AS IT IS 2016-02-18 Beatles McCartney ... Not Famous Enough?

AS IT IS 2016-02-18 Beatles McCartney ... Not Famous Enough?

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The Grammy Awards honor¹ the best music each year in America. This year’s awards were given Monday night in Los Angeles.

Paul McCartney was one of the Beatles, an early rock ‘n’ roll group that some say is the greatest of all time. 

McCartney has 18 Grammy awards. Some of his songs with the Beatles are, “Let it Be,” “Hey Jude,” and “Can’t Buy Me Love.”

He even had the honor of recording² the sound effects for Valentine’s Day-themed “LoveMojis” for Skype. 

McCartney is the definition³ of a “living legend.”

On the night of this year’s Grammy’s, he wanted to party with everyone else. And for good reason. He usually gets into any music event he wants.

But on Monday night, he was turned away from an event for younger celebrities⁴.

The rapper Tyga was performing at a club called the Argyle. The club was full, the doorman said. The celebrity⁵ news website TMZ captured⁶ the conversation on video.

McCartney was with famous musicians Beck, and Taylor Hawkins of the Foo Fighters.

“How VIP do we gotta get?” McCartney asks.

In English, when someone says VIP, it stands for “very important person.” A VIP could be the president or a famous singer like McCartney.

Then McCartney says “We need another hit guys, we need another hit. Work on it.”

Beck says “Next year, next year.”

And they walk away, laughing.

A “hit” is another term for a successful song or record.

For example, the music magazine Billboard⁷ says the first Beatles “hit” was “I Want to Hold Your Hand,” in 1964. The Beatles had 20 No. 1 songs.

The video has many people talking. And even Tyga says he would not have prevented McCartney from entering if he had known the singer was outside.

But after all this, McCartney and his friends turned up at another party hosted Republic Records, where they were welcomed by everyone.

Words in This Story

celebrity – n. a person who is famous

living legend – n. a famous or important person known for doing something extremely well

hit – adj. a big success, or a strike or blow

VIP – adj. a person who is important or famous

party – v. to spend enjoyable time eating, drinking, dancing, etc., with a group of people

1 honor   

n.光荣；敬意；荣幸；vt.给…以荣誉；尊敬

参考例句：

• I take your visit as a great honor.您的来访是我莫大的光荣。
• It is a great honor to receive that prize.能拿到那个奖是无上的光荣。

2 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。

3 definition   

n.定义；限定，确定；清晰度

参考例句：

• The book attempts a definition of his role in world politics.该书要阐明的是他在世界政局中的作用。
• I made a definition for this word.我给这个字下了定义。

4 celebrities   

n.（尤指娱乐界的）名人( celebrity的名词复数 )；名流；名声；名誉

参考例句：

• He only invited A-list celebrities to his parties. 他只邀请头等名流参加他的聚会。
• a TV chat show full of B-list celebrities 由众多二流人物参加的电视访谈节目

5 celebrity   

n.名人，名流；著名，名声，名望

参考例句：

• Tom found himself something of a celebrity. 汤姆意识到自己已小有名气了。
• He haunted famous men, hoping to get celebrity for himself. 他常和名人在一起, 希望借此使自己获得名气。

6 captured   

俘获( capture的过去式和过去分词 )； 夺取； 夺得； 引起（注意、想像、兴趣）

参考例句：

• Allied troops captured over 300 enemy soldiers. 盟军俘虏了300多名敌方士兵。
• Most of the rebels were captured and disarmed. 大部分叛乱分子被俘获并解除了武装。

7 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。