时间:2018-12-11 作者:英语课 分类:澳洲ABC新闻快递2011年


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Marshall Grant from Johnny Cash's band, the Tennessee Two, has died. He was the bass 1 player in the band, playing here on the left from 1954 until 1980. Marshall Grant was in Arkansas for a Johnny Cash Festival when he suffered an aneurysm and stroke. He was 83 years old. The trio were known for their boom-chicka-boom beat. Marshall Grant was the last surviving member of the band. 


A new music video has been released by Bob Marley & The Wailers. It features in a new campaign to raise money for the famine in the Horn of Africa. It's called “I'm Gonna Be Your Friend”.


"I'll be by your side."


So far, more than 150 celebrities 2 have given their support to the social media campaign. They include U2, Justin Bieber, Jay-Z, The Rolling Stones and Paul McCartney. They are all using Facebook and Twitter to urge fans to donate.


And Michael Jackson's children have donated several of his artworks to a children's hospital in Los Angeles. Prince, Paris and Prince Michael have presented 10 pieces by the King of Pop at a special ceremony. The works include sketches 3 and a signed portrait. Michael Jackson died two years ago, aged 4 50.



1 bass
n.男低音(歌手);低音乐器;低音大提琴
  • He answered my question in a surprisingly deep bass.他用一种低得出奇的声音回答我的问题。
  • The bass was to give a concert in the park.那位男低音歌唱家将在公园中举行音乐会。
2 celebrities
n.(尤指娱乐界的)名人( celebrity的名词复数 );名流;名声;名誉
  • He only invited A-list celebrities to his parties. 他只邀请头等名流参加他的聚会。
  • a TV chat show full of B-list celebrities 由众多二流人物参加的电视访谈节目
3 sketches
n.草图( sketch的名词复数 );素描;速写;梗概
  • The artist is making sketches for his next painting. 画家正为他的下一幅作品画素描。
  • You have to admit that these sketches are true to life. 你得承认这些素描很逼真。 来自《简明英汉词典》
4 aged
adj.年老的,陈年的
  • He had put on weight and aged a little.他胖了,也老点了。
  • He is aged,but his memory is still good.他已年老,然而记忆力还好。
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Alamannic
aleutian island arc
alkylolysis
america-bashing
Ardnacrusha
asynchronous servomotor
autoclasis
auxiliary test unit
batik resist
be prepared for
blood-orange
blue zone
Bufo
bulletheads
business picture
cadential six-four
car davit
clinical nephrology
confiscatory
controlled variability
critical factors matrix
crown-beard
csteady
cysticercus cellulosa
define data command
dimolecular
Dovhoshyyi
dp (draft proposal)
drip loop
Eberhardzell
effroyable
egophonic
electronic package
exchange distillation
FIATA
final collector
forget me drug
fresh oil
full-dome
genus Vicugna
geomorphic threshold
half-sheet
have hold of the wrong end of the stick
here-dring
herpetol.
honoring
hydrogen halide
hydrologic forecast of lake
impeding
Inchcape Rock
instructional model
inversus
isohume
joosts
journal-box spring seat
keeter
kiddy widdy
let something slide
linear residue code
lowers
master ball
metaarsenite
modular advanced-graphics generation system (maggs)
Murray Downs
najmaldin
narrowband interference
negatively inotropic
neodymium glass
oil level controller
Osler, Sir William
papabotes
PDIC (pressure difference indication)
peepeye
pericentres
piqued
pit organs
quadridentate chelate
reciprocal multiplication
reverse flushing
reverse phase protection
saccawinkee
sandpaintings
Scandinavian nation
sensible-heat meter
shipping sea
sikka
Snuff-it
special hull configuration
ST_beliefs-and-opinions_decisions-and-deciding
standard bone meal
starting buffer
subimago
supplementary twin
threshing set
thyrocardiac
tortuositas
Transfer of Maritime Lien
two-stage producer
urethral fissure
Wecker's operation
wobbliness