《英語(yǔ)沙龍》西部生活誓必成功

1、7、Westlife:SwearaSuccessTheWestlifestyreallybeganwaybackinDecember1996whenthethreeiginalmembersofWestlifewereperfminginalocalproductionofthemusical‘Grease1’.ShaneFilanKianEganMarkFeehillywereallbnbredinSligoasmalltownafe

2、whourswestoftheRepublicofIrelscapitalcityDublin.DuringbreaksthethreewouldgettogethersingcoversofsomeoftheirfavouritesongsincludingBoyzIIMens‘IMakeLoveToYou’.Thereactiontotheirsingingwassopositivethattheydecidedtofmabasso

3、onastheyhadfinishedtheirexamsatschool.ThistheydulydidonJuly31997theyfmedI.O.U.TheboysganizedconcertsintheareaevenproducedtheirownCDstoselllocally.ThislocalsuccessledtoanappearanceonTVthatwastoproveextremelyimptant.Amongt

4、heviewerswhosawthetrioperfminachildrenshospitalwasBoyzonesmanagerLouisWalsh.SoonafterShanesmothercontactedhimaboutI.O.U.foundhehadbeendesperatelytryingtogetincontactwiththem.LouisWalshdecidedtoholdauditions2torecruit3two

5、newmembersinJuneof1998.ThisiswhenNickyByrneBryanMcFaddentwoDublinboysfriendsenteredthepicture.AquicknamechangeWestsidewasbn.YesWESTSIDE.Thiswastobethequintets4nameuntiltheydiscoveredanotherbalreadyusingthenameafinalchang

6、etoWestlifewascalledf.ThefinallinkinthechainwasRonanKeatingBoyzonesleadsingerwhoatLouisWalshsrequestJoinedhimtohelpnurture5thisrawtalent.Hisexperienceprovedaninvaluablehelp.Thenextstepwastosecurearecddeal.Thebganizedasho

7、wcase6inDublinsoonrepresentativesofeverymajrecdlabelwereofferingthebewildered7boyscontracts.InOctober1998WestlifesignedtoRCAalabelthathadaproventrackrecdwiththesuccessfulmarketingofbothTakeThatFive.Barelyhadtheinkontheco

8、ntractdriedwhentheyheadedoutontouraspartoftheSmashHitsShowwhichledtothemwinningtheBestNewTourActinDecember1998(thiswasanawardBoyzonethemselveshadwonin1994whichseemedlikeaprettygoodomen8).StyledbyKennyHowhowasresponsiblef

9、TheSpiceGirlsimageWestlifesfirstsingle“SwearItAgain”wasreleasedinMarch1999.IntheirnativeIrelitwentstraighttonumberonebecamethebiggestsellingdebutsingleinthehistyoftheIrishts.Amonthlater“SwearItAgain”repeatedthefeatintheU

10、KstayingatnumberoneftwoweeksfollowingonfromBoyzonesdominance9oftheUKtopspot.ThissuccesswassoonmatchedallaroundEuropeAsiaAustraliaNewZeal.TheylooksettorepeattheirsuccessnowintheUSA.AtourthroughouttheStateshasmeant“SwearIt

11、Again”israpidlyclimbingtheBillboardts.Thisis國(guó)流行音樂(lè)頂尖位置的占領(lǐng)。不久，在歐洲、亞洲、澳大利亞和新西蘭到處都取得了成功。他們眼下看來(lái)肯定又在美國(guó)再度成功。全美巡演令《再度發(fā)誓》在排行榜上急速攀升。在布賴(lài)恩麥克法登最近患精神衰弱，不得不放棄一些演出，回愛(ài)爾蘭和家人團(tuán)聚療養(yǎng)之際，這無(wú)疑是男孩兒們需要的好消息。另外，由于時(shí)間問(wèn)題，羅南基廷的個(gè)人演唱會(huì)計(jì)劃也迫使他放棄和路易斯沃爾什共同管理樂(lè)隊(duì)。盡

12、管如此，還有好消息，他們最近和瑪麗亞凱麗一起灌制唱片，并將開(kāi)始第二張專(zhuān)輯的錄制。1.grease[?????]n.油脂，動(dòng)物脂，潤(rùn)滑脂2.audition[????????]n.(對(duì)志愿藝人等的)面試(指試唱)3.recruit[????????]vt.吸收(新成員)，招聘4.quintet[????]n.[音]五重唱小組，五重唱5.nurture[???????]vt.培育，教養(yǎng)，培植6.showcase[????????]n.(主美