A true pioneer—Dolores O'Riordan

江苏徐州七中 彭向梅

桃乐丝作为小红莓乐队的主唱，她高亢又空灵的嗓音成就了小红莓乐队的许多经典单曲，如Zombie和Linger。这些创作不仅成为许多80后和90后的青春记忆，也深远地影响着世界乐坛的发展。同时，桃乐丝缥缈的声线和极富个性的“桃式唱腔”，也使她成为爱尔兰国宝级的艺人。她在2018年1月15日骤然离世，震惊了整个爱尔兰。

Dolores O'Riordan，lead singer of the Irish band The Cranberries，died in London on January 15 at the age of 46.Her family members were shocked to hear the sad news and requested privacy at this very difficult time.

Born in Limerick， Ireland，O'Riordan was the youngest in a family of seven children.She passed the interview to become singer of the Smiths-inspired band The Cranberry Saw Us，formed by brothers Noel and Mike Hogan，in 1990.O'Riordan rose to fame as the lead singerofTheCranberriesinthe1990s，providing distinct vocal（嗓音的）works to the band's greatest hits，including Zombie and Linger.

The band released their first album Everybody Else Is Doing It， So Why Can't We?，which included the songs Dreams and Linger in early 1993.After initiallyfailing to make an impact onrelease， Linger went viral on MTV in late 1993，eventually ranked 8th on the Billboard Hot 100.Dreams was similarly successful upon re-release.The Cranberries quickly followed up the success of Everybody Else Is Doing It，So Why Can't We? In 1994's No Need to Argue，another worldwide bestseller that included the hit lead single Zombie about a young child killed in a terror attack.At the height of their fame，The Cranberries also，appeared on Saturday Night Live and headlined their own MTV Unplugged concert.Over the course of their career，The Cranberries would sell over 40 million albums worldwide.In 2017，The Cranberries released Something Else，an album featuring some of the band's most popular hits，along with three new recordings.

President of Ireland Michael Higgins said in a statement， “It is with great sadness that I have learned ofthe death ofDoloresO'Riordan，musician，singerandsongwriter.DoloresO'Riordan and The Cranberries had a huge influence on rock and pop music in Ireland and internationally.I recall the late Limerick TD Jim Kemmy's introduction of her and The Cranberries to me，and the pride he and so many others took in their successes.To all those who follow and support Irish music，Irish musicians and the performing arts her death will be a big loss.”

Late Late Show host James Corden tweeted(运用推特社交网络发送信息）following news of O'Riordan's death， “I once met Delores O'Riordan when I was 15.She was kind and lovely，I got her autograph（亲笔签名）on my train ticket and itmade my day.She had the most amazing voice and presence.So sorry to hear that she's passed away today.”

Fosterthe People wrote， “Shocked and heartbroken over Dolores O'Riordan's death.The Cranberries were pinnacle （顶峰）， showing that it was possible to fully embrace masculine and feminine energy in one cohesive（凝聚的）sound.She was a true pioneer.”

Reading Check

Complete the following summary according to the text with only one word for each blank.

O'Riordan rose to fame as the lead 1.____of The Cranberries in the 1990s and 2._____on January 15 at the age of 46.She provided 3._____vocal work to the band's greatest hits and the band has sold over 40 million 4___.__worldwide.She is praised as a true 5._____.

Language StudyDifficult sentences

1.O'Riordan rose to fame as the lead singer of The Cranberries in the 1990s，providing distinct vocal works to the band's greatest hits，including Zombie and Linger.

翻译：________________________________

【点石成金】句中，rise to fame意为“声名鹊起”；providing distinct vocal在句中是现在分词作状语。

2.I recall the late Limerick TD Jim Kemmy's introduction of her and The Cranberries to me，and the pride he and so many others took in their successes.

翻译：________________________________

【点石成金】注意，本句中的late意为“已故的”。he and so many others是省略了that的定语从句，修饰先行词pride,且pride在从句中作宾语。

Using Language

Ⅰ.Important phrases in the text

1.rise to fame声名鹊起

2.fail to do未做成某事；失败

3.make an impact on对……产生影响

4.at the height of one's fame在某人成名的鼎盛时期

5.over the course of one's career在某人的职业生涯中

6.make one's day使某人很开心

Ⅱ.Complete the following sentences in correct forms with the phrases given above.

1.If college students become too interested in their part-time jobs，they may________well in their study.

2.She received a pet cat as her birthday present this morning，which________.

3.It was surprising that________，she chose to go abroad for further study.

4.To his pride，Jack has never made any mistake________.

5.At that time，I realized deeply that I could help someone and________him.

6.Chinese supermodel Liu Wen _________now because of her constant efforts.