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第十一课：世界之声

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　SPEAKING

　　课文翻译

　　Student A:You want to buy a CD for your friend’s birthday, but you are not

　　A同学：你想给你的朋友买一张CD作为他的生日礼物,但你不

　　sure what to buy. Ask your partner to give some suggestions.

　　知道买什么类型的。向你的同伴征求一些建议。

　　Student B:Your partner needs your advice. Please help him or her to make a

　　B同学：你的同伴需要你的建议，请帮助他(她)做出

　　decision.

　　决定。

　　Example：

　　例子：

　　JOE:Hi Susan! Can you help me decide what to buy for Peter’s birthday?

　　乔：嗨！苏珊！你能帮助我考虑一下买什么作为彼得的生日礼物吗？

　　SUSAN: Sure. What do you have in mind?

　　苏珊：可以。你考虑买什么合适？

　　JOE:Well, Peter loves music, so I thought I would give him a CD.

　　乔：嗯，彼得喜欢音乐，我想我可以送给他一张唱片。

　　SUSAN: That’s a good idea! What kind of music does he like?

　　苏珊：这是个好主意！他喜欢什么类型的音乐？

　　JOE:I’m not sure. Oh yes, he likes rock music.

　　乔：我不太了解。对了，他喜欢摇滚。

　　SUSAN: Rock music? Hm, maybe you could give him the new Ricky Martin

　　苏珊：摇滚？呣，或许你可以给他最新的瑞奇·马丁的

　　CD.

　　唱片。

　　JOE:Ricky Martin? That’s not rock music. Peter wouldn’t like that.

　　乔：瑞奇·马丁？那不是摇滚。彼得不会喜欢的。

　　SUSAN: How about a Rolling Stones CD?

　　苏珊：那么滚石乐队的怎么样？

　　JOE:Yes, that’s a good suggestion. He loves the Rolling Stones.

　　乔：这是个好主意。他喜欢滚石乐队。

　重点·难点·考点及疑点注释

　　1. difference是可数名词，意为“区别，不同”，后面常接介词between。

　　There are many differences between living in a city and living in the country.

　　住在城市和住在乡下有很多不同之处。

　　在第10单元学习的短语make a great difference,意为“有很大不同”；make no difference意为“没有不同”；make all the difference意为“完全不同”。

　　2. be sure意为“对…确信，有把握”，后可接从句。

　　I’m sure he’ll come.我确信他会来。

　　I’m not sure whether I’ll go or not.我拿不准是否去。

　　3. advice是不可数名词，意为“忠告，建议”；a piece of advice意为“一条建议”。

　　Let me give you a piece of advice.我给你一条建议。

　　If you take/follow my advice，you’ll see a doctor.

　　如果你听我的话，就去看病。

　　4. make a decision意为“做出决定”。

　　We must make a decision whether we follow his advice.

　　是否采纳他的建议，我们必须做出决定。

　　5.have…in mind意为“考虑；……适合……”。

　　Who do you have in mind for the job?你考虑谁做这个工作合适？

　　She told her boss what she had in mind.

　　她把心中所想的告诉了她的老板。

　　6. dance to…意为“随着……跳舞”。

　　We danced to disco music.我们跟着迪斯科乐曲跳舞。

　　READING

　课文翻译

　THE SOUNDS OF THE WORLD

　世界之声

　　There is a world of music out there! What we hear on the radio or see on

　　这个世界到处都有音乐！我们在收音机里听到的或在

　　TV is only a small part of all the wonderful music that is waiting for us. Most of us

　　电视机里看到的仅仅是等待我们的奇妙音乐世界的一小部分。我们中的

　　probably like pop music and have our favourite performers, stars or bands, but

　　大多数或许都喜欢流行音乐，都有自己喜爱的演员、歌星或乐队，但

　　many of us also want to discover new sounds and rhythms. Here is a brief look

　　我们中的很多人还是想探索新的声音和旋律。下面是

　　at some of the exciting music styles from around the world.

