VOA常速英语2014--Top 5 Songs for Week Ending March 8 截至3月8日本周榜单TOP5

 

Top 5 Songs for Week Ending March 8 前5歌曲为周结束3月8日

We’re checking out the five most popular songs on the Billboard¹ Hot 100 pop singles chart, for the week ending March 8, 2014.

我们检查了Billboard Hot 100单曲流行单曲榜的五个最流行的歌曲，结束的一周2014年3月8日。

Top 5 Songs for Week Ending March 8

1. "Happy" Pharrell Williams

2. "Dark Horse" Katy Perry

3. "Talk Dirty" Jason Derulo featuring 2 Chainz

4. "All of Me" John Legend

5. "Drunk In Love" Beyonce featuring Jay Z

One of our hits failed to win an Oscar, but nonetheless enjoys a banner week.

我们的一个命中未能赢得奥斯卡奖，但仍然享有旗帜一周。

Let’s begin at the beginning: in fifth place, where Beyonce and her husband Jay Z hold with “Drunk In Love.” The pair have been hitting the hot spots in London as Beyonce tours the United Kingdom. Jay Z joined her onstage at London’s O2 Arena² for a performance of the song. Beyonce’s will be in London through March 6, and then moves on to a three-show stretch in Dublin, Ireland.

让我们从头说起：在第五位，在碧昂丝和她的丈夫杰伊?持有该货币对已经打到热点在伦敦碧昂丝巡演英国“醉爱”。杰伊?加入了她的舞台在伦敦的O2Arena观看歌曲的表现。碧昂斯的将是在伦敦通过3月6日，然后移动到一个三秀舒展在爱尔兰首都都柏林。

Shooting all the way from 11th to fourth place is John Legend, with “All Of Me.” This marks a chart first for John: despite selling millions of albums and winning nine Grammy Awards, he’d never even had a Top 20 single before, much less a Top Five entry.

“所有的我”的拍摄，一路从第11至第四位是约翰传奇，用这标志着一个图表第一约翰：尽管卖百万张专辑，赢得9格莱美奖，他甚至从来没有过前20名前单，更不用说五大项。

Staying put in third place is Jason Derulo; featuring 2 Chainz, with “Talk Dirty.” The song went to number one in several countries from Australia to the United Kingdom. Jason may not be done yet, because he just released a Spanish-language version.

原地踏步，排在第三位的是贾森Derulo，设有2个CHAINZ，用这首歌去第几个国家的一个来自澳大利亚英国“说脏话。”杰森可能没有完呢，因为他刚刚发布了西班牙语版本。

Katy Perry just lost her Hot 100 crown…but don’t feel badly for her; she made up for it elsewhere. Katy slips a slot to second place with“Dark Horse,” featuring Juicy J from Three 6 Mafia. Meanwhile, it still tops the Billboard Pop Songs chart, while also helping³ Katy claim a 46th total week at number one over the course of her career. She now holds the record, surpassing 45-week previous champ Mariah Carey. The Pop Songs chart has been active for 21 years.

凯蒂·佩里只是失去了她的热销百冠......但不觉得很糟糕的她，她弥补了其他地方。凯蒂滑倒槽与第二位的“黑马”，从3个6黑手党具有多汁?。同时，它还荣登公告牌流行单曲榜中，同时也帮助凯蒂要求第46周总在一把手在她的职业生涯中。她现在拥有的纪录，超过45周以前的冠军玛丽亚·凯莉。流行音乐单曲榜中已经活跃了21年。

This week, Pharrell Williams discovers that victories and setbacks may go hand in hand. Pharrell jumps to number one on the Hot 100 with “Happy.” While this is his fourth careerHot 100 win, it’s his first as a lead artist. On March 2, “Happy” failed to collect the Academy Award for Best Original Song…but Pharrell sure had a good time performing it on the telecast. Winning the trophy⁴ was “Let It Go,” from the Disney animated⁵ movie Frozen.

本周，Pharrell的威廉姆斯发现，胜利和挫折可能齐头并进。Pharrell的跳跃一把手在Hot 100与“快乐”。虽然这是??他第四次careerHot100夺冠，这是他第一次作为一个领先的艺术家。3月2日，“快乐”失败收集奥斯卡最佳原创歌曲......但Pharrell的确定对本演播演艺吧的好时机。赢得奖杯是“随它去”，从迪斯尼动画电影冰冻。

That’s all for today, but no worries, we’ll meet again next week.

这就是今天，但不用担心，我们会再见面的下周。

1 billboard   

n.布告板，揭示栏，广告牌

参考例句：

• He ploughed his energies into his father's billboard business.他把精力投入到父亲的广告牌业务中。
• Billboard spreads will be simpler and more eye-catching.广告牌广告会比较简单且更引人注目。

2 arena   

n.竞技场，运动场所；竞争场所，舞台

参考例句：

• She entered the political arena at the age of 25. 她25岁进入政界。
• He had not an adequate arena for the exercise of his talents.他没有充分发挥其才能的场所。

3 helping   

n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的，辅助的

参考例句：

• The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
• By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。

4 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。

5 animated   

adj.生气勃勃的，活跃的，愉快的

参考例句：

• His observations gave rise to an animated and lively discussion.他的言论引起了一场气氛热烈而活跃的讨论。
• We had an animated discussion over current events last evening.昨天晚上我们热烈地讨论时事。