高中英語(yǔ)河北版下 unit4

[00:-1.00]Music-a grandmother's comforting song;a farmer's thankful melody; [00:-2.00]a child proudly singing the nationalanthem; [00:-3.00]a chinese rock star on tour in Canada. [00:-4.00]Music is the universal language. [00:-5.00]Like a bridge over water,it is a pathway to understanding others. [00:-6.00]If there is light in the soul,There will be beauty in the person. [00:-7.00]If there is beauty in the person,There will be harmony in the house. [00:-8.00]-Chinese Proverb [00:-9.00]SECTION 1 NEW WORDS AND IDEAS [00:10.00]Let's Talk Music! [00:11.00]Dec.8,2004 [00:12.00]Dear Li Ming,Hi,my name is Brianne.I am a friend of Jenny's. [00:13.00]Jenny tells me you are thinking about starting guitar lessons. [00:14.00]She suggested that I write to you because I have many kinds of music lessons. [00:15.00]I am happy to talk to you about my favourite topic:music. [00:16.00]I am sending the CD of my favourite singer.I hope you enjoy it. [00:17.00]I listen to this music every day on the radio and I thought you might like it,too. [00:18.00]Bryan Adams is very popular here.Have you ever heard of him? [00:19.00]He's great!How about in China? [00:20.00]When I take the school bus each day, [00:21.00]I like to bring my"Discman" [00:22.00]so that I can listen to music while I am going to school. [00:23.00]It is important that students be happy on the bus,don't you think? [00:24.00]I love many kinds of music and I think music is very important in life. [00:25.00]Music has been a part of my life since I was young. [00:26.00]When I was only four,I started taking violin lessons. [00:27.00]We had many music parties and concerts. [00:28.00]Then as I got older,I played the piano, [00:29.00]and eventually joined the band when I learned to appreciate jazz music. [00:30.00]Now,even though I like listening to popular music,I also love playing music. [00:31.00]Once I learned to play sax,and fell in love with jazz music,I wanted to sing. [00:32.00]So now I am taking guitar lessons.I absolutely love it! [00:33.00]It's easier to sing when you have a guitar to keep you"on key". [00:34.00]I'm surprised at how easy it is. [00:35.00]I recommend you start your lessons right away [00:36.00]and I'm sure that you will learn very quickly. [00:37.00]Someday maybe we will be able to play together.Wouldn't that be fun? [00:38.00]Lately,I've been thinking about how important music is. [00:39.00]In Cananda we sometimes say,"Music is the language of the soul." [00:40.00]I think this is true because when I play music, [00:41.00]I can experience emotions [00:42.00]and express parts of myself that I can't really talk about in words. [00:43.00]Do you know what I mean, [00:44.00]Li Ming?Have you ever had this experience? [00:45.00]Whether I'm feeling down,or having the best time, [00:46.00]music always makes the day better. [00:47.00]Actually,I can think of one day,years ago,when music didn't make my day better. [00:48.00]I was playing in a piano concert with three of my friends. [00:49.00]We were in this fancy hall with a baby grand piano on the stage [00:50.00]and two judges sitting in the audience. [00:51.00]I was terrified!It was the first time I had to kinow my song by memory. [00:52.00]My friend went up and played her song; [00:53.00]the audience clapped and she returned to her seat. [00:54.00]She had played beautifully.My second friend also played well. [00:55.00]Then the judges called my name. [00:56.00]I had butterflies in my stomach [00:57.00]and a lump in my throat as I slowly walked up to the stage. [00:58.00]I began to play. [00:59.00]About halfway through the song,I completely forgot the notes! [-1:00.00]I stopped playing,and then started again at the beginning, [-1:-1.00]but when I got to teh same place,I forgot the notes again. [-1:-2.00]This time I stopped and looked up at the audience [-1:-3.00]and saw one of the judges slowly walking up to the stage to bring me the music book. [-1:-4.00]I have never neen so embarrassed in all my life! [-1:-5.00]By the way,I didn't win the competition. [-1:-6.00]Whenever I remember this story,I laugh.It doesn't seem so tragic now. [-1:-7.00]Don't let it scare you. [-1:-8.00]Most of my memories of music are good ones, [-1:-9.00]and I don't ever want to stop playing instrumets and listening to good music. [-1:10.00]Pop music,classical music,jazz or even country music,I enjoy them all. [-1:11.00]So,Li Ming,I strongly