(单词翻译:单击)
听力文本
Soulful singer Sam Smith was the big winner Sunday night at the 57th annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles, California. Smith took home four awards: Best New Artist, Best Pop Vocal Album, Song of the Year and Record of the Year.
The British artist's 2014 album, "In the Lonely Hour," was about the painful break-up he experienced last year with someone he loved. But Smith noted the happy ending. He accepted his final award for Record of the Year by thanking the one who broke his heart, "cause you got me four Grammys," he said.
The big surprise of the night was in the Album of the Year category. Many expected Beyoncé to win for her self-titled album. But musician Beck took home the award for his album "Morning Phase."
The recording was also honored with the Best Rock Album award.
Kanye West played a little trick on Beck and the crowd at the Staples Center. He jumped up on stage as Beck was accepting the award. The move was similar to the bad behavior he displayed at the 2009 Video Music Awards. At that event, West interrupted Taylor Swift's acceptance speech to tell the crowd that Beyoncé deserved the award that Swift had just received.
However, Sunday night, West left the stage immediately, laughing. The audience realized it was just a prank. West even fooled Beyoncé's husband, Jay-Z, who gave a look of horror when West jumped on the stage.
Beyoncé did not go home with empty hands Sunday night. She won three Grammys, including Best R&B Song and Best R&B Performance for her song, "Drunk in Love."
Other Grammy winners included country singer Miranda Lambert and rapper-singer Pharell Williams. The show included a video message from President Barack Obama about ending domestic violence.
Critical opinion was mixed about the musical performances at the Grammy Awards. Most critics praised Lady Gaga and Tony Bennett for their delivery of "Cheek to Cheek."
The combination of Paul McCartney, Kanye West and Rihanna performing her new song "FourFiveSeconds" was also well received.
And the crowd roared for the performance of Sia's song, "Chandelier." Actresses Kristen Wiig and Maddie Ziegler danced to the song.
Opinion was not as singular when it came to Beyoncé's performance of the gospel song, "Take My Hand, Precious Lord." Many critics praised it, but social media posts show a mixed reaction.
Many tweets expressed anger that the Grammy Awards changed the plan for the song last week. Reports say Ledisi had been set to perform the song but Beyoncé asked to take her place.
Other posts on social media had some fun with the clothing fashions of the night. Some wrote that Rihanna's large, bright pink dress looked like a "cake topper."
词汇解释
1.deserve vi. 应受，应得 vt. 应受，应得
The soldier deserves the award for his acts of bravery.
这名战士应为他的英勇行为受奖。
2.rapper 说唱艺人
The charts have been dominated by rappers in recent months.
唱片排行榜最近几个月都被说唱乐歌手占据了。
3.singular adj. 单数的；单一的；非凡的；异常的 n. 单数
I was struck with the man's singular appearance.
那个人的奇特外貌给我留下了深刻的印象。
内容解析
1.The combination of Paul McCartney, Kanye West and Rihanna performing her new song "FourFiveSeconds" was also well received.
well received 受好评的；深受欢迎的
The proposals have been well received by many deputies.
这些提议在许多代表中反响不错。
Literary works of this kind are well received by the masses.
这样的文学作品很受群众欢迎。
参考译文
深情歌手萨姆·史密斯成为今年加州洛杉矶第57届格莱美颁奖的最大赢家，他获得了最佳新人、最佳流行演唱专辑、年度歌曲和年度唱片四项大奖。
这位英国艺人2014年专辑《孤独时刻》讲述他去年和恋人的痛苦分手，但史密森强调了大团圆结局。他在接受最后一个奖项年度唱片奖时感谢了这位让他伤心的人，他说，“是你让我获得了4项格莱美大奖。”
今晚的最大意外是年度专辑奖，很多人预测碧昂斯的同名专辑将获奖，但音乐家贝克却凭其专辑Morning Phase夺走该奖。
这张专辑还获得了最佳摇滚专辑奖。
肯伊·威斯特在斯台普斯中心向贝克和观众们做了个小恶作剧，当贝克领奖时他跳到台上来。此举和2009年音乐录像奖时他做的不良举动类似。当时威斯特打断泰勒·斯威夫特的获奖感言，对观众说碧昂斯比斯威夫特更有资格获得该奖。
不过，周日晚上，威斯特很快就大笑着下了台，观众们意识到这是个恶作剧。威斯特甚至还愚弄了碧昂斯的丈夫Jay-Z，当威斯特跳上台时他表情很惊愕。
碧昂斯周日晚上回家时没有两手空空，她获得了三项格莱美奖，包括以《Drunk in Love》赢得最佳节奏布鲁斯歌曲和最佳节奏蓝调演出奖。
其他的格莱美获奖者还有乡村歌手米兰达·兰伯特和说唱歌手法瑞尔·威廉姆斯，这次颁奖还包括一段来自奥巴马总统的关于结束家暴的视频。
评论家对格莱美颁奖上的音乐表演意见各异，大多数评论家赞扬了Lady Gaga和托尼·班奈特演出的Cheek to Cheek。
保罗·麦卡特尼、肯伊·威斯特和蕾哈娜共同演唱的《FourFiveSeconds》也深受好评，这首歌是蕾哈娜的新曲。
观众还为Sia表演的Chandelier沸腾，女演员克里斯汀·威格和麦迪·齐格勒为这首歌伴舞。
人们对碧昂丝演唱的福音歌曲《Take My Hand, Precious Lord》意见不一，很多评论家赞扬这首歌，但社交媒体上意见不一。
许多推文对格莱美奖上周改变这首歌的计划表示不满，有报道称原计划由莱德希延长这首歌，但后来改为碧昂斯。
社交媒体上的其他文章对今晚的服装时尚感到有趣，有人写道蕾哈娜穿的亮粉色大裙子看上去像蛋糕上的装饰。
