English Recordings

She won by a hair.
The crowd was going wild.
The contending team was crushed in the final minutes.
She looked terrible at first, but then made a huge comeback.
The game was tied so they went into overtime.
She is out for the season due to an injury.
He was suspended for fighting with an official.
The stands were packed with rowdy fans.
He didn't break the world record, but he set a new personal best.
I'd give my right arm for box seats at that game.
They are competing for the title.
She was in poor condition before pre-season training.
He was the MVP in the All-Star Game.
She took almost all· the medals in the track and field events.
He is a very aggressive player, but he runs out of gas too soon.
They played the national anthem during the awards ceremony.
She was elected to the Hall of Fame.
She took the trophy for the nth time.
He got wiped out in the finals.
The party really started to swing at around midnight.
There is going to be a small get-together at my place.
He was the life of the party.
I was overdressed for the occasion.
As usual, she showed up fashionably late.
She couldn't dance if you paid her.
Don't be a wallflower.
Look at him move!
She is really light on her feet.
I have two left feet.
He's a real party animal.

They opened for U2 at Yankee Stadium in New York.
There was a stampede for the exits after he played the last encore.
Let's meet up again in the front lobby at closing time.
I blew it because I didn't check which day the museum is closed.
These paintings are part of a very rare collection.
This sculpture was added to the museum's permanent exhibit.
The show is on loan from a private collector.
It is only a temporary show, so you'd better catch it while you can.
The canvas was once damaged by a vandal, but it was restored.
I just want to pick something up in the gift shop.
The works were incredibly well-preserved.
It's a special exhibition of Italian renaissance portrait paintings.
This landscape has never been authenticated.
The frescos on display were wonderfully absorbing.
That painting fetched a huge sum at the auction.
It was beautifully displayed.
I thought the show was poorly arranged.
She left behind some timeless works.
It's impossible to get your hands on a ticket.
It's a traveling exhibition that last showed in London.
The star player choked in the clutch.
She almost never cracks under pressure.
She is an excellent athlete; but she is no team player.
The two of them were going neck and neck.
He pulled ahead in the final stretch.
She .shattered all the records.
They say she threw the match.
The game looked like it was fixed.
He gives up as soon as the going gets tough.
He was on the ropes the whole time.

This troupe went on the road and toured Europe last fall.
They put together a star lineup for the gala performance.
They were still tuning their instruments when the lights went down.
The percussion section drowned out the strings.
We went to hear a quartet perform Haydn.
The soloist is really putting his whole body into that piece.
The overture has some dramatic crescendos.
The group is performing baroque chamber music on original instruments.
The pianist had excellent technique.
The program features medieval church music performed by noted musicians from abroad.
Didn't you think the orchestra was way out of key?
I managed to get tickets to a dress rehearsal.
The soprano hit beautiful high notes.
That tenor's range was really impressive.
That opera has a marvelous score.
The last aria repeats the theme from the overture.
The bass has a huge voice, but he can't act for beans.
I think the dramatic tenor missed a note.
All the singers had perfect diction.
The performers got three curtain calls.
I want to scan the synopsis before the show starts.
You might have to try picking up a ticket from a scalper at the theater.
Did you hear the lead guitarist jam?
I want to try going backstage to get his autograph.
I have trouble getting into drum solos.
The trio played mostly standards, plus some original compositions.
That saxophonist can really blow.
It will cost you the cover plus drinks.
They are doing a gig at a club I know.
I heard him live at Tokyo Dome.

Late in the afternoon, the boys put up their tent in the middle of a

field. As soon as this was done, they cooked a meal over an open fire.

They were all hungry and the food smelled good. After a wonderful

meal, they told stories and sang songs by the campfire. But some time

later it began to rain. The boys felt tired so they put out the fire

and crept into their tent. Their sleeping bags were warm and

comfortable, so they all slept soundly. In the middle of the night,

two boys woke up and began shouting. The tent was full of water! They

all leapt out of their sleeping bags and hurried outside. It was

raining heavily and they found that a stream had formed in the field.

