新西兰英语 701 Winner of the New Zealand Music Awards

 　　The annual New Zealand Music Awards were held tonight in Auckland. The popular singer-songwriter/guitarist, Kimbra, returned from Canada for the event. She had nominations² in many categories and won five of these. She also won the most important award, the Album of the Year, for her debut³ album Vows⁴.

　　Kimbra is only 22. She was born in Hamilton and grew up there. She started writing songs at the age of 10. When she was 12, she sang the New Zealand National Anthem⁵ in front of a crowd of 27,000 at a rugby game. She won many awards for her music while she was at high school.

　　Her first studio album, Vows, was released in August last year in New Zealand and Australia and very soon was in the top five in both countries.

　　She has been touring in North America for the last few weeks where more than half of her shows have been sold out. She said it was wonderful to be back in New Zealand where she first started her music career by singing in pubs to four or five people. It was hard work but now she is on the way to being a very successful musician.

　　Vocabulary

　　?annual – every year

　　?nomination¹ – her name was listed in that category

　　?category – a section e.g. best pop song, best single, best group

　　?award – prize

　　?album – a CD with a collection of her songs (opposite: a single – one song)

　　?debut – first (French word used in the music industry)

　　?released – available to buy

　　?sold out – all tickets sold

1 nomination   

n.提名，任命，提名权

参考例句：

• John is favourite to get the nomination for club president.约翰最有希望被提名为俱乐部主席。
• Few people pronounced for his nomination.很少人表示赞成他的提名。

2 nominations   

n.提名，任命( nomination的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Nominations are invited for the post of party chairman. 为党主席职位征集候选人。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Much coverage surrounded his abortive bids for the 1960,1964, and 1968 Republican Presidential nominations. 许多消息报道都围绕着1960年、1964年和1968年他为争取提名为共和党总统候选人所做努力的失败。 来自辞典例句

3 debut   

n.首次演出，初次露面

参考例句：

• That same year he made his Broadway debut, playing a suave radio journalist.在那同一年里，他初次在百老汇登台，扮演一个温文而雅的电台记者。
• The actress made her debut in the new comedy.这位演员在那出新喜剧中首次登台演出。

4 vows   

誓言( vow的名词复数 )； 郑重宣布，许愿

参考例句：

• Matrimonial vows are to show the faithfulness of the new couple. 婚誓体现了新婚夫妇对婚姻的忠诚。
• The nun took strait vows. 那位修女立下严格的誓愿。

5 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。