英国天后阿黛尔出新专辑（讲解版）|E1018

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▍原文

After a slow-burning PR campaign, Adele's first new music in six years has arrived. Easy On Me, a spare and emotional piano ballad, was released at midnight UK time, offering fans the first glimpse of her "divorce album", entitled 30.

That will be her follow-up to massively successful albums 19, 21 and 25. Easy On Me sees Adele explaining her decision to walk away from her marriage in 2019, while asking her son and ex-husband for understanding.

"I changed who I was to put you both first," she sings, "but now I give up". That moment, so naked and unvarnished, sends shivers down your spine.

▍语言点 

1. slow-burning adj. 燃烧速度慢的；速度进展缓慢的(slow-paced)

2. PR campaign 公关活动

· PR(public relations) 公共关系 

3. glimpse /ɡlɪmps/ n. 惊鸿一瞥，看一眼；窥见(a quick look)

· offer a glimpse of 得以一窥

· This biography offers a glimpse of his life before he became famous.

这本传记使我们得以一窥他成名前的生活。

4. follow-up n. 续篇，连续的事物 

5. walk away (from) 从……困境中脱身 

· He doesn't have the guts to walk away from a well-paid job. 

他没胆量辞去一份报酬优厚的工作。

6. put sb/sth first 把某人/某事放在第一位

· put family first 把家庭放在第一位 

7. unvarnished /ʌnˈvɑːrnɪʃt/ adj. 不加修饰的

· varnish n. 清漆 v. 为……上清漆

8. send shivers down sb's spine 让某人脊背发凉(兴奋或是焦虑引起)

· Stephen King's novels have sent shivers down readers' spines for more than 20 years.

20多年来，斯蒂芬·金的小说一直让读者不寒而栗。

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