recommend that you take the guitar lessons. [-1:12.00]Please let me know how it turns out. [-1:13.00]I hope you enjoy this gift of music. [-1:14.00]I would like to know what you think about music. [-1:15.00]What kind of music do you listen to? [-1:16.00]Your new friend,Brianne [-1:17.00]QUOTABLE QUOTES [-1:18.00]The history of a people is found in its songs[-1:19.00]-George Jellinek [-1:20.00]Without music,life is a journey through a desert. [-1:21.00]-Pat Conroy [-1:22.00]Let's singing song [-1:23.00]SECTION 2 MEANING THROUGH PRACTICE [-1:24.00]C.Build your listening skills [-1:25.00]Part 1:Listen to Jenny inviting Li Ming and his friend to join her band. [-1:26.00]Then,answer the questions. [-1:27.00]Part 2:Listen to the following announcement [-1:28.00]from the radio station 101.3 the Fox,and answer the questions. [-1:29.00]SECTION 4 READING FOR AWARENESS [-1:30.00]Let's All Sing! [-1:31.00]Folk Songs-Songs by and for the people [-1:32.00]Do you know Old MacDonald Had a Farm? [-1:33.00]Or The Frog Went A'Courting?Or Yankee Doodle? [-1:34.00]These are folk songs.Folk songs are songs that are made up by common people. [-1:35.00]Many folk songs tell about heroes,robbers or young girls. [-1:36.00]Ohters,like Old MacDonald,are just for fun. [-1:37.00]Some folk songs are about the kinds fo work that people do. [-1:38.00]Christmas carols are folk songs, [-1:39.00]and so are the patriotic songs of many countries. [-1:40.00]Every country has its own folk songs. [-1:41.00]Most of these songs were made uup long ago, [-1:42.00]and people have been singing them for hundreds of years. [-1:43.00]One of the oldest American folk songs is Turkey in the straw. [-1:44.00]It's about silly things that happen to a young farmer. [-1:45.00]Meadowlands is an old Russian favourite that plains of Russia. [-1:46.00]The songs that travelling singers in Europe [-1:47.00]sang at castle feasts and village fairs were folk songs. [-1:48.00]So are the songs of American cowboys,farmers, [-1:49.00]and sailors all over the world. [-1:50.00]Folk songs are the songs that people often sing [-1:51.00]when they come together for a good time. [-1:52.00]They're the songs that people sing as they work. [-1:53.00]In fact,many folk songs were made up just to make work seem easier. [-1:54.00]They help to make a long,hard day go faster. [-1:55.00]Of course,in China, [-1:56.00]we also have a long and honoured tradition of folk songs and folk singers. [-1:57.00]Like all folk songs, [-1:58.00]they come from the ordinary people and tell of things in ordinary lives. [-1:59.00]There are three main kinds of Chinese folk songs:Hao Zi,Xiao Diao,and Shan Ge. [-2:00.00]Hao Zi is sung by males.Song For Fisher is an example of this type. [-2:-1.00]Do you know this song?Can you sing it? [-2:-2.00]Shan Ge,for example Xiao He Tang Shui is sung by two people,while Xiao Diao, [-2:-3.00]with its beautiful tone,is usually sung by girls. [-2:-4.00]Purple Bamboo is a good example of Xiao Diao. [-2:-5.00]These folk songs give voice to the common people. [-2:-6.00]Billions of people in China,young and old, [-2:-7.00]have enjoyed these traditional songs. [-2:-8.00]They are often described as the glue that unites all the people of this ancient civilization. [-2:-9.00]In many ways,they are the voices of our ancestors. [-2:10.00]Wang Luobin and Chinese Folk Songs [-2:11.00]Have you ever heard the song In a Far-away Land by Wang Luobin? [-2:12.00]Many of his songs have been performed throughout China and around the world. [-2:13.00]He was born in Beijing in 1931 and was educated at the Department of Music, [-2:14.00]Beijing Normal College,where he studied vocal,piano and composition. [-2:15.00]As a young man, [-2:16.00]he toured northwest China and became fascinated with the local folk songs. [-2:17.00]His understanding of music led him to conclude [-2:18.00]that Chinese folk songs were among the best in the world. [-2:19.00]He undertook to collect and rewrite hundreds of these traditional songs. [-2:20.00]Many of his more than seven hundred folk songs have become national favourites. [-2:21.00]Many people can sing at least one of his songs. [-2:22.00]Wang Luobin died in the late 1980s, [-2:23.00]but his music lives on in the hearts and minds of Chinese people everywhere. [-2:24.00]He was,in many ways,a music archeologist. [-2:25.00]He devoted himself to uncovering and presenting the music of the