VOA慢速英语:Let's Get Down to the Nitty-Gritty!

Here is Shirley Ellis in 1964 performing her 1963 hit song "The Nitty Gritty" on the television show American Bandstand and her interview with host Dick Clark.

And here are some dancers on a television show from the 1960s dancing to "The Nitty Gritty." Check out the male dancer in front who really "gets into it!"

Words in This Story

gist - n. the main point or part

essence - n. the basic nature of a thing : the quality or qualities that make a thing what it is

crux - n. a main or central feature (as of an argument)

mythical  - adj.  based on or described in a myth : existing only in the imagination