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1、Unit2ArtandYouthPassageADameVeraLynn,92,HasUK’sNo.1AlbumBackgroundKnowledge1.DameVeraLynnDameVeraLynn(bornVeraMargaretWelchon20March1917)isanEnglishsingerwhosecareerflourishedduringWorldWarII,whenshewas.Nnicknamed"TheForces'Sweetheart".,tThesongsmostassociatedwithherare
2、"We'llMeetAgain"and"TheWhiteCliffsofDover".ShewasappointedanOfficer(OBE)oftheOrderoftheBritishEmpirein1959,andaDameCommanderoftheOrder(DBE)in1975.In2000,shereceivedaspecial"Spiritofthe20thCentury"Award.In1976,theVeraLynnCharityBreastCancerResearchTrust,wasfounded,withLy
3、nnitschairpersonandlateritspresident.DameVeraLynn, DBE (born VeraMargaretWelch on20March1917) [1] isanEnglishsingerandactresswhosemusicalrecordingsandperformanceswereenormouslypopularduring WorldWarII.Duringthewarshetoured Egypt, Indiaand Burma,givingoutdoorconcertsfort
4、hetroops.Shewascalled"TheForces'Sweetheart";thesongsmostassociatedwithherare"We'llMeetAgain"and"TheWhiteCliffsofDover".Sheremainedpopularafterthewar,appearingonradioandtelevisionintheUKandtheUnitedStatesandrecordingsuchhitsas"AufWiederseh'nSweetheart"and"MySon,MySon".In
5、2009shebecametheoldestlivingartisttomakeittoNo.1onthe British albumchart,attheageof92.[2] Shehasdevotedmuchtimeandenergytocharityworkconnectedwithex-servicemen,disabledchildrenandbreastcancer.Sheisstillheldingreataffectionbyveteransofthe SecondWorldWar andin2000wasnamed
6、theBritonwhobestexemplifiedthespiritofthetwentiethcentury.[3]2.TheBeatlesTheBeatleswereanEnglishrockband,formedinLiverpoolin1960andoneofthemostcommerciallysuccessfulandcriticallyacclaimedactsinthehistoryofpopularmusic.From1962thegroupconsistedofJohnLennon(rhythmguitar,v
7、ocals),PaulMcCartney(bassguitar,vocals),GeorgeHarrison(leadguitar,vocals)andRingoStarr(drums,vocals).Rootedinskiffleand1950srockandroll,thegrouplaterworkedinmanygenresrangingfromfolkrocktopsychedelicpop,oftenincorporatingclassicalandotherelementsininnovativeways.Thenatu
8、reoftheirenormouspopularity,whichfirstemergedasthe"Beatlemania"fad,transformedastheirsongwritinggrewinsophisti
