VOA慢速英语2021 女性包揽2021年格莱美四大奖项

Female performers including Beyoncé and Taylor Swift had a record-making night at the 2021 Grammy Awards Sunday night in Los Angeles.

包括碧昂斯和泰勒·斯威夫特（霉霉）在内的女歌手周日晚上在洛杉矶举行的2021年格莱美颁奖典礼度过了一个创记录的夜晚。

Beyoncé received her 28th Grammy, breaking the record for most Grammys won by a female. The position had been held for many years by country music star Allison Krauss. The British musician Georg Solti, who died in 1997, remains¹ the top Grammy winner of all time, with 31 awards.

碧昂斯获得了她的第28座格莱美奖，打破了女性获得格莱美奖的最高记录。这一位置一直由乡村歌星艾莉森·克劳斯占据多年。1997年去世的英国音乐家乔治·索尔蒂仍然是有史以来获得格莱美奖次数最多的人士，他获得了31座格莱美奖。

The top four 2021 Grammys all went to female musicians, including Swift. She won album of the year for Folklore², becoming the first female to win the award three times. She shares the record for most album of the year wins with Stevie Wonder, Frank Sinatra and Paul Simon.

2021年格莱美四大奖项全部由包括斯威夫特在内的女性音乐人包揽。斯威夫特凭借《Folklore》斩获年度专辑奖，成为首位三度获得该奖项的女性。她与史提夫·汪达、弗兰克·西纳特拉以及保罗·西蒙共享获得年度专辑奖次数最多的记录。

The artist H.E.R. won song of the year for I Can't Breathe. The song explores police killings³ of Black Americans. It was written in honor of George Floyd, who was killed during an arrest by police last year. The event led to massive demonstrations⁴ around the country to protest abuse by police.

歌手H.E.R凭借《I Can't Breathe》获得年度歌曲奖。这首歌探究了警察杀害美国黑人。它是为纪念去年在一次警方拘捕行动中被杀的乔治·弗洛伊德而作。该事件导致美国各地发生了大规模示威游行，以抗议警察的虐杀行为。

The record of the year honor went to Billie Eilish for Everything I Wanted. The musician accepted the award Sunday night but told the crowd that the honor should have gone to artist Megan Thee Stallion.

年度制作奖颁给了比莉·艾利什（碧梨）的《Everything I Wanted》。这位音乐人周日晚上接受了这一奖项，但是对人们表示，这一荣誉应该颁给艺人梅根·西·斯塔莉安。

"You deserve this," Eilish said, addressing Megan Thee Stallion. "You had a year that I think is untoppable. You are a queen. I want to cry thinking about how much I love you."

艾利什在向斯塔莉安致意时表示：“你应该得到这个奖。你经历了我认为无法超越的一年。你就是女王。一想到我有多爱你我就想哭。”

Megan Thee Stallion still did quite well at the awards ceremony. She won three honors, including best new artist. She also won best rap song for Savage⁵, becoming the first female to be honored in that category.

斯塔莉安在这届颁奖典礼上仍然表现得很出色。她获得了包括最佳新人奖在内的3项荣誉。她还凭借《Savage》赢得了最佳说唱歌曲奖，成为该类别中首位获此殊荣的女性。

Although women have won all top four awards before, Sunday night was the first time four separate and solo women won the top four honors.

虽然女性此前也包揽过四大奖项，但周日晚上是首次由4名独立和独唱的女性获得这四大奖项。

"I feel like there's ... a lot of female empowerment and lots of women winning awards tonight. And so it's been absolutely amazing to just be alongside all that, to feel that energy," Dua Lipa, who won best pop vocal⁶ album, said at the event.

获得最佳流行专辑奖的杜阿·利帕（啪姐）在典礼上表示：“我觉得今晚有很多女性表现很好，很多女性都赢得了奖项。因此能够跟这些并存，感受到这种能量是非常令人惊喜的。”

Beyoncé picked up four honors, including best R&B performance for Black Parade, as well sharing best rap performance and best rap song with Megan Thee Stallion.

