梁靜茹六度爭后
The 31st Golden Melody Awards, Taiwan’s equivalent of the Grammys, released the list of nominees last week.
有「台灣葛萊美獎」之稱的第31屆金曲獎於上週公布入圍名單。
equivalent(adj.)(n.)等值的;相等的;等量齊觀的人或事物release(v.)釋放;公布;發表
The Ministry of Culture announced that the annual ceremony will take place at the Taipei Music Center on Oct. 3.
文化部宣布該年度盛會將於10月3號在台北音樂中心舉行。
annual(adj.)每年的annual salaryannual reportceremony(n.)典禮;儀式take place發生;(活動的)舉行
It was originally scheduled for last month but has been postponed owing to the coronavirus pandemic.
頒獎典禮原定於上個月舉辦，但因新冠疫情而展延。
originally(adv.)原本original(adj.)最初的;原先的origin(n.)起源schedule(n.)行事曆be scheduled for將事情排定在某段時間My dental appointment has been scheduled for tomorrow afternoon.postpone(v.)延後We decided to postpone our trip because of the bad weather.owing to=because of由於;因為
Fish Leong, who released her first new album in seven years, will be running for the Best Female Vocalist in the Mandarin category — up against several big names in the “Mandopop” field, such as G.E.M., Joanna Wang, Peggy Hsu, Faith Yang and Waa Wei.
睽違七年才終於在去年發新專輯的梁靜茹，將與鄧紫棋、王若琳、許哲珮、楊乃文和魏如萱一同角逐最佳國語女歌手獎。
run for角逐vocal(n.)(adj.)人聲;發聲相關的vocalist(n.)人聲演唱者category(n.)類別up against面臨Mandopop=Mandarin Popular Music華語流行音樂
This is Leong’s sixth nomination in the category; however, she has not yet won.
這是梁靜茹第六次入圍，她之前入圍都沒得過此獎。
win-won-won贏得;獲勝
As for the Best Male Vocalist, first-time nominee Qiu De will be competing against Namewee, Wakin Chau, Chang Chen-yue and Sodagreen’s Wu Ching-feng.
至於最佳男歌手，首次入圍的裘德將與黃明志、周華健、張震嶽及蘇打綠的吳青峰同台競爭。
compete(v.)競爭competition(n.)競賽
Taiwanese aboriginal female singer Abao has the most nominations, with eight nods, including Album of the Year, Song of the Year and Best Composer.
台灣原住民女歌手阿爆入圍最多，獲得八項提名包括了年度專輯、年度歌曲和最佳作曲人獎。
aboriginal(adj.)土生土長的;原住民nod(v.)(n.)點頭;提名
The winner of the Special Contribution Award goes to Rich Huang, known as Taiwan’s “King of Drums”.
特別貢獻獎頒給「台灣鼓王」黃瑞豐。
contribution(n.)貢獻go to sb.獎項頒給某人The Oscar for Best Director went to Ang Lee.known as被稱作...;以...聞名
Huang is recognized for his dedication to Taiwan’s music scene. He has been in the music industry for 50 years, and his drumming has appeared in over 100,000 songs.
此獎項肯定了黃瑞豐對台灣音樂的貢獻，他入行五十年且參與過逾10萬首歌曲錄音。
recognize(v.)認可;表彰;認得sb. be recognized for sth.Did you recognize the lady in black?dedication(n.)貢獻industry(n.)產業appear(v.)出現disappear(v.)消失