高中英语人教版高二下09

[00:07.00]1 Dialogue

[00:11.08]Mary and Rik are discussing plans for the music for a party in the country.

[00:14.64]玛丽和里克在讨论乡村聚会演奏音乐的计划.

[00:18.21]RIK:Have you decided 1 what music you'd like us to play at the party?

[00:20.88]你已经决定在聚会上要我们演奏什么音乐了吗?

[00:23.56]MARY:Oh,at the end some songs that everyone's familiar with,

[00:26.45]哦,终场时演奏一些大家都熟悉的歌曲,

[00:29.34]then they can join in.Can you play jazz?

[00:32.21]那样他们都能参加.你们能演奏爵士音乐吗?

[00:35.08]RIK:Of course we can. Our job is playing all kinds of music.

[00:38.11]当然能啦.我们的工作就是演奏各种音乐.

[00:41.14]MARY:Well,I think at the beginning

[00:43.38]好啦,我想开始时.

[00:45.61]we'd rather have some fairly 2 quiet and peaceful music.

[00:48.48]我们宁可听些柔和舒缓的音乐.

[00:51.36]I'd prefer them not to play too loudly at the beginning.

[00:54.14]我宁可他们开始时演奏的音量不要太大.

[00:56.92]Otherwise we won't be able to hear ourselves talk.

[00:59.60]否则我们就听不到我们彼此间的谈话了.

[01:02.28]RIK:Maybe some folk 3 songs to start with?

[01:04.31]也许先演奏些民歌?

[01:06.35]MARY:Yes.And then after supper some jazz or pop so that people can dance.

[01:10.16]可以.晚餐后来点爵士音乐或流行歌曲,好让人们跳舞.

[01:13.98]How many musicians are you bringing?

[01:16.00]你打算带多少音乐师来呢?

[01:18.03]RIK:I've decided to bring seven.

[01:19.91]我决定带7位.

[01:21.79]The people performing all play different instruments

[01:26.75]and three of them sing too.

[01:28.67]参加演出的人都要演奏不同的乐器.其中三人也唱歌.

[01:30.59](Later)MARY:What's your favourite kind of music?

[01:33.17]后来你最喜欢什么样的音乐?

[01:35.74]RIK:I like folk music.I write my own songs and I play the guitar as well.

[01:39.47]我喜欢民间音乐.我自己作词,我也弹吉他.

[01:43.21]MARY:How many instruments do you play?

[01:45.53]你会演奏多少种乐器?

[01:47.86]RIK:I play the guitar,piano and jazz violin.

[01:50.69]我弹吉他,钢琴和拉爵士小提琴.

[01:53.53]MARY:Is that hard?I mean,the jazz violin?

[01:56.19]弹奏难吗?我意思是说拉爵士小提琴.

[01:58.86]RIK:Yes.You have to practise a lot.

[02:00.97]难.你得多练.

[02:03.09]Lesson 82  2 Reading comprehension 4

[02:15.34]MUSIC

[02:17.98]There are two important kinds of music in the world

[02:20.80]--世界上有两种音乐

[02:23.62]one is written down and the other is not.

[02:26.10]一类是有文字记载的,另一类是没有文字记载的.

[02:28.58]Many people earn their living by writing music.

[02:31.25]许多人靠写词作曲来谋生.

[02:33.91]They write songs for pop starts and music for films and TV plays.

[02:37.78]他们给通俗歌星创作歌曲.为电影和电视剧作曲.

[02:41.65]They usually write exact instructions how the music is to be played.

[02:45.22]他们通常还要为如何演奏他们的音乐写出精确的说词.

[02:48.80]Folk music has been passed down from one generation to another.

[02:51.89]民间音乐是一代一代地流传下来的.

[02:54.97]At first it was never written down.

[02:57.15]起初从来没有人把它写下来.

[02:59.33]People learnt the songs from their famlies,relatives,

[03:02.11]人们学习唱歌是从他们的家人,亲戚,

[03:04.89]neighbours and friends in the same village.

[03:07.26]邻居和朋友在同一个村庄.

[03:09.62]These songs were about country life,the seasons,animals and plants,

[03:13.45]歌曲内容是有关乡村生活季节,动植物

[03:17.28]and about love and sadness in people's lives.

[03:20.06]以及人们生活中的爱情和忧伤.

[03:22.84]Early performers 5 of music were popular and respected.

[03:25.68]早期的音乐演奏家是深受人们的欢迎和爱戴的.

[03:28.51]They used to learn hundreds of songs by heart.

[03:31.08]他们牢记几百首歌曲.

[03:33.66]On festivals they used to act and sing in praise of heroes

[03:40.32]who lived long ago.

[03:42.09]在节日里,他们表演并歌颂很久以前的英雄.

[03:43.87]This was at a time when there was no radio,TV or cinema.

[03:47.29]这是广播,电视或电影出现以前的情形.

[03:50.71]Many of the country people could neither read nor write.

[03:53.39]当时许多乡下人不识字也不会写字.

