A: Isn’t this Tina Turner’s No.1 hit “What’s Love Got To Do With It?” I really like her songs, too.
B: Since the “Queen of Rock ‘n’ Roll” died at the age of 83 late last month, I’ve been listening to her music.
A: The queen was always energetic onstage. She even broke a Guinness World Record by staging a concert for 180,000 people in 1988.
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B: She also held a concert in Taipei that year. Did you go?
A: Nope, I was an elementary school student back then. What a pity.
A︰這首歌是蒂娜透娜的冠軍曲《與愛何干?》我也超喜歡聽她的歌。
B︰這位83歲的「搖滾女王」上月底去世後,我就一直在聽她的歌。
A︰蒂娜在舞台上時總是熱力四射,她甚至還在1988年舉辦了超大型十八萬人演唱會而打破「金氏世界紀錄」。
B︰她在那年也曾來台北開唱唷,你有去嗎?
A︰沒有啦我當時只是個小學生,太可惜了。
(By Eddy Chang, Taipei Times/台北時報張聖恩)
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A: Hey, the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame just announced its latest inductees. B: Which superstars were inducted this year? A: The inductees included singers Cher, Mary J. Blige, Ozzy Osbourne and Peter Frampton. B: So, the legendary artist Cher was finally recognized. A: And Mary J., the “Queen of Hip-Hop Soul,” surely deserved the induction as well. A: 「搖滾名人堂」公布今年的入選名單了。 B: 有誰入選啊? A: 歌手雪兒、瑪麗布萊姬、奧茲奧斯朋、彼得佛萊姆頓都獲此殊榮! B: 78歲的傳奇藝人雪兒終於受到肯定啦。 A: 嘻哈靈魂樂皇后瑪麗J.也是實至名歸。 (By Eddy Chang, Taipei Times/台北時報張聖恩)