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[00:10.00] Now, the VOA Special English program
[00:15.50] WORDS AND THEIR STORIES.
[00:18.34] Every people has its own way of saying things,
[00:23.39] its own special expressions.
[00:26.53] Many everyday American expressions
[00:30.26] are based on colors.
[00:32.75] Red is a hot color.
[00:36.14] Americans often use it to express heat.
[00:40.57] They may say they are red hot
[00:44.30] about something unfair.
[00:46.24] When they are red hot
[00:48.44] they are very angry about something.
[00:51.37] The small hot tasting peppers
[00:55.27] found in many Mexican foods are called red hots
[00:59.20] for their color and their fiery taste.
[01:02.48] Fast loud music is popular with many people.
[01:07.71] They may say the music is red hot,
[01:11.64] especially the kind called Dixieland jazz.
[01:15.78] Pink is a lighter kind of red.
[01:20.11] People sometimes say they are in the pink
[01:24.40] when they are in good health.
[01:26.34] The expression was first used in America
[01:30.32] at the beginning of the twentieth century.
[01:33.06] It probably comes from the fact
[01:36.34] that many babies are born with a nice pink color
[01:40.33] that shows that they are in good health.
[01:43.22] Blue is a cool color.
[01:46.65] The traditional blues music in the United States
[01:51.48] is the opposite of red hot music.
[01:54.22] Blues is slow, sad and soulful.
[01:59.06] Duke Ellington and his orchestra
[02:02.34] recorded a famous song – Mood Indigo
[02:05.03] – about the deep blue color, indigo.
[02:08.77] In the words of the song:
[02:10.86] "You ain't been blue
[02:13.75] till you've had that Mood Indigo."
[02:16.29] Someone who is blue is very sad.
[02:20.37] The color green is natural for trees and grass.
[02:26.34] But it is an unnatural color for humans.
[02:30.23] A person who has a sick feeling stomach
[02:33.97] may say she feels a little green.
[02:36.96] A passenger on a boat
[02:40.88] who is feeling very sick from high waves
[02:43.37] may look very green.
[02:45.05] Sometimes a person may be upset
[02:49.96] because he does not have something
[02:52.40] as nice as a friend has, like a fast new car.
[02:56.19] That person may say he is green with envy.
[03:01.01] Some people are green with envy
[03:04.60] because a friend has more dollars or greenbacks.
[03:08.49] Dollars are called greenbacks because that is
[03:12.82] the color of the back side of the paper money.
[03:15.64] The color black is used often in expressions.
[03:20.66] People describe a day in which everything
[03:24.05] goes wrong as a black day.
[03:26.63] The date of a major tragedy
[03:29.87] is remembered as a black day.
[03:32.75] A blacklist is illegal now.
[03:36.64] But at one time, some businesses refused
[03:40.42] to employ people who were on a blacklist
[03:43.65] for belonging to unpopular organizations.
[03:46.59] In some cases, colors describe a situation.
[03:51.37] A brown out is an expression
[03:54.80] for a reduction in electric power.
[03:57.09] Brown outs happen when there is
[04:00.33] too much demand for electricity.
[04:02.43] The electric system is unable to offer
[04:05.56] all the power needed in an area.
[04:07.05] Black outs were common during World War Two.
[04:11.59] Officials would order all lights in a city
[04:15.32] turned off to make it difficult for enemy planes
[04:18.46] to find a target in the dark of night.
[04:21.45] (MUSIC)
[04:28.91] I'm Warren Scheer. Listen again next week
[04:32.35] for another WORDS AND THEIR STORIES program
[04:35.69] in Special English on the Voice of America.
[00:10.00] Now, the VOA Special English program
[00:15.50] WORDS AND THEIR STORIES.
[00:18.34] Every people has its own way of saying things,
[00:23.39] its own special expressions.
[00:26.53] Many everyday American expressions
[00:30.26] are based on colors.
[00:32.75] Red is a hot color.
[00:36.14] Americans often use it to express heat.
[00:40.57] They may say they are red hot
[00:44.30] about something unfair.
[00:46.24] When they are red hot
[00:48.44] they are very angry about something.
[00:51.37] The small hot tasting peppers
[00:55.27] found in many Mexican foods are called red hots
[00:59.20] for their color and their fiery taste.
[01:02.48] Fast loud music is popular with many people.
[01:07.71] They may say the music is red hot,
[01:11.64] especially the kind called Dixieland jazz.
[01:15.78] Pink is a lighter kind of red.
[01:20.11] People sometimes say they are in the pink
[01:24.40] when they are in good health.
[01:26.34] The expression was first used in America
[01:30.32] at the beginning of the twentieth century.
[01:33.06] It probably comes from the fact
[01:36.34] that many babies are born with a nice pink color
[01:40.33] that shows that they are in good health.
[01:43.22] Blue is a cool color.
[01:46.65] The traditional blues music in the United States
[01:51.48] is the opposite of red hot music.
[01:54.22] Blues is slow, sad and soulful.
[01:59.06] Duke Ellington and his orchestra
[02:02.34] recorded a famous song Mood Indigo
[02:05.03] about the deep blue color, indigo.
[02:08.77] In the words of the song:
[02:10.86] " You ain' t been blue
[02:13.75] till you' ve had that Mood Indigo."
[02:16.29] Someone who is blue is very sad.
[02:20.37] The color green is natural for trees and grass.
