Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC in VOA Special English. (MUSIC) I'm Doug Johnson. This week: We tell about a special exhibit of Amish quilts in Washington D.C., And answer a listener question from Russia about musician Scott Joplin. (MUSIC) Amish Quilt E

发表于:2019-01-11 / 阅读(54) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA慢速英语2009年(五)月

Youve Heard of The Birth of the Blues Heres one of those word-association games. If we said waltz, youd probably think of Vienna, Austria. Closer to our home, if we said Dixieland, New Orleans, Louisiana, would likely rush to mind. Country music? Nas

发表于:2019-01-13 / 阅读(65) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2012年(四月)

Scott Joplin played the piano at clubs and bars throughout Sedalia. He wrote 44 original rags that put an emphasis on the off-beats within scores. He also wrote a complete ragtime opera. Here's one of those word-association games. If we said waltz, y

发表于:2019-01-13 / 阅读(94) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2010年(六)月

Topics: Famous Americans: Scott Joplin; American Cities: Memphis; picture versus image versus photo; a versus an Words: composer ragtime talent to be well-received largely posthumous lumber mule these days cargo to be associated with barbecue picture

发表于:2019-01-22 / 阅读(65) / 评论(0) 分类 美语听力 English Cafe

今天我们要学的词是 tornado, tornado is spelled t-o-r-n-a-d-o; tornado. Tornado龙卷风。最近美国先后多次遭受龙卷风的袭击,其中 The tornado that carved through the city of Joplin, Missouri is the deadliest to hit American

发表于:2019-02-03 / 阅读(48) / 评论(0) 分类 英语单词荟萃

Topics: Famous Americans: Janis Joplin; compulsory education and truancy laws; to bask; to brace; to palm off; to follow ones hunch(es) Words: blues to catch the attention of lead singer solo artist to struggle with to relapse compulsory to play hook

发表于:2019-03-05 / 阅读(106) / 评论(0) 分类 美语听力 English Cafe