高中英语人教版高一英语必修一02

[00:05.20]Lesson 41    1 Dialogue

[00:11.44]Jackie and Yang Pei are both students in Australia.

[00:16.90]They talking about the coming weekend.

[00:21.26]What are you doing on Saturday evening?

[00:25.21]I'm going to hear John Denver.

[00:29.05]Who's he?   Haven't you heard of him?

[00:33.44]He's a very famous singer.

[00:36.96]He's singing at the New Theatre on Saturday.

[00:41.40]What kind of music does he sing?

[00:45.35]American country music.He writes most of his songs himself.

[00:51.72]Is he good?   Of course he is.He's very successful.

[00:57.47]He's made lots of records.

[01:01.44]They broadcase a programme 1 of his music last month on the radio.

[01:07.08]Why don't you come on Saturday?

[01:10.74]I think you'd enjoy it.   That's a good idea.

[01:16.02]You'd better hurry and buy a ticket then.It'll be very popular.

[01:21.76]3 Dialogue Jackie and Yang Pei meet the next day.

[01:29.31]Are you coming on Saturday?

[01:32.87]No,I'm afraid I'm not.    Why not?

[01:38.32]When I got to the theatre I found that they had sold all the tickets.

[01:44.28]Bad luck!

[01:47.13]Lesson 42   Reading 2

[01:57.16]Read this passage to get a general idea.

[02:02.20]Is American country music about modern life?

[02:06.85]AMERICAN COUNTRY MUSIC

[02:10.93]During the 1990,American country music has become more and more popular.

[02:18.00]Song writers are no longer writing about the modern values 4 of the USA--

[02:24.25]money,success or expensive things to buy.

[02:29.52]Instead they are writing once more about things that are common for everyone:

[02:36.19]feeling alones in the mdeern world,

[02:40.24]the value 3 of having good friends and so on.

[02:44.70]  In the 1950s,American music was about other things,

[02:50.87]for example,love--getting or losing a boyfriend 5 or girlfriend.

[02:57.53]Money was also thought to be important.

[03:01.89]  Then in the 1960s song writers turned to other subjects.

[03:08.66]During these years many young students were angry with society,

[03:14.72]so songs were often full of anger 6.

[03:19.08]Political leaders were not well thought of

[03:23.13]and those songs often made fun of them.

[03:27.28]  Today country music has returned.

[03:31.36]It has become big business.

[03:35.30]It brings in between 200 and 400 million dollars a year.

[03:41.36]Once the home of American country music was Nashville,Tennessee.

[03:47.32]Now,however,the music has reachered all parts of the States,

[03:52.88]from Los Angeles in the west to New York in the east.

[03:58.65]Singers do not just come from the States but from all over the world.

[04:04.61]There are many famous singers from Britain,Canada and Australia.

[04:10.46]A lot of them appear on television too.

[04:14.82] The first country singers sang while playing the guitar.

[04:19.87]It was easy for them to carry a guitar on their travels.

[04:25.22]Now,however,a lot of electrical 7 equipment 8 is needed for larger theatres.

[04:31.70]  Country music today remains 9 much the same as before.

[04:36.74]One subject to which country music often returns is "the good old days".

[04:43.51]In "the good old days" people thought well of each other.

[04:48.78]People loved life in the open air.

[04:52.83]They beleved that the best things in life were free