country：是國家也是鄉村

 And love, young men ,and venerate the ideal. The ideal is the word of God. High above every country, high above humanity, is the country of the spirit, the city of the soul. 

——Barrymore

青年人啊，熱愛理想吧，崇敬理想吧。理想是上帝的語言。高於一切國家和全人類的，是精神的王國，是靈魂的故鄉。  

——巴里穆爾

一、關於country，你應該知道的用法有

n.

1.國，國家 an area of land that has or used to have its own government and laws

In the country of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.

盲人國裏，獨眼稱王。

2.鄉下，鄉村 any area outside towns and cities, with fields, woods, farms, etc.

Esau was a farmer and hunter who knew every inch of the country.

伊索是農人，也是獵戶，對鄉下各地都瞭如指掌。

3.地區，區域 an area of land

The country is made up of meadow and marsh.

那地區全是草地和沼澤。

4.鄉村音樂 a kind of music

Seventy per cent of this country is opposed to blood sports.

有很長一段時間我只想彈奏鄉村音樂。

5.全國人民，國民，全民 the people of a country ; the nation as a whole

The country had confounded the pundits by electing a fourth-term Tory government.

該國國民連續四次選舉託利黨來執掌政府，這令專家們困惑不已。

二、含有country的常見短語

across the country

全國各地

country house

別墅,鄉舍

country of origin

原產地,原產國

developing country

發展中國家

mother country

n. 祖國,發源地

back country

窮鄉僻壤

country club

n. 鄉間俱樂部

country music

n. 鄉村音樂

三、來做個填詞遊戲

They placarded all over the           .

他們在全國到處張貼布告。