[02:26.34] But it is an unnatural color for humans.
[02:30.23] A person who has a sick feeling stomach
[02:33.97] may say she feels a little green.
[02:36.96] A passenger on a boat
[02:40.88] who is feeling very sick from high waves
[02:43.37] may look very green.
[02:45.05] Sometimes a person may be upset
[02:49.96] because he does not have something
[02:52.40] as nice as a friend has, like a fast new car.
[02:56.19] That person may say he is green with envy.
[03:01.01] Some people are green with envy
[03:04.60] because a friend has more dollars or greenbacks.
[03:08.49] Dollars are called greenbacks because that is
[03:12.82] the color of the back side of the paper money.
[03:15.64] The color black is used often in expressions.
[03:20.66] People describe a day in which everything
[03:24.05] goes wrong as a black day.
[03:26.63] The date of a major tragedy
[03:29.87] is remembered as a black day.
[03:32.75] A blacklist is illegal now.
[03:36.64] But at one time, some businesses refused
[03:40.42] to employ people who were on a blacklist
[03:43.65] for belonging to unpopular organizations.
[03:46.59] In some cases, colors describe a situation.
[03:51.37] A brown out is an expression
[03:54.80] for a reduction in electric power.
[03:57.09] Brown outs happen when there is
[04:00.33] too much demand for electricity.
[04:02.43] The electric system is unable to offer
[04:05.56] all the power needed in an area.
[04:07.05] Black outs were common during World War Two.
[04:11.59] Officials would order all lights in a city
[04:15.32] turned off to make it difficult for enemy planes
[04:18.46] to find a target in the dark of night.
[04:21.45] MUSIC
[04:28.91] I' m Warren Scheer. Listen again next week
[04:32.35] for another WORDS AND THEIR STORIES program
[04:35.69] in Special English on the Voice of America.
[00:10.00] Now, the VOA Special English program
[00:15.50] WORDS AND THEIR STORIES.
[00:18.34] Every people has its own way of saying things,
[00:23.39] its own special expressions.
[00:26.53] Many everyday American expressions
[00:30.26] are based on colors.
[00:32.75] Red is a hot color.
[00:36.14] Americans often use it to express heat.
[00:40.57] They may say they are red hot
[00:44.30] about something unfair.
[00:46.24] When they are red hot
[00:48.44] they are very angry about something.
[00:51.37] The small hot tasting peppers
[00:55.27] found in many Mexican foods are called red hots
[00:59.20] for their color and their fiery taste.
[01:02.48] Fast loud music is popular with many people.
[01:07.71] They may say the music is red hot,
[01:11.64] especially the kind called Dixieland jazz.
[01:15.78] Pink is a lighter kind of red.
[01:20.11] People sometimes say they are in the pink
[01:24.40] when they are in good health.
[01:26.34] The expression was first used in America
[01:30.32] at the beginning of the twentieth century.
[01:33.06] It probably comes from the fact
[01:36.34] that many babies are born with a nice pink color
[01:40.33] that shows that they are in good health.
[01:43.22] Blue is a cool color.
[01:46.65] The traditional blues music in the United States
[01:51.48] is the opposite of red hot music.
[01:54.22] Blues is slow, sad and soulful.
[01:59.06] Duke Ellington and his orchestra
[02:02.34] recorded a famous song Mood Indigo
[02:05.03] about the deep blue color, indigo.
[02:08.77] In the words of the song:
[02:10.86] " You ain' t been blue
[02:13.75] till you' ve had that Mood Indigo."
[02:16.29] Someone who is blue is very sad.
[02:20.37] The color green is natural for trees and grass.
[02:26.34] But it is an unnatural color for humans.
[02:30.23] A person who has a sick feeling stomach
[02:33.97] may say she feels a little green.
[02:36.96] A passenger on a boat
[02:40.88] who is feeling very sick from high waves
[02:43.37] may look very green.
[02:45.05] Sometimes a person may be upset
[02:49.96] because he does not have something
[02:52.40] as nice as a friend has, like a fast new car.
[02:56.19] That person may say he is green with envy.
[03:01.01] Some people are green with envy
[03:04.60] because a friend has more dollars or greenbacks.
[03:08.49] Dollars are called greenbacks because that is
[03:12.82] the color of the back side of the paper money.
[03:15.64] The color black is used often in expressions.
[03:20.66] People describe a day in which everything
[03:24.05] goes wrong as a black day.
[03:26.63] The date of a major tragedy
[03:29.87] is remembered as a black day.
[03:32.75] A blacklist is illegal now.
[03:36.64] But at one time, some businesses refused
[03:40.42] to employ people who were on a blacklist
[03:43.65] for belonging to unpopular organizations.
[03:46.59] In some cases, colors describe a situation.
[03:51.37] A brown out is an expression
[03:54.80] for a reduction in electric power.
[03:57.09] Brown outs happen when there is
[04:00.33] too much demand for electricity.
[04:02.43] The electric system is unable to offer
[04:05.56] all the power needed in an area.
[04:07.05] Black outs were common during World War Two.
[04:11.59] Officials would order all lights in a city
[04:15.32] turned off to make it difficult for enemy planes
[04:18.46] to find a target in the dark of night.
[04:21.45] MUSIC
[04:28.91] I' m Warren Scheer. Listen again next week
[04:32.35] for another WORDS AND THEIR STORIES program
[04:35.69] in Special English on the Voice of America.
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