大学英语课每人要做课前 Speech ...  

S打算要制作一个关于Westlife的课件 ... MV找好了,Photo也选好了.....

只差一个合适的 Introduction,..... 在网上搜了N个都不满意.....

只找到一个是Bryan离队之后的...而且不是很全面!!!

其他,都是中文介绍....   S的英语水平....没能力翻译成精确的English啊.....

TOT 所以....大家帮帮忙吧!!



下面是我找到的Introduction...

大概看了下,主要是对去年新专集‘Face To Face.’的介绍...不合适么....
人物介绍道还可用..可少了个离队的Bryan...

大家帮帮忙吧!!

引用:

Relaxed, refreshed and bursting with energy, Westlife, the quiet superstars of the mainstream UK music scene, bounce back with their new album ‘Face To Face.’ It’s a world that they have dominated for seven years and the album features all the hallmarks of that reign - a collection of classic songs and future standards. In brief, ‘Face To Face’ finds Westlife doing what they’ve always done best.

After a brief interlude with their Rat Pack album of classic song sung in the style of Sinatra, ‘Face To Face’ is Westlife’s first collection of new songs since ‘Turnaround’ topped the charts in 2003.
“I think this album shows that Westlife are back in a big way. It’s got the best material we’ve ever released,” says Shane confidently. Agrees Nicky: “At the time Turnaround seemed like one of our best albums - and this one feels even better.”

A familiar blend of big ballads and mid-tempo tunes, balanced by the occasional up-tempo song, ‘Face To Face’ presents Westlife playing to their strengths – passionate vocals and memorable tunes. It’s a straightforward formula that’s been winning hearts and ears since the dawn of popular music, from the doo-wop days of the Platters, through the timeless harmonies of the Drifters and Coasters, to the slick modern sounds of Backstreet Boys and *NSYNC, Take That and Boyzone. But no one’s done it with so much success as Westlife – 34 million album sales are testament to that!

Following four months’ holidays – the longest break of their entire career – the boys have returned to action sounding stronger, fresher and hungrier than ever. “I think the break did us good,” says Nicky, who spent much of his summer getting in shape in the gym. “We still look at ourselves as the luckiest band in the world, but when you do something so long and so frequently, you’re bound to need time to recharge your batteries.”

That freshness can be heard all over ‘Face To Face.’ The band have never sounded in better voice and they’ve rarely had a better choice of material on which to show it. “We know we have to raise the bar each time we make an album and be bigger and better,” acknowledges Shane, who recently became a father for the first time.  After seven years together, their seventh album finds them at the top of their game, and it’s a big game they play in, with six multi-platinum albums in the UK alone.  Add to that the Brit Awards, MTV Award, 12 UK number one’s; Westlife are amazingly one of the biggest brands on the planet.

Songwriting and production duties are equally divided between long-term collaborator Steve Mac and Swedish hit-makers The Location, returning to the Westlife fold after working on their first two albums (and for Britney Spears, Backstreet Boys and *NSYNC among many others), with recording done in Ireland, Sweden and London over the long hot summer.

And the secret behind their rejuvenated sound – not such a secret really – is that they’ve just recharged their batteries with the longest holiday of their career. “We had nearly four months off and it felt like three years,” laughs Nicky. “The break made us realize how much we wanted to start work again. At the end of it I couldn’t wait to get back into the studio.”

A new start and a new chapter… but the Westlife story is far from over.


Kian:
Birthday and place of birth: 29th April 1980, Sligo
Starsign: Taurus – and I am like a bull!
I never thought that Westlife would: Have 12 Number One Singles.
My favourite Westlife moment: Shooting the video for If I Let You Go in Tenerife
My favourite Westlife track: What Makes A Man
My favourite Westlife video: Fool Again
What the other guys say about me: Very headstrong!
When I'm not working I like to: Spend time in the surf dude!
My motto is: Treat people how you like to be treated

Shane:
Birthday and place of birth: 5th July 1979, Sligo
Starsign: Cancer
I never thought that Westlife would: Still be hugely successful seven years on
My favourite Westlife moment: Meeting the Pope
My favourite Westlife track: Flying Without Wings
My favourite Westlife video: Fool Again
What the other guys say about me: That I am generous and a nice guy!
When I'm not working I like to: Change my daughter’s nappies!
My motto is: Everything happens for a reason

Nicky:
Birthday and place of birth: 9th October 1978, Dublin
Starsign: Libra - I am a beautifully balanced person!
I never thought that Westlife would: Play two nights at Lansdowne Road to 80,000 people.
My favourite Westlife moment: Meeting the Pope and our dads performing on our TV show 'She's The One'
My favourite Westlife track: World Of Our Own
My favourite Westlife video: World Of Our Own (U.S Version)
What the other guys say about me: I'm the longest in the shower
When I'm not working I like to: Spend time with my wife and walk our little pups
My motto is: Smile, enjoy life, live every day like it's your last

Mark:
Birthday and place of birth: 28th May 1980, Sligo
Starsign: Gemini.
I never thought that Westlife would: Win Record Of The Year three times!
My favourite Westlife moment: Meeting the Pope
My favourite Westlife track: Can't Lose What You Never Had
My favourite Westlife video: World Of Our Own (U.S Version)
What the other guys say about me: Where is Mark?!
When I'm not working I like to: Write songs
My motto is: Wake up and breathe!

