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EntertainmentA: Hello, boys and girls! Long time no see. It’s time for our entertainment program again!B: Hi, everyone! We’re so glad to be here with you. Let’s start our entertainment program now!A: Today we’re going to talk about The Boy Band. A boy band is loosely defined as a popular music act consisting of only male singers. The members are expected to dance as well as sing. More often than not, boy band members do not play musical instruments, either in recording sessions or on stage, and only sing and dance, making the term somewhat of a misnomer.In many cases boy bands are brought together by a producer through an audition process, although many of them form on their own.B: Some such bands can evolve out of church choral or gospel music groups, but are often created by talent managers or record producers who hold auditions. Due to this and their general commercial orientation towards an audience of preteens, teenyboppers, or teens, the term may be used with negative connotations in music journalism. Boy bands are similar in concept to girl groups.A: The Jonas Brothers are an American boy band. Formed in 2005, they have gained popularity from the Disney Channel children's television network and consists of three brothers from the shore region of New Jersey:Paul Kevin Jonas, Joseph Adam Jonas and Nicholas Jerry Jonas. In the summer of 2008 they starred in the Disney Channel Original Movies Camp Rock and its sequel, Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam. The band has released four albums: It's About Time, Jonas Brothers, A Little Bit Longer, and Lines, Vines and Trying Times.B: The band started as a solo project for Nick Jonas. At the age of 7, Nicholas began performing on Broadway. In 2002 while performing in Beauty and the Beast, Nick had written a song with his father called “Joy to the World”. With background vocals from the Beauty and the Beast cast, Nick performed the song on the 2002 annual Broadway “Equity Fights AIDS”album. While Nick was working on his solo project, Joe followed in his footsteps to Broadway.A: By September 2004, an executive at Columbia Records found out about Nick's song. Nick, along with his brothers, Kevin and Joe, had written several other songs for the album. In early 2005, Columbia Records' new president listened to Nick's record. Greenberg liked Nick's voice. After meeting with Nick and hearing the song “Please Be Mine”, written and performed by the brothers,Columbia Records decided to sign the three as a group act.B: The Jonas are known for their wholesome, “family-friendly”, image, and the brothers are committed Evangelical Christians. In addition, to signify their vow to abstain from premarital sex, on their left-hand ring finger they all wear purity rings. Joe has said that the rings symbolize “a promise to ourselves and to God that we'll stay pu re till marriage”, and Nick had stated that the rings are “just one of our ways of kind of like being different than everybody else out there”. They reportedly started wearing the rings when their parents asked them if they wanted to.A: One Direction are a British-Irish boy band consisting of members Niall Horan, Zayn Malik, Liam Payne, Harry Styles and Louis Tomlinson. They signed to Simon Cowell's record label Syco Records after being formed and placing third in the seventh series of The X Factor. They later signed in North America to Columbia Records. One Direction's debut single, “What Makes You Beautiful”, was released in September 2011 and peaked at number one in the UK and charted in the top ten in several international markets.B: Noting that Americans had left a gap in the market stating that it took prominence of Justin Bieber to demonstrate that there was still a market for “clean cut, wholesome, middle class parent friendly pop: cute boys advocating puppy love. And what could be better than one cute boy, if not five?”One Direction has been labeled as the new British Invasion. There's a lot of possibility here, there's a lot of upside, that level of talent with those kinds of looks, and it’s really a perfect storm for a massive, massive successful phenomenon.A: “Sometimes you feel the song's the star, but it's not like that here - it's the act,” Sonny Takhar says, “It's a real moment. Social media has become the new radio; it's never broken an act globally like this before.” Yahoo News published statistics from Google's keyword tool, showing that on average, 3.35 million people are searching for One Direction related search phrases each month.B: Horan commented on One Direction as a boy band “People think that a boy band is air-grabs and being dressed in all one color. We're boys in a band. We’re trying to do something different from what people would think is the typical kind of boy band. We’re trying to do different kinds of music and we’re just trying to b e ourselves, not squeaky clean.”A: Each member is also known for their feature. Horan is the “c ute little Irish one”. Horan has been playing guitar since childhood. In an interview he referred to his guitar as “the best present I ever received for Christmas.” He also stated that in his hometown, h e was often referred to as the “Irish Justin Bibber.” He didn't mind the comparison. Horan said “I was always the kid that picked up thenearest instrument and just loved music.”B: Malik is the “quiet and mysterious one”. In 2010, Malik auditioned as a solo candidate for the seventh series of The X Factor. His audition was initially not broadcast, but was shown after the series ended on companion show The Xtra Factor. Malik was noted for becoming nervous in boot camp, and when he was told he had to dance, he decided to remain backstage, effectively running the risk of elimination. On the latter, Malik tweeted that it meant “be true to who you are”.A: Payne is “the sensible one”. He described himself as a “naughty boy at school.” Payne first auditioned in 2008 to The X Factor's fifth series when he was fourteen. He made it to the judges' houses, but Simon Cowell thought he was not ready for the competition and asked him to come back in two years. In 2010, Payne returned and auditioned with “Cry Me a River”, receiving a standing ovation from the audience and Cowell. At boot camp, he sang “Stop Crying Your Heart Out” before being rejected and put into One Direction.B: Styles is “the charming one”. As a child he loved singing. In 2010, Styles auditioned for The X Factor with “Isn't She Lovely”, receiving positive comments from two of the three judges, with Louis Walsh having doubts on whether he was ready to progress in the competition. At boot camp, he sang “Stop Crying Your Heart Out” before being rejected and put into One Direction.A: Tomlinson is “the funny one.”He was a sixth form student at Hall Cross School.He said “mainly because I’d been too busy having fun. I wa s out all the time in that first year.” In 2010, Tomlinson auditioned with the song “Hey There Delilah”, receiving votes from all three judges. At boot camp, he sang “Make You Feel My Love” before being rejected and put into One Direction.B: How time flies! It’s time to say goodbye now! See you next Tuesday noon.A: So much for today. Hope you have a nice time everyday! Bye-bye!。