时间:2018-12-06 作者:英语课 分类:吉姆老爷.Lord.Jim


英语课

Michael Joseph Jackson (born 1958) is truly a music legend. He became a superstar at the age of eleven as a member of his family band The Jackson 5. His solo career earned him the title "King of Pop". His studio albums have all become classics. Jackson is equally famous for his high energy and complicated dance techniques such as the Moonwalk. He died in 2009 at the age of 50.


Jackson dominated the music charts throughout the 1970s, 80s and 90s. His distinctive 1 vocal 2 style, rhythm and fashion were perfect for the new music video age. MTV enthusiastically played his videos to the world. His ‘Thriller’ video had all the excitement of a major movie release. Jackson became a true icon 3 of pop culture and influenced dozens of today’s top stars.


Jackson’s personal life created significant controversy 4 and earned him a nickname he hated, ‘Wacko Jacko’. He angered many by having plastic surgery and lightening his skin to look white. His reputation was badly damaged in several high-profile child sexual abuse cases in 2003 and 2005. The courts cleared him on both occasions.


His awards and records are proof of the phenomenal success he achieved. He won World Music Award's Best-Selling Pop Male Artist of the Millennium 5, and was the American Music Award's Artist of the Century. ‘Thriller’ remains 6 the best selling album of all time. ‘Vanity Fair’ magazine named him the "Most popular artist in the history of show business".



1 distinctive
adj.特别的,有特色的,与众不同的
  • She has a very distinctive way of walking.她走路的样子与别人很不相同。
  • This bird has several distinctive features.这个鸟具有几种突出的特征。
2 vocal
adj.直言不讳的;嗓音的;n.[pl.]声乐节目
  • 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。
3 icon
n.偶像,崇拜的对象,画像
  • They found an icon in the monastery.他们在修道院中发现了一个圣像。
  • Click on this icon to align or justify text.点击这个图标使文本排齐。
4 controversy
n.争论,辩论,争吵
  • That is a fact beyond controversy.那是一个无可争论的事实。
  • We ran the risk of becoming the butt of every controversy.我们要冒使自己在所有的纷争中都成为众矢之的的风险。
5 millennium
n.一千年,千禧年;太平盛世
  • The whole world was counting down to the new millennium.全世界都在倒计时迎接新千年的到来。
  • We waited as the clock ticked away the last few seconds of the old millennium.我们静候着时钟滴答走过千年的最后几秒钟。
6 remains
n.剩余物,残留物;遗体,遗迹
  • He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
  • The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。
学英语单词
a. tibialis anterior
Africanized bee
Alloa yarn
amphipodas
auricular-appendage
basket mast
be off the press
blennuria
blot transfer apparatus
bond authorized
bouchardeaux
brachio-cephalic
carbon boil
career choices
catw
color addition
cunt hair
curb exchange
dangereuse
day light type
demobilizations
dexamethosone
diphthongisations
disilenes
dog's tooth violets
domestic hog
dual seal tubing joint
dyhrkopp
ebas
electron diffractograph
explosion-proof electrical equipment
exprobate
field shop repair semitrailer
fire-resisting damper
foreign version
genus Selenipedium
gerontocide
ghrus
global demand
gossamer spider
halavah
hand-ball
handsetting crown
heroin
historic buildings
Huiyang
imputrescence
indirect block
Iveegam
Kadipaten
Lulworth skipper
Minamioguni
miscellaneous charge
Morowali
Mucius
mucosal flap
multisaver
namaaz
naphthenic residual oil
ninety-
non-performing assets
non-point
northern-most
orthogonal curvilinear coordinate
outward flow turbine
pepeline
perv row
physical record length
polanski
porcelain vase
positive-edge-triggered
pre-investment programme
pret-a-porter
pricking out
primary channel
processibility
procuran
projected depth
protection standards
put a bug in one's ear
razoumowskyn (razoumovskyn)
recorked
regulate watercourses
reidle
schenk beer
sensetive drilling machine
servo transducer
single infinity
standard of track maintenance
sterile lamp conditioning
stovepipe iron
streptothricins
sztrokayite
take a crack at
taluka
tazel
thyratron gate
uk campus
unnotarized
villareal
winter area
zinc fume chill