Lady Gaga's new album coming

    BEIJING March 2 (Xinhuanet)  -- Lady Gaga, American top singer and songwriter, was scheduled(预期) to release her new album "Born This Way" on May 23, according to a MTV news report.
    The upcoming(即将来临的) album was described by Lady Gaga as "a marriage of electronic music with metal or rock 'n' roll, pop, anthemic style melodies with really sledge-hammering dance beats." She has referred to the album as "the greatest" of the decade about "what keeps us up at night and what makes us afraid.""Born This Way", the first single, has already spent two weeks on top of the Billboard¹ Hot 100, being the 19th number-one debut² and the 1,000th number-one single in the history of the charts. A tremendous amount of excitement has been aroused by her thrilling online premiere and a killer³ performance at the 53rd Grammy Awards.
    The video for "Born This Way" entered the universe on Monday. In typical Gaga fashion, it stands alongside her other videos such as "Telephone", "Bad Romance" and "Alejandro" from a visual, technical and artistic⁴ standpoint.
    "Born This Way" will be Gaga's third major release in three years, following her debut album "The Fame" and Best Pop Vocal⁵ Album "The Fame Monster. "(本文由在线英语听力室整理编辑)

1 billboard   

n.布告板，揭示栏，广告牌

参考例句：

• 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 debut   

n.首次演出，初次露面

参考例句：

• 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。

3 killer   

n.杀人者，杀人犯，杀手，屠杀者

参考例句：

• Heart attacks have become Britain's No.1 killer disease.心脏病已成为英国的头号致命疾病。
• The bulk of the evidence points to him as her killer.大量证据证明是他杀死她的。

4 artistic   

adj.艺术(家)的，美术(家)的；善于艺术创作的

参考例句：

• The picture on this screen is a good artistic work.这屏风上的画是件很好的艺术品。
• These artistic handicrafts are very popular with foreign friends.外国朋友很喜欢这些美术工艺品。

5 vocal   

adj.直言不讳的；嗓音的；n.[pl.]声乐节目

参考例句：

• 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。