American Folk Legend Doc Watson Dies For more than five decades, Watson entertained audiences around the world with an eclectic repertoire that included elements of folk, blues, Country, bluegrass, rockabilly, and even jazz. A master of the contempor

发表于:2018-12-08 / 阅读(69) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2012年(五月)

Merlefest 23 is now in the record books. The festival held in celebration of the music of the late Merle Watson and his father, folk music legend Doc Watson, was held in April in Wilkesboro, North Carolina. VOA's Katherine Cole and 76,000 other guest

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By Greg Flakus Houston 21 March 2007 Election fever is high in the United States, even though voters will not go to the polls until November of next year to elect a new president. As was evident in the last presidential election, divisions between N

发表于:2019-01-07 / 阅读(90) / 评论(0) 分类 2007年VOA标准英语(三月)

By Katherine Cole Washington 19 May 2008 During the last weekend of April, close to 80,000 people from as far away as Japan, Australia and Germany converged upon the town of Wilkesboro, North Carolina. What drew these people to the small town in the

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DOUG JOHNSON: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. Im Doug Johnson. STEVE EMBER: And I'm Steve Ember. Each year in Washington, the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts honors performers for a lifetime of work. This year the Ke

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By Katherine Cole Washington 12 May 2006 Attention live music lovers: Festival season is now underway, in cities both large and small. For example, until mid-September, the region between New York and

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JUDY WOODRUFF: And exactly two weeks from Election Day, and Georgia is a surprise place Democrats are suddenly hopeful about. The two major-party candidates running for the open Senate seat are first-time candidates, but both come from well-known pol

发表于:2019-01-27 / 阅读(52) / 评论(0) 分类 PBS访谈社会系列

邻居Walt过世,但令Phil和Claire更担心的是Luke的毫无反应。Jay与Cameron 的父亲Merle一起吃晚餐,两人互不待见。Phil想到过去可能冷落了Alex,于是特意带着她到处制造回忆。Manny在Haley的Party上充当

发表于:2019-02-05 / 阅读(63) / 评论(0) 分类 摩登家庭

By Katherine Cole Washington 07 May 2007 More than 80,000 people recently attended the 20th annual Merlefest in Wilkesboro, North Carolina, April 26-29, making the four-day event the largest music festival in the southeastern United States. That's qu

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Merle Haggard是20世纪六十年代美国最著名的乡村音乐人,他既是艺人、音乐家,也是歌手,还是大名鼎鼎的小提琴手。他的才艺宽泛、音乐成就令全世界人为之感叹,仅38支冠军歌曲就让他辉煌一

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