[ti:hair]
[00:12.86]'Hair'–More  Than  a  Rock  Musical
[00:13.122]Now,the  VOA  Special  English  program,WORDS  AND  THEIR  STORIES.
[00:20.181]A  listener  named  Rita  wants  to  learn  about  expressions  with  the  word "hair."So  we  will  tell  a  story.
[00:30.883]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.
[01:08.309]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.
[01:38.178]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.
[01:55.324]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.
[02:16.782]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.
[02:27.507]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.
[02:57.497]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.
[03:09.815]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  nineteen  sixties  when  many  young  people  wore  their  hair  very  long.
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