xing qi tian

星期天
xing qi tian Lyrics

Song 星期天
Artist 纪海星
Album 我就是纪海星
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[00:09.885] Now,the VOA Special English program WORDS
[00:14.664] AND THEIR STORIES.
[00:18.129] Hot is a simple,easily understood word.
[00:24.284] So are most ofthe expressions made with
[00:28.242] the word hot.
[00:29.666] But not always,
[00:31.597] as we shall see.
[00:33.527] The words hot potato,for example,
[00:38.855] give you no idea at
[00:40.737] all to the meaning of the expression,
[00:43.224] hot potato.
[00:45.306] The potato is a popular vegetable in
[00:48.909] the United States
[00:51.143] .Many people like baked potatoes,
[00:53.178] cooked in an oven
[00:55.108] or fire.Imagine trying to carry a hot,baked potato
[00:59.583] in your hand.It would be difficult,even painful,
[01:03.445] to do so.
[01:05.530] Now we are getting close to the meaning of hot potato.
[01:10.103] Some publicly disputed issues are highly emotional.
[01:16.708] The issues must be treated carefully,or they will
[01:22.193] be difficult and painful if an elected official
[01:24.935] has to deal with them.As difficult and painful
[01:29.726] as holding a hot potato.
[01:34.652] One such hot potato is taxes.
[01:39.474] Calling for higher taxes can mean defeat for
[01:43.86] a politician.And yet,if taxes are not raised,
[01:48.370] some very popular government programs could be cut.
[01:53.244] And that also can make a politician very unpopular.
[01:56.240] So the questions must be dealt with carefully,
[02:01.674] the same way you would handle any other hot potato.
[02:06.392] Another expression is not so hot.If you ask someone
[02:14.822] how she feels,she may answer "not so hot.
[02:20.405] "What she means is she does not feel well.
[02:24.112] Not so hot also is a way of saying that you do not
[02:27.872] really like something.You may tell a friend that
[02:32.695] the new play you saw last night is not so hot.
[02:37.60] That means you did not consider it a success.
[02:41.481] A hot shot is a person,often a young person,
[02:47.17] who thinks he can do anything.At least he wants to
[02:51.180] try.He is very sure he can succeed.But often
[02:55.904] he fails.The expression was born in the military
[03:00.525] forces.
[03:01.235] A hot shot was a soldier who fired without
[03:05.701] aiming carefully.
[03:07.72] Hot is a word that is often used to talk about anger.
[03:13.933] A person who becomes angry easily is called a hothead.
[03:20.88] An angry person's neck often becomes red.
[03:23.642] We say he is hot under the collar.You could
[03:28.220] say that your friend is no hothead.But he
[03:32.432] got hot under the collar when someone took his radio.
[03:37.55] In nineteen sixty-three,hot line appeared as a new
[03:43.298] expression.
[03:45.481] The hot line was a direct communications link between
[03:49.898] the leaders of the Soviet Union and the United States.
[03:54.371] The hot line had an important purpose:to prevent
[03:57.974] accidental war between the two competitors during
[04:00.358] the period known as the Cold War.The American president
[04:06.406] and the Soviet leader were able to communicate
[04:09.248] directly and immediately on the hot line.This helped
[04:13.880] prevent any conflict during an international crisis.
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