VOA常速英语2015--流行音乐明星托里凯莉迅速蹿红

流行音乐明星托里凯莉迅速蹿红

You couldn't call Kelly an overnight success.

你不称凯莉是一夜成名。

Sure she's only 22, and she is managed by Scooter Braun-the same man who ignited¹ the careers of pop superstars Ariana Grande and Justin Bieber. But Kelly has been working towards pop stardom-and honing her songwriting and singing chops-for more than a decade now.

当然她才只有22岁,而且她的经纪人斯科特·布劳恩曾经发掘出流行巨星爱莉安娜·格兰德及贾斯汀·比伯。但凯莉一直努力向流行音乐明星发展，而且她10多年来一直在写歌及唱歌方面磨练自己。

The Southern California girl first appeared in public on the talent show "Star Search" when she was only 10. But her real exposure came from posting videos on YouTube.

这位南加州的女孩首次在公众面前亮相是一档名为《探星》的选秀节目，当年的她只有10岁。但她真正崭露头角是在YouTube上发布的视频。

She gained recognition² for her cover with another YouTuber Angie Girl of Frank Ocean's “Thinkin'Bout You.” Eventually Kelly made her way to "American Idol," and advanced through to the Hollywood round. But she did not make the Top 24. That loss inspired her to write more of her own material, which eventually became part of her first EP “Handmade Songs by Tori Kelly.” 

她被众人所熟知是因为翻唱另一位YouTube歌星弗朗西斯·奥申专辑《Angie Girl》中的歌曲《Thinkin'Bout You》。最终凯莉来到了《美国偶像》,随后进军好莱坞。但是她没有进入前24。那次失利启发她根据自己的素材进行创造,最终促成她的第一张EP《Handmade Songs by Tori Kelly》发行。”

On that, she played many of the instruments and produced the tracks.

在这张EP当中，她加入了许多乐器演奏并且创作了很多乐曲。

“Even just releasing music in general is an accomplishment³. And the fact that I get to put out a whole album of songs that I just put my whole heart into, and people are responding really well to it. It's like the best feeling in the world. Because these are songs about my life so it's kind of like I'm just throwing myself out there and people are in to it. So it's really cool to be able to do what I love.”

“即使只是发布音乐也是一种成就。而且我发行整张自己为之全身心投入的专辑歌曲,人们的反响也很热烈。这是世界上最美好的感觉。 因为这些是关于我生活的歌曲因此这就像是我展现自己，人们都会关注。所以能够做我喜欢做的事情真的很酷。”

 

"Handmade Songs" sold well enough to reach the top 10 on a number of music charts.

《Handmade Songs》大热卖，迅速升至音乐排行榜的前10名。

1 ignited   

点燃，引发( ignite的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• The blast was caused by pockets of methane gas that ignited. 爆炸是由数袋甲烷气体着火引起的。
• He ignited the wood with a band of hay. 他用一把干草引燃了这些木柴。

2 recognition   

n.承认，认可，认出，认识

参考例句：

• The place has changed beyond recognition.这地方变得认不出来了。
• A sudden smile of recognition flashed across his face.他脸上掠过一丝笑意，表示认识对方。

3 accomplishment   

n.完成，成就，（pl.）造诣，技能

参考例句：

• The series of paintings is quite an accomplishment.这一系列的绘画真是了不起的成就。
• Money will be crucial to the accomplishment of our objectives.要实现我们的目标，钱是至关重要的。