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Module 4
Music
Vocabulary and Reading
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passerby
pedestrian
semi-circle
interval
plug
socket
regulate
organ
n.过路人,行人
n.行人,步行者
n.半圆
n.间隔,空隙
v.插上(插头)
n.插座
v.规定,管理
n.风琴
Pre-reading
popcorn
dance to the music
rockabilly
tunnel
relay
liveliness
relief
n.爆米花
伴着音乐跳舞
n.乡村摇滚乐
n.隧道,地道
v.转播,接转
n.活泼,快乐
n.解除,减轻
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echo
side road
quartet
suite
session
saucer
voluntary
shrink
v.回响
n.小路,支路
n.四重奏,四重奏乐队
n.组曲
n.从事某项活动的集会
n.茶碟,茶托
adj.自愿的
v.变小,减少
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vacant
lid
barrel organ
handle
tap
mop
spotted
all of a sudden
adj.空的,空缺的
n.盖,盖子
手摇风琴
n.柄,把手
v.轻拍,轻叩
v.擦,揩
adj.有污迹的,有斑点的
突然间
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1. What kind of music is it
street music
2.Have you heard any street music Did it impress you Why
Pre-reading
p.48
Activity 1 Describe the photo on P48,
using the words in the box.
crowd guitar musician passerby pedestrian pipe semi-circle violin
crowds watch the performance of the street musicians, standing in a semi-circle.
Pedestrians and a passerby making contributions to the street musician.
A street music man turns the handle of a barrel organ.
A quartet of street musicians play a violin suite of classical music.
Describe the photo by using the words in this module.
Reading tasks:
1 P.48-2
2 p.48-3
3 Divide it into 2 parts
4 What’s the significance of street music
Fast reading
Q: P48-2Read the passage and choose the sentence which best expresses the main idea.
4. The street musician is keeping alive a culture which has almost disappeared in our busy, organized and regulated lives: the sound of music when you least expect it.
He likes it.
The music is free, but people can give the musicians money if they want to
1. How does the writer feel about the music playing in the street
Read the text carefully and answer the following questions.P.48 activity 3
2. How much do people have to pay for the music in Barcelona
3. What is everyone else doing as the music man plays his organ in Paris
4.Why is there suddenly dancing in the streets in Harlem
A few people stop and listen , some smile and some walk past with their heads down.
A sound system has been placed by an open window.
5.Why does music echo in the London Underground
6.What is the disadvantage of recorded music
7.what is the advantage of live music
Because it is played in the tunnels.
Music loses some of its liveliness.
It is something you listen to in the present and gives relief from the cares of the day.
Careful reading
divide the passage into 2 parts and fill in the form.
Street music Part 1 Street music exist in many places Para.1 Street music in a busy side road __________________________
Para.2 Street music below_____________________
Para.3 Street music in_________ /_______ ____________/________________
Part 2 significance Para.4 ____________________________
in the district of Barcelona
the window of my apartment in Paris
Harlem,New York
downtown Tokyo
the London Underground
Vienna or Prague or Milan
The street musician is keeping alive a culture
1.Translate the following sentence:
2.Try to recite them
All contributions are voluntary, no one has to pay, but the crowd shrinks as some people slide away.
所有捐助都是出于自愿,没有人非掏钱不可。但是,随着一些人悄悄走开,人群缩小了。
In downtown Tokyo, young couples eat popcorn and dance to the music of a rockabilly band, which plays American music from the Fifties.
在东京市中心,年轻的情侣们一边吃着爆米花,一边随着一个乡村摇滚乐团演奏的五十年的美国音乐翩翩起舞。
The street musician is keeping alive a culture which has almost disappeared in our busy, organised, and regulated lives: the sound of music when you least expect it.
街头音乐家保持了一种在我们的紧张忙碌、组织有序和一成不变的生活中已近乎消失的文化的生机:在你最意想不到的时候听到的音乐的声音。
It only exists in the present, it only has meaning in the context. It needs space.
它只存在于当前,也只有在情境中才具有意义。它需要存活的空间。
I push my way through the crowd and find a quartet of musicians playing a violin suite of classical music.
我挤进人群,发现一支四人乐队正在演奏古典音乐小提琴组曲。
In a recording studio, even when relayed by microphone, music loses some of its liveliness.
在录制室里,即使用麦克风传播,音乐也失去了一些生机。
Find out a sentence in the text to describe what you see and hear.
In the London Underground a student plays classical guitar music, which
echoes along the tunnels.
