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。
学英语单词
a wallflower
affectuosity
ahneva
aid program
Andrade, Olegarrio Victor
anti-halo layer
antiparkinsonian agent
approximate factor value
Arakamchechen, Ostrov
ash curve
axis of column row
badassed
beat rate
Berengar Of Tours
biconstituent fibre reinforcement
blood-like
bonding force
Bordet
boundary clay
buy this
cell echo
Cels.
Cenurus cerebrnlis
charter pilot
Clerodendrum peii
clip shows
club-mosses
cockblockin'
combed out
complex technology
Cp statistics
detersory
digital mini-cassette
drum level
dwarfing tree
egg-albumin
electric sleep
embryochemical
encursion
FEUO
film camera
first pass
formed material
four-light
freshen the nip
glacine
goes after
great barracuda
happy 4th
harvest-times
histone repression
intermittent proteinuria
intracellular parasitic bacteria
inverted arch bar
isodecarine
jonjo
kerosene flash point
laden by the head
low pressure cooler
maritime sanctuary
Markneukirchen
monogyna
muehling
necessity goods
non-comparable summation
ntn
Opovo
order control type
oscillating warning lamp
pit-lane
plastic focusing fibre
productive memory
pterothecid
Puddling cinder
QLLC
reaction particle
reining in
rolling flaying machine
rotapulper
Santerno, Fiume
shit hits the fan
short slits
silver bond diode
slevis handle
spreading function
striar
subdepartment
sulphur pyrites
surface-measuring instrument
tawmawite
technical school
temperature limit
thinly-sliceds
transmountain diversion project
Useldange
volatility of oil
walk the chalks
water-lily tree
whulc
wuffling
yuppifying