碧昂斯斩获了四项荣誉，包括凭借《Parade》获得最佳R&B表演奖，以及同斯塔莉安共同获得最佳说唱表演奖和最佳说唱歌曲奖。

"As an artist I believe it's my job, and all of our jobs, to reflect time and it's been such a difficult time," Beyoncé said as she accepted the award for Black Parade, which was released on June 19th to mark the holiday Juneteenth.

碧昂斯在接受凭借《Black Parade》获得的奖项时表示：“作为艺人，我认为这是我的职责，也是我们所有人的职责，那就是要反应时代，这是一段非常艰难的时期。”这首单曲于去年6月19日发行，以纪念六月解放日。

She went on to say she created the song to honor the "beautiful Black kings and queens" in the world.

她还表示，创作这首歌曲是为了纪念世界上最美丽的黑人国王和王后。

She added: "This is such a magical night."

她还说：“这真是神奇的一晚。”

Beyoncé now ties producer and artist Quincy Jones for second place among all Grammy winners.

碧昂斯现在跟制片人及艺人昆西·琼斯在所有格莱美得主中（获奖次数）并列第二。

The Grammys featured pre-recorded performances that helped the nearly four-hour show run smoothly⁷. Host Trevor Noah told jokes about the COVID-19 crisis and the year that was 2020. The show was live from Los Angeles with attendees wearing masks and sitting, socially distanced, at small round tables.

格莱美颁奖礼预先录制的表演使得接近4个小时的演出顺利进行。主持人特雷弗·诺亚（崔娃）讲了关于新冠肺炎危机以及2020年的笑话。该节目是在洛杉矶现场直播的，与会者都戴着口罩并保持社交距离坐在小圆桌旁。

Country singer Mickey Guyton – the first Black woman nominated for best country solo performance – performed her song Black Like Me.

乡村歌手米奇·盖顿是首位获得最佳乡村独奏提名的黑人女性，她演唱了她的歌曲《Black Like Me》。

Black Parade was among several songs honoring the Black experience that won Grammys Sunday, including H.E.R.'s I Can't Breathe and Anderson Paak's Lockdown, which was also released on Juneteenth.

《 Black Parade》是周日获得格莱美奖项的几首纪念黑人经历的歌曲之一，其它歌曲还包括H.E.R.演唱的《I Can't Breathe》以及安德森·帕克的《Lockdown》，这首歌曲也于去年的六月解放日发行。

1 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。

2 folklore   

n.民间信仰，民间传说，民俗

参考例句：

• Zhuge Liang is a synonym for wisdom in folklore.诸葛亮在民间传说中成了智慧的代名词。
• In Chinese folklore the bat is an emblem of good fortune.在中国的民间传说中蝙蝠是好运的象征。

3 killings   

谋杀( killing的名词复数 )； 突然发大财，暴发

参考例句：

• His statement was seen as an allusion to the recent drug-related killings. 他的声明被视为暗指最近与毒品有关的多起凶杀案。
• The government issued a statement condemning the killings. 政府发表声明谴责这些凶杀事件。

4 demonstrations   

证明( demonstration的名词复数 )； 表明； 表达； 游行示威

参考例句：

• Lectures will be interspersed with practical demonstrations. 讲课中将不时插入实际示范。
• The new military government has banned strikes and demonstrations. 新的军人政府禁止罢工和示威活动。

5 savage   

adj.野蛮的；凶恶的，残暴的；n.未开化的人

参考例句：

• The poor man received a savage beating from the thugs.那可怜的人遭到暴徒的痛打。
• He has a savage temper.他脾气粗暴。

6 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。

7 smoothly   

adv.平滑地，顺利地，流利地，流畅地

参考例句：

• The workmen are very cooperative,so the work goes on smoothly.工人们十分合作，所以工作进展顺利。
• Just change one or two words and the sentence will read smoothly.这句话只要动一两个字就顺了。