B.B.King依然活跃在舞台上

（单词翻译）

BB King Still Going Strong

B.B.King依然活跃在舞台上

 

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B.B. King doesn't get around as well as he used to these days, but he still puts on a great show. And with the help of a dozen close friends, it gets even better. Listen to "The Thrill Is Gone," featuring guitarist Eric Clapton, and you'll hear a man who, at 80, sounds as thrilling as he did at 18.

 

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For B.B. King there was no better way of celebrating the big 80 than by doing the one thing he's been doing since he was a teenager, playing guitar and singing the blues¹. Recording² his first single in 1949, he was well on his way to becoming one of the world's best-loved entertainers.

 

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Although he's known as the "Ambassador of the Blues," B.B. King's music is universal, as he proves with Van Morrison on "Early In The Morning" from his new album of duets.

 

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At ease playing rock with Roger Daltrey, pop with Sheryl Crow, or R&B with Daryl Hall, B.B. King is in top blues form on "Funny How Time Slips Away," featuring former bandmate Bobby Bland³.

 

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Time may slip away, but B.B. King has made the most of his 60 years in show business. Music awards aside, King is an inductee into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and Blues Foundation Hall of Fame. He's the owner of a national chain of nightclubs that bears his name. He has a signature line of Gibson guitars named after his own beloved guitar Lucille. And, he recently published his first illustrated⁴ book, The B.B. King Treasures.

 

B.B. King was recently honored at a birthday celebration and fundraiser for the B.B. King Museum and Delta⁵ Interpretive Center, scheduled to open in Indianola, Mississippi, in 2007. In the meantime, fans are enjoying his latest CD, B.B. King & Friends - 80.

 

I’m Doug Levine.

 

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注释：

guitarist [^i5tB:rist] n. 吉他弹奏者

Ambassador of the Blues 蓝调之王

universal [7ju:ni5vE:sEl] adj. 宇宙的，世界的

duet [dju:5et] n. 二重奏

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 摇滚名人堂