【新唐人2012年2月23日讯】 【看新闻学英语】
Celebrities React to Whitney Houston’s Death
名人回应惠妮休斯顿之死
By Daniel Chen, David Lee
【新闻关键字】
1. Celebrity [səl’ɛbrɪti] n. 名人
2. Sadden [s’ædən] v. 使悲痛
3. Mentor [m’ɛnt,ɔr] n. 良师益友
4. Mogul [m’ogəl] n. 显要人物
5. Scores of ph. 许多；几十
6. Swarm [sw’ɔrm] v. 群集
7. Helicopter [h’ɛlɪk,ɑptɚ] n. 直升机
8. Personnel [p,ɚsən’ɛl] n. 人事；全体人员
9. Pronounce [prən’ɑʊns] v. 宣布；宣告
Celebrities at a pre-Grammy Awards party were shocked and saddened on Saturday by the news that singer Whitney Houston had died.
周六，在葛莱美奖预备舞会上的名人，都对惠妮休斯顿过世的消息感到震惊和悲痛。
The pop superstar died on the eve of the Grammy Awards in Los Angeles at the same hotel where her mentor, record mogul Clive Davis, was holding an annual pre-event party featuring scores of music industry celebrities.
这位流行乐坛超级巨星，于葛莱美奖举办前夕在洛杉矶过世。她的良师益友－唱片巨头克莱夫•戴维斯也在同一间饭店。当时他正在举办年度预备舞会，来了许多音乐界知名人士。
A dramatic scene unfolded at the Beverly Hilton hotel as guests arriving for the party expressed their shock at her death, while reporters swarmed the hotel, fans gathered outside to light candles in her memory and helicopters hovered overhead.
戏剧性的一幕展现在比佛利希尔顿饭店：抵达舞会的客人们表达他们的震惊，同时记者群集饭店、粉丝们聚集在饭店外点蜡烛悼念、直升机在上空盘旋。
Beverly Hills police said they were called to the Beverly Hilton at around 3:43 p.m. local time, and fire department personnel who were already at the location responded immediately.
比佛利山庄的警方说，当地时间下午3:43左右接获比佛利希尔顿饭店来电，消防部门人员已在现场并做出立即反应。
Houston was in her fourth-floor room but was unresponsive to CPR, and she was pronounced dead at 3:55 p.m.
休斯顿当时在她四楼的客房，心肺复苏术已无反应，她在下午3:55被宣告死亡。
本则影音新闻出处：新唐人电视台英语新闻
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本专栏由前卫英语李德良老师主编 www.davidlee.url.tw
【佳句精选】
A dramatic scene unfolded at the Beverly Hilton hotel as guests arriving for the party expressed their shock at her death
随着抵达舞会的客人们表达他们的震惊，比佛利希尔顿饭店展现了戏剧性的一幕。
【每日一句】
she was pronounced dead at 3:55 p.m.
她在下午3:55被宣告死亡。
