听歌学英语:乡村音乐的典范Country Roads(故乡的路) Song: Country Roads Artist: John Denver Style: Country Almost heaven, West Virginia, Blue Ridge Mountains, Shenandoah River. Life is old there, older than the trees, Younger than the mo...
A country girl was walking to the market one day,carrying a pail of milk on her head.As she walked along she began to daydream.When I have sold the milk I shall get enough money to buy some eggs,she thought.I can put them to hatch under the...
Once there were two mice. They were friends. One mouse lived in the country; the other mouse lived in the city. After many years the Country mouse saw the City mouse; he said, Do come and see me at my house in the country. So the City mouse went. The...
Joel: So, Michele, you said you are from Canada. Michele: Yeah. Joel: What part of Canada? Michele: I lived in Ontario in a small town called Beaverton. Joel: Beaverton. And so how big is the town? Michele: It was pretty small, about seven or eight t...
Jordan Wolf signed up for the Army as soon as he graduated from high school. After Jordan took various aptitude tests, the recruiter said that Jordan scored high in electronics. He would receive a stateside assignment in a computer lab, where he woul...
A wet Sunday in a country inn ! Whoever has had the luck to experience one(1) can alone judge of(2) my situation. The rain pattered against the casements; the bells tolled for church with a melancholy sound. I went to the windows in quest of somethi...
Who loves his country will not rest Content with vow and pledge alone, But flies her banner in his breast And counts her destiny his own Not only when the bugle plays Stands forth to give his life for her, But on the field of common days Is strong to...
U.S. President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister Gordon Brown are calling for global unity as world leaders gather in London for an emergency economic summit. The two leaders downplayed differences on steps to reverse the current economic slid...
Country and Western Singer Roger Miller Had Many Hit Songs Written by Paul Thompson (THEME) VOICE ONE: Im Shirley Griffith. VOICE TWO: And Im Sarah Long with the VOA Special English program, PEOPLE IN AMERICA. Today we tell about music writer and per...
爱尔兰酋长乐队(The Chieftains)作为最着名的的传统爱尔兰音乐的阐述者而在国际上被广为尊崇。 半个世纪的演艺生涯中,酋长乐队获得了空前的成就,不仅是葛莱美的常客,其唱片在公告牌杂志200张全球经典唱片榜上亦名列前茅。 《休斯顿邮报》曾宣称:如果说世界上还有...