大学英语六级听力710分考试成功指南 第十三期

 

Passage 2

A superstar (S1) _____ is someone who has become famous in sports, or films, or popular music, someone like Michael Jackson. In the middle nineteen (S2) _____, Michael Jackson made a record (S3)______ called Thriller¹. It quickly became the most popular (S4) _______ in the history of music, and it made Michael Jackson a superstar. The word ‘super’ means something that is (S5)_______ good. And of course, a star means a person who is famous. So people use ‘superstar’ to (S6) ________ the top people in sports, (S7)_______ and music.

One of the most famous sports superstars in the United States was a boxer² named Muhammad Ali. (S8)__________________________________________________.

Then he became the heavy-weight boxing champion of the world. (S9)____________________________________________________. Muhammad Ali claimed when he became the world champion that he was more famous than the President of the United States. He was a true superstar. Everyone knows his name.

(S10)_____________________________________________________________________. Superstars are loved by millions of people today, but forgotten tomorrow.

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(S1) usually

(S2) eighties

(S3) album

(S4) recording³

(S5) extremely

(S6) describe

(S7) acting⁴

(S8) As a young man, Muhammad Ali won a gold medal in the Olympics as a boxer.

(S9) Before long, he was known as one of the most famous boxers⁵ in sports history.

(S10) But like the stars in the sky, a superstar fades from the sight as time passes, many young people, for example, know little about Muhammad Ali these days.

1 thriller   

n.惊险片，恐怖片

参考例句：

• He began by writing a thriller.That book sold a million copies.他是写惊险小说起家的。那本书卖了一百万册。
• I always take a thriller to read on the train.我乘火车时，总带一本惊险小说看。

2 boxer   

n.制箱者，拳击手

参考例句：

• The boxer gave his opponent a punch on the nose.这个拳击手朝他对手的鼻子上猛击一拳。
• He moved lightly on his toes like a boxer.他像拳击手一样踮着脚轻盈移动。

3 recording   

n.录音，记录

参考例句：

• How long will the recording of the song take?录下这首歌得花多少时间？
• I want to play you a recording of the rehearsal.我想给你放一下彩排的录像。

4 acting   

n.演戏，行为，假装；adj.代理的，临时的，演出用的

参考例句：

• Ignore her,she's just acting.别理她，她只是假装的。
• During the seventies,her acting career was in eclipse.在七十年代，她的表演生涯黯然失色。

5 boxers   

n.拳击短裤；（尤指职业）拳击手( boxer的名词复数 )；拳师狗

参考例句：

• The boxers were goaded on by the shrieking crowd. 拳击运动员听见观众的喊叫就来劲儿了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The boxers slugged it out to the finish. 两名拳击手最后决出了胜负。 来自《简明英汉词典》