时间:2018-12-08 作者:英语课 分类:VOA标准英语2017年(四月)


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This is the Top Five Countdown! We’re hangin’ with the five most popular songs in the Billboard 1 Hot 100 Pop Singles chart, for the week ending April 29, 2017.


It turns out that lighting 2 does strike twice in the same place, because we get a Top Five debut 3 for the second consecutive 4 week.


Number 5: The Chainsmokers & Coldplay "Something Just Like This" 


Let’s start in fifth place, where The Chainsmokers and Coldplay hold with “Something Just Like This.”


Coldplay just grabbed two nominations 5 for this year’s Ivor Novello Awards. Chris Martin & Company are nominated twice in the PRS For Most Performed Work category – they earned it for “Adventure Of A Lifetime” and “Hymn For The Weekend.” They’ll square off against Adele, with “When We Were Young.” Named for the famous Welsh composer and actor, the Ivor Novello awards will be handed out on May 18 in London.


Number 4: Harry 6 Styles "Sign of The Times" 


Let’s keep it in the U.K. for this week’s big debut: Harry Styles opens in fourth place with “Sign Of The Times" - the lead single from Harry’s first solo album, dropping on May 12.


Harry co-wrote this song with Jeff Bhasker, who won the 2016 Grammy for Non-Classical Producer of the Year. He’s worked with everyone from Jay Z to the Rolling Stones. Harry’s album has a lot of buzz behind it, and he says he will go on tour.


Number 3: Kendrick Lamar "Humble" 


Kendrick Lamar steps back a slot to number three with “Humble,” from his smash hit album Damn.


Kendrick headlined for two successive weekends at the Coachella festival, and now fans can await his North American headlining tour. It starts July 12 in Glendale, Arizona. Travis Scott and D.R.A.M. will be the opening acts.


Number 2: Bruno Mars "That's What I Like" 


Bruno, Bruno…make up your mind. He’s sold more than 26 million albums, but Bruno Mars just can’t make that last jump: “That’s What I Like” this week returns to its chart high of second place.


Bruno’s currently on tour in the United Kingdom, and last week stopped by the Beatles’ old stomping 7 ground, Abbey Road Studios in London. He says he didn’t use that famous zebra crossing, but it was a temptation.


Number 1: Ed Sheeran "Shape of You" 


If you’re tempted 8 to think we have a new singles champ, think again: Ed Sheeran remains 9 your countdown king with “Shape Of You.”


As of April 6, this was the best-selling song of 2017 in the U.S., moving 1.7 million copies. It’s also the only song to have surpassed the million-seller mark so far this year.


We get a whole new lineup next week, so be sure and drop by.



1 billboard
n.布告板,揭示栏,广告牌
  • 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。
2 lighting
n.照明,光线的明暗,舞台灯光
  • 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。
3 debut
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。
4 consecutive
adj.连续的,联贯的,始终一贯的
  • 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。
5 nominations
n.提名,任命( nomination的名词复数 )
  • Nominations are invited for the post of party chairman. 为党主席职位征集候选人。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Much coverage surrounded his abortive bids for the 1960,1964, and 1968 Republican Presidential nominations. 许多消息报道都围绕着1960年、1964年和1968年他为争取提名为共和党总统候选人所做努力的失败。 来自辞典例句
6 harry
vt.掠夺,蹂躏,使苦恼
  • Today,people feel more hurried and harried.今天,人们感到更加忙碌和苦恼。
  • Obama harried business by Healthcare Reform plan.奥巴马用医改掠夺了商界。
7 stomping
v.跺脚,践踏,重踏( stomp的现在分词 )
  • He looked funny stomping round the dance floor. 他在舞池里跺着舞步,样子很可笑。 来自辞典例句
  • Chelsea substitution Wright-Phillips for Robben. Wrighty back on his old stomping to a mixed reception. 77分–切尔西换人:赖特.菲利普斯入替罗本。小赖特在主场球迷混杂的欢迎下,重返他的老地方。 来自互联网
8 tempted
v.怂恿(某人)干不正当的事;冒…的险(tempt的过去分词)
  • I was sorely tempted to complain, but I didn't. 我极想发牢骚,但还是没开口。
  • I was tempted by the dessert menu. 甜食菜单馋得我垂涎欲滴。
9 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。
学英语单词
acneform
actinoptychus annulatus
alternating reflex
Anabaseine
angle cleat
angle shooters
automatic frequency control
Bangadina
bennu
body defect
booty-shaking
breast of veal
Cherrapunji
collat
commercial satellite
common ratio
cools down
cp criterion
creep-resistance
crockards
curvilinear simple regression
data switching exchange (dse)
DBT
de-seeded
Dirichlet L series
dish plate
document composition facility
downward reference
dukkhas
dust filter
dustan
electronic retailer
exponent of polynomial
forest grazing
fracture fixation
full progression
gestunoes
goatsuckers
grain column
grammatical markers
higher level
intensity-duration formula
inverse hyper-geometric distribution
iron unilization
ISDR
jack-back
jewels
journal stop
konuma
lake victorias
laryngeal papilloma
literalization
little rhodies
magnetic reproduce head
magnetoresistance
maloch
Mar-pa
marginal initial
metal coloring
metal V-ring
model coefficient
money market instrument
national science foundation (nsf)
new-england
observatory
overarch
parent entity
pellicularias
Phillips heads
piezo-magnetism
pleural mesenchymoma
plica ileocaecalis caudalis
positional isomerism
qiao
reconstructive rhinoplasty
responsion
reversing amplifier
rochelle saltss
side discharge outlet
single-period model
Sixes and sevens
solid bulk cargo terminal
spark over test
spectroheliograms
squabble over
stand-ups
steel chips
sudex
suppressor ionization gauge
supramine yellow G
swal
swoople
tallyhoed
three-point plug
tiazesim
to settle on bottom
underpiston scavenge space
use-mention distinction
vertical shaft furnace
Weedol
with a view to sth
works engineer