英語名人堂：克里斯蒂娜·阿奎萊拉

克里斯蒂娜·阿奎萊拉(Christina Aguilera)，1980年12月18日出生于美國紐約史泰登島，美國女歌手、演員。

童年時期，克里斯蒂娜加入電視節(jié)目“米老鼠俱樂部”后開始演藝生涯。1998年與RCA唱片公司簽約，同年為迪士尼電影《Mulan》演唱主題曲《Reflection》，獲金球獎最佳原創(chuàng)歌曲提名。1999年發(fā)行首張同名專輯，憑借歌曲《What a Girl Wants》獲得第42屆格萊美最佳新人獎。2002年發(fā)行專輯《Stripped》，憑借歌曲《Beautiful》獲得第46屆格萊美最佳流行女歌手獎。[1] 2006年發(fā)行第三張專輯《Back to Basics》，憑借歌曲《Ain't No Other Man》獲得第49屆格萊美最佳流行女歌手獎。[2] 2010年留名于好萊塢星光大道，同年主演電影歌舞劇《滑稽戲》，自創(chuàng)歌曲《Bound To You》入圍金球獎最佳原創(chuàng)歌曲獎。2012年11月13日發(fā)行專輯《Lotus》。2013年為電影《饑餓游戲2：星火燎原》獻唱歌曲《We Remain》。[3] 2015年2月與樂隊“A Great Big World”合作的歌曲《Say Something》在57屆格萊美獎中獲得最佳流行組合獎[4] ;同年回歸音樂評論節(jié)目《美國好聲音》第八季擔任導師。

Christina Aguilera was born in December, 1980. She is a highly successful singer and songwriter. She signed a recording contract with RCA Records after recording the song ‘Reflection’ for the 1998 Disney film ‘Mulan’. She is popular with Latin and English-speaking audiences. Aguilera is known for her extraordinary vocal range. Celine Dion described her as "probably the best vocalist in the world”.

Aguilera was born in New York and had a troubled childhood. She suffered physical and emotional abuse from her father. As a child, Aguilera desperately wanted to be a singer. One of her biggest influences was the musical ‘The Sound of Music’. She sang in local talent shows and people called her "the little girl with the big voice."

As a youngster, Aguilera sang "The Star-Spangled Banner" in front of tens of thousands at major sporting events in Pittsburgh. Her first major role came in 1993 when she joined a Disney Channel show. Aguilera’s co-stars included Justin Timberlake and Britney Spears, who called her "the Diva”. Aguilera recorded her first song when she was 14, a hit duet with Japanese singer Keizo Nakanishi.

Aguilera's self-titled debut4 album ‘Christina Aguilera’ was released in August, 1999. It sold over 14 million copies worldwide. In 2001 she recorded an album in Spanish and won the World Music Award as the best selling Latin artist. Her next two albums marked a change in direction and image, from a pop singer to the soulful and versatile singer she is today.

 

1 recording

n.錄音，記錄

參考例句：

How long will the recording of the song take?錄下這首歌得花多少時間?

I want to play you a recording of the rehearsal.我想給你放一下彩排的錄像。

2 vocal

adj.直言不諱的;嗓音的;n.[pl.]聲樂節(jié)目

參考例句：

The tongue is a vocal organ.舌頭是一個發(fā)音器官。

Public opinion at last became vocal.終于輿論嘩然。

3 desperately

adv.極度渴望地，絕望地，孤注一擲地

參考例句：

He was desperately seeking a way to see her again.他正拼命想辦法再見她一面。

He longed desperately to be back at home.他非?？释丶?。

4 debut

n.首次演出，初次露面

參考例句：

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，扮演一個溫文而雅的電臺記者。

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

5 versatile

adj.通用的，萬用的;多才多藝的，多方面的

參考例句：

A versatile person is often good at a number of different things.多才多藝的人通常擅長許多種不同的事情。

He had been one of the game's most versatile athletes.他是這項運動中技術最全面的運動員之一。