英語(yǔ)名人堂：碧昂斯

碧昂絲·吉賽爾·諾斯(Beyoncé Giselle Knowles)，1981年9月4日生于美國(guó)德克薩斯州休斯頓，美國(guó)女歌手。

1993年與拉塔薇亞·羅伯森、凱莉·羅蘭成立組合“天命真女”。2003年，推出了首張個(gè)人專輯《Dangerously in Love》。2006年9月4日，推出專輯《B'Day》登上公告牌二百?gòu)?qiáng)專輯榜的榜首。2008年4月4日與Jay-Z兩人完婚[1] 。2008年11月18日，發(fā)售第三張個(gè)人專輯《雙面碧昂絲》獲最佳當(dāng)代R&B專輯。2012年1月7日生下女兒Blue Ivy Carter。

Beyonce Giselle Knowles was born in Texas in 1981. She grew up singing and dancing and quickly developed the qualities that would make her an international superstar. Her talents were discovered by her dance teacher while she was a church choir soloist. She took Beyonce to local talent competitions, where she won no fewer than 30 of them.

Beyonce decided to form a singing group. She asked her best friend LaTavia Roberson to join her. She also invited along a cousin and a friend and together they formed a quartet called 'Destiny's Child'. Beyonce’s father saw their potential and quit his well-paid job to become the group’s manager. They shot to fame as the most successful female group of all time.

It was touch and go at the beginning whether or not her father’s financial risk would pay off. In 1997, they signed with Columbia Records and their debut6 single, ‘Killing Time’, was the soundtrack to the film ‘Men In Black’. They recorded hit after hit and won dozens of awards. Beyonce went solo in 2000 and her career continued to take off.

Knowles won five awards at the 2004 Grammy Awards and a BRIT Award for International Female Solo Artist. She has recorded with the biggest names in music. Her career also went off in different directions. She became the first singer ever to model for ‘Sports Illustrated’ magazine and appeared in many movies. In April 2008, she married her long-time sweetheart, rapper Jay-Z.

1 ivy

n.常青藤，常春藤

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Her wedding bouquet consisted of roses and ivy.她的婚禮花籃包括玫瑰和長(zhǎng)春藤。

The wall is covered all over with ivy.墻上爬滿了常春藤。

2 choir

n.唱詩(shī)班，唱詩(shī)班的席位，合唱團(tuán)，舞蹈團(tuán);v.合唱

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The choir sang the words out with great vigor.合唱團(tuán)以極大的熱情唱出了歌詞。

The church choir is singing tonight.今晚教堂歌唱隊(duì)要唱詩(shī)。

3 solo

n.獨(dú)奏，獨(dú)唱;adj.單獨(dú)的;adv.單獨(dú)地;v.放單飛，單獨(dú)表演

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Tara is currently working on a solo album.塔拉眼下正忙著制作個(gè)人專輯。

There's wonderfully lyrical flute solo in the middle of this symphony.在交響樂(lè)中間有一段奇妙的抒情長(zhǎng)笛獨(dú)奏。

4 soloist

n.獨(dú)奏者，獨(dú)唱者

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The soloist brought the house down with encore for his impressive voice.這位獨(dú)唱家以他那感人的歌聲博得全場(chǎng)喝彩。

The soloist had never performed in London before.那位獨(dú)唱者過(guò)去從未在倫敦演出過(guò)。

5 decided

adj.決定了的，堅(jiān)決的;明顯的，明確的

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This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.這使他們比對(duì)手具有明顯的優(yōu)勢(shì)。

There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英國(guó)人和中國(guó)人打招呼的方式有很明顯的區(qū)別。

6 debut

n.首次演出，初次露面

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That same year he made his Broadway debut, playing a suave radio journalist.在那同一年里，他初次在百老匯登臺(tái)，扮演一個(gè)溫文而雅的電臺(tái)記者。

The actress made her debut in the new comedy.這位演員在那出新喜劇中首次登臺(tái)演出。