时间:2019-01-02 作者:英语课 分类:Take Away English


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Amy Winehouse
Amy Winehouse feeling the pressures of fame





One of the UK's top young female vocalists has cancelled a series of high-profile European concerts following a short stay in hospital after suffering "severe exhaustion 1".

Smokey-voiced jazz and soul singer Amy Winehouse has backed out of a number of dates, including two concerts supporting veteran UK rockers The Rolling Stones.


Fears are growing for the health of the 23-year-old singer who has cancelled a number of live performances already this summer citing "exhaustion", a word often used by publicists to mask more serious problems.


The pressures of fame may be taking their toll 2 on Amy who has frequently appeared in newspapers and celebrity 3 magazines clearly the worse for wear.


The award-winning jazz star has admitted to battling anorexia 4 and bulimia in the past and has appeared to be drunk while participating in television shows.


Amy herself has cited perfectionism as one reason for some of her recent cancellations.


She said: "I know it's last-minute and a bit irresponsible. But I'm a perfectionist and would rather reschedule a show than do it half-heartedly."


Amy is not the UK's only new female star who is becoming as famous for her party lifestyle as her music.


Other young artists like Lily Allen and Joss Stone have also cancelled concerts and been portrayed 5 behaving erratically 6 in the media.


Lily however has a doctor's note to prove her illness – she posted the note on her blog along with an entry saying she was now "back in London eating my mum’s chicken soup".







GLOSSARY 词汇表


 








female vocalists
女歌唱家




smokey-voiced
嘶哑低沉的声音




dates
日期




publicists
新闻发布人士




pressures of fame
成名的压力




the worse for wear
穿得破旧不堪,(喻)精疲力尽/醉醺醺的




bulimia
贪食症




last-minute
最后一刻




party lifestyle
派对生活方式




doctor's note
医生证明






severe exhaustion
筋疲力尽




backed out of
退出;谢绝




citing
措辞




mask
面具




taking their toll
付出其代价




anorexia
厌食症




perfectionism
完美主义者




half-heartedly
半心半意地




behaving erratically
怪僻/反常的表现




blog
博客








 




n.耗尽枯竭,疲惫,筋疲力尽,竭尽,详尽无遗的论述
  • She slept the sleep of exhaustion.她因疲劳而酣睡。
  • His exhaustion was obvious when he fell asleep standing.他站着睡着了,显然是太累了。
n.过路(桥)费;损失,伤亡人数;v.敲(钟)
  • The hailstone took a heavy toll of the crops in our village last night.昨晚那场冰雹损坏了我们村的庄稼。
  • The war took a heavy toll of human life.这次战争夺去了许多人的生命。
n.名人,名流;著名,名声,名望
  • Tom found himself something of a celebrity. 汤姆意识到自己已小有名气了。
  • He haunted famous men, hoping to get celebrity for himself. 他常和名人在一起, 希望借此使自己获得名气。
n.厌食症
  • Anorexia can creep up on young girls when they least expect it.年轻女子可能在最没有防备的情況下患上厌食症。
  • Anorexia is a common eating disorder.厌食是一种常见的饮食紊乱症。
v.画像( portray的过去式和过去分词 );描述;描绘;描画
  • Throughout the trial, he portrayed himself as the victim. 在审讯过程中,他始终把自己说成是受害者。
  • The author portrayed his father as a vicious drunkard. 作者把他父亲描绘成一个可恶的酒鬼。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
adv.不规律地,不定地
  • Police stopped him for driving erratically. 警察因其驾驶不循规则而把他拦下了。 来自辞典例句
  • Magnetitite-bearing plugs are found erratically from the base of the Critical Zone. 含磁铁岩的岩栓不规则地分布于关键带的基底以上。 来自辞典例句
学英语单词
aberred
addressabilities
Alpinia graminifolia
ambassis vachellii
autumn years
back scratcher
bellwether bond
belt feed pawl
benzylmorphine hydrochloride
Bilsenkrautblatter
black belts
blackberry-lilies
Blepharocorynthina
BRCTP
Brudzinski's sign
bulking loading
Buona Vista
button plate
campstool
Ceylon zircon
chemical feed system
chemiluminescence efficiency
Chlorchinaldol
Chytridiaceae
coal-mining
conboys
conged
continental tango
controlled blasting
conventional true value of a quantity
country fever
crowfoot cell
DAEA
data link multiplexer
Double hop.
ecohydrology
espumoso
ex work
family araliaceaes
flaptracks
follow one's inclinations
for starters
formatives
gangsta rap, gangster rap
gaseous cycle
geocentric coordinates
godwin austens
hash-pipe
have a hemorrhage
held back
helium-oxygen mixture
hierarchically-structured system
high pressure feed water heater
incisurae vertebralis inferior
individual feeding bail
Jesher
keelless
lacquer master
LAFR
lagneuomania
landry-guillain-barre syndrome
line fishing
Makanalika
Mazatecs
mazing
Mongolian barbecues
motor nuclei
Muang Souvannakhili
narcocorridos
node operator
nursemaids
occupiable area
on the moon
over-rigorous
passenger information display system
payment on statement
phoxime
Phytagglutinins
Pintwater Range
pomacentrids
powderily
precompetition psychological state
pressurized enclosure
reverse shift fork axle
salahaddin
siliconeison
social security tax
St-Maurice-la-Souterraine
step-by-step computation
straight key
sulphidation attack
taburn
take someone's dictation
testing machinery
towing handle
understand one another
unit double impulse
vector transformation
volcanic cloud
wine bibbing
Wood's light
Yeovilton