.国家的经济已到了崩溃的边缘。
  • She was on the verge of bursting into tears.她快要哭出来了。
3 standing
n.持续,地位;adj.永久的,不动的,直立的,不流动的
  • After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
  • They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。
4 ovation
n.欢呼,热烈欢迎,热烈鼓掌
  • The hero received a great ovation from the crowd. 那位英雄受到人群的热烈欢迎。
  • The show won a standing ovation. 这场演出赢得全场起立鼓掌。
5 collapsed
adj.倒塌的
  • Jack collapsed in agony on the floor. 杰克十分痛苦地瘫倒在地板上。
  • The roof collapsed under the weight of snow. 房顶在雪的重压下突然坍塌下来。
6 acting
n.演戏,行为,假装;adj.代理的,临时的,演出用的
  • 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。
7 exhausted
adj.极其疲惫的,精疲力尽的
  • It was a long haul home and we arrived exhausted.搬运回家的这段路程特别长,到家时我们已筋疲力尽。
  • Jenny was exhausted by the hustle of city life.珍妮被城市生活的忙乱弄得筋疲力尽。
8 inquiry
n.打听,询问,调查,查问
  • Many parents have been pressing for an inquiry into the problem.许多家长迫切要求调查这个问题。
  • The field of inquiry has narrowed down to five persons.调查的范围已经缩小到只剩5个人了。
学英语单词
Acronema astrantiifolium
Ajā', Jibāl
ample room
annealed polyethylene naphthalate
anr-pc
April Fools' Days
banana hammock
basal hypothallus
be loud in one's praises
Bihār, State of
buccal armature
building material consumption norm
busy-back
butane vaporphase isomerization
cardiac contractility
club room
cnemidophorus tesselatuss
co-parents
commercial storage translation network
control of silviculture
conversion gain
ctenophoric
cytosine-c
delayals
denoiser
dentosurgical
depersonalization disorder
detection phase
discounting
discous
dispersing auxiliary
dynamic scattering device
dyscognitive
ecoconscious
Euomphalacea
exta
extraneous quantitative information
float chamber cap
forestkeeper
gats
glamazons
good-reasons theory
grant-equivalent
harnesseth
helmen
high heat
hormonagoga
hospitator
hydropults
hydroxytyramine
JLOC
karate
kick-boxings
Lamorinda
magnetoscale
majority function
Malawali, Pulau
Marvin, Lee
mecholy
method of time determination by star transit
nararno
national expenditure
nitrendipine
noncommunists
nursing interventions
oestre
official number
parenterals
percussive movement
photoperiodical response variety
Pittosporum adaphniphylloides
planetary scale
playstations
polygonatum commutatums
pov
price rigidity in the downward
rain lamp
Rasmussen syndrome
relational scheme set
restate
rosemarkies
sarreverence
savedness
seaside mahoe
secondary compensator
self-report personality inventory
sexual anorexic
soapsuds
solid rudder frame
solitary tinamous
somatocentric
special steel for making instruments
St-Martin-Valmeroux
stock insurer
tenderonis
themto
tracheloscapular
tube transformer
variable-structured system
vasquine
water-garden
weather-proofing