人物:凯莎:明星幸存者(1)

Kesha: Pop-Star Survivor¹

凯莎：明星幸存者

The singer finds her voice again after battling an eating disorder² & squaring off in court over sexual assault allegations

与饮食失调作斗争，后来又因性侵犯指控在法庭上迎战，这位歌手重新找回了自己的声音

The pop star Kesha roared onto the scene 10 years ago, infamously³ rap-singing about brushing her teeth with a bottle of Jack⁴ Daniel's on her braggadocios⁵ breakout hit "TiK ToK."

10年前，流行歌手凯莎(Kesha)在舞台上异军突起，在她的自夸神曲《恶女凯莎》(TiK ToK)中，用杰克·丹尼尔(Jack Daniel)的酒瓶刷牙，这是一段臭名远播的说唱。

Tapping into the millennial⁶ zeitgeist, she earned a reputation as a wild child, unleashing⁷ a string of you-only-live-once party anthems⁸, from "Your Love Is My Drug" to "Blow."

利用千禧一代的时代精神，她赢得了“野孩子”的名声，发表了一系列“人生苦短”的派对歌曲，从《爱情灵药》到《爆炸》。

But the party came to a record-scratching halt in 2014 when the star entered rehab for an eating disorder and sued her producer and record label executive Lukasz "Dr. Luke" Gottwald, 46, alleging⁹ he drugged and raped¹⁰ her and emotionally abused her for a decade.

但派对在2014年突然停止，仿佛打破某个纪录一般，当时这位明星因饮食失调进入康复中心，起诉了她的制作人、唱片公司主管、46岁的卢卡兹“卢克医生”(Dr. Luke)·特瓦尔德(Lukasz Gottwald)，指控他给她下了药，强奸了她，并在情绪上虐待了她十年。

(Luke denies the allegations and has countersued for defamation¹¹ and breach¹² of contract.)

(卢克否认了这些指控，并以诽谤和违约为由提起反诉。)

Their bitter lawsuit¹³ culminated¹⁴ in a dramatic 2016 hearing in a New York City courthouse, where Kesha broke down in sobs¹⁵ as a judge dismissed her request to be released from her contract with Luke;

他们激烈的诉讼在2016年纽约市法院的一场戏剧性的听证会上达到顶点，当一名法官驳回了凯莎要求解除与卢克合同的请求时，她哭了起来；

the judge later went on to dismiss Kesha's claims, and she remains¹⁶ contractually tied to the producer, whose lawsuit is ongoing¹⁷.

后来，法官驳回了凯莎的指控，她仍然与制作人有合同关系，后者的诉讼仍在进行中。

But the turmoil¹⁸ of the past few years is finally in her rear view. "You can go through s--- and come out the other side swinging," Kesha, 32, says now.

但过去几年的动荡终于在她的视野里出现了。32岁的凯莎现在说：“你可以穿过s区，然后从另一边大摇大摆地出来。”

"I want people to know that you don't have to be defined by your past or be a prisoner of something that you had to go through—you are allowed to find happiness."

“我想让人们知道，你不必被过去所定义，也不必成为必须经历的事情的囚徒——你可以找到幸福。”

Indeed, Kesha made a triumphant¹⁹ return with her 2017 album Rainbow, which earned two Grammy nominations²⁰.

事实上，凯莎凭借2017年的专辑《彩虹》凯旋而归，并获得两项格莱美提名。

And now the singer—who is launching her Kesha Rose Beauty makeup²¹ line—will return to her fun-loving roots with her fourth LP, High Road, due out Jan. 10.

而现在，这位即将推出Kesha Rose美妆系列的歌手将带着她的第四张专辑《High Road》回归她的风趣之路，这张专辑将于1月10日发行。

"On the last record, I had a lot of serious things to address," says Kesha.

“在上一张唱片中，我有很多严肃的事情要处理，”凯莎说。

"But now I'm ready to be joyful²² and happy and make people feel good with songs that capture my love of life, like: Don't let tomorrow get in the way of having an amazing time today, because you just don't know how long you have on this earth."

“但现在我已经做好准备变得快乐和幸福，用歌曲让人们感觉舒适，这些歌曲捕捉了我对生活的热爱，比如：不要让明天妨碍了今天的美好时光，因为你不知道你在这个世界上还能活多久。”

1 survivor   

n.生存者，残存者，幸存者

参考例句：

• The sole survivor of the crash was an infant.这次撞车的惟一幸存者是一个婴儿。
• There was only one survivor of the plane crash.这次飞机失事中只有一名幸存者。

2 disorder   

n.紊乱，混乱；骚动，骚乱；疾病，失调

参考例句：

• When returning back,he discovered the room to be in disorder.回家后，他发现屋子里乱七八糟。
• It contained a vast number of letters in great disorder.里面七零八落地装着许多信件。

