Kelly Clarkson在格莱美奖上的致辞和表演

It's time for our first award and that takes us to the top of the pops. These are the very impressive nominees¹ for Best Female Vocal² Performance.

"It's like that"-Mariah Carey
"Since U been gone"-Kelly Clarkson
"Good is good"-Sheryl Crow
"I will not be broken"- Bonnie Raitt
"Hollaback Girl"- Gwen Stefani.

And ..

You have it?

Go ahead. I need to read this.

All right, let me hold this for ya.

I'll bring this... harmonica girl. And the Grammy goes to: Kelly Clarkson, "Since U been gone".

Congratulations!

Kelly Clarkson: Oh, oh, god. Yeah, I'm terrible at speaking when I cry, so sorry, thank you so much. (We love you! ) OK. Um, thank you to everybody, um, that has supported me this year including my record label and um, my management, I love you, Jeff Even Conists. And um, thank you to my date Ashley Donovan, my first producer, and my closet back home when I was a kid. Um, thank you too, my Mum, thank you so much, Um, I'm sorry I'm crying again on national televison. But um thank you to the fans. Um, thank you for everyone that works on my record. Yikes! And, and just thank you so much. You've no idea what, what this means to me, um, something, thank you so much!

Wow, that was amazing! I feel like we've all just been saved. Michael, congratulations on your Grammy nominations³ tonight. I've got to tell you that there is something so sexy about a man singing those romantic standards?

Thank you, Teri. You are the sexiest critic I've ever met. Thank you and I'm thrilled to be here with you to present the Grammy for Best Pop Vocal Album.

The nominees tonight are a beatle , an apple, a crow, a true idol⁴ and a real angel. These are the nominees for Best Pop Vocal Album.

"Extraordinary Machine"-Fiona Apple
"Breakaway"-Kelly Clarkson
"Wild Flower"-Sheryl Crow
"Chaos⁵ and Creation in the Backyard"-Paul McCartney
"Love Angel Music Baby"-Gwen Stefani

And the Grammy for Best Pop Vocal Album goes to. . exciting, (Kelly, ) "Breakaway", Kelly Clarkson.

Lucky girl!

Kelly Clarkdson: I know I know I can't cry. I've already cried. I don't know what's going on. But thank you Jesus and God and everybody that has supported me. Thank you so much, um, I promise I won't cry this time. I'm all cried out. I've cried quite enough, you should've seen me backstage. Um, but thank you so much. Um, I, like I said thank to Gwen, like she's such an inspiration to me as well as all the other people in the category like Sheryl Crow, even the people sitting in here Bonnie Raitt, I love you, Love Me Like A Man, is one of my favorite songs ever. I didn't get to meet her, so I'm meeting her now. But. . um. . anyway, thank you, Clive(Davis, with SONY BMG), thank you Richard Sanders, Charles Koals(ph), everybody with my label. Like I said, Roger, my publicist, everybody, um, I Radio who has been working my record, as well as John N whose Radio has been very very friendly to me this year. Thank you and I'm, I'm so proud of myself that I've cried, er, but thank you, thank you, the biggest thank you is to all the musicians that've worked on my album, you ought to see their face, they are so talented, and all these people's albums in here, everybody out there, my band has been on the row with me, all their families at home and everything. They're playing the music, so I'm gonna shut up and gonna talk so fast and leave, bye. Thanks.

1 nominees   

n.被提名者，被任命者( nominee的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• She's one of the nominees. 她是被提名者之一。 来自超越目标英语 第2册
• A startling number of his nominees for senior positions have imploded. 他所提名的高级官员被否决的数目令人震惊。 来自互联网

2 vocal   

adj.直言不讳的；嗓音的；n.[pl.]声乐节目

参考例句：

• The tongue is a vocal organ.舌头是一个发音器官。
• Public opinion at last became vocal.终于舆论哗然。

3 nominations   

n.提名，任命( nomination的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Nominations are invited for the post of party chairman. 为党主席职位征集候选人。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Much coverage surrounded his abortive bids for the 1960,1964, and 1968 Republican Presidential nominations. 许多消息报道都围绕着1960年、1964年和1968年他为争取提名为共和党总统候选人所做努力的失败。 来自辞典例句

4 idol   

n.偶像，红人，宠儿

参考例句：

• As an only child he was the idol of his parents.作为独子，他是父母的宠儿。
• Blind worship of this idol must be ended.对这个偶像的盲目崇拜应该结束了。

5 chaos   

n.混乱，无秩序

参考例句：

• After the failure of electricity supply the city was in chaos.停电后，城市一片混乱。
• The typhoon left chaos behind it.台风后一片混乱。