Take Away English-A Great Musical Tradition 伟大的音乐传统
时间：2019-01-02 作者：英语课 分类：Take Away English
A packed Albert Hall at the BBC Proms
Where can you hear some of best western classical and contemporary music in Britain? The answer is at the annual Proms concerts. Every summer for the past 111 years people have enjoyed the widest possible range of music, performed to the highest standards.
The home of The Proms is The Royal Albert Hall in London, and the name comes from the season’s official title: The Henry Wood Promenade 1 Concerts.
The Proms was the brainchild of the impresario 2 Robert Newman, manager of the newly 3 built Queen's Hall in London.
Together with Henry Wood, the organist, accompanist and conductor, the two man team created a particular philosophy that set the tone 4 of the Proms in the years to come.
'I am going to run nightly concerts to train the public in easy stages,' explained Newman. 'Popular at first, gradually raising the standard until I have created a public for classical and modern music.'
From the late 1920’s the BBC has organised the Proms concerts. Since 1961 the BBC has commissioned a number of new works 5 each season, offering Proms audiences a chance to hear the latest in musical trends from contemporary composers.
The festival now includes over 70 main Prom concerts every year. 1996 saw the launch 6 of Proms in the Park, where huge TV screens show the concerts to audiences in the open air. There have been special events such as 'Choral Day' (1998), and '1000 years of music in a day' (1999).
A total of ten Proms are broadcast on the BBC World Service in English on Saturdays from 1900 China time until the 8th September 2007. Try 11750 and 9740 short wave, or download the latest Prom at www.bbcworldservice.com - enjoy!
GLOSSARY 词汇表
contemporary
当代的
impresario
乐团经理
accompanist
伴奏（唱）者
philosophy
宗旨；哲学
created a public
开创一批受众群
audiences
观众；听众
the widest possible range
应有尽有
organist
风琴手
conductor
指挥
set the tone
定调
commissioned
委托
the open air
露天
- People came out in smarter clothes to promenade along the front.人们穿上更加时髦漂亮的衣服，沿着海滨散步。
- We took a promenade along the canal after Sunday dinner.星期天晚饭后我们沿着运河散步。
- The impresario will present an expanded series of concerts next season.下个季节将举办一次大型的系列音乐会。
- The impresario had buttoned his astrakhan coat.乐团经理扣好了羔皮外套。
- Have you reviewed for this newly published novel?你给这本新出版的小说写书评了吗？
- It is a newly planted tree and it has not established yet.这是一颗新栽的树，还没有扎下根来。
- There was a tone of mockery in his voice.他说话的语气含有嘲笑的意味。
- Holmes used an informal,chatty tone in his essays.霍姆斯在文章中语气轻松随便。
- We expect writers to produce more and better works.我们期望作家们写出更多更好的作品。
- The novel is regarded as one of the classic works.这篇小说被公认为是最优秀的作品之一。