CCTV9英语新闻：013 UPS AND DOWNS FOR MUSIC 2013

Well, 2013 is about to pass, leaving a whole year of buzz in the musical arena¹. To recall and sum up the ups and downs of 2013’s musical world, we Paul Stokes, associate editor of Q Magazine, discussed the high fliers and low riders of the music industry over the past year.

With David Bowie and Daft Punk having a productive time and Pharrell Williams appearing almost non-stop on the airwaves, Paul felt that they were achieving past successes.

"You kind of had David Bowie looking forward and looking backwards² at the same time. And when else could you have a year when Daft Punk could return out of the blue and be overshadowed by David." Paul Stokes, associate editor of Q Magazine, said.

The Rolling Stones also made the headlines with their refusal to slow down.

 

2013 is about to pass, leaving a whole year of buzz in the musical arena.

 

"The Rolling Stones, they headlined Glastonbury, dominated Hyde Park in the summer. For a band that has just celebrated³ it’s fifth decade together they’re surprisingly active." Paul said.

In terms of groups, One Direction have dominated the headlines.

"I think they invented the Brit Awards ujust for them this year which kinda says ’we don’t really like your music but you’ve sold lots of records overseas so well done.’ They’ve dominated in terms of I guess the outside impression of what’s going in music." Poll said.

 

2013 is about to pass, leaving a whole year of buzz in the musical arena.

 

But it’s not all good news with Justin Bieber making the headlines for all the wrong reasons.

"Justin Beiber obviously he was, he had his swagger on earlier in the year although apparently⁴ he’s killed his swagger off now. There was the whole talk that he was spitting at his neighbours allegedly. He brought a monkey to Germany for no apparent reason and then abandoned the poor creature when customs took it over. He’s fighting the papparazzi here." Paul said.

For Miley Cyrus, it is also not a pleasant year.

" There was twerking with Robin⁵ Thicke at the MTV Awards in the US then there was another MTV Awards in Europe and then she had to pretend to smoke a rolled up cigarette of some kind there. So I don’t know what she got in more trouble for whether it was the drugs reference or for just smoking indoors." Paul told us.

Paul Stokes says he thinks "Wrecking⁶ Ball" is actually a really good song. However, it’s just really hard to say ’I like wrecking ball’ because of all the other nonsense that goes with it.

1 arena   

n.竞技场，运动场所；竞争场所，舞台

参考例句：

• She entered the political arena at the age of 25. 她25岁进入政界。
• He had not an adequate arena for the exercise of his talents.他没有充分发挥其才能的场所。

2 backwards   

adv.往回地，向原处，倒，相反，前后倒置地

参考例句：

• He turned on the light and began to pace backwards and forwards.他打开电灯并开始走来走去。
• All the girls fell over backwards to get the party ready.姑娘们迫不及待地为聚会做准备。

3 celebrated   

adj.有名的，声誉卓著的

参考例句：

• 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 apparently   

adv.显然地；表面上，似乎

参考例句：

• An apparently blind alley leads suddenly into an open space.山穷水尽，豁然开朗。
• He was apparently much surprised at the news.他对那个消息显然感到十分惊异。

5 robin   

n.知更鸟，红襟鸟

参考例句：

• The robin is the messenger of spring.知更鸟是报春的使者。
• We knew spring was coming as we had seen a robin.我们看见了一只知更鸟，知道春天要到了。

6 wrecking   

破坏

参考例句：

• He teed off on his son for wrecking the car. 他严厉训斥他儿子毁坏了汽车。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Instead of wrecking the valley, the waters are put to use making electricity. 现在河水不但不在流域内肆疟，反而被人们用来生产电力。 来自辞典例句