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这篇采访语言简单，非常口语化、日常化，但语速相当快。建议大家先浏览全文，大概了解对话内容，再听原声—你的耳朵准备好迎接挑战了吗？
Host: Please welcome A.J., Nick, Brian, Howie. You got a brand new CD dropping October 30th. Please welcome the Backstreet Boys!
I mean, a hundred million albums. Can you believe this looking back? A hundred million albums, worldwide!
Nick: It’s…I mean, it’s amazing. It’s crazy still to this day that to believe that. You know, all the stuff that we went through. You know, we were just talking about how there was a, there was a, like “an Era of Music,” you know, when music has changed, you know, when we were selling like, you know, one million…close to 2 million records in the first week – stuff like that. And how it’s never gonna, like, be that way again really.
Host: Obviously very, very successful. One of the biggest-selling bands of all time. Why again? Why, why keep going?
A.J.: Well, we love it.
Host: You love it?
A.J.: Bottom line – we love it.
Howie: We’re not old enough yet to not get up on stage and still move a little bit, so, we’re doin’ it.
Brian: So we’re excited about it.
Host: And the sound is so distinct[独特的]. I mean, as soon as you hear the song, Inconsolable, you’re like, “Okay, that’s The Backstreet Boys.” You don’t even have to say it. You just know.
Nick: I think that’s why we like the song so much, is ’cause it did feel that way. It felt, you know, natural, you know.
Host: Kevin’s not in the group. Can you explain to the listeners
why?
Howie: Yeah. Kevin actually…he came to us and just said, “You know, guys, it’s like, like my heart’s at a different place right now. I’m lookin’ at…taking a different chapter[章节] of my life. I want to start a family with my wife.” And you know, we totally understood and gave him, you know, our blessings because when you, you know, when we start this whole process between recording, promoting[宣传], touring, it’s two years of your life that you pretty much have to give away[放弃]. And that’s something I wouldn’t…I don’t
think any of us would wish upon anybody to try to have to start a family. You know, out on the road and stuff like that. So, you know, we told him, it was like,you know, “Take your time, bro[相当于brother]. The door’s always open.” He gave us his blessings to make this record, and to keep on going, so that’s what we’re
doing.
主持：让我们一起来欢迎A.J.、尼克、布赖恩和豪伊。你们在10月30日发布了全新专辑。欢迎后街男孩！
我是说，一亿张唱片啊。当你们回首往事时，会相信这样的销量吗？——全球一亿张唱片的惊人销量啊！
尼克：这个……我觉得实在很惊人。直到今天，这还是让人难以置信。你也知道，我们出道以来经历了许多事情。我们刚刚还在讨论着，当时那个，在那些“音乐时代”般的日子里，音乐日新月异，而我们的唱片竟然能在第一个星期就有差不多100万，接近200万的销量之类的。那样的好事大概不会再发生了。
主持：确实非常非常成功。你们是有史以来唱片销量最高的冠军组合之一。那为什么你们现在要再度登台？为什么，为什么要继续下去？
A.J.：哦，因为我们喜欢音乐。
主持：你们喜欢音乐？
A.J.：最重要的就是——我们喜欢音乐。
豪伊：我们还年轻，还没有到不能上台的时候，还能跳一跳动一动。所以我们就复出了。
布赖恩：大家都很兴奋。
主持：而且你们的声音是那么与众不同。我的意思是，一听到《无从安慰》这首歌，你就会说：“没错，这是后街男孩。”大家甚至都不用多说，不言而喻。
尼克：我想，这就是我们喜欢这首歌的原因，因为它很有我们的感觉。它令人觉得，你知道，很自然。
主持：凯文这次没出现在队伍中。能不能向听众们解释一下为什么?
豪伊：是的。凯文实际上……他跟我们说：“知道吗，伙计，我的心思现在专注于别的事情。我看到……我正要开启人生的新篇章。我希望与妻子组建家庭。”我们完全能够理解，一起祝他好运。因为，你也知道，一旦我们开始录音、宣传和巡回表演，你生命中就有两年时间必须耗在这个过程上。那正是为什么我不会……我们都不希望我们当中有人在此时尝试组建家庭。你知道，总是在路上之类的。所以，我们这样对他说：“别在意，兄弟。这扇大门永远向你敞开。”他祝我们的唱片一切顺利，继续下去，这就是我们正在做的事情。
这篇采访语言简单，非常口语化、日常化，但语速相当快。建议大家先浏览全文，大概了解对话内容，再听原声—你的耳朵准备好迎接挑战了吗？
Host: Please welcome A.J., Nick, Brian, Howie. You got a brand new CD dropping October 30th. Please welcome the Backstreet Boys!
