【英语时差8,16】Westlife 西域男孩

Westlife 西域男孩 ‘Flying without Wings’,‘You Raise Me Up’. And ‘Uptown Girl’. Some teenagers don’t think Westlife are that great. It’s been over 10 years since Westlife first started which means¹ most teenagers are far too young to remember them. But whatever people do think about Westlife, they’re still going strong after all these years. They’re still together and they’re still making music. But how did it all begin? Here’s Mark from Westlife. Well myself, Shane and Kian we went to school since we were 11 or 12 together, so we’ve known² each other since we were kids and we kind of started getting into music. It kind of just went from there. There was never kind of a period³ where we weren’t progressing. And once we finished school we sort⁴ of met Louis around the same time and it just went from there and a year and a half later we had a record deal and now we’re ten years into it, you know? We’ve just kept going on and on and on. There’s Westlife, Boyzone, Blue, Take That. Take That’s come back. In fact, Westlife, who have been taking a break for the last year are due⁵ to release⁶ a new album⁷ in the next few months. But, who do teenagers think are great? Beyonce, JLS, Chris Brown. They like them because they’re new, modern and fresh. Back to Westlife. What does the future hold in store for them? As a band I think we’re all really looking forward to the future, you know, but it’s all about the songs for us now. We want to find the best songs in the world, like. We’re very much looking forward to coming back and we can’t wait to make another album, you know?

1 means   

n.方法，手段，折中点，物质财富

参考例句：

• That man used artful means to find out secrets.那人使用狡猾的手段获取机密。
• We must get it done by some means or other.我们总得想办法把它干完。

2 known   

adj.大家知道的；知名的，已知的

参考例句：

• He is a known artist.他是一个知名的艺术家。
• He is known both as a painter and as a statesman.他是知名的画家及政治家。

3 period   

n.学时，课时；一段时间，时期，周期；句点

参考例句：

• Trade is always good over the Christmas period.圣诞节期间生意一向很好。
• He nursed the company through a difficult period.他帮助公司渡过了一段困难时期。

4 sort   

v.排序，挑选，分拣；n.种类，类别，性质，程度

参考例句：

• She was a strange sort of person.她这个人有些古怪。
• I don't much care for that sort of man.我不太喜欢那种人。

5 due   

n.应得物；adj.预定的，应付的，到期的，应有的

参考例句：

• I received nothing except what was due to me.除了我应得的东西，我并未接受任何东西。
• The rocket is due to lift off at noon on Friday.火箭定于星期五中午发射。

6 release   

vt.发布，发表，发行；释放，放开

参考例句：

• After my examination I had a feeling of release.考完试后我有如释重负之感。
• This medicine will give you release from pain.这药吃后会解除你的疼痛。

7 album   

n.集子，粘贴集，影集，邮集，歌曲集

参考例句：

• The photos belong in an album.这些照片应该放在相册里。
• Will you look over his album?你要不要去看看他的歌集唱片？