3 infamously   

不名誉地

参考例句：

• They will not have much cause of triumph when they see how infamously I act. 当他们看到我演得那么糟糕时，他们就不会有多少理由感到胜利了。

4 jack   

n.插座，千斤顶，男人；v.抬起，提醒，扛举；n.（Jake）杰克

参考例句：

• I am looking for the headphone jack.我正在找寻头戴式耳机插孔。
• He lifted the car with a jack to change the flat tyre.他用千斤顶把车顶起来换下瘪轮胎。

5 braggadocios   

n.自夸，吹牛大王( braggadocio的名词复数 )

参考例句：

6 millennial   

一千年的，千福年的

参考例句：

• Both Russia and America looked to the future to fulfill their millennial expectations. 俄国和美国都把实现他们黄金时代的希望寄托于未来。
• The millennial generation is celebrating the global commons every day, apparently unmindful of Hardin's warning. 千禧一代显然对哈丁的警告不以为然，每天都在颂扬全球“公地”。

7 unleashing   

v.把（感情、力量等）释放出来，发泄( unleash的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• Company logos: making people's life better by unleashing Cummins power. 公司理念：以康明斯动力建设更美好的生活！ 来自互联网
• Sooner or later the dam will burst, unleashing catastrophic destruction. 否则堤坝将崩溃，酿成灾难。 来自互联网

8 anthems   

n.赞美诗( anthem的名词复数 )；圣歌；赞歌；颂歌

参考例句：

• They usually play the national anthems of the teams at the beginning of a big match. 在大型赛事开始前，他们通常演奏参赛国国歌。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Rise please, rise for the anthems of & . 请全体起立，奏和两国国歌。 来自互联网

9 alleging   

断言，宣称，辩解( allege的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• His reputation was blemished by a newspaper article alleging he'd evaded his taxes. 由于报上一篇文章声称他曾逃税，他的名誉受到损害。
• This our Peeress declined as unnecessary, alleging that her cousin Thornhill's recommendation would be sufficient. 那位贵人不肯，还说不必，只要有她老表唐希尔保荐就够了。

10 raped   

v.以暴力夺取，强夺( rape的过去式和过去分词 )；强奸

参考例句：

• A young woman was brutally raped in her own home. 一名年轻女子在自己家中惨遭强暴。 来自辞典例句
• We got stick together, or we will be having our women raped. 我们得团结一致，不然我们的妻女就会遭到蹂躏。 来自辞典例句

11 defamation   

n.诽谤；中伤

参考例句：

• Character defamation can be either oral or written.人格诽谤既可以是口头的也可以是书面的。
• The company sued for defamation.这个公司因受到诽谤而提起诉讼。

12 breach   

n.违反，不履行；破裂；vt.冲破，攻破

参考例句：

• We won't have any breach of discipline.我们不允许任何破坏纪律的现象。
• He was sued for breach of contract.他因不履行合同而被起诉。

13 lawsuit   

n.诉讼，控诉

参考例句：

• They threatened him with a lawsuit.他们以诉讼威逼他。
• He was perpetually involving himself in this long lawsuit.他使自己无休止地卷入这场长时间的诉讼。

14 culminated   

v.达到极点( culminate的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• a gun battle which culminated in the death of two police officers 一场造成两名警察死亡的枪战
• The gala culminated in a firework display. 晚会以大放烟火告终。 来自《简明英汉词典》

15 sobs   

啜泣（声），呜咽（声）( sob的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• She was struggling to suppress her sobs. 她拼命不让自己哭出来。
• She burst into a convulsive sobs. 她突然抽泣起来。

16 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• 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。

17 ongoing   

adj.进行中的，前进的

参考例句：

• The problem is ongoing.这个问题尚未解决。
• The issues raised in the report relate directly to Age Concern's ongoing work in this area.报告中提出的问题与“关心老人”组织在这方面正在做的工作有直接的关系。

18 turmoil   

n.骚乱，混乱，动乱

参考例句：

• His mind was in such a turmoil that he couldn't get to sleep.内心的纷扰使他无法入睡。
• The robbery put the village in a turmoil.抢劫使全村陷入混乱。

19 triumphant   

adj.胜利的，成功的；狂欢的，喜悦的

参考例句：

• The army made a triumphant entry into the enemy's capital.部队胜利地进入了敌方首都。
• There was a positively triumphant note in her voice.她的声音里带有一种极为得意的语气。

20 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

21 makeup   

n.组织；性格；化装品

参考例句：

• Those who failed the exam take a makeup exam.这次考试不及格的人必须参加补考。
• Do you think her beauty could makeup for her stupidity?你认为她的美丽能弥补她的愚蠢吗？

22 joyful   

adj.欢乐的，令人欢欣的

参考例句：

• She was joyful of her good result of the scientific experiments.她为自己的科学实验取得好成果而高兴。
• They were singing and dancing to celebrate this joyful occasion.他们唱着、跳着庆祝这令人欢乐的时刻。