慢速英语:Let's Get Down to the Nitty-Gritty!

Here is Shirley Ellis in 1964 performing her 1963 hit song "The Nitty Gritty" on the television show American Bandstand and her interview with host Dick Clark.

And here are some dancers on a television show from the 1960s dancing to "The Nitty Gritty." Check out the male dancer in front who really "gets into it!"

Words in This Story

gist - n. the main point or part

essence - n. the basic nature of a thing : the quality or qualities that make a thing what it is

crux - n. a main or central feature (as of an argument)

mythical  - adj.  based on or described in a myth : existing only in the imagination
 

将本页收藏到：
上一篇：慢速英语:Americans: Jobs More Important Than Terrorism
下一篇：慢速英语:Think You Know How Dogs Drink Water?

※相关链接※

• ·哪种语言最难学？外媒做了个排名，
• ·夏日炎炎吃西瓜：西瓜对健康居然有
• ·英语文摘:Xi, Putin to witness op
• ·英语文摘:China hits 400 mln vacc
• ·欧美文化:Feature: UK takes big s