英文评百家：Taylor Swift知多少？

喜艾笔记之泰勒·斯威夫特

1.Taylor Alison Swift is an Americansinger-songwriter. As one of the world's leading contemporary recordingartists, she is known for narrative songs about her personal life, which havereceived widespread media coverage.

singer-songwriter  唱作人，创作型歌手

leading   最重要的，一流的

contemporary  当代的，现代的

recording   唱片

narrative   叙述的，叙事体的

personal   个人的

receive   收到

widespread   普遍的，广泛的

coverage   新闻报道

2.“Taylor, I'm really happy for you. I'll let you finish, but Beyonce had oneof the best videos of all time! One of the best videos of all time!”

3.“Let's say that I like Taylor's music about 25%less now, OK?”

4.“If your video celebrates women with very slimbodies, you will be nominated for vid of the year.”

celebrate   赞美，颂扬

slim   苗条的

nominate   提名

5.“I’ve done nothing but love & support you.It’s unlike you to pit women against each other. Maybe one of the men took yourslot.”

nothing but  只有，仅仅

例句：All thatmoney brought nothing but sadness and misery and tragedy.

那笔钱带来的只有伤心、痛苦和悲剧。

pit sb/sth against sth   使相斗，使对立

例句：You willbe pitted against people who are every bit as good as you are...

你将和与你势均力敌的对手展开竞争。

slot   位置，机会

6.Taylor Swift has stated that she has writtensongs about all of her ex-boyfriends, and that they are the greatestinspiration for her.

state   声明，说明

ex-boyfriend  前男友

inspiration  灵感，启发