万花筒2008-01-08:A latte with that big Mac?大热音乐盘点

A recap of the year's hit music -- from Rihanna to High School Musical 2

Welcome to our FreshTrax, your weekly source of what’s happening in music. This week we bring you a recap of the artists who livened up the airwaves in 2007, I’m Gigi Stone, in New York.

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One of the top singles of summer was Rihanna's hit song “umbrella”which also featured the hit-hop² mogul Jay-Z, the young artist from Barbados won the monster single of the year award/ of the MTV Music Awards with this addicting³ dance track. This song was part of the album “Good girl gone bad”. From here in June, Rihanna closed up 2007 tour days throughout Europe.

Another talented female artist in 2007 is Fergie, she delivers a danceable mix of hop and hip-hop with some reggae samples throw man on the track "Mary Jane shoes". Her album “The Dutchess” also includes the songs “Fergalicious”,“All that I got”and “Big girls don’t cry.” if you are a new fan of Fergie's solo⁴ sound, you are sure to check out her previous work with the“Black Eyed Peas”.

Other top albums from 2007 include/ “the High School Musical 2 soundtrack”, Daughtry's self-titled record, “Graduation” by Kanye West and Josh Groban's“Noel”.

Top singles of the year includes Maroon⁵ 5’s “Makes me wonder”, Avril Lavigne’s girlfriends, and Nelly Furtado’s “say it right”.I'm Gigi Stone in NY.

1 pry   

vi.窥(刺)探，打听；vt.撬动(开，起)

参考例句：

• He's always ready to pry into other people's business.他总爱探听别人的事。
• We use an iron bar to pry open the box.我们用铁棍撬开箱子。

2 hop   

n.单脚跳，跳跃；vi.单脚跳，跳跃；着手做某事；vt.跳跃，跃过

参考例句：

• The children had a competition to see who could hop the fastest.孩子们举行比赛，看谁单足跳跃最快。
• How long can you hop on your right foot?你用右脚能跳多远？

3 addicting   

使沉溺（addict的现在分词形式）

参考例句：

• I love salt and vinegar chips. They are very addicting. 我爱盐和醋芯片。他们非常上瘾。
• Leave it to Britney to sing a juicy and addicting song. 布兰妮呈现了一首很刺激也很让人上瘾的歌曲！

4 solo   

n.独奏，独唱；adj.单独的；adv.单独地；v.放单飞，单独表演

参考例句：

• Tara is currently working on a solo album.塔拉眼下正忙着制作个人专辑。
• There's wonderfully lyrical flute solo in the middle of this symphony.在交响乐中间有一段奇妙的抒情长笛独奏。

5 maroon   

v.困住，使（人）处于孤独无助之境；n.逃亡黑奴；孤立的人；酱紫色，褐红色；adj.酱紫色的，褐红色的

参考例句：

• Five couples were marooned in their caravans when the River Avon broke its banks.埃文河决堤的时候，有5对夫妇被困在了他们的房车里。
• Robinson Crusoe has been marooned on a desert island for 26 years.鲁滨逊在荒岛上被困了26年。