1、Unit1II. Listening Skills1. M: Why dont we go to the concert today?W: Ill go get the keys.Q: What does the woman imply?2. W: I cant find my purse anywhere. The opera tickets are in it.M: Have you checked in the car?Q: What does the man imply?3. M: Are you going to buy that pirated CD?W: Do I look li

2、ke a thief?Q: What does the woman imply?4. M: Do you think the singer is pretty?W: Lets just say that I wouldnt/t vote for her in the local beauty contest.Q: What does the woman imply about the singer?5. M: Have you seen Tom? I cant find him anywhere.W: The light in his dorm was on just a few minute

3、s ago.Q: What does the woman mean?1.B 2.B 3.D 4.C 5.A III. Listening InTask 1: Encore!As soon as the singer completed the song, the audience cried, “Encore! Encore!” The singer was delighted and sang the song again. She couldnt believe it when the audience shouted for her to sing it again. The cycle

4、 of shouts and songs was repeated ten more times. The singer was overjoyed with the response from the audience. She talked them and asked them why they were so much audience in hearing the same song again and again. One of the people in the audience replied, “We wanted you to improve it; now it is m

5、uch better.”Task 2: The CarpentersW: They play “Yesterday Once More” all the time on the campus radio. Do you like it?M: I do. I never get tired of it. I like the Carpenters. Their voices are so beautiful and clear. I guess thats why theyre so popular.W: I like the way their voices blend. There were

6、 just two of them, brother and sister, right?M: Yes, Richard and Karen I think they were. She died I think.W: Yes, anorexia. It is hard to believe that someone so beautiful would starve herself to death.M: Its a problem everywhere in the world, including China, Im afraid. Women worry too much about

7、their appearances, and are so crazy about losing weight.W: Well, lets go for lunch before we go to the concert.1. beautiful and clear 2. blend well 3. sister 4. worry too much 5. more importantTask 3: MozartMozart was a fascinating musician and composer whose fame continues to grow more than two cen

8、turies after his death. He was born in Salzburg, Austria, in 1756. Before the age of four, he had shown great musical talent. His father then decided to let him start taking harpsichord lessons. The boys reputation as a musical talent grew fast. At five, he was composing music. Form that time on, Mo

9、zart was performing n concerts and writing music. By his early teens, he had mastered the piano, violin and harpsichord, and was writing symphonies and operas. His first major opera was performed in Milan in 1770, when he was only fourteen. At fifteen, Mozart became the conductor for an orchestra in

10、 Salzburg. In 1781, he left for Vienna, where he was in great demand as both a performer and a composition teacher. His first opera was a success. But life was not easy because he was a poor businessman, and his finances were always in a bad state. His music from the next decade was not very popular

11、, and he eventually fell back on his teaching jobs for a living. In 1788 he stopped performing in public, preferring only to compose. He died in 1791 at the age of thirty-five. Although he lived only a short life, he composed over 600 works.1. Which of the following is true of Mozart? D2. How long h

12、as Mozarts fame lasted? A3. Which of the following is true of the four-year-old Mozart? B4. What could Mozart do at the age of six? C5. Which of the following is not mentioned as one of Mozarts accomplishments while he was in his early teens? CIV. Speaking OutModel 1 Do you like jazz?Laura: Hey!Bob:

13、 Hello!Laura: Do you like jazz, Bob?Bob: No, not much. Do you like it?Laura: Well, yes, I do. Im crazy about Wynton Marsalis.Bob: Oh, hes a piano player, isnt he?Laura: No, hes a trumpet player. So, what kind of music do you like?Bob: I like listening to rock.Laura: What group do you like best?Bob:

14、Er, The Cranberries. Theyre the greatest. What about you? Dont you like them?Laura: Ugh! They make my stomach turn!SAMPLE DIALOGA: Do you like classical music?B: No, I dont like it at all.A: What type of music do you like?B: Im a real fan of pop songs.A: Whos your favorite singer or group?B: Jay Cho

15、u. What do you think about him?A: I can hardly bear pop songs. They are all noise to me.Model 2 Do you like punk rock?Max: What kind of music do you like?Frannie: Well, I like different kinds.Max: Any in particular?Frannie: Er, I especially like punk rock.Max: Punk rock? You dont seem like the punk

16、rock type.Frannie: You should have seen me in high school. I had my hair dyed blue.Max: Wow, that must have been a sight!Frannie: It sure was. What about you? Whats your favorite music?Max: I guess I like jazz best. Hey, Im going shopping for CDs tomorrow. Would you like to come along?Frannie: Sure,

17、 that sounds great.SAMPLE DIALOGA: What sports appeal to you?B: I like almost every kind of sport.A: Is there anything you like especially?B: Well, I like X-sports in particular.A: x-Sports? You dont look like the extreme sports type.B: I have even tried bungee jumping and surfing.A: Wow, you certai

