您现在的位置是:首页 > 英语听力 > VOA英语听力下载|VOA news > VOA慢速英语|美国之音慢速英语听力下载 正文 VOA慢速英语:'Hair' – More Than a Rock Musical 2009-05-03来源:和谐英语 音频下载[点击右键另存为]Now, the VOA Special English program, WORDS AND THEIR STORIES. A listener named Rita wants to learn about expressions with the word "hair." So we will tell a story. Yesterday when I woke up, I looked in a mirror. I looked very neat and organized. Not a hair was out of place. But today when I woke up, I knew I was going to have a bad hair day. My hair was standing up in all the wrong places. I thought I would be unhappy all day and things would not go well. I work at home so I just hoped that my computer would work right and not have a bad hair day also. I was very tired because I did not sleep well last night. I made the mistake of watching a horror movie on television. The movie really made my hair stand on end. It was about a house possessed by evil spirits. The thought of having to live alone in a house like that was so frightening it was enough to curl your hair. I will say it another way: watching that movie was a hair-raising experience. I prepared a meal for my children but they were behaving badly. I turned on the television so they would be quiet. I did not want them to be difficult or to get in my hair while I was working on the computer. My children were making so much noise that I could not work. I was getting angry. In fact, I was ready to pull my hair out. I told them to please be quiet or I would punish them. But they knew I would not harm a hair on their heads. I decided to make myself some strong coffee so I could work better. But my drink was so strong that it could put hair on your chest. Finally, I got back to work. I was writing a proposal for a project. I knew that I was very close to finishing the proposal. Success was very close – within a hair's breadth. My supervisor called me to discuss the project. She wanted to argue about very small differences and unimportant details. But I told her not to split hairs. Later, I got a telephone call from a friend whom I had not seen in a long time. In fact, I had not seen hide nor hair of him in months. So I was glad to know that he was all right. I worked all day and finished my project. So I decided to celebrate, have some fun and let my hair down. I played some old recordings, and my children and I danced around the room. The recordings are from my favorite musical, a show called "Hair." It takes place during the nineteen sixties when many young people wore their hair very long. (MUSIC)This VOA Special English program was written by Shelley Gollust. I'm Faith Lapidus. You can find other WORDS AND THEIR STORIES at our Web site, hxen.net. 本栏目更多同类内容 扫码关注和谐英语微信公众号,第一时间获取最新学习资料 或公众号搜索myhxen 上一篇 VOA慢速英语:Charlie Parker,1920-1955: His Music Influenced Jazz During his Lifetime and Even Today 下一篇 VOA慢速英语:Mothers Through the Eyes, and the Years, of TV and Movie Makers 相关文章 Expressing Thanks and AppreciationUnited Nations: Pollution Deadlier than COVID-19多林戈英语测试获得支持 但问题依然存在Students Return to Campus, HBCU Gains, New TOEFL and More创造英语沉浸体验卢旺达的美国英语学习者成为麻省理工学院教授感恩节与英语语法Anymore, Any Longer, No Longer疫情期间 学习英语的学生经历了一段困难时期Study Says Undocumented Students Need More Help