Chilhood and Peace
A few days ago, I watched a special program of the Vietnam Television (VTV). This program include excellent news such as: Securities, climate change, life in Cuba and life in America, oil price, wars, the biggest exodus in history. I was especially impressed by a song named "Give us childhood, give us peace". A Syrian girl called Ghina sang that song in The Voice Kids Arab World, she only 9 years old. I rewrite the English lyrics below:
"We came to greet you, and ask you in the festivity: why we don't have any festivity nor decorations?
Oh peole, my land is burned, the land of freedom is stolen..." and she cried
"Our sky is dreaming, it's asking the days where is the beautiful sun … and where is the fluttering of the doves ?
The land is small, like me small. Give us peace and give us childhood.....give us childhood...."
She made all of people in the musicial contest cried, she made me cried. While Ghina was singing, VTV worker added images before the war in Syria(2009) is full and happy life, currently children aren't food or house, even parent. It made me really emotional and could not keep back my tear.
War is truly the worst product of human. I hope Ghina's wish will be come true. She will have chilhood and peace in her motherland.
Thanks for reading
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Childhood and Peace
A few days ago, I watched a special program of the on/by Vietnam Television (VTV). This program included excellent news such as: Securities, climate change, life in Cuba and life in America, oil price, wars, and the biggest exodus in history. I was especially impressed by a song named "Give us childhood, give us peace". A Syrian girl called Ghina sang that song in The Voice Kids Arab World, she is only 9 years old. I rewrite the English lyrics below:"We came to greet you, and ask you in the festivity: why we don't we have any festivity nor decorations?
Oh people, my land is burned, the land of freedom is stolen..." and she cried
"Our sky is dreaming, it's asking the days where is the beautiful sun … and where is the fluttering of the doves ?
The land is small, like me small. Give us peace and give us childhood.....give us childhood...."
She made all of the people in the musicial musical contest cried cry, she made me cried cry. While Ghina was singing, a VTV worker added images before the war in Syria(2009), which were of a full and happy life. Currently children aren't are without food or house housing, even parents. It made me really emotional and I could not keep back my tears.
War is truly the worst product of humanity. I hope Ghina's wish will be come true. She will have a childhood and peace in her motherland.
Thanks for reading
I'm sorry you had to wait so long for a correction Nhung :)
The word "and" should always be used before the last item in a list.
In the sentence where I have inserted "are without", you could also write the sentence as, "Currently children aren't fed or housed, or cared for by parents."
The word "nor" is generally not used without "neither" in the earlier part of the sentence. Your should probably use "or" instead.
Here are two natural examples: "Why don't we have any festivity or decorations?" "Why have we neither festivity nor decorations?"
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