18、nly surprised me!B: Then how about you? What kind of sport do you prefer?A: I like tai chi most. In fact, Im going to buy some books about tai chi. Why dont you come with me?B: Sounds good. Lets go.Model 3 It just sounds like noise to me.Philip: Turn down that noise! What on earth is it anyway!Laura

19、: But dadThis is Metallica1 Theyre so cool. They are one of the most famous heavy metal bands.Philip: I dont care. It just sounds like noise to me. I cant stand it!Laura: I love this kind of music, but if you really hate it that much, Ill out on something else. What do you want to hear?Philip: How a

20、bout some popular easy-listening music. Maybe something like Celine Dion?Laura: Not her again! Her music isnt very hip any more. I think she is a bore.SAMPLE DIALOGA: That music is terrible! Turn off! B: But, Mom, this is Backstreet Boys hit song “Get down”! Its really appealing.A: Nonsense. Its jus

21、t noise tome. I cant put up with it anymore.B: Its my favorite music. But if you hate it so much, Ill hate something you like. What would like to listen to?A: What about some old songs of the 1970s like “The White-Haired Girl”?B: Ha-ha-ha-ha. Its not fashionable any longer. Ill be bored to death.V.

22、Lets TalkThe Origin of the Song “Happy Birthday to You”The story of the song “Happy Birthday to You” Began as a sweet one, but later became bitter. Two sisters, Mildred Hill, a teacher at a kindergarten, and Dr. Patty Hill, the principal of the same school, wrote a song together for the children, en

23、titled “Good Morning to All”. When Mildred combined her musical talents with her sisters knowledge in the area of kindergarten education, Good Morning to All” was sure to be a success. The sister published the song in a collection entitled “Song Stories of the Kindergarten” in 1893. Thirty-one years

24、 later, after Dr. Patty Hill became the head of the Department of Kindergarten Education at Columbia Universitys Teachers College, a gentleman by the name Robert Coleman published the song, without the sisters permission. He added a second part, which is the familiar “Happy Birthday to You”. Mr. Col

25、emans addition of the second part made the song popular and, finally, the sisters” original first part disappeared. “Happy Birthday to You” had altogether replaced the sisters original song “Good Morning to All”. In 1916 Patty took legal action against Mr. Coleman. In court, she succeeded in proving

26、 that hey were the real owners of the song.1. teacher at a kindergarten2. Good Morning to All3. Happy Birthday to You4. Happy Birthday to You Good Morning to AllPossible Retelling for the Teachers ReferenceThe story of “Happy Birthday to You” was a nice, sweet on eat the very beginning, but later tu

27、rned into a bitter one. There were two sisters: one was Mildred Hill, and the other Patty Hill. The former had great musical talents, while the latter had knowledge of kindergarten education. Bu combining their abilities, the two produced a song called “Good Morning to All”. It was a success, and la

28、ter published in a collection of songs for kindergartens.Thirty-one years later a man named Coleman published the song without the sisters permission. To make things worse, he added a second part, which is the present “Happy Birthday to You”. This new song soon became popular and eventually it repla

29、ced the sisters first part altogether. Then, in 1916, Patty took legal action against Coleman. In court she managed to prove that she and her sister really owned the song.VI. Further Listening and SpeakingTask 1: KaraokeDalin: Its Mikes birthday on Friday, so a bunch of us are going to go to the kar

30、aoke bar. Would you like to come with us?Laura: Karaoke bar? You have a special place just for singing? In America, bars sometimes have a karaoke night where the customers can sing a song, but we havent special karaoke bars!Dalin: Really? In China, karaoke is a very popular way for friends ro spend

31、time together. We can select the music that ur group enjoys. We mostly sing pop songs.Laura: Do you sing individually or in groups? Singing is not a very in thing, so I dont sing very well.1. Task 2: When was music first sent down a telephone line?So you think downloading music from the Internet thr

32、ough a phone line is a really cool modern thing? Not so. In 1896, Thaddeus Cahill Filed a patent on the instrument for transmitting music electronically, and until 1914 he sent music signals down telephone lines with this instrument. And he wasnt even the first. Elisha Gray transmitted music over a

33、telephone line in 1876, which was the same year the telephone was invented. Gray invented the first electronic music instrument in 1874, calling it the “Musical Telegraph”. Alexander Graham Bell also designed an experimental “Electric Harp” for speech to be transmitted over a telephone line using te

34、chnology similar to Grays. Bell was a speech teacher for the deaf. In 1879 he created an instrument to measure hearing loss. That is why the degrees of loudness came to be measured in bels or decibels. 5-4-2-1-3Task 3: Thank You for the MusicIm nothing special, in fact Im a bit of a boreIf I tell a

35、joke, youre probably heard it before But I have a talent, a wonderful thing Cause everyone listens when I start to singIm so grateful and proudAll I want is to sing it out loudSo I sayThank you for the music, the songs Im singingThanks for all the joy theyre bringingWho can live without it, I ask in all hone