VOA慢速英语2021 韩流巨星防弹少年团荣获全美音乐奖三大奖项

The South Korean superstar music group BTS was named artist of the year at the American Music Awards on Sunday. It was the group's first time taking the top prize.

韩国超级巨星音乐组合防弹少年团（BTS）在全美音乐奖上被评为年度艺人。这是该组合首次获得这一最高奖项。

Taylor Swift¹, Drake and The Weeknd were also nominated² for artist of the year.

泰勒·斯威夫特，德雷克以及威肯也被提名为年度艺人。

BTS has been one of the most commercially successful bands in the world over the past several years. The group's 2020 album "Be" was its fifth album to reach the top of the Billboard³ 200 music charts. It was the fastest any group has released⁴ five albums at the top of the Billboard 200 charts since The Beatles in the 1960s.

过去几年，防弹少年团一直是全球商业上最成功的组合之一。该组合2020年的专辑《Be》是其第5张登顶 Billboard 200 音乐排行榜的专辑。这是自上世纪60年代披头士乐队以来，发行5张专辑登顶 Billboard 200 排行榜速度最快的乐队。

BTS member RM said Sunday after receiving the award, "Seven boys from Korea, united by love for music, met the love and support from all the armies all over the world."

防弹少年团成员金南俊周日在领奖后表示：“7位来自韩国的男生因为对音乐的热爱而团结在一起，获得了来自世界各地的“armies”的爱护和支持。”

The biggest BTS fans are called the group's "army."

防弹少年团最大的粉丝团被称为该组合的army。

"This whole thing is a miracle," RM added. "Seriously, we would never take this for granted⁵."

金南俊还表示：“这一切是奇迹。说真的，我们永远不会将此视为理所当然。”

The seven-member K-pop group won three awards Sunday. It was also named favorite pop group or duo. The group's hit "Butter" won the favorite pop song award.

这个由7名成员组成的韩流音乐组合在周日赢得了三个奖项。他们还被评为“最受欢迎流行组合”。该组合的热门歌曲《Butter》获得了“最受欢迎流行歌曲”奖项。

The group performed their number one single "My Universe" with the rock group Coldplay. They ended the show with a performance of "Butter," which also went number one.

该组合与酷玩摇滚乐队一起表演了他们排名第一的单曲《My Universe》。他们以《Butter》的表演结束了演出，这首歌也获得了第一名。

BTS has now won nine American Music Awards. The fan-voted awards show was broadcast live from Los Angeles, California. Nominees⁶ were based on streaming, album and digital sales, radio play and social activity.

少年防弹团目前已经获得了全美音乐奖的九个奖项。这场由粉丝投票决定的颁奖典礼在加州洛杉矶现场直播。被提名者是基于流媒体、专辑和数字销售、广播剧和社交活动。

1 swift   

n.雨燕，大滚筒；adj.迅速的，快的，敏捷的，立刻的；adv.迅速地，敏捷地

参考例句：

• He is swift to hear,but slow to speak.他听力敏锐，但不善言辞。
• He made a remarkably swift recovery.他康复得相当快。

2 nominated   

adj.被提名的，被任命的 动词nominate的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• She has been nominated for the presidency. 她已经获得了董事长职位的提名。
• The movie was nominated for an Oscar. 这部电影获奥斯卡金像奖提名。

3 billboard   

n.布告板，揭示栏，广告牌

参考例句：

• He ploughed his energies into his father's billboard business.他把精力投入到父亲的广告牌业务中。
• Billboard spreads will be simpler and more eye-catching.广告牌广告会比较简单且更引人注目。

4 released   

v.释放( release的过去式和过去分词 )；放开；发布；发行

参考例句：

• He was released on bail pending committal proceedings. 他交保获释正在候审。
• With hindsight it is easy to say they should not have released him. 事后才说他们本不应该释放他，这倒容易。

5 granted   

conj.假定，就算v.（退一步）承认( grant的过去式和过去分词 )；（尤指正式地或法律上）同意；准许；让渡

参考例句：

• The president granted a general amnesty for all political prisoners. 总统大赦了所有的政治犯。
• She feared she would not be granted re-entry into Britain. 她担心不会获准再次踏足英伦。

6 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