2007年VOA标准英语-Huey Lewis and the News Continue to Rock

By Larry London
Washington
14 September 2007
 

Huey Lewis and the News was one of the most successful rock bands of the 1980s. Their string of hits, including the number one anthem¹ "Power of Love," have sold over 20 million records worldwide and can still be heard on the radio today. VOA's Larry London recently sat down with Huey Lewis at Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts to talk about his long career in music.

Huey Lewis before a recent performance

Huey Lewis and the News have been playing together for nearly three decades. Over the years the band has won numerous honors including two Grammy Awards. In addition to singing, front man Huey Lewis is an accomplished² harmonica player, something he taught himself while hitchhiking across the U. S. and Europe as a teenager. "I was hitchhiking throughout Europe and then went to go to North Africa, and I hitchhiked through Spain. And this was 'Franco' Spain [during the rule of Spanish leader Francisco Franco], a very sort of repressive regime. And it was very hard to get a ride, so I'd literally³ play on the side of the road for hours and hours everyday."

Huey had his first success as a musician in the early 70s with the band Clover. After recording⁴ two albums, the band broke up and Huey moved back to California. A weekly jam session at a club called Uncle Charley's eventually spawned⁵ Huey Lewis and the News. After a failed first album in 1980, the band went on to produce a string of hit songs and albums.

Lewis has long had a distinction of skilled harmonica playing

Huey Lewis and his band continue to write songs and record new music. "We are writing some stuff, which is cool. The new record should be here later this year or early next year, which would be really exciting. And I've got a couple things in the works. A couple of people are going to going to cut some of our songs, which is kind of interesting, so that'll be neat."

To the delight of their new and to be [the] right [amount]. It's nice to be able to reduce your schedule, and if you don't play for a while, it's like falling in love all over again."

1 anthem   

n.圣歌，赞美诗，颂歌

参考例句：

• All those present were standing solemnly when the national anthem was played.奏国歌时全场肃立。
• As he stood on the winner's rostrum,he sang the words of the national anthem.他站在冠军领奖台上，唱起了国歌。

2 accomplished   

adj.有才艺的；有造诣的；达到了的

参考例句：

• Thanks to your help,we accomplished the task ahead of schedule.亏得你们帮忙,我们才提前完成了任务。
• Removal of excess heat is accomplished by means of a radiator.通过散热器完成多余热量的排出。

3 literally   

adv.照字面意义，逐字地；确实

参考例句：

• He translated the passage literally.他逐字逐句地翻译这段文字。
• Sometimes she would not sit down till she was literally faint.有时候，她不走到真正要昏厥了，决不肯坐下来。

4 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。

5 spawned   

（鱼、蛙等）大量产（卵）( spawn的过去式和过去分词 )； 大量生产

参考例句：

• The band's album spawned a string of hit singles. 这支乐队的专辑繁衍出一连串走红的单曲唱片。
• The computer industry has spawned a lot of new companies. 由于电脑工业的发展，许多新公司纷纷成立。