新西兰英语 652 The Big Sing
英语课
For the next three evenings, Wellington will host the finals of The Big Sing in the Town Hall.
The Big Sing is a choir 1 competition for secondary schools. Schools can enter a male, female or mixed choir, or all three if they want to. Each choir performs for 10 minutes and sings three songs, one from each category. These are the three categories: New Zealand music, European music, other music such as folk or popular music.
Local competitions began at the end of May with the East Coast region held in Hastings and the Canterbury region held in Christchurch. Most other regional competitions were held mid 2 June. 230 choirs 3 from 150 schools entered the competition this year. Eighteen choirs are in the finals as well as four guest choirs.
Many of these performances are on YouTube. You can find links on The Big Sing website.
Grammar
Note the use of the timeless present simple tense: each choir performs … sings.
n.唱诗班，唱诗班的席位，合唱团，舞蹈团；v.合唱
- The choir sang the words out with great vigor.合唱团以极大的热情唱出了歌词。
- The church choir is singing tonight.今晚教堂歌唱队要唱诗。
adj.中央的，中间的
- Our mid-term exam is pending.我们就要期中考试了。
- He switched over to teaching in mid-career.他在而立之年转入教学工作。