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    'Hair' – More than a rock musical
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    A story using expressions with the word hair.

    Now, the VOA Special English program, WORDS AND THEIR STORIES.

    A listener named Rita wants to learn about expressions with the word "hair." So we will tell a story.

    Yesterday when I woke up, I looked in a mirror. I looked very neat and organized. Not a hair was out of place. But today when I woke up, I knew I was going to have a bad hair day. My hair was standing up in all the wrong places. I thought I would be unhappy all day and things would not go well. I work at home so I just hoped that my computer would work right and not have a bad hair day also.

    I was very tired because I did not sleep well last night. I made the mistake of watching a horror movie on television. The movie really made my hair stand on end. It was about a house possessed by evil spirits. The thought of having to live alone in a house like that was so frightening it was enough to curl your hair. I will say it another way: watching that movie was a hair-raising experience.

    I prepared a meal for my children but they were behaving badly. I turned on the television so they would be quiet. I did not want them to be difficult or to get in my hair while I was working on the computer.

    'Hair' – More than a rock musical

    My children were making so much noise that I could not work. I was getting angry. In fact, I was ready to pull my hair out. I told them to please be quiet or I would punish them. But they knew I would not harm a hair on their heads.

    I decided to make myself some strong coffee so I could work better. But my drink was so strong that it could put hair on your chest.

    Finally, I got back to work. I was writing a proposal for a project. I knew that I was very close to finishing the proposal. Success was very close – within a hair's breadth. My supervisor called me to discuss the project. She wanted to argue about very small differences and unimportant details. But I told her not to split hairs.

    Later, I got a telephone call from a friend whom I had not seen in a long time. In fact, I had not seen hide nor hair of him in months. So I was glad to know that he was all right.

    I worked all day and finished my project. So I decided to celebrate, have some fun and let my hair down. I played some old recordings, and my children and I danced around the room. The recordings are from my favorite musical, a show called "Hair." It takes place during the 1960s when many young people wore their hair very long.

    (MUSIC)

    This VOA Special English program was written by Shelley Gollust. I'm Faith Lapidus. You can find other WORDS AND THEIR STORIES at our Web site, voaspecialenglish.com.

    Not a hair was out of place:干凈利索,一絲不亂

    bad hair day: “頭發(fā)糟糕的日子”,暗示一整天都不順利,心情不好。

    make one's hair stand on end: 使人毛骨悚然

    curl one's hair:令人驚詫,令人驚恐

    hair-raising:令人恐懼

    get in one's hair: 激怒某人

    pull one's hair out:生氣,發(fā)怒

    harm a hair on one's head: 不傷某人一根毫毛

    put hair on one's chest: 讓人不舒服

    a hair's breadth:即將來臨,指日可待

    split hairs:在小事上爭論不休,斤斤計較

    hide nor hair:蹤影,痕跡

    let one's hair down: 放松

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    (Source:VOA 英語點津編輯)

     
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