VOA标准英语2011--IBMA Announces 2011 Music Awards Nominat

IBMA Announces 2011 Music Awards Nominations¹

The International Bluegrass Music Association [IBMA] has announced the nominees² for its 22nd annual awards.
A relatively³ new band, the bluegrass “supergroup” The Boxcars leads the pack this year with 10 nominations.
“Jumpin’ The Track” earned The Boxcars one of its 10 International Bluegrass Music Award nominations. It’s up for “Recorded Instrumental Performance of The Year.” The year- old group, featuring the talents of Adam Steffey, Ron Stewart, John R. Bowman, Keith Garrett and Harold Nixon, are up for more IBMA awards than any other band this year. But while The Boxcars are a new group, the members are by no means new to the scene. Adam Steffey is the reigning⁴ and seven-time IBMA Mandolin Player of the Year, and could take home the trophy⁵ again this year. Ron Stewart, the only musician in the history of the IBMA Awards to be a frequent finalist in two instrumental categories, was the Fiddle⁶ Player of the Year in 2000.
The Boxcars are nominated for the IBMA's top award, Entertainer of the year, along with three-time reigning winner Dailey & Vincent, two-time winner The Grascals, Steve Martin & The Steep Canyon⁷ Rangers⁸ and The Gibson Brothers. The Gibsons are up for seven awards this year, including Album of the Year for “Help My Brother.” The title track for that CD, written by Leigh Gibson, has been nominated for Song of the Year.
The Gibson Brothers’ “Help My Brother” is one of the five songs up for the IBMA’s Song of the Year honor this year - and the odds⁹ are in their favor. Why? Because the boys have actually received two nominations in that one category. Their other nominated track is “Walking West to Memphis.” What are the other nominees for “Song of the Year?” They are: “I Am Strong,” by The Grascals featuring Dolly Parton, “I’ll Take Love,” performed by Dale Ann Bradley with Alison Krauss & Steve Gulley, and “Trains I Missed,” as recorded by the band Balsam Range.
The Gibson Brothers’ other nominations include Vocal¹⁰ Group of the Year and Entertainer of the Year. They, along with the Boxcars and Steve Martin & the Steep Canyon Rangers are all first-time nominees for that top prize. The other nominees are The Grascals and Dailey & Vincent. For the past five years, either The Grascals or Dailey & Vincent took home that trophy.
And The Gibsons are facing off against Dailey & Vincent in another category as well: Vocal Group of the Year.
Jamie Dailey, who sings lead on most of the Dailey & Vincent songs, is vying¹¹ for Male Vocalist of the Year at the 2011 IBMA Awards. His competition is Leigh Gibson, Josh Williams, Russell Moore & Dan Tyminski.
Female Vocalist of the Year nominees are: Sonya Isaacs, four time winner Alison Krauss, seven time champion Ronda Vincent & Dale Ann Bradley, who’s taken home the trophy three times, and Claire Lynch, who won the award in 1997 and then again last year.
The 2011 International Bluegrass Music Awards will be handed out at the Ryman Auditorium¹² in Nashville on September 29, and the award show will be broadcast the following week on the "Roots and Branches" program, heard on the VOA Music Mix Network.
The IBMA will also be inducting two new members into its Hall of Fame during the Awards show. They are pioneering bass¹³ and guitar player George Shuffler¹⁴, and Del McCoury, leader of one of the most awarded bands in IBMA history. His version of Richard Thompson’s classic “1952 Vincent Black Lightning” was the IBMA Song of the Year in 2002.

1 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

2 nominees   

n.被提名者，被任命者( nominee的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• She's one of the nominees. 她是被提名者之一。 来自超越目标英语 第2册
• A startling number of his nominees for senior positions have imploded. 他所提名的高级官员被否决的数目令人震惊。 来自互联网

3 relatively   

adv.比较...地，相对地

参考例句：

• The rabbit is a relatively recent introduction in Australia.兔子是相对较新引入澳大利亚的物种。
• The operation was relatively painless.手术相对来说不痛。

4 reigning   

adj.统治的，起支配作用的

参考例句：

• The sky was dark, stars were twinkling high above, night was reigning, and everything was sunk in silken silence. 天很黑，星很繁，夜阑人静。
• Led by Huang Chao, they brought down the reigning house after 300 years' rule. 在黄巢的带领下，他们推翻了统治了三百年的王朝。

5 trophy   

n.优胜旗，奖品，奖杯，战胜品，纪念品

参考例句：

• The cup is a cherished trophy of the company.那只奖杯是该公司很珍惜的奖品。
• He hung the lion's head as a trophy.他把那狮子头挂起来作为狩猎纪念品。

6 fiddle   

n.小提琴；vi.拉提琴；不停拨弄，乱动

参考例句：

• She plays the fiddle well.她小提琴拉得好。
• Don't fiddle with the typewriter.不要摆弄那架打字机了。

7 canyon   

n.峡谷，溪谷

参考例句：

• The Grand Canyon in the USA is 1900 metres deep.美国的大峡谷1900米深。
• The canyon is famous for producing echoes.这个峡谷以回声而闻名。

8 rangers   

护林者( ranger的名词复数 )； 突击队员

参考例句：

• Do you know where the Rangers Stadium is? 你知道Rangers体育场在哪吗？ 来自超越目标英语 第3册
• Now I'm a Rangers' fan, so I like to be near the stadium. 现在我是Rangers的爱好者，所以我想离体育场近一点。 来自超越目标英语 第3册

9 odds   

n.让步，机率，可能性，比率；胜败优劣之别

参考例句：

• The odds are 5 to 1 that she will win.她获胜的机会是五比一。
• Do you know the odds of winning the lottery once?你知道赢得一次彩票的几率多大吗？

10 vocal   

adj.直言不讳的；嗓音的；n.[pl.]声乐节目

参考例句：

• 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。

11 vying   

adj.竞争的；比赛的

参考例句：

• California is vying with other states to capture a piece of the growing communications market.为了在日渐扩大的通讯市场分得一杯羹，加利福尼亚正在和其他州展开竞争。
• Four rescue plans are vying to save the zoo.4个拯救动物园的方案正争得不可开交。

12 auditorium   

n.观众席，听众席；会堂，礼堂

参考例句：

• The teacher gathered all the pupils in the auditorium.老师把全体同学集合在礼堂内。
• The stage is thrust forward into the auditorium.舞台向前突出，伸入观众席。

13 bass   

n.男低音(歌手)；低音乐器；低音大提琴

参考例句：

• He answered my question in a surprisingly deep bass.他用一种低得出奇的声音回答我的问题。
• The bass was to give a concert in the park.那位男低音歌唱家将在公园中举行音乐会。

14 shuffler   

n.曳步而行者； 洗牌者； 轮到洗牌的人； 做事漫不经心者

参考例句：

• The gruff ruffian's ruffled cuff is scuffed in the scuffle with the shuffler. 在与洗牌者的混战中，粗暴暴徒的皱袖口被磨破。 来自互联网