时间:2018-12-08 作者:英语课 分类:VOA标准英语2018年(三月)


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We're rolling out the five most popular songs in the Billboard 1 Hot 100 Pop Singles chart for the week ending March 10, 2018.


Number 5: BlocBoy JB & Drake "Look Alive"


For the first time in a month, we get a newcomer. It happens in fifth place, where BlocBoy JB and Drake rise a slot with "Look Alive."


BlocBoy JB is James Baker 2, a rapper from Memphis. He began uploading his songs to SoundCloud in 2012 and dropped his first mix tape in 2016. He posted a few viral hits, which attracted Drake's attention. This is BlocBoy JB's first Top 10 single — it's Drake's 23rd.


Number 4: Camila Cabello Featuring Young Thug "Havana"


Camila Cabello and Young Thug spend yet another week in fourth place with "Havana."


Camila turned 21 on March 3, and last weekend she and her family celebrated 3 in Miami. Here's something else for Camila to celebrate: She's going on tour with Taylor Swift. Camila and Charli XCX will support Taylor on her upcoming "Reputation" world tour — dates and locations have yet to be announced.


Number 3: Bruno Mars & Cardi B "Finesse 4"


Bruno Mars and Cardi B relax in third place with "Finesse."


But we have bad news for Bruno's fans in Beijing, China: A proposed tour stop there has been canceled. Last week, the city's Municipal Bureau of Culture confirmed that the show's promoter has canceled its application to host the singer on April 25. Guangzhou and Shanghai, however, appear to still be on the itinerary 5 in late April.


Number 2: Ed Sheeran "Perfect"


Ed Sheeran stays strong in second place with his former champ "Perfect."


Ed recently donated a signed guitar to the family of 11-year-old Melody Driscoll. The young UK resident suffers from the incurable 6 disorder 7 Rett syndrome 8, and her family faces a lengthy 9 legal battle. Doctors want to withdraw Melody's medication, fearing it will damage her liver; however, her parents say she's in extreme pain and needs to continue. They hope the signed guitar can raise money to pay their legal fees.


Number 1: Drake "God's Plan"


Drake bookends this week's Top Five, as "God's Plan" spends a fifth week at No. 1. The hit debuted 10 at No. 1 — the 29th such song in the 59-year history of the Hot 100 chart. It also opened in first place on the Canadian and UK lists. It's Drake's fourth U.S. No. 1 single, and his second as a solo artist. So all in all, Drake's doing well.


I hope you are, too … and thanks for checking us out!



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 baker
n.面包师
  • The baker bakes his bread in the bakery.面包师在面包房内烤面包。
  • The baker frosted the cake with a mixture of sugar and whites of eggs.面包师在蛋糕上撒了一层白糖和蛋清的混合料。
3 celebrated
adj.有名的,声誉卓著的
  • He was soon one of the most celebrated young painters in England.不久他就成了英格兰最负盛名的年轻画家之一。
  • The celebrated violinist was mobbed by the audience.观众团团围住了这位著名的小提琴演奏家。
4 finesse
n.精密技巧,灵巧,手腕
  • It was a disappointing performance which lacked finesse.那场演出缺乏技巧,令人失望。
  • Lillian Hellman's plays are marked by insight and finesse.莉莲.赫尔曼的巨作以富有洞察力和写作技巧著称。
5 itinerary
n.行程表,旅行路线;旅行计划
  • The two sides have agreed on the itinerary of the visit.双方商定了访问日程。
  • The next place on our itinerary was Silistra.我们行程的下一站是锡利斯特拉。
6 incurable
adj.不能医治的,不能矫正的,无救的;n.不治的病人,无救的人
  • All three babies were born with an incurable heart condition.三个婴儿都有不可治瘉的先天性心脏病。
  • He has an incurable and widespread nepotism.他们有不可救药的,到处蔓延的裙带主义。
7 disorder
n.紊乱,混乱;骚动,骚乱;疾病,失调
  • When returning back,he discovered the room to be in disorder.回家后,他发现屋子里乱七八糟。
  • It contained a vast number of letters in great disorder.里面七零八落地装着许多信件。
8 syndrome
n.综合病症;并存特性
  • The Institute says that an unidentified virus is to blame for the syndrome. 该研究所表示,引起这种综合症的是一种尚未确认的病毒。
  • Results indicated that 11 fetuses had Down syndrome. 结果表明有11个胎儿患有唐氏综合征。
9 lengthy
adj.漫长的,冗长的
  • We devoted a lengthy and full discussion to this topic.我们对这个题目进行了长时间的充分讨论。
  • The professor wrote a lengthy book on Napoleon.教授写了一部有关拿破仑的巨著。
10 debuted
初次表演,初次登台(debut的过去式与过去分词形式)
  • In late 2003 a full-size SUV, the Pathfinder Armada, debuted. 2003年末,全尺寸SUV的探路者无敌舰队,推出。
  • The album debuted at number two and quickly went platinum. 专辑一亮相就荣登排行榜第二名,很快就取得了白金销量。
学英语单词
4-Amino-5-cyanoyrimidine
abnormal soil
aoq (average outgoing quality)
behinde
better equity
bikalle
bioefficacy
brevilingual
brightly-painted
Bugui Pt.
call something off
Camellia kwangnanica
cauterization of sclera
chemigraphic
chordae tendineae
chrysanthemum monocarboxylic acid
clansperson
coarse crystal sugar
cockled selvedge
Collicotoxemia
copleston
coronal forbidden line
croup kettle
Cryptocotyle
curvets
dan dare
dead ringers
delator
descriptive period
dioguardi
edaphic race
effective heat duty
fertilizer mechanism
fetchings
Figeac
frequency modulated radar altimeter
front scavenge pipe
full speed ahead
Gaea
Georgia Basin
Great White Way
hallum
Havaneses
heard in private session
hearth soaking zone
heavy industrial district
heptalobum
hetrazan
hollow groove
home distributing agency
hydraulic traversing oil reservoir
ichthyohepatotoxic fishes
integrate computer-aided software eegineering
jacobian operator
least material condition(lmc)
lingets
local-option
main runner
manipulism
Mimouna, Dj.
Mururoa Atoll
neanic age
norimon
omohyoid
paddle and anvil
paralumbar lymph gland
paris-brest-paris
petroleum chemicals industry
Phenylmercurials
Picardy
propyleneimine
quick-change
renifoline
reverse protection
rieber sonograph
run-time library routine
sakeasi
Sardinata
sigma field
skelator
solitary lymphatic nodule
sounding electrode
sulcus sigmoideus
supergranulation cell
Syzygium levinei
taken the heat
tennis racquets
Tetrastigma papillatum
tonebrious
trapezoid jig
trench silo
tresca
unidirectional electronic valve
Uroxacin
vanadium chromagen
vapour cooling resistor
WCSC
Wolfring's gland
womanisms
world time
zero incremental cost
zinc coat