夏说英语新闻晨读 第272期:霉霉单曲大卖

 本期内容：
Taylor Swift's music video for her latest single, Look What You Made Me Do, includes a scene where she is shown raiding the bank vault¹ of a music streaming company. Having smashed records on UTube and Spotify and notched² up her first UK number one single, the scene is a telling one. Writing songs that exploit her personal life, from celebrity³ feuds⁴ to the short-lived romance that was Hiddleswift and through deft⁵ manipulation of social media, Swift offers lessons in how to make a hit machine in the new digitally driven world of music.

Single: 单曲
Bank vault：银行金库
Smash：砸碎
Notch up：获取
Telling：有力的
Celebrity：名人
Feud：世仇
Romance：情史
Deft：巧妙的
Manipulation：操纵

1 vault   

n.拱形圆顶，地窖，地下室

参考例句：

• The vault of this cathedral is very high.这座天主教堂的拱顶非常高。
• The old patrician was buried in the family vault.这位老贵族埋在家族的墓地里。

2 notched   

a.有凹口的，有缺口的

参考例句：

• Torino notched up a 2-1 win at Lazio. 都灵队以2 比1 赢了拉齐奧队。
• He notched up ten points in the first five minutes of the game. 他在比赛开始后的五分钟里得了十分。

3 celebrity   

n.名人，名流；著名，名声，名望

参考例句：

• 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。

4 feuds   

n.长期不和，世仇( feud的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Quarrels and feuds between tribes became incessant. 部落间的争吵、反目成仇的事件接连不断。 来自英汉非文学 - 文明史
• There were feuds in the palace, no one can deny. 宫里也有斗争，这是无可否认的。 来自辞典例句

5 deft   

adj.灵巧的，熟练的（a deft hand 能手）

参考例句：

• The pianist has deft fingers.钢琴家有灵巧的双手。
• This bird,sharp of eye and deft of beak,can accurately peck the flying insects in the air.这只鸟眼疾嘴快，能准确地把空中的飞虫啄住。