The stream wound its way across the field and then flowed right under

their tent!

I am an art student and I paint a lot of pictures. Many people pretend that they understand modern art. They always tell you what a picture is 'about'. Of course, many pictures are not 'about' anything. They are just pretty patterns. We like them in the same way that we like pretty curtain material. I think that young children often appreciate modern pictures better than anyone else. They notice more. My sister is only seven, but she always tells me whether my pictures are good or not. She came into my room yesterday.
'What are you doing?' she asked.
'I'm hanging this picture on the wall,' I answered. 'It's a new one. Do you like it?'
She looked at it critically for a moment. 'It's all right,' she said, 'but isn't it upside down?'
I looked at it again. She was right! It was!

I arrived in London at last. The railway station was big, black and dark. I did not know the way to my hotel, so I asked a porter. I not only spoke English very carefully, but very clearly as well. The porter, however, could not understand me. I repeated my question several times and at last he understood. he answered me, but he spoke neither slowly nor clearly. 'I am a foreigner,' I said. Then he spoke slowly, but I could not understand him. My teacher never spoke English like that! The porter and I looked at each other and smiled. Then he said something and I understood it. 'You'll soon learn English!' he said. I wonder. In England, each person speaks a different language. The English understand each other, but I don't understand them! Do they speak English?

I entered the hotel manager's office and sat down. I had just lost $50 and I felt very upset. 'I left the money in my room,' I said, 'and it's not there now.' The manager was sympathetic, but he could do nothing. 'Everyone's losing money these days,' he said. He started to complain about this wicked world but was interrupted by a knock at the door. A girl came in and put an envelope on his desk. It contained $50. 'I found this outside this gentleman's room,' she said. 'Well,' I said to the manager, 'there is still some honesty in this world!'

I had a letter from my sister yesterday. She lives in Nigeria. In her letter, she said that she would come to England next year. If she comes, she will get a surprise. We are now living in a beautiful new house in the country. Work on it had begun before my sister left. The house was completed five months ago. In my letter, I told her that she could stay with us. The house has many large rooms and there is a lovely garden. It is a very modern house, so it looks strange to some people. It must be the only modern house in the district.

(January 9, 2012)• Hi, everybody. How are you, all?I watched a Japanese film called “Miracle” with two of my friends this afternoon. It was a warm and lovely story of two little brothers who live apart from each other. The first boy lives with their mom and his mother`s family, and the second boy lives with his father, and the boys wish that they would all live together someday. So those two little kids set out to make their wish come true with their friends.
(Thanks for reading and please correct my mistakes. )
*Today’s pictures :
• The 1st picture: A lunch which I had with two of my friends today.
• The 2nd picture: The 2nd picture: The road near the movie theater.
• The 3rd picture: The 3rd picture: The theater where we went to watch the movie.

The main character gets killed off in the middle of the book.
There were some excellent lines.
That was some lousy acting.
The lead was a terrible ham.
How did you like the staging?
The sets looked really phony.
This play is an adaptation of the novel.
The lead couldn't act for his life.
The theater looks like a landmark building.
It was standing room only.
We had front row seats on opening night.
You are sitting in the balcony Row G, seat number 27.
The box office was mobbed.
The star really brought the house down.
The man who played the butler was spectacular.
People were rolling in the aisles during the opening monologue.
The musical number saved the show.
This company is famous for its ensemble work.
That play has been running on Broadway for over ten years.
The critics panned the production because it was too avant-garde.
The play got a rave review in the New York Times.
The production turned out to be a real vaudeville piece.
We walked out during the first act.
The star was handed a huge bouquet on closing night.
The actress forgot her lines but improvised beautifully.
She got her start in the chorus line.
He has a wonderful soliloquy in the last act.
One of the extras missed his cue.
The playwright came up to take a bow on closing night.
I'm going to try to grab a snack during the intermission.