Our happy voices echo in the hall.
In a street in Vienna or Prague or Milan a group of pipe musicians from the far Andes fill the air with the sounds of South America.
Summary
Read the passage again and fill in the blanks.
Street music is a kind of live music that some musicians play _________.They only need to find a______ place on the street. While musicians are playing music,the ________or_______stop to listen to it or walk past with their heads down.Usually they stand in a _______around the musicians to enjoy the music.Some people even put a coin into the cup or________on the ground.But all the contributions are __________.The musicians are more concerned with his own music than with money.In many foreign countries such scenes can often be seen. In Harlem,there is dancing on the street __________.In Tokyo,young couples eat ________and ______to the music. In a word,street music can __________everyone who listens and offers _______from the cares of the day. but the recorded music loses its __________.
on the street
vacant
pedestrians
passersby
semi-circle
saucer
voluntary
all of a sudden
popcorn
dance
give life to
relief
liveliness
Discussion:
Why do some musicians perform in the street
What’s your attitude towards street music Why
cathedral 大教堂
push one’s way through a crowd
从人群中挤过去
a quartet of 四人一组的, 四件一套的
slide away 溜走
be grateful for/to/that 感激的, 感谢的 (=thankful)
I am grateful to you for your help.
brief adj. 短暂的, 简短的
Let's keep this conversation brief; I have a plane to catch.
In brief, your work is bad. (简而言之)
affair 公事, 政事; 个人私事, 财政问题(常用复数); 事务, 事情; 事件, 丑闻
the Watergate Affair
I am not prepared to discuss my financial affairs with the press.
We must try to forget this sad affair.
love affairs 恋爱, 风流韵事
consciously ad. 有意识地, 自觉地
pavement (Br.E) = sidewalk (Am.E)人行道
gang n. 帮, 伙, 群
a gang of 一帮, 一伙, 一群
ignore /ig’n :/ vt. 不顾, 忽视, 不理睬
I tried to tell her but she ignored me.
Prague /prɑg/ 布拉格(捷克共和国首都)
Milan / mi’l n/ 米兰 (意大利北部城市)
the Andes /’ ndi:z/ 安第斯山脉
regulate vt. 控制, 管理, 调整, 调节
The prices are regulated by demand and supply.
care n. 烦恼, 忧虑
context n.语境, 上下文
push /fight/make/struggle one’s way through the crowd挤过去; 往前挤
Session n.会议;会期;开庭期;学期;一段时间
Several bills were enacted at the end of this session of Parliament.这届国会结束时,好几个议案制定成为法律
3. shrink shrank shrunkvi.收缩;害怕 vt.使收缩n. Will this woolen sweater shrink when washed
The company's profit margins shrank from 32.5% to 17%.该公司的边际利润率从32.
3.be grateful to sb for sth因 ... 感谢某人 These refugees are very grateful to the government‘s succor.
这些难民非常感激政府的救援。
4.vacant adj.空虚的;空缺的;木然的
Are there any vacant positions in your firm
你们公司有空缺吗
Absence of occupation is not rest, a mind quite vacant is a mind distress.
无所事事不是休息,十分空虚的心灵是痛苦的心灵。
5.ignore vt.忽视;不理;不顾 ignorant adj. 无知的;愚昧的;不知道的
I agree in principle, but we can‘t ignore the differences.
我原则上同意,但我们不能忽视这些差异。
If you ignore your diet, trouble will follow.
如果你忽视自己的饮食,必然会遇到麻烦
She regarded her critics as ignorant and prejudiced.
她认为那些批评她的人既无知又存有偏见。
6.relief n.减轻;解除;安慰 relievev.救济;减轻;解除;偷
to one’s relief使某人感到庆幸或欣慰的是;in relief 如释重负地。
A doctor‘s task is to work for the relief of patient’s suffering.
医生的工作是解除病人的痛苦。
The Government acted quickly to relieve the widespread distress caused by the earthquake.
地震造成大范围的灾难,政府迅速采取行动赈济灾民。
牛刀小试
(2010年高考山东卷)Those who suffer from headache will find they get ________ from this medicine.
A.relief B.safety
C.defense D.shelter
解析: 选A。句意为:那些患头痛的人将会发现服用了这种药头痛可以得到缓解。relief缓解,减轻;safety安全;defense防御;shelter保护,避难所,躲避处。
Homework
1.Try to remember the words in this class.
2.Enjoy more music after class, because music is good for us. Music can enrich our lives.