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听力文本
American pop singer Beyonce surprised her fans on Friday. She released her fifth album without telling anyone. The album was one of the biggest secrets in music history. Beyonce wanted to try a new way of releasing her music. She did not want to advertise it weeks or months before it came out. She wanted to tell her fans about the album herself. She did not want to let record company executives or newspapers tell them. The release was even a surprise for other celebrities and singers. She said: "There's so much that gets between the music, the artist and the fans. I felt like I didn't want anybody to give the message when my record is coming out."
Beyonce released her new album exclusively on iTunes, which means people can only download it from that site. It contains 14 new songs and 17 videos. She filmed the videos in different parts of the world. She said she wanted to do something people would remember. She remembers being very excited when Michael Jackson released his Thriller video and wanted to do something similar. She said: "I feel like right now people experience music differently." The album sold 80,000 copies in the first three hours of its release. Sales were helped by millions of people tweeting about the album. There were more than 1.2 million tweets in the first 12 hours. That's around 5,300 tweets a minute.
中文翻译
美国知名女歌手碧昂丝周五让粉丝大为惊奇。她在不告知任何人的情况下发布了自己的第五张专辑。这张专辑也是音乐史上最大秘密之一。碧昂丝希望通过全新的方式来发表自己的音乐。她不希望在发布之前进行数周或是长达几个月的宣传活动。她想自己来告诉粉丝这件事情。她不希望通过唱片公司或是报纸来告诉歌迷。这样的发布方式也让其他名人和歌手大为震惊。她认为：“在音乐、艺术家和粉丝之间还掺杂着许多别的东西。我不想在专辑公布之前让任何人知道这一消息。
碧昂丝只在iTunes上发布了自己的新专辑，这就意味着人们只能够在特定网站上下载音乐。专辑包括14首新歌以及17个MV。MV是在世界不同地区拍摄的。她说她希望能够做一些让别人记忆犹新的事情。她记得当杰克逊发表了自己的惊悚MV时，她异常兴奋，她希望她也能够如法炮制。她认为：“如今，人们对音乐的感受是千变万化的。”在发布的3个小时内就销售了8万张专辑。上百万粉丝在推特上发布了这张专辑的消息，这也助长了销售热潮。在12个小时之内，有超过1200万人在推特上发表了言论。这就相当于每分钟5300个。
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重点讲解
1.record company 唱片公司
例句：An apathetic Drake apparently walked into record company offices and simply dropped off the mastertapes for this final album with one of the secretaries.
一个冷淡麻木的德雷克看来走进了唱片公司的办公室，仅仅是与秘书之一为这最后一张唱片缩减母带。
2.come out 出版
例句：The book comes out this week.
该书本周上市。
3.feel like 感到
例句：So what does it feel like after an accomplishment like that?
那么像那样完成了一项成就后感觉会是如何呢？
4.want to 想要做
例句：I want to insure my house.
我要为自己的住宅保险。
听力题目
1. What did Beyonce do to her fans on Friday?
a) give money to them
b) surprise them
c) wave to them
d) ignore them
2. Who did she tell about the album before its release?
a) her fans
b) reporters
c) no one
d) Internet music sites
3. How big a secret was the album?
a) not really so big
b) the biggest in music history
c) nowhere near the biggest
d) one of the biggest in music history
4. Who did Beyonce not want to talk about her album?
a) her fans
b) record company executives
c) Twitter followers
d) celebrities
5. What did Beyonce say gets between the music, the artist and the fans?
a) so much
b) not much
c) nothing
d) everything
6. Where can we buy the record?
a) iTunes
b) New York
c) any record store
d) only from Beyonce's website
7. How many more videos than songs are there?
a) none
b) 1
c) 2
d) 3
8. How does Beyonce think people nowadays experience music?
a) on the go
b) more clearly
c) differently
d) at home
9. How many copies of the album did people buy in the first three hours?
a) eight million
b) eight hundred thousand
c) 18 thousand
d) eighty thousand
10. What really helped sales of the album?
a) iTunes
b) Twitter
c) other celebrities
d) newspapers
听力答案
1.b
2.c
3.d
4.b
5.a
6.a
7.d
8.c
9.d
10.b
