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"科羅拉多河之月色"

2021/10/05 08:24

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When I was in high school, an English teacher dissuaded us from indulging ourselves too much in American pop music; instead, she advised us listening to some classical songs and learning English from their lyrics. "Moonlight on the River Colorado" was one of the songs she recommended.

Since then, I had a deep affection on this romantic song. This time when I visited my son in Colorado, I asked him if he knows the song. He said yes and told me the river originates from the state and flows through Denver, where he is residing at. An afternoon he particularly took my wife and me to see the river, which is flowing alongside with 107 Highway. Well, it is a big river alright, though not that romantic in daytime.

Yesterday I accidentally read a piece of report by Wall Street Journal online, regarding the river . The report said Colorado River is now facing one of its biggest crises: the first-ever shortage of water. The report also indicates Biden administration already named two persons to the posts that is going to address the problem. But the nominees are from the foundation mainly sponsored by Walton Family (the owner of Walmart), and the foundation has long been affliated with the interests of Colorado River. Will it work under the operation of capitalism?

PS I remember my teacher taught us several grammatical usages from the song. For example:

"---how I wish that I were there with you" for something unable to be realized.

a proper noun requires no article, but a definite article can be put before a proper noun to signify a river or a mountain: "when its moonlight on the Colorado---".

"Were to" is used to express something was going to happen in the past: "We were to wed in harvest time, you said."

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