At Look at the Grammy Award Nominees

Broadcast:  Jan 11, 2003

 

The Recording¹ Academy invited artists of several genres³ and generations to announce the nominees⁴ in 104 categories for the Grammy Awards. At a press conference at New York's Madison Square Garden, newcomers John Mayer and Avril Lavigne joined ¹⁾rhythm and blues⁵ stars Nelly and Ashanti, as well as country's Kenny Chesney, rock diva Cyndi Lauper and 'N Sync member Justin Timberlake.

The Rising, Bruce Springsteen's ²⁾anthem of hope after the September 11th, 2001 terrorist attacks, was nominated for Song of the Year, and his CD of the same name is in the running for Album of the Year. Springsteen is also a hot contender in the Rock field, for Album, Song and Male Vocal⁶ Performance.

Rapper Eminem received five nominations⁷, including Record and Album of the Year, based on his multi-million-selling Eminem Show collection. Other five-time nominees include Ashanti, Nelly, Avril Lavigne, Norah Jones, Sheryl Crow and Raphael Saadiq. Country trio The Dixie Chicks also scored four nominations, including Album of the Year. Fellow country stars Alan Jackson and Johnny Cash received multiple nominations, as did rock veteran Elvis Costello, R&B's India.Arie, Chad Kroeger and his band Nickelback, and young rock singer and songwriter, Vanessa Carlton.

After years of complaints that rap and hip-hop were not fully⁸ represented at the Grammy Awards, the genre² is making a strong showing for 2003. Nelly's Nellyville collection and Eminem's Eminem Show will compete for Album of the Year. Nelly comments, "It's the first time two hip-hop acts have ever been nominated for Album of the Year, and that's big. It shows there's enough room for everybody as long as we maintain our ³⁾composure." Other Album of the Year hopefuls include with Bruce Springsteen, The Dixie Chicks and Norah Jones.

Norah Jones is also a contender in the Best New Artist category. She'll have some tough competition from Ashanti, Avril Lavigne, Michelle Branch and John Mayer. Norah's song Don't Know Why is also in the running for Record of the Year, along with Eminem's Without Me, Nelly's Dilemma⁹, A Thousand Miles by Vanessa Carlton and Nickelback's How You Remind Me.

The field for Song of the Year, which is awarded to the songwriter, includes Norah Jones and Vanessa Carlton again, along with Bruce Springsteen's The Rising, Where Were You (When The World Stopped Turning) by Alan Jackson, and Complicated by Avril Lavigne.

New York City mayor Michel Bloomberg has officially welcomed the Grammys back to the city for the first time since 1998. The 45th annual Grammy Awards ceremony will be televised live on February 23 at Madison Square Garden.

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1)    rhythm[5riTEm, 5riWEm]n. 节奏, 韵律

2)    anthem[5AnWEm]n. 圣歌, 赞美诗

3)    composure[kEm5pEuVE]n.镇静, 沉着

1 recording   

n.录音，记录

参考例句：

• How long will the recording of the song take?录下这首歌得花多少时间？
• I want to play you a recording of the rehearsal.我想给你放一下彩排的录像。

2 genre   

n.(文学、艺术等的)类型，体裁，风格

参考例句：

• My favorite music genre is blues.我最喜欢的音乐种类是布鲁斯音乐。
• Superficially,this Shakespeare's work seems to fit into the same genre.从表面上看， 莎士比亚的这个剧本似乎属于同一类型。

3 genres   

（文学、艺术等的）类型，体裁，风格( genre的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Novel and short story are different genres. 长篇小说和短篇小说是不同的类别。
• But confusions over the two genres have a long history. 但是类型的混淆，古已有之。 来自汉英文学 - 散文英译

4 nominees   

n.被提名者，被任命者( nominee的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• She's one of the nominees. 她是被提名者之一。 来自超越目标英语 第2册
• A startling number of his nominees for senior positions have imploded. 他所提名的高级官员被否决的数目令人震惊。 来自互联网

5 blues   

n.抑郁，沮丧；布鲁斯音乐

参考例句：

• She was in the back of a smoky bar singing the blues.她在烟雾弥漫的酒吧深处唱着布鲁斯歌曲。
• He was in the blues on account of his failure in business.他因事业失败而意志消沉。

6 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。

7 nominations   

n.提名，任命( nomination的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Nominations are invited for the post of party chairman. 为党主席职位征集候选人。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Much coverage surrounded his abortive bids for the 1960,1964, and 1968 Republican Presidential nominations. 许多消息报道都围绕着1960年、1964年和1968年他为争取提名为共和党总统候选人所做努力的失败。 来自辞典例句

8 fully   

adv.完全地，全部地，彻底地；充分地

参考例句：

• The doctor asked me to breathe in,then to breathe out fully.医生让我先吸气，然后全部呼出。
• They soon became fully integrated into the local community.他们很快就完全融入了当地人的圈子。

9 dilemma   

n.困境，进退两难的局面

参考例句：

• I am on the horns of a dilemma about the matter.这件事使我进退两难。
• He was thrown into a dilemma.他陷入困境。