美洲音乐颁奖典礼

短语讲解：

1. The awards honor music based on the Country, folk, bluegrass and blues traditions.

base on使建立在…基础上,立足
例句：Action should be based on solid facts.
行动应有确凿的事实为依据。

2. The evening kicked off with Grammy winners Emmylou Harris, Alison Krauss and Jerry Douglas performing “I’ll Fly Away” in celebration of the 10th anniversary of the hit “O’ Brother Where Art Thou?” movie soundtrack.

kick off开始
例句：The movie festival was kicked off with the showing of a new film.
电影节以放映一部新片开始。

3. And he talked about jumping off the cliffs into the Harlem River, so I have to thank Jim Carroll

jump off跳下
例句：The bus stopped and he jumped off.
公共汽车停下来, 他跳下了车。

4. In her speech, Williams spoke of “giving back” to the music community.

speak of谈到, 讲到
例句：They spoke of the old days on the campus.
他们谈起昔日的校园生活。
give back归还; 恢复
例句：The gold ring should be given back to the owner.
这枚金戒指应该还给失主。

5. Just like I was ‘that girl’ who was kicking around for so many years. I want this honor tonight to stand for that dream, to stand for the perseverance, the will and the heart it takes to make it all come true.

kick around存在; 活着
例句：Is the chairman still kicking around? I thought he had left years ago.
这位主席还活着?我还以为他多年前就死了呢。
stand for 代表, 表示
例句：Dictatorship stands for the denial of individual freedom.
独裁意味着否定个人自由。
come true实现, 成真
例句：His dream has come true.
他的梦想实现了。

6. But that’s not all - he was also singled out by Robert Plant who won Album of the Year for “Band of Joy.”

single out挑选
例句：The girl is singled out to represent the school.
那女孩被挑选为学校代表。

7. Or put together in one guy with a hat on.

put together组成整体
例句：It's easier to take a machine to pieces than to put it together again.
拆卸一部机器比重新装配起来容易。

8. Robert Plant followed up his Album of the Year acceptance speech with a performance of the song “Monkey” from his award winning “Band of Joy” CD, just one of the many live performances of the evening.

follow up跟着; 追逐; 继续
例句：The chairman followed up with another question.
主席接着又提了一个问题。