[03:56.07]In this way stories were passed on from one person to another.

[03:59.31]故事就是以这种方式流传下来的

[04:02.55]This continues in some countries even today.

[04:05.47]即使在今天,有些国家里还存在这种情况.

[04:08.40]In some parts of the world nowadays,

[04:10.72]现在世界上有些地区,

[04:13.05]you often see musicians performing in the streets to passers-by.

[04:16.47]你还可以经常看到音乐家在街头为行人演奏.

[04:19.89]They put a cap on the ground in front of them,

[04:22.37]他们把帽子放在身前的地上,

[04:24.86]so that people who like the music can drop coins into it.

[04:28.08]以便使喜欢这种音乐的人都能把硬币投到帽子里.

[04:31.31]WORLD MUSIC

[04:34.18]In Africa most music is folk music.

[04:36.91]非洲,大多数音乐都是民间音乐.

[04:39.64]It plays an important part in people's lives especially for work,

[04:42.88]它在人们的生活中起着重要的作用,特别是为了工作,

[04:46.12]and at festivals and weddings,when people dance all night long.

[04:49.65]以及在节日和婚礼上,这时人们通宵达旦地跳舞.

[04:53.17]Indian music is not written down.

[04:55.46]印度音乐是没有记录下来的.

[04:57.74]There is a basic pattern of notes which the musician follows.

[05:00.77]它是一个音乐家必须遵循的基本基调.

[05:03.80]But a lot of modern music is also written.

[05:06.43]但是许多现代音乐还是用文字记录了下来.

[05:09.05]India produces more films than any other country in the world.

[05:12.23]印度摄制的影片比世界上任何其它国家都多.

[05:15.40]It produces musicals too,that is,films with music,

[05:18.73]它还摄制音乐片,即以音乐为主的影片.

[05:22.06]and millions of records are sold every year.

[05:24.58]每年销售的唱片达几百万张.

[05:27.11]In the Caribbean

[05:28.69]在加勒比海

[05:30.27]the salves who were brought from Arica developed their own kind of music.

[05:33.65]从非洲运来的奴隶发展了他们自己的音乐.

[05:37.03]West Indians make musical instruments out of large oil cans.

[05:40.66]西印度群岛人用大油罐制成乐器.

[05:44.29]They hit different parts of the drum with hammers to produce different notes.

[05:47.98]他们用鼓槌击鼓的不同部位而发出不同的声调.

[05:51.66]This type of music has become very famous in Britain

[05:54.48]这种音乐在英国已经很有名气,

[05:57.30]and is very good music to dance to.

[05:59.52]是很好的舞蹈伴奏音乐.

[06:01.74]Jazz was born in the USA around 1890.

[06:04.97]爵士音乐于1890年左右诞生于美国.

[06:08.20]It came from work songs sung by black people and had its roots in Africa.

[06:12.02]它是从黑人劳动所唱的歌曲演变而来的，它的根在非洲。

[06:15.85]Jazz started developing 6 in the 1920s in the southern states.

[06:19.27]爵士音乐是在20世纪20年代在美国南部各洲开始兴起来的。

[06:22.69]Soon it was played by white musicians,too,

[06:27.97]and reached other parts of the USA.

[06:30.24]于是，爵士音乐就流传到美国的其它地区。

[06:32.52]Lesson 83 1  Poem

[06:39.40]第83课 1 诗一首

[06:46.28]A PERFECT DAY

[06:47.76]美好的日子

[06:49.23]When you come to the end of a perfect day,

[06:51.45]当美好的日子即将流过,

[06:53.68]And you sit alone with your thought,

[06:55.56]你沉思着独自静坐,

[06:57.44]While the chimes ring out with a carol 7 gay 8

[06:59.76]当钟声伴随着快乐的颂歌响起

[07:02.09]For the joy that the day has brought,

[07:03.97]为了这美好日子带来的欢乐.

[07:05.85]Do you think what the end of a perfect day Can mean to a tired heart,

[07:09.04]你可曾想到对于一颗疲惫的心这美好的日子意味着什么,

[07:12.22]When the sun goes down with a flaming ray,

[07:16.66]And the dear friends have to part?

[07:18.44]当太阳西下,霞光如焰,亲爱的朋友又得分手?

[07:20.22]Well,this is the end of a perfect day,Near the end of a journey too;

[07:23.55]啊,这是一个美好日子的终点,也是一次旅行的了结;

[07:26.88]But it leaves a thought that is big and strong,

[07:29.21]但它留下了强烈的思念,

[07:31.55]With a wish that is kind and true.

[07:33.52]还有那亲切而真诚的祝愿.

[07:35.50]For memory has painted this perfect day,

[07:37.68]这美好日子的回忆,

[07:39.86]With colours that never fade,And we find at the end of a perfect day,

[07:43.29]永不消退,永远鲜艳,我们在这美好日子的终点,

[07:46.73]The soul of a friend we've made.

[07:48.75]看到了朋友神圣的心田