people. [-2:26.00]Through his efforts, [-2:27.00]many of the old songs have been preserved for future generations to enjoy. [-2:28.00]Without his work,these songs might have been lost forever. [-2:29.00]Rocky Mountain High:John Denver [-2:30.00]John Denver was born on December 31,1943,in Roswell,New Mexico,U.S.A. [-2:31.00]He was one of the world's best-known and best-loved performers, [-2:32.00]a master communicator who could reach audiences regardless of geography, [-2:33.00]economics,politics and language. [-2:34.00]He was a true international figure, [-2:35.00]devoted to world peace and the end of hunger. [-2:36.00]On October 12,1997,at the age of 53, [-2:37.00]he was killed when the experimental plane[-2:38.00]he was flying crashed into the Pacific Ocean just off the California coast. [-2:39.00]Music does bring people togetber;it allows us to experience the same emotions. [-2:40.00]People everywhere are the same in beart and spirit. [-2:41.00]No matter what language we speak,what colour we are... [-2:42.00]music proves:We are the same. [-2:43.00]When I write a song,I want to take the personal experience or observation [-2:44.00]that inspired it and express it in as universal a way as possible. [-2:45.00]I'm a global citizen. [-2:46.00]I want to work in whatever I do-my music,my writing, [-2:47.00]my performing,my commitments,my home and personal life-in a way [-2:48.00]that is directed towards a world in balance, [-2:49.00]a world that creates a better quality of life for all people. [-2:50.00]-John Denver [-2:51.00]Heart Song [-2:52.00]By Patty Hansen [-2:53.00]Once upon a time there was a great man who married the woman of his dreams. [-2:54.00]With their love,they created a little girl. [-2:55.00]She was a bright and cheerful little girl and the great man loved her very much. [-2:56.00]When she was very little,he would pick her up, [-2:57.00]sing and dance with her around the room, [-2:58.00]and he would tell her,"I love you,little girl." [-2:59.00]When the little girl was growing up, [-3:00.00]the great man would hug her and tell her,"I love you,little girl." [-3:-1.00]The little girl would say,"I'm not a little girl anymore." [-3:-2.00]Then the man would laugh and say,"But to me,you'll always be my little girl." [-3:-3.00]The little girl who-was-not-little-anymore left her home and went into the world. [-3:-4.00]As she learned more about herself,she learned more about the man. [-3:-5.00]She saw that he truly was great and strong,for now she recognized his strengths. [-3:-6.00]One of his strengths was his ability [-3:-7.00]to express his love to his ability to express his love to his family. [-3:-8.00]It didn't matter where she went in the world,the man would call her and say, [-3:-9.00]"I love you,little girl." [-3:10.00]The day came when the little girl who-was-not-little-anmore received a phone call. [-3:11.00]The great man was damaged."He had a stroke,"they said to the girl. [-3:12.00]He couldn't talk anymore [-3:13.00]and they weren't sure that he could understand the words spoken to him. [-3:14.00]He could no longer smile,laugh,walk,hug, [-3:15.00]dance or tell the little girl who-was-not-little-anymore that he loved her. [-3:16.00]And so she went to the side of the great man. [-3:17.00]When she walked into the room and saw him,he looked small and not strong at all. [-3:18.00]He looked at her and tried to speak,but he could not. [-3:19.00]The little girl did the only thing she could do [-3:20.00]She climbed up on the bed next to the great man. [-3:21.00]Tears ran from both of their eyes [-3:22.00]and she drew her arms around the useless shoulders of her father. [-3:23.00]Her head on his chest,she thought of many things. [-3:24.00]She remembered the wonderful times together [-3:25.00]and how she had always felt protected and loved by the great man. [-3:26.00]She felt grief for the loss that was coming. [-3:27.00]And then she heard from within the man,the beat of his heart. [-3:28.00]The heart where the music had always lived. [-3:29.00]The heart beat on,steadily unconcerned about the damage to the rest of the boby. [-3:30.00]Any while she rested there,the magic happened. [-3:31.00]She heard what she needed to hear. [-3:32.00]His heart beat out the words that his mouth could no longer say... [-3:33.00]I love you.... [-3:34.00]Little girl.... [-3:35.00]And she was comforted.

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