VOA标准英语2015--Top 5 Songs for Week Ending June 6

Top 5 Songs for Week Ending June 6

We’re counting down the five most popular songs in the Billboard¹ Hot 100 Pop Singles Chart, for the week ending June 6, 2015.

The Top Five is like life: it can amble² along for weeks or months at a time…and then something momentous³ happens. We have a huge new champion song, but things start quietly in fifth place, where The Weeknd dips two slots with “Earned It.” 

The Canadian singer was one of several headliners at the eighth annual Roots Picnic in Philadelphia last weekend. Hosted by the famed rap group The Roots, this year’s event also featured DJ Mustard, A.$.A.P. Rocky, and Erykah Badu.

Holding in fourth place, we have Walk The Moon, whose members say they have an advantage over other bands. I’ll have details after “Shut Up And Dance.” This Cincinnati, Ohio band started five years ago, when music student Nick Petricca met the other three members…who were also music majors. Nick says their academic background enables them to write on a “different level” than competing bands.

Descending⁴ a slot to number three is Fetty Wap, with his breakout hit “Trap Queen.” In May, the one-eyed rapper from New Jersey⁵ debuted⁶ a new look on Instagram: long blonde dreadlocks. When some people chided him about the look, he wrote “When you want what you can afford it’s not about the cost it’s about what makes you happy.”

Here’s your tip-off that something big happens this week: Wiz Khalifa and Charlie Puth are no longer your champs. They end their six-week stint⁷ at the top, as “See You Again” falls to number two. Wiz hopes to keep the momentum⁸ alive as he tours North America with Fall Out Boy…they’re on the road together through August 10.

When Taylor Swift does something, she does it big. Her fourth career Hot 100 championship happens this week, as “Bad Blood” rockets from 53rd to first place. Kendrick Lamar appears on the single mix, and this gives Kendrick his very first Hot 100 victory. More than ever, it pays to be a friend of Taylor!

And so we come to the end of another countdown. Join us next week for an all-new lineup.

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 amble   

vi.缓行，漫步

参考例句：

• The horse is walking at an amble.这匹马正在溜蹄行走。
• Every evening,they amble along the bank. 每天晚上，他们都沿着江边悠闲地散步。

3 momentous   

adj.重要的，重大的

参考例句：

• I am deeply honoured to be invited to this momentous occasion.能应邀出席如此重要的场合，我深感荣幸。
• The momentous news was that war had begun.重大的新闻是战争已经开始。

4 descending   

n. 下行 adj. 下降的

参考例句：

• The results are expressed in descending numerical order . 结果按数字降序列出。
• The climbers stopped to orient themselves before descending the mountain. 登山者先停下来确定所在的位置，然后再下山。

5 jersey   

n.运动衫

参考例句：

• He wears a cotton jersey when he plays football.他穿运动衫踢足球。
• They were dressed alike in blue jersey and knickers.他们穿着一致，都是蓝色的运动衫和灯笼短裤。

6 debuted   

初次表演，初次登台（debut的过去式与过去分词形式）

参考例句：

• In late 2003 a full-size SUV, the Pathfinder Armada, debuted. 2003年末，全尺寸SUV的探路者无敌舰队，推出。
• The album debuted at number two and quickly went platinum. 专辑一亮相就荣登排行榜第二名，很快就取得了白金销量。

7 stint   

v.节省，限制，停止；n.舍不得化，节约，限制；连续不断的一段时间从事某件事

参考例句：

• He lavished money on his children without stint.他在孩子们身上花钱毫不吝惜。
• We hope that you will not stint your criticism.我们希望您不吝指教。

8 momentum   

n.动力，冲力，势头；动量

参考例句：

• We exploit the energy and momentum conservation laws in this way.我们就是这样利用能量和动量守恒定律的。
• The law of momentum conservation could supplant Newton's third law.动量守恒定律可以取代牛顿第三定律。