2024届高三下学期英语培优外刊阅读学案 演唱会话题（含答案）.docx

高三英语培优外刊阅读

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外刊精选｜新加坡下血本买断“霉霉”演唱会，得罪整个东南亚

美国流行音乐天后泰勒·斯威夫特（昵称“霉霉”）的全球“时代巡演演唱会”，近日在新加坡开演。霉霉在新加坡连唱6场，吸引多国数十万粉丝前去一睹偶像风采的同时，也引发了一场外交口水战。新加坡是霉霉此次巡演的唯一一个东南亚国家，泰国、菲律宾等东南亚邻国均质疑新加坡支付重金补贴，以此“垄断”霉霉演唱会的独办权。这场争端迫使包括总理在内的新加坡政府官员出面回应。霉霉的演唱会究竟引发了何种外交角力？“演唱会经济”兴起的背后，又是怎样的时代情绪？

SingaporeHasTaylorSwifttoItselfThisWeek,andtheNeighborsAreComplaining

byMikeIves,MuktitaSuhartonoandCamilleElemia

TaylorSwifthasdescendedonSoutheastAsia,oronesmallpartofitatleast:Allofhersixsold-outshowsareinSingapore,theregionswealthiestnation.

TheSingaporelegofMs.Swift’swildlypopularErasTour,whichbeganlastweekendandendsonSaturday,isasoftpowercoupandaboostforthecountry’spost-pandemiceconomicrecovery.

Theshows—andtheundisclosedpricethatSingaporepaidtohostthem—havealsogenerateddiplomatictensionwithtwoofitsneighbors,ThailandandthePhilippines.

Lastmonth,PrimeMinisterSretthaThavisinofThailandsaidpubliclythatSingaporehadpaidMs.Swiftupto$3millionpershowontheconditionthatsheplaynowhereelseinSoutheastAsia.AlawmakerinthePhilippineslatersaidthatwasnotwhatgoodneighborsdo.

Singaporepushedback.Firstitscultureministersaidtheactualvalueoftheexclusivitydeal—whichhedeclinedtoname—wasnowhereashigh.Thecountrysformerambassadoratlargelatercalledthecriticismsourgrapes.

Anexclusivitydealaroundaconcert,akindofnoncompeteagreementknownasaradiusclause,isstandardpracticeinthemusicindustry,saidSusanAbramovitchattheinternationallawfirmGowlingWLG,addingthatthescopeoftheSingaporedealwasakindofTaylor-esquemagnificationoftheindustrystandard.

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请写出下面文单词在文章中的中文意思。

1.descendv._______________________________

2.leg英[leɡ]美[leɡ]n._______________________________

3.wildly英[ˈwaɪldli]美[ˈwaɪldli]adv._______________________________

4.wildadj._____________________