时间:2018-12-16 作者:英语课 分类:VOA标准英语2016年(四月)


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Top 5 Songs for Week Ending April 30


These are the five most popular songs in the Billboard 1 Hot 100 Pop Singles chart, for the week ending April 30, 2016.


What’s that old saying? “The more things change, the more they stay the same?” That’s what we find in this week’s lineup.


Number 5: Zayn " Pillowtalk"


Zayn sinks a slot 2 to number five with his former chart champ “Pillowtalk.” His girlfriend, model Gigi Hadid, turned 21 on April 23. She and Zayn spent the day on the beach at Malibu, and brought their families as well.


Zayn and Gigi have been inseparable since they started dating last November…just two weeks after the popular model broke up with Joe Jonas. By the way, Gigi’s sister Bella Hadid (who is also a model) is dating The Weeknd…it’s a tight little community out there.


Number 4: Meghan Trainor "No"


Meghan Trainor retreats a slot to number four with “No.” Last week, she announced her “Untouchable” tour of North America, kicking off July 14 in Vancouver, Canada.


Last year, Meghan had to cancel a tour after suffering a vocal 3 cord hemorrhage. Hailee Steinfeld will support Meghan on her upcoming tour.


Number 3: Lukas Graham "7 Years"


Dipping a slot to third place, is Lukas Graham: “7 Years,” but this time the Danish band weakens a slot to number three. Still, no worries: their latest album opened in third place, and their current North American tour is nearly sold out.


Lead singer Lukas Graham Forchhammer admits commercial success is gratifying, but says he never wants to become a celebrity 4.


Number 2: Desiigner "Panda" 


Muscling his way to second place is Desiigner, with “Panda.” How did he come up with his name?  This New York teenager’s real name is Sidney Selby III. He began issuing tracks as Designer Royel – Royel being his middle name. His sister convinced him to drop it, while adding an extra “I” to his new name.


Earlier this month, Desiigner signed a potentially lucrative 5 co-publishing deal with SONGS Music Publishing.


Number 1: Rihanna Featuring Drake "Work" 


Rihanna and Drake share Hot 100 gold for a ninth big week with “Work.”


Drake just announced that Apple Music will co-sponsor his Summer Sixteen tour of North America, kicking off July 20 in Austin, Texas. Co-headlining will be Drake’s frequent collaborator 6 Future.


What does the future hold for the Top Five? Join us next week to find out!



1 billboard
n.布告板,揭示栏,广告牌
  • He ploughed his energies into his father's billboard business.他把精力投入到父亲的广告牌业务中。
  • Billboard spreads will be simpler and more eye-catching.广告牌广告会比较简单且更引人注目。
2 slot
n.(口)位置,职位,狭长孔,狭槽
  • Put a coin in the slot.将硬币放入投币口。
  • He's been given a regular ten-minute slot on the radio.电台定期给他十分钟的节目广播时间。
3 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。
4 celebrity
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。
5 lucrative
adj.赚钱的,可获利的
  • He decided to turn his hobby into a lucrative sideline.他决定把自己的爱好变成赚钱的副业。
  • It was not a lucrative profession.那是一个没有多少油水的职业。
6 collaborator
n.合作者,协作者
  • I need a collaborator to help me. 我需要个人跟我合作,帮我的忙。
  • His collaborator, Hooke, was of a different opinion. 他的合作者霍克持有不同的看法。
学英语单词
abatement and exemption from penalty
adding tape
after-tax salary
anterior cardiac vein
anticholesteremic
Astor family
Bohm, David
break through something
breastbands
bunhill
carpentaries
chloropercha
Chocholna-Velcice
chudans
closely coupled (system)
collision-theory
commercial power operation
communication valve
cosmic-ray
data entry display
deglutitio
diagonal test
dicrotic pulse
digital TV image
dome rock mts.
drags into
drain cooling zone
eccentric yarn
electric type flowmeter
energy-momentum pseudo-tensor
environ by/with
epineritic zone
eucrystalline
faggot-stitches
feasiblest
firmus
free-jet
galactanase
grating compound cavity
great job
Halimeda
heading syntax
high attenuation
Himet
Ictidosauria
illegitimate crossing-over
insufficient power
intaken quantity
internal wheel
Lepidus, Marcus Aemilius
letter of indemnity
leukolymphomatosis
liabilities to third parties
Loceryl
macropolyschematic
marcottage
maximum full flow pressure
Meodirax
methene-disulfonic acid
multilayer(ed) thermal insulation system
needle feed rock crank
neeli
netfic
normal profit pricing
old roman letters
parasite rate
patch up a quarrel
permutation representation
plan of operation
Porphyra
property in goods
propjet engine
puketastic
re-count
recessus posterior
redefying
reference stimuli
Rouget's cells
securer
sheet metal strip
sober-minded
Social Fruitfly
spectral absorption
spooniest
Steel Strapping
stemonine
stocking stuffer
straight-sheered ship
swedes
taken for granted
third party motor insurance
transaction civ
tuned out
two-sided printing
vanadometry
vapor riser
Villeveyrac
water softener A
wayside equipment
Wedensky inhibition
wedge-shaped fasciculus
womerar