VOA慢速英语207 粉丝捐赠祝哈里·斯泰尔斯生日快乐

Fans Donate to Wish Harry¹ Styles Happy Birthday

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February 1 is Harry Styles’s 23rd birthday.And the hashtag HappyBirthdayHarry is trending around the world.

2月1日是哈里·斯泰尔斯(Harry Styles)的23岁生日。世界各地都能看到“哈里生日快乐”。

Fans of Harry Styles have also donated $11,849 to support the oldest gay² and lesbian telephone help line in the United Kingdom.

哈里·斯泰尔斯的粉丝还捐赠11,849美元支持英国最古老的同性恋电话帮助热线。

Styles’ fans in the UK and the US have sponsored³ birthday charity efforts for several years.The 1D Fans Give group raised $24,671 for the Switchboard hot line last year.The group also sells clothing with images of hearts made up of words from One Direction’s songs and rainbows to raise money for the charity.The singers themselves have held charity dances and in 2016,pledged to donate 200,000 pounds from their concert ticket sales to the charity Stand Up To Cancer.

英国和美国的斯泰尔斯的粉丝赞助生日慈善活动已有好几年了。1D Fans Give团体去年为Switchboard热线募集了24,671美元。该团体还出售衣服为慈善筹集资金，衣服上心形的图案由单向组合(One Direction)的歌词和彩虹组成。歌手自己也举行了慈善舞会，并于2016年承诺从销售的演唱会门票中，为慈善机构战胜癌症(Stand Up To Cancer)捐赠20万英镑。

Styles started singing in a band called White Eskimo while he was in secondary⁴ school.At 16, he sang on the television talent show, The X Factor.The show’s producers then asked Styles to be the lead singer for a new band - One Direction.

中学时，斯泰尔斯开始在一个名为White Eskimo的乐队唱歌。16岁时，他在电视达人秀《The X Factor》上演唱。该节目制作人随后让斯泰尔斯成为新乐队单向组合的主唱 。

The band’s first album was a best seller⁵ and through social media the group found international success.They won a large number of music awards, such as Artist of the Year and Top New Artist.By June 2015, the business magazine Forbes said the group had earned $130 million for the previous year.They ranked One Direction as the fourth highest earning performers in the world.

该乐队的首张专辑十分畅销，并通过社交媒体在国际上大获成功。他们赢得了多个音乐奖项，如年度艺人(Artist of the Year)和最佳新人(Top New Artist)。到2015年6月，商业杂志《福布斯》表示，该乐队去年赚了1.3亿美元。他们将单向组合评为世界第四高收入艺人。

The band has not kept all that money to themselves.They support a number of humanitarian⁶ causes, including the Alzheimer’s Association,Comic Relief, Greenpeace, and the Global Poverty Project.

乐队没有把所有的钱留给他们自己。他们对一些人道主义事业给予支持，包括阿尔茨海默协会、喜剧救济(Comic Relief)、绿色和平组织(Greenpeace)和全球贫困项目(the Global Poverty Project)。

Now, Styles is trying out a new career - acting⁷.He plays a role in the movie Dunkirk.The movie tells the story of Allied⁸ soldiers who were rescued from the German army on a beach at Dunkirk, France.The movie will come out in July 2017.

现在，斯泰尔斯正在尝试新的事业——演戏。他在电影《敦刻尔克(Dunkirk)》中饰演了一个角色。该片讲述了在法国敦刻尔克的海滩上，盟军士兵被从德国军队中救出的故事。该片将于2017年7月上映。

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hot line – n. a telephone service for the public to use to get help in emergencies

Allied - adj. of or relating to the nations that fought together against Germany in World War I and World War II

humanitarian - adj. describes help or money given to people, countries, etc., in order to improve living conditions

1 harry   

vt.掠夺，蹂躏，使苦恼

参考例句：

• Today,people feel more hurried and harried.今天，人们感到更加忙碌和苦恼。
• Obama harried business by Healthcare Reform plan.奥巴马用医改掠夺了商界。

2 gay   

adj.同性恋的；色彩鲜艳的；n.(男)同性恋者

参考例句：

• I don't know he was a gay person.我不知道他是同性恋者。
• Spring comes round to the earth again and everything looks fresh and gay.春回大地，万象更新。

3 sponsored   

v.赞助( sponsor的过去式和过去分词)；资助（某人的培训或教育）；为慈善活动捐资；发起，倡议adj.赞助的；发起的

参考例句：

• The exhibition was sponsored by the Society of Culture. 这个展览会是由文化学会主办的。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
• The company sponsored several TV programs. 这家公司赞助了几个电视节目。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 secondary   

adj.中级的，中等的，次要的；n.次要位置，副手

参考例句：

• It's a question of secondary importance.这是个次要的问题。
• Secondary school means junior school and high school.中学是指初中和高中。

5 seller   

n.售货者，畅销品

参考例句：

• I hope for this book to become a best seller.我希望这本书会成为一本畅销书。
• She drove a hard bargain with the seller.她狠杀卖主的价。

6 humanitarian   

n.人道主义者，博爱者，基督凡人论者

参考例句：

• She has many humanitarian interests and contributes a lot to them.她拥有很多慈善事业，并作了很大的贡献。
• The British government has now suspended humanitarian aid to the area.英国政府现已暂停对这一地区的人道主义援助。

7 acting   

n.演戏，行为，假装；adj.代理的，临时的，演出用的

参考例句：

• Ignore her,she's just acting.别理她，她只是假装的。
• During the seventies,her acting career was in eclipse.在七十年代，她的表演生涯黯然失色。

8 allied   

adj.协约国的；同盟国的

参考例句：

• Britain was allied with the United States many times in history.历史上英国曾多次与美国结盟。
• Allied forces sustained heavy losses in the first few weeks of the campaign.同盟国在最初几周内遭受了巨大的损失。