时间:2018-12-04 作者:英语课 分类:新视野大学英语:视听说教程 2


英语课

Task 3: Mozart

Mozart was a fascinating musician and composer whose fame continues to grow more than two centuries 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 1 to let him start taking harpsichord 2 lessons. The boy’s reputation as a musical talent grew fast. At five, he was composing music. Form that time on, Mozart was performing n concerts and writing music. By his early teens, he had mastered the piano, violin and harpsichord, and was writing symphonies 3 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 4 in 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 5 were always in a bad state. His music from the next decade was not very popular, 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?     D

2. How long has Mozart’s fame lasted?         A

3. Which of the following is true of the four-year-old Mozart?   B

4. What could Mozart do at the age of six?       C

5. Which of the following is not mentioned as one of Mozart’s accomplishments 6 while he was in his early teens?                             C

 



1 decided
adj.决定了的,坚决的;明显的,明确的
  • This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
  • There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。
2 harpsichord
n.键琴(钢琴前身)
  • I can tune the harpsichord as well as play it.我会弹奏大键琴,同样地,我也会给大键琴调音。
  • Harpsichord music is readily playable.古钢琴音乐可以随时演奏。
3 symphonies
n.交响乐,交响曲( symphony的名词复数 )
  • The melody harks back to one of his earlier symphonies. 这首曲子使人想起他早期的一首交响曲。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • No one would deny that Beethoven's symphonies are great masterpieces. 人人都认为贝多芬的交响乐是伟大的杰作。 来自辞典例句
4 orchestra
n.管弦乐队;vt.命令,定购
  • He plays the violin in an orchestra.他在管弦乐队中演奏小提琴。
  • I was tempted to stay and hear this superb orchestra rehearse.我真想留下来听这支高超的管弦乐队排练。
5 finances
n.(pl.)财源,资产
  • I need a professional to sort out my finances. 我需要专业人士为我管理财务。
  • The company's finances are looking a bIt'shaky. 这个公司的财政情况看来有点不稳定。
6 accomplishments
n.造诣;完成( accomplishment的名词复数 );技能;成绩;成就
  • It was one of the President's greatest accomplishments. 那是总统最伟大的成就之一。
  • Among her accomplishments were sewing,cooking,playing the piano and dancing. 她的才能包括缝纫、烹调、弹钢琴和跳舞。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
学英语单词
-starred
adyta
aetomylaeus vespertilio
aginner
agreeing
alluvial fan facies
ANOPLOGASTROIDEA
anti-anti-Semitism
anticipated input
assets motive
automatic noise limiter
backing of veneer
beskirt
bolted
brot
bulbousness
capital shares
Charleston Peak
chromonar
coal mine geology
correcting compensation
count in different channels
crevasse filling
datacentres
de-excitation photon
delaying time indication
effective green time
electrovalve
engine instruments
Euripidean
file shredder
floating tube plate
genus Eumops
gerontopia
hack through
harlems
hedy-
herd infection
high level network processing language
honor
hose someone down
hot electron transistor
indices of performance
international Antarctic Analysis Center
ionic activity
Jemaja, Pulau
jim-morgan
keegans
licats
lingual groove
low plane of nutrition
Marsild
Mazury(Masuria)
metallurgy technology
meter out circuit
monetae
multi-change speed
Murray Ridge
nuclear transformed chemistry
Nun, R.
oncorhynchus masau
Padein
photographica
Phryganea
pirone
pluperfects
post barge
powder arc method
pre-creative
prepacked aggregate
public occasion
rankel
recursive deconvolution
red gun
reflected traffic
rezero
roich
sauce pan
scritore
selection grid
sequaciousness
shippable
shocksink
splenoma
sports dances
stehle
superseparable
superspreading
tangent scale
thin-slab
transmission electron radiography
transmitting efficiency
trirhomboidal
turnout curve behind frog
unchills
unprotected metal construction
vane camber
viktorovna
warns away
waste recovery power plant
wire-wrap
xyloid