《英語沙龍》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國流行音樂頂尖位置的占領(lǐng)。不久，在歐洲、亞洲、澳大利亞和新西蘭到處都取得了成功。他們眼下看來肯定又在美國再度成功。全美巡演令《再度發(fā)誓》在排行榜上急速攀升。在布賴恩麥克法登最近患精神衰弱，不得不放棄一些演出，回愛爾蘭和家人團聚療養(yǎng)之際，這無疑是男孩兒們需要的好消息。另外，由于時間問題，羅南基廷的個人演唱會計劃也迫使他放棄和路易斯沃爾什共同管理樂隊。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，并將開始第二張專輯的錄制。1.grease[?????]n.油脂，動物脂，潤滑脂2.audition[????????]n.(對志愿藝人等的)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