2013高二英语精品课件 全国通用：Unit18教材背景链接（北师大版选修6）.pptVIP

Unit 18 * Unit 18 * Unit 18 教材背景链接 《纽约时报》把音乐才女泰勒·斯威夫特描述成“流行音乐最佳作词之一，乡村音乐最实用主义者，并且比大多数成人更能触及内心世界。” US country music star Taylor Swift has broken all the rules on her way to stardom. She became the first person in history to get a No.1 country music hit before the age of 18.She has won four Grammy awards and her overall(总共的)worldwide album sales stand at more than 20 million. Now Swift has broken yet another rule.She has been crowned(加冕)Billboard(《公告牌》) magazine’s Woman of the Year and will receive her award on December 2 in New York.The 21-year-old singer-songwriter is the youngest artist to receive the honor. “At the young age of 21，Taylor has already made a major(主要的)impact on music and has been an amazing role model for aspiring(有抱负的)artists and young women everywhere，” said Bill Werde,Billboard’s editorial director. Unlike many pop singers，especially those who do not write their own material，Swift is good at turning her ideas into beautiful lyrics. “Beneath(在……下面)Taylor Swift’s not-a-girl, not-yet-a-woman sweetness lurks(潜伏)a very skillful songwriting technique(技巧)，” writes Leah Greenblatt for Entertainment Weekly. Songwriting，as the country-and-pop singer explains，is“how I deal with problems.It’s how I cope with(处理)issues.I tend to write about things that really impact me most.” “For the audience too young to have experienced real passion or heartbreak，Swift’s songs are like a potential road map.Her lyrics，like her peppy(活泼的) between-song chats，promise things will work out OK，”commented Dorian Lynskey of the Guardian. Now Swift is getting ready to go further.Her last album，Speak Now，came out last October. According to a recent interview with The New Yorker magazine，Swift has so far written about 10 songs for her 2012 album.Swift has said that the new album is about feelings of growing up and becoming an adult. “They’re sad，if I’m being honest，” Swift told The New Yorker.“They’re about my heartbreaks and my moving on.But more importantly，they are about achievin