VOA标准英语2015--Top 5 Songs for Week Ending June 20

Top 5 Songs for Week Ending June 20

We’re gift-wrapping the five most popular songs in the Billboard¹ Hot 100 Pop Singles Chart, for the week ending June 20, 2015.

We get one new single this week and we can live with that, right? We don’t demand 100 percent turnover² every week…we're realists.

That changeover happens in fifth place, where Jason Derulo jumps two slots with “Want To Want Me.” Jason’s already tasted chart victory with this song… He’s only enjoyed one Hot 100 champ – “Whatcha Say” in 2009 – but overseas it’s another story. He’s a big attraction in Australia, and “Want To Want Me” is currently³ the number one song in the U.K. …where Jason has posted three previous title-holders.

Walk The Moon is threatening to take up permanent residence in fourth place, home to “Shut Up And Dance” for yet another week. The song has gone platinum⁴ in the U.S., selling one million copies. Lead singer Nick Petricca tells LA Weekly that the band recorded its Talking Is Hard album in both Kentucky and Los Angeles. Nick himself divides his time between Ohio and North Hollywood.

Staying put at number three is Fetty Wap with another million-seller, “Trap Queen.” The New Jersey⁵ rapper just received the Music Choice MC100 Award for having the most-played video of the year…at least so far. He got a bit choked up at the presentation, saying he’d never previously⁶ won anything.

That can’t be said of our next two artists: Taylor Swift and Kendrick Lamar hold steady in second place with “Bad Blood.” Taylor kicks off the European leg of her “1989” tour June19 in Cologne, Germany. Meanwhile, Kendrick has a full slate⁷ of North American and European festivals on his itinerary⁸. It all concludes in late August with appearances at the Reading and Leeds Festivals in the U.K.

Holding in first place for an eighth big week are Wiz Khalifa and Charlie Puth  with “See You Again.” Wiz is on the road with Fall Out Boy here in North America through August 10. As for Charlie, he now has a major-label contract with Atlantic Records and will release his first full-length album later this year.

So there you go…another Top Five all sewn up. The chart’s always changing, so please join us next time.

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 turnover   

n.人员流动率，人事变动率；营业额，成交量

参考例句：

• The store greatly reduced the prices to make a quick turnover.这家商店实行大减价以迅速周转资金。
• Our turnover actually increased last year.去年我们的营业额竟然增加了。

3 currently   

adv.通常地，普遍地，当前

参考例句：

• Currently it is not possible to reconcile this conflicting evidence.当前还未有可能去解释这一矛盾的例证。
• Our contracts are currently under review.我们的合同正在复查。

4 platinum   

n.白金

参考例句：

• I'll give her a platinum ring.我打算送给她一枚白金戒指。
• Platinum exceeds gold in value.白金的价值高于黄金。

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 previously   

adv.以前，先前（地）

参考例句：

• The bicycle tyre blew out at a previously damaged point.自行车胎在以前损坏过的地方又爆开了。
• Let me digress for a moment and explain what had happened previously.让我岔开一会儿，解释原先发生了什么。

7 slate   

n.板岩，石板，石片，石板色，候选人名单；adj.暗蓝灰色的，含板岩的；vt.用石板覆盖，痛打，提名，预订

参考例句：

• The nominating committee laid its slate before the board.提名委员会把候选人名单提交全体委员会讨论。
• What kind of job uses stained wood and slate? 什么工作会接触木头污浊和石板呢？

8 itinerary   

n.行程表，旅行路线；旅行计划

参考例句：

• The two sides have agreed on the itinerary of the visit.双方商定了访问日程。
• The next place on our itinerary was Silistra.我们行程的下一站是锡利斯特拉。