VOA文化艺术2022--泰勒·斯威夫特获得MTV音乐电视大奖,宣布推出新专辑

Taylor Swift Wins Top MTV Award, Announces New Album

Singer Taylor Swift received the top honor at the yearly MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs) on Sunday at the Prudential Center in the state of New Jersey¹.

Swift won the award for Music Video of the Year, her 14th VMA in her career so far. MTV is a well-known music video television channel.

She accepted the award for the 10-minute-long re-recorded version of her 2012 song All Too Well about a romantic breakup.

At the award ceremony, Swift thanked her fans, called "Swifties."

She said, "We wouldn't have been able to make this short film if it weren't for you, the fans."

She added that she would not have been able to re-record her albums without their support either. Recently, she re-recorded two albums, Fearless and Red, after a disagreement with her former record company.

Taylor commented that, for the first time in the award show's history, four of the video directors nominated for Video of The Year are women.

Swift also announced that her new album would be released on October 21.

Later, she posted on social media that the new album called Midnights will include music that she wrote during 13 nights throughout her life when she could not fall asleep.

The VMAs also showed the Puerto Rican artist Bad Bunny while he was giving a sold-out performance at New York's Yankee Stadium. He won the award for Artist of the Year.

Other winners include Dove Cameron for Best New Artist and Harry² Styles who received the Album of the Year award for Harry's House.

Nicki Minaj won the Video Vangaurd Award for her influence on popular music. Minaj then performed a combination of some of her most popular songs like Anaconda and Super Bass³. She also honored artists who inspired her.

"I wish that Whitney Houston and Michael Jackson were here. I wish that people understood what they meant, what they were going through (and) took mental health seriously."

Other performers at the VMAs included rappers Snoop Dogg and Eminem, the K-pop band Blackpink, rock band The Red Hot Chili⁴ Peppers, and plus-sized singer Lizzo, who also won an award.

Words in This Story

romantic –adj. making someone think of love; bringing ideas of romance

sold-out – adj. of or relating to an event where all the tickets have been sold

inspire — v. to make want to do something ; to give an idea about what to do or create

plus-size – adj. relating to a larger size of clothes

1 jersey   

n.运动衫

参考例句：

• He wears a cotton jersey when he plays football.他穿运动衫踢足球。
• They were dressed alike in blue jersey and knickers.他们穿着一致，都是蓝色的运动衫和灯笼短裤。

2 harry   

vt.掠夺，蹂躏，使苦恼

参考例句：

• 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。

3 bass   

n.男低音(歌手)；低音乐器；低音大提琴

参考例句：

• He answered my question in a surprisingly deep bass.他用一种低得出奇的声音回答我的问题。
• The bass was to give a concert in the park.那位男低音歌唱家将在公园中举行音乐会。

4 chili   

n.辣椒

参考例句：

• He helped himself to another two small spoonfuls of chili oil.他自己下手又加了两小勺辣椒油。
• It has chocolate,chili,and other spices.有巧克力粉，辣椒，和其他的调味品。