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英语课
By Katherine Cole
Washington
26 June 2007


Alison Krauss began studying classical violin when she was five years old. By eight, she had discovered the sound of bluegrass, and soon was winning fiddle 1 contests across the United States. Alison released her first album, Too Late To Cry, when she was 16. VOA's Katherine Cole reports it's primarily the pop side of Alison Krauss that you'll find on her new album, A Hundred Miles Or More.


In 1991, fiddle-playing singer Alison Krauss won her first Grammy Award. Her 16th trophy 2 came for her duet with James Taylor on a remake of the Louvin Brothers' hit, How's the World Treating You. Today Alison has 20 Grammy Awards, the most ever won by a female performer, and proof that she's traveled far from her bluegrass roots.


The new collection, A Hundred Miles Or More, showcases Alison's career as a solo artist. The 16 tracks include several of her contributions to film soundtracks, including another Grammy winner, Down To The River To Pray. First heard in the film O' Brother Where Art Thou?, the song finds Alison Krauss singing in a chorus that also features Gillian Welch, David Rawlings, Pat Enright and a Nashville church choir 3.


There are a few other soundtrack cuts on this record, including two that Alison recorded for Cold Mountain.  There are also songs that first appeared on compilation 4 or tribute albums, such as 1996's The Best Of Country Sings The Best of Disney. Alison's contribution was a very sweet version of Baby Mine, from the Disney film Dumbo.






A Hundred Miles Or More


A Hundred Miles Or More



A Hundred Miles Or More also features five previously-unreleased songs, all self-produced. The album's title comes from the chorus of one of those new songs, Away Down The River.


A Hundred Miles Or More is perfect for Alison Krauss "completists" (those who want the full body of work) and other fans who are looking for some of her harder-to-find soundtrack performances or guests spots with other artists, including John Waite and Brad Paisley.


 


Not all the duets on A Hundred Miles or More are vocal 5. Fiddler Stuart Duncan joins Alison for some twin fiddling 6 on the album's sole bluegrass cut. Sawin' On The Strings 7.




n.小提琴;vi.拉提琴;不停拨弄,乱动
  • She plays the fiddle well.她小提琴拉得好。
  • Don't fiddle with the typewriter.不要摆弄那架打字机了。
n.优胜旗,奖品,奖杯,战胜品,纪念品
  • The cup is a cherished trophy of the company.那只奖杯是该公司很珍惜的奖品。
  • He hung the lion's head as a trophy.他把那狮子头挂起来作为狩猎纪念品。
n.唱诗班,唱诗班的席位,合唱团,舞蹈团;v.合唱
  • The choir sang the words out with great vigor.合唱团以极大的热情唱出了歌词。
  • The church choir is singing tonight.今晚教堂歌唱队要唱诗。
n.编译,编辑
  • One of the first steps taken was the compilation of a report.首先采取的步骤之一是写一份报告。
  • The compilation of such diagrams,is of lasting value for astronomy.绘制这样的图对天文学有永恒的价值。
adj.直言不讳的;嗓音的;n.[pl.]声乐节目
  • The tongue is a vocal organ.舌头是一个发音器官。
  • Public opinion at last became vocal.终于舆论哗然。
微小的
  • He was fiddling with his keys while he talked to me. 和我谈话时他不停地摆弄钥匙。
  • All you're going to see is a lot of fiddling around. 你今天要看到的只是大量的胡摆乱弄。 来自英汉文学 - 廊桥遗梦
n.弦
  • He sat on the bed,idly plucking the strings of his guitar.他坐在床上,随意地拨着吉他的弦。
  • She swept her fingers over the strings of the harp.她用手指划过竖琴的琴弦。
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Allemanist
almost certain
anguishly
apogee engine
bighead variegated carp (aristichthys nobilis)
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bluff off
brevotoxins
brightness reversion
capitalists and their representatives
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China Association of Traditional Chinese Medicine
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convolution operator
coolibahs
Corydalis pseudohamata
diisopropylethylamine
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electrophoretic image display device
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fold arc
freedom from molestation
genus polygonums
Gypsum and Licorice
Hartkjolen
hidwis
hillarating
Hisban
humdrumly
hyperlipidaemia
internal centerless grinding machine
interpolant
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iodine swab
kerb-crawleds
less-efficient
living cationic polymerization
m-word
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network environment
nonunidirectional
occupational overuse syndrome
output of column
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pachycerina plumosa
panama redwoods
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payment with order
pected
pinchily
plank floored bridge
plant bile pigment
primary tumor of heart
protective forest
quick exhaust valve
relflected binary code (rbc)
rosemaler
rosy-colored
rough terrain
Rybnaya
saddlestiching
Sarykurgan
Secometrin
self-declaration
semidiurnal lunar tidal strain
service ammunition
sheep-cloning
Sibbecai
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spring safety hitch
storked
subscriber's apparatus
talc-schist(talcose schist)
taxonomic groups
tectorial
text-blindness
theory of statistical decision function
to declutch
Torlak
traineeships
trimethylconkurchine
triumphal arches
unavoided
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unstructured test
Venus flower basket
VHF radio naigation system
vihuelas
volapukist
waterward
xylohexaoses
zooarchaeological