voa标准英语2015--Top 5 Songs for Week Ending Jan. 31
时间：2018-12-08 作者：英语课 分类：VOA标准英语2015年(一月)
Top 5 Songs for Week Ending Jan. 31
We’re lighting 1 up the five most popular songs in the Billboard 2 Hot 100 pop singles chart, for the week ending January 31, 2015.
It’s been a good year so far, with every week yielding at least one new title. We could get used to this!
Let’s open in fifth place, which brings back a previous champ: Taylor Swift, and “Shake It Off.” This week, Australian network Triple J announced the winner of its fan-voted Hottest 100 music poll…and Taylor Swift’s name was nowhere to be found. The network had banned her, reacting to a social media campaign to push “Shake It Off” to number one. By the way, singer-songwriter Chet Faker emerged the winner.
Dipping a slot to fourth place is Hozier, with “Take Me To Church.” The Irish singer recently surprised some students. Earlier this month, Hozier paid a surprise visit to Dublin’s British and Irish Modern Music Institute. He spoke 3 about gigging around the globe and dealing 4 with sudden fame.
Sudden fame is ancient history to our third-place act: Taylor Swift has been a superstar for more than five years. In fact, her latest album is her fastest-seller yet. Taylor backs off a notch 5 to third place with “Blank Space.” Last week, her 1989 album became her fifth set to reach four million U.S. sales…by the way, that’s every one of them. As icing on the cake, it achieved that milestone 6 faster than any of her other albums.
Jumping two slots to second place goes Ed Sheeran with “Thinking Out Loud.” Ed may have made an unlikely fan out of a previous opponent. Earlier this month, former Oasis 7 member Noel Gallagher said he couldn’t live with the fact that Ed was playing several July dates at London’s massive Wembley Stadium. Ed reached out to Noel, offering him free tickets. He tells the Daily Star that Noel accepted, on behalf of his teenage daughter. Ed also says he doesn’t mind criticism - it keeps him humble 8.
Fellow British artist Mark Ronson keeps the crown, as “Uptown Funk” featuring Bruno Mars spends a third week at the top. How’s Mark doing back home? Across the Atlantic in the United Kingdom, “Uptown Funk” spends a sixth week at number one, while Uptown Special becomes his first chart-topping U.K. album.
That’s it for now - join us next week for a whole new lineup.
- The gas lamp gradually lost ground to electric lighting.煤气灯逐渐为电灯所代替。
- The lighting in that restaurant is soft and romantic.那个餐馆照明柔和而且浪漫。
- He ploughed his energies into his father's billboard business.他把精力投入到父亲的广告牌业务中。
- Billboard spreads will be simpler and more eye-catching.广告牌广告会比较简单且更引人注目。
- They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
- The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。
- This store has an excellent reputation for fair dealing.该商店因买卖公道而享有极高的声誉。
- His fair dealing earned our confidence.他的诚实的行为获得我们的信任。
- The peanuts they grow are top-notch.他们种的花生是拔尖的。
- He cut a notch in the stick with a sharp knife.他用利刃在棒上刻了一个凹痕。
- The film proved to be a milestone in the history of cinema.事实证明这部影片是电影史上的一个里程碑。
- I think this is a very important milestone in the relations between our two countries.我认为这是我们两国关系中一个十分重要的里程碑。