2006年VOA标准英语-Folk Alliance Honors Its Best

By Katherine Cole
Washington
11 March 2006
 
In the past few months, we've reported on the Grammys, the Country Music Awards, and the International Bluegrass Music Awards. Now there's another music award to add to the list: The Folk Alliance Music and Business Awards.

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Canadian group The Duhks was named both Band of the Year, and Emerging Artist when the International Folk Music and Dance Alliance held its first ever industry awards show during the groups recent convention in Austin, Texas. Twelve trophies¹ were handed out during the music-filled program, and Red House Records Eliza Gilkyson proved to be the evening's big winner, taking home four trophies, including Song of the Year for her politically-charged "Man of God."

HOST: "When you were starting out in your career, were you writing topical songs like this?"

GILKYSON: "I always had a bent² toward consciousness of some sort. Speaking for human rights, or individual rights. Women's rights have long been an issue for me. Of course, I get caught up in my own personal eddys, but I try to find the archetypical threads that run through my personal life that others can relate to."

Created to honor the talent of folk and acoustic³ artists and the businesses that support them, the Folk Alliance Music Awards are the first honors to focus on folk music. The nominees⁴ and winners of the awards were determined⁵ by ballot⁶ by Folk Alliance members, including artists, labels, agents, promoters, radio presenters⁷, reporters and managers.

Louis Jay Meyers, the Folk Alliance Executive Director, says, "It's a chance to honor and pay respect to the people in our business. And that's something that I don't think we do enough of. The awards are half-industry and half-music awards. We're doing Album of the Year, Artist of the Year, Song of the Year, all that type of stuff. And then we also have House Concert of the Year, Venue⁸ of the Year, Folk Music Business of the Year, Record Label of the Year, things like that. And it's exciting because those are the people that really never get honored. I'm proud that we're going to be able to show them some respect this year."

In addition to the Song of the Year Honor, Eliza Gilkyson also received the awards for Best Contemporary Artist, and Best Solo Artist. And Eliza's album "Paradise Hotel," earned her the organizations first-ever Best Album award.

1 trophies   

n.（为竞赛获胜者颁发的）奖品( trophy的名词复数 )；奖杯；（尤指狩猎或战争中获得的）纪念品；（用于比赛或赛跑名称）奖

参考例句：

• His football trophies were prominently displayed in the kitchen. 他的足球奖杯陈列在厨房里显眼的位置。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The hunter kept the lion's skin and head as trophies. 这猎人保存狮子的皮和头作为纪念品。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

2 bent   

n.爱好，癖好；adj.弯的；决心的，一心的

参考例句：

• He was fully bent upon the project.他一心扑在这项计划上。
• We bent over backward to help them.我们尽了最大努力帮助他们。

3 acoustic   

adj.听觉的，声音的；(乐器)原声的

参考例句：

• The hall has a fine acoustic.这个大厅的传音效果很好。
• Animals use a whole rang of acoustic, visual,and chemical signals in their systems of communication.动物利用各种各样的听觉、视觉和化学信号来进行交流。

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 determined   

adj.坚定的；有决心的

参考例句：

• I have determined on going to Tibet after graduation.我已决定毕业后去西藏。
• He determined to view the rooms behind the office.他决定查看一下办公室后面的房间。

6 ballot   

n.（不记名）投票，投票总数，投票权；vi.投票

参考例句：

• The members have demanded a ballot.会员们要求投票表决。
• The union said they will ballot members on whether to strike.工会称他们将要求会员投票表决是否罢工。

7 presenters   

n.节目主持人，演播员( presenter的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Each week presenters would put the case for their favourite candidate. 每个星期主持人推出他们最喜欢的候选人。 来自互联网
• Karaoke was set up to allowed presenters to sing on the stage. 宴会设有歌唱舞台，可让出席者大演唱功。 来自互联网

8 venue   

n.犯罪地点，审判地，管辖地，发生地点，集合地点

参考例句：

• The hall provided a venue for weddings and other functions.大厅给婚礼和其他社会活动提供了场所。
• The chosen venue caused great controversy among the people.人们就审判地点的问题产生了极大的争议。