[ 本帖最后由 魔女Sibyl 于 2006-11-5 11:55 AM 编辑 ]

先在这里谢谢各位了!!

附些帅照!! 我这里有他们的几个单曲的MV,想要的,可以留言给我,我用邮件发给你们...

极棒的说...

或者,你们也可以登陆http://www.westlife.cn/down/list.asp?id=5 自己下载...
查资料时发现的Westlife中文站...很8错呢!!  收获啊....

还有.... 我的事.... 还请大家帮帮忙啊!!  OIZ 谢了......

[ 本帖最后由 魔女Sibyl 于 2006-11-5 11:56 AM 编辑 ]

呵, LZ找的Introduction是西城官方网站上的吧?已经很不错拉~~

我上GOOGLE找到一点东西, 不知道LZ看到过没有, MS有点过时了

引用:

Westlife is an Irish boy group created in 1998. The group has proven extremely successful in both Ireland and the United Kingdom, and are also massively popular in Africa, Australia and Asia.

引用:

The group has had thirteen UK number ones singles between the years 1999 and 2005, the fourth-highest such total in UK history, behind Elvis Presley, The Beatles, and Cliff Richard. Westlife are also the only band in UK chart history to have entered straight at number one with their first seven singles. They are also the only artiste/group to win 'Record Of The Year' in the UK four times (often attributed to their loyal fanbase).

关于Bryan的:

引用:

Bryan McFadden left the band on 9 March 2004 to devote more of his time to his family life with British TV personality and former Atomic Kitten member Kerry Katona and their two children, Molly (born in 2001) and Lilly Sue (born in 2003). They subsequently broke up and Bryan started a solo career, changing the spelling of his first name back to its original 'Brian'. Brian entered the chart at number one with his first solo single, "Real To Me".

还有.....

引用:

If the loss of a member usually means the beginning of the end for pop bands, this was not the case with Westlife. Less than a month after McFadden's departure, the boys kicked off their fourth arena tour. They released "Allow Us To Be Frank" later in the year, a Rat Pack-inspired album. In 2005, after a well-deserved four-month break, they came back with "You Raise Me Up", a cover of a Secret Garden song, which was the first single off their seventh album "Face to Face". On 6 November 2005, both the album and the single ("You Raise Me Up") were at number one in the UK charts; it was the first time ever the band had held both top album and single position in the same week. Having outlasted just about every other boy band, the members of Westlife continue to laugh off any speculation of a split-up, claiming their goal is to score at least 20 UK number one singles.

(来自http://www.answers.com/topic/westlife)
再有.......

引用:

Bryan Nicholas McFadden
born: 4/12/1980
age: 26
height: 6' 1"
birthplace: Dublin, Ireland

(不好意思有点乱啊, 我没好好整理过~~)

最后我想说WL里我最欣赏的就是BB了, 尽管他已经离队老长时间了~~

引用:

查资料时发现的Westlife中文站...很8错呢!!  收获啊....

其实『 影音在线 』 里有同志转过Westlife.cn上的许多东西啊,
"高尚的人啊, 不知疲倦地工作, "为的是帮助更多人了解Westlife

EA在影音哪里有个精华帖是介绍WL的……很详尽……

引用:

原帖由 Goshawk 于 2006-11-5 09:42 PM 发表
呵, LZ找的Introduction是西城官方网站上的吧?已经很不错拉~~

我上GOOGLE找到一点东西, 不知道LZ看到过没有, MS有点过时了



关于Bryan的:


还有.....

(来自http://www.answers.com/topic/westlif ...

hehe !!

Thank you very much !!

It helps me so much !!

宝贝说对了! 那段Introduction确实是WL官网搜刮来的.....

非常感谢!! ToT 感动....

引用:

原帖由 Alex好好恋爱 于 2006-11-7 03:51 PM 发表
EA在影音哪里有个精华帖是介绍WL的……很详尽……

看过的说.....

极为详细!!激动ing...

只是...某S想要一份英文资料... 不需要太细,简单介绍就可以!


Most important one : It must be English !!