I mean, a hundred million albums. Can you believe this looking back? A hundred million albums, worldwide!
Nick: It’s…I mean, it’s amazing. It’s crazy still to this day that to believe that. You know, all the stuff that we went through. You know, we were just talking about how there was a, there was a, like “an Era of Music,” you know, when music has changed, you know, when we were selling like, you know, one million…close to 2 million records in the first week – stuff like that. And how it’s never gonna, like, be that way again really.
Host: Obviously very, very successful. One of the biggest-selling bands of all time. Why again? Why, why keep going?
A.J.: Well, we love it.
Host: You love it?
A.J.: Bottom line – we love it.
Howie: We’re not old enough yet to not get up on stage and still move a little bit, so, we’re doin’ it.
Brian: So we’re excited about it.
Host: And the sound is so distinct[独特的]. I mean, as soon as you hear the song, Inconsolable, you’re like, “Okay, that’s The Backstreet Boys.” You don’t even have to say it. You just know.
Nick: I think that’s why we like the song so much, is ’cause it did feel that way. It felt, you know, natural, you know.
Host: Kevin’s not in the group. Can you explain to the listeners
why?
Howie: Yeah. Kevin actually…he came to us and just said, “You know, guys, it’s like, like my heart’s at a different place right now. I’m lookin’ at…taking a different chapter[章节] of my life. I want to start a family with my wife.” And you know, we totally understood and gave him, you know, our blessings because when you, you know, when we start this whole process between recording, promoting[宣传], touring, it’s two years of your life that you pretty much have to give away[放弃]. And that’s something I wouldn’t…I don’t
think any of us would wish upon anybody to try to have to start a family. You know, out on the road and stuff like that. So, you know, we told him, it was like,you know, “Take your time, bro[相当于brother]. The door’s always open.” He gave us his blessings to make this record, and to keep on going, so that’s what we’re
doing.
主持：让我们一起来欢迎A.J.、尼克、布赖恩和豪伊。你们在10月30日发布了全新专辑。欢迎后街男孩！
我是说，一亿张唱片啊。当你们回首往事时，会相信这样的销量吗？——全球一亿张唱片的惊人销量啊！
尼克：这个……我觉得实在很惊人。直到今天，这还是让人难以置信。你也知道，我们出道以来经历了许多事情。我们刚刚还在讨论着，当时那个，在那些“音乐时代”般的日子里，音乐日新月异，而我们的唱片竟然能在第一个星期就有差不多100万，接近200万的销量之类的。那样的好事大概不会再发生了。
主持：确实非常非常成功。你们是有史以来唱片销量最高的冠军组合之一。那为什么你们现在要再度登台？为什么，为什么要继续下去？
A.J.：哦，因为我们喜欢音乐。
主持：你们喜欢音乐？
A.J.：最重要的就是——我们喜欢音乐。
豪伊：我们还年轻，还没有到不能上台的时候，还能跳一跳动一动。所以我们就复出了。
布赖恩：大家都很兴奋。
主持：而且你们的声音是那么与众不同。我的意思是，一听到《无从安慰》这首歌，你就会说：“没错，这是后街男孩。”大家甚至都不用多说，不言而喻。
尼克：我想，这就是我们喜欢这首歌的原因，因为它很有我们的感觉。它令人觉得，你知道，很自然。
主持：凯文这次没出现在队伍中。能不能向听众们解释一下为什么?
豪伊：是的。凯文实际上……他跟我们说：“知道吗，伙计，我的心思现在专注于别的事情。我看到……我正要开启人生的新篇章。我希望与妻子组建家庭。”我们完全能够理解，一起祝他好运。因为，你也知道，一旦我们开始录音、宣传和巡回表演，你生命中就有两年时间必须耗在这个过程上。那正是为什么我不会……我们都不希望我们当中有人在此时尝试组建家庭。你知道，总是在路上之类的。所以，我们这样对他说：“别在意，兄弟。这扇大门永远向你敞开。”他祝我们的唱片一切顺利，继续下去，这就是我们正在做的事情。