VOA标准英语2016--Top 5 Songs for Week Ending Sept. 17

Top 5 Songs for Week Ending Sept. 17

We're revealing the five most popular songs in the Billboard¹ Hot 100 Pop Singles chart, for the week ending September 17, 2016.

Way back in 1988, Rob Base and DJ EZ Rock had a hit single with “It Takes Two.” How right they were: duos are all the rage in the current Top Five.

Number 5: Chainsmokers Featuring Daya " Don't Let Me Down "

Last week, twenty one pilots made Hot 100 history; this week, The Chainsmokers double down as “Don’t Let Me Down” featuring Daya rebounds² two slots to fifth place.

Daya, 17, is about to drop her first full-length album. Titled Sit Still, Look Pretty – after the hit single of the same name – it arrives on October 7.

Number 4: Sia Featuring Sean Paul "Cheap Thrills" 

Here’s another duo for you: Sia and Sean Paul retreat a slot to fourth place with their former champ “Cheap Thrills.” This is the most-heard song on U.S. radio.

It tallies³ 148 million airplay audience impressions on the Billboard Radio Songs chart, leading that list for a fifth week.

Number 3: Twenty One Pilots " Heathens "

Taking over third place is twenty one pilots, reaching a new Hot 100 high with “Heathens.” The Ohio duo is touring the world in support of its Blurryface album, and starting on January 17, Jon Bellion will join the North American leg.

Jon’s a rising singer-songwriter: he wrote the chorus for Eminem and Rihanna’s smash hit “The Monster,” and earlier this year, his debut⁴ album The Human Condition hit fifth place on the Billboard album chart.

Number 2: Major Lazer Featuring Justin Bieber & MO "Cold Water" 

Major Lazer is in fine condition this week, as “Cold Water” holds in the runner-up position. The video is out now, but someone is missing…

MO is seen onstage, but Justin is conspicuous⁵ in his absence. The Biebz is currently on the European leg of his own world trek⁶. Their schedules just didn’t mesh⁷.

Number 1: The Chainsmokers Featuring Halsey "Closer" 

Everything’s meshing⁸ nicely for the Chainsmokers and Halsey, who retain the Hot 100 title for a third week with “Closer.”

On Sept. 18, Halsey will appear with Pentatonix as the Formula 1 Grand Prix in Singapore, while Oct. 16 brings an appearance at the Forbes Under 30 Music Festival in Boston. She’ll co-headline with Jason Derulo.

That’s it for now, but be sure and join us for a new countdown next week.

1 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。

2 rebounds   

反弹球( rebound的名词复数 )； 回弹球； 抢断篮板球； 复兴

参考例句：

• V is the velocity after the gas particle rebounds from the wall. V是粒子从壁上弹开后的速度。
• In the former case, the first body rebounds with practically its original velocity. 在前一种情况下，第一个物体实际上以原来的速度弹回。

3 tallies   

n.账( tally的名词复数 )；符合；（计数的）签；标签v.计算，清点( tally的第三人称单数 )；加标签（或标记）于；（使）符合；（使）吻合

参考例句：

• Cash on hand tallies with the figure in the accounts. 现款跟账上的数目没有出入。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• He tallies his own marks. 他把自己的得分记了下来。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 debut   

n.首次演出，初次露面

参考例句：

• That same year he made his Broadway debut, playing a suave radio journalist.在那同一年里，他初次在百老汇登台，扮演一个温文而雅的电台记者。
• The actress made her debut in the new comedy.这位演员在那出新喜剧中首次登台演出。

5 conspicuous   

adj.明眼的，惹人注目的；炫耀的，摆阔气的

参考例句：

• It is conspicuous that smoking is harmful to health.很明显，抽烟对健康有害。
• Its colouring makes it highly conspicuous.它的色彩使它非常惹人注目。

6 trek   

vi.作长途艰辛的旅行；n.长途艰苦的旅行

参考例句：

• We often go pony-trek in the summer.夏季我们经常骑马旅行。
• It took us the whole day to trek across the rocky terrain.我们花了一整天的时间艰难地穿过那片遍布岩石的地带。

7 mesh   

n.网孔，网丝，陷阱；vt.以网捕捉，啮合，匹配；vi.适合； [计算机]网络

参考例句：

• Their characters just don't mesh.他们的性格就是合不来。
• This is the net having half inch mesh.这是有半英寸网眼的网。

8 meshing   

结网，啮合

参考例句：

• The modification of gear is a principal method for improving performance meshing. 齿面修形是提高齿轮副啮合性能的重要手段。
• Exact modeling of gear teeth is based on meshing theory. 摘要根据齿轮啮合原理，建立了轮齿的精确齿形。