Step by Step 3000 第2册 Unit7:Leisure time(3)

 　　Part 3. The man with the horn 1.

　　Keywords. horn, play, music, band, jazz.
　　Vocabulary. cheer, band.
　　A. In this part, you're going to hear a passage about Loius Satchmo Armstrong, one of the most famous jazz musicians in the United 2 States.
　　Listen carefully, choose the correct answer to each question you hear.
　　The crowd cheered and cheered, the man with the horn waved and smiled his great happy smile.
　　"More, more", cried the crowd. And Loius Stachmo Armstrong took his horn and began to play again.
　　Here he was in England, now a famous man, he was rich, he know many important people.
　　Wherever he went, people knew his name, they wanted to hear his music.
　　As Louis played the sad, slow song, he thought of his home in New Orleans, he lived there as a boy.
　　How many years ago it was? It was a busy, exciting city, but Louis's family was very poor.
　　He went to work to help his mother, he also went to school.
　　One of Louis's teachers asked him to be in the school band.
　　"This horn is yours until you leave our school", his tearcher said.
　　Louis's music was jazz and he loved it, he remembered all the music he heard.
　　He didn't learn to read music until he was a man.
　　When he left school, he played in many bands. He loved his work, and people loved him.
　　They knew he had a wonderful talent.
　　Louis played in little towns and in big cities.
　　Satchmo's horn had as many sounds as ten horns 3, sometimes slow and sweet, sometimes fast and hot, high and low,
　　his music was always strong and exciting.
　　"He does make wonderful music", said a man who listened happily.
　　"Yes", said another man, "He makes that horn speak."
　　Then the music ended, and the crowed cheered, Louis Armstrong spoke 4 with tears in his eyes,
　　"I think, my friends, you can listen to as much jazz as I can play,
　　I thought jazz was my music, but now I understand, it is ours.
　　Isn't it beautiful how music brings us together?"
　　Questions.
　　1. Where was Louis from?
　　2. What kind of family was he born into?
　　3. Who knew Louis?
　　4. What music did he play?
　　5. When did he learn to read music?
　　6. What is Louis Armstrong most famous for?
　　7. What brings Louis and other people together?
　　8. What does the story "the man with the horn" mainly tell us?
　　B. Now listen again. Fill in the blanks with the adjectives 5 that describe Louis Armstong's music.
　　...... ......
　　The crowd cheered and cheered, the man with the horn waved and smiled his great happy smile.
　　"More, more", cried the crowd. And Loius Stachmo Armstrong took his horn and began to play again.
　　Here he was in England, now a famous man, he was rich, he know many important people.
　　Wherever he went, people knew his name, they wanted to hear his music.
　　As Louis played the sad, slow song, he thought of his home in New Orleans, he lived there as a boy.
　　How many years ago it was? It was a busy, exciting city, but Louis's family was very poor.
　　He went to work to help his mother, he also went to school.
　　One of Louis's teachers asked him to be in the school band.
　　"This horn is yours until you leave our school", his tearcher said.
　　Louis's music was jazz and he loved it, he remembered all the music he heard.
　　He didn't learn to read music until he was a man.
　　...... ......
　　When he left school, he played in many bands. He loved his work, and people loved him.
　　They knew he had a wonderful talent.
　　Louis played in little towns and in big cities.
　　Satchmo's horn had as many sounds as ten horns, sometimes slow and sweet, sometimes fast and hot, high and low,
　　his music was always strong and exciting.
　　"He does make wonderful music", said a man who listened happily.
　　"Yes", said another man, "He makes that horn speak."
　　Then the music ended, and the crowed cheered, Louis Armstrong spoke with tears in his eyes,
　　"I think, my friends, you can listen to as much jazz as I can play,
　　I thought jazz was my music, but now I understand, it is ours.
　　Isn't it beautiful how music brings us together?"