课文原文

Dialogue
Language Structure:
The -ing Participle (II)
A:Do you know the person sitting over there, reading?
B:You mean the man sitting on the bench.
A:No.1 mean the man sitting on the grass.
B:Oh,yes.That's William Green's brother.
A:Really? Once I heard him reciting a poem at an English Evening.
B:Did he do a good job?
A:Yes, he did it marvellously.
grass/gra:s/
草；草地
William
威廉
Green/gri:n/
格林
recite/ri'sait/
背诵；吟诵
poem
诗；诗编
marvellously
很好地
Listening Comprehension
Listen and fill in the banks.
1.The boys__are gambling.
2.The man__to the mill is a farmer.
3.Many students are standing there,__.
4.There were many other students__.
5.He wrote me a letter__.
6.Anyone__knows his name.
7.I saw a sick child__a moment ago.
8.The girl__is about my age.
9.The old man__used to be an electrician.
10.The teacher found the students__.
11.I watch from my window many people__at the market.
12.The records provide a flow of popular music,__.
Text:Music
Who invented music?Who made the first musical instrument?
What was it?Who sang the first song?
No one knows exactly the answers to these questions.
But we know that music plays a large part in almost every human life.
Babies and young children love to hear people singing to them.
When they are a little older, they like to sing the songs they have heard.
When children go to school, their world of music grows.
In kindergarten, they are taught singing games and dances.
In the middle grades,students learn charming folk songs,
holiday songs and resounding patrioticsongs.
At this age, many children start to take music lessons.
When they reach high school,they become interested in listening to popular music.
Portable radios playing the latest songs are heard everywhere.
In a lot of colleges,students become interested in the music of great composers.
Music has meaning for everyone.
It affects the old and the young,the rich and the poor,men and women.
It can make people happy or it can make them sad.
In our modern world,some form of music is available to almost everyone.
Records,tapes,the radio and television provide a constant flow of music around us,
giving enjoyment and relaxing our nerves.
Music means different things to different people.
Music belongs to the world.

词语解释
New Words and Expressions
musical
音乐的
instrument
乐器
play a part (in)
起作用
baby/'beibi/
婴儿
kindergarten
幼儿园
charming
迷人的
folk
民间
resounding
响亮
patriotic
爱国的
portable
可携带的
latest/'leitist/
最近的
become
变成；开始变得
composer
作曲家
affect
影响
sad/
悲伤的
available
可取得的；可采用的
CD
光碟
compact disk
小型磁盘
provide
供给；提供
constant
经常的
flow
荡漾
enjoyment
享乐
nerve
神经