　　世界各地的令人兴奋的音乐风格的概况。

　　Blues music has a long history. The blues is a way for people to show

　　布鲁斯音乐有很长的历史。布鲁斯是人们表达

　　who they are and what is in their heart. People have been playing the blues for

　　他们是谁，他们心里所想的一种新的方式。人们演奏布鲁斯已经有

　　many years, but the music has kept many of its characteristics. The blues

　　很多年了，但是这种音乐还是保持了许多本身的特征。布鲁斯

　　comes from African songs that people used to sing when they worked and during

　　来源于人们在劳动和节日唱的非洲歌曲。

　　festivals. The African songs met American music when African slaves were

　　当非洲黑奴被带到美国后，非洲音乐和美洲音乐互相融合在一起。

　　brought to the US. The blues has been part of AfricanAmerican culture since

　　从那时起，布鲁斯就成为非—美文化的一部分，

　　then, and it is still an important part of American culture. Other music styles,

　　现在仍然是美国文化的重要组成部分。另外的一些音乐形式，

　　like jazz and rock music, have all come from blues music.

　　像爵士乐和摇滚乐，都来自于布鲁斯音乐。

　　Today’s American music culture contains many different musical styles.

　　今天的美洲音乐文化包含着许多不同的风格。

　　People still listen to blues and rock, but they also listen to hiphop and rap.

　　人们仍然听布鲁斯和摇滚，但他们也听街舞音乐和说唱乐。

　　Hiphop and rap have much in common with blues and rock, but they also

　　街舞音乐和说唱乐与布鲁斯和摇滚有许多相似之处，但他们仍然

　　have their own characteristics. Hiphop music often combines parts of other

　　有自己的特点。街舞音乐通常结合别的音乐形式

　　styles to create music that will help people hear new things in old music. Perhaps

　　去创造新的音乐，这种音乐可以帮助人们从老曲子当中听出新东西。或许

　　the most important characteristics of rap music is the way the artists sing. In

　　说唱乐最重要的特点是艺术家演唱的方式。在

　　rap music, the singer or“rapper”will speak or“rap”the words along with

　　说唱乐中，演唱者，或者说是“说唱者”，将会和着节奏说出，更确切地说，是“唠叨”

　　the beat.

　　出歌词。

　　Another important style in today’s world of music is Latin music. Latin

　　当今世界上的另外一种重要的音乐形式是拉丁音乐。拉丁

　　music—music that uses traditional styles from Latin America—has spread all

　　音乐——融合了拉丁美洲的传统形式的音乐——已经

　　over the world. In the US,swheresthere are many Spanishspeaking people,

　　传遍了世界。在美国，由于有很多说西班牙语的居民，

　　Latin music is a big part of the culture. It has always been popular in Spanish-

　　拉丁音乐是其文化的重要组成部分。拉丁音乐在西班牙语

　　speaking countries and today stars like Santana and Ricky Martin are known

　　国家受到普遍欢迎，今天全世界都知道像桑塔纳和瑞奇·马丁

　　throughout the world.

　　这样的明星。

　　There are of course many other interesting styles of music. There is a

　　当然还有许多另外一些令人感兴趣的音乐类型。在

　　wide variety of new music to be discovered in every corner of the world, so the

　　世界的每一个角落，都有种类繁多的新音乐等待我们去发现，所以

　　next time you look for a tape or a CD, don’t just look for Chinese or American

　　当你下一次寻找磁带或唱片时，不要仅仅找中国或美国的

　　music—open your ears to the sounds of the world!

　　音乐——聆听世界之音吧！

重点·难点·考点及疑点注释

　　1.discover意为“发现，探索”。

　　Columbus discovered America.哥伦布发现了美洲。

　　I never discovered how to start the engine.

　　我怎么也学不会发动引擎。

　　注意：discover和invent的区别：discover意为“发现”；invent意为“发明，创造”。discover的对象是一直存在的，以往未被人们认识或发现；invent的意思是产生出以前没有的东西，往往是物质性的东西。

　　Gilbert discovered electricity, but Edison invented the light bulb.

　　吉尔伯特发现了电，但爱迪生发明了灯泡。

　　Paper was invented in China.纸发明于中国。

　　2. brief意为“简短的，简洁的”。

　　a brief conversation短暂的谈话

　　Please be brief.请简短地说。

　　3.have been playing…意为“一直在演奏……”。这种时态叫做现在完成进行时，是“have/has + been + doing”构成，意为“某事从过去开始做，一直做到现在，并且还将持续下去，或者不再继续”。

　　My mother has been teaching for 20 years.

　　我母亲教了二十年的学了。

　　I have been working at the factory since I left school.

　　我毕业后，一直在这个工厂里工作。

　　4. characteristic是可数名词，意为“特征,特色,特性”。

　　Good planning is one of the characteristics of a successful business.

　　周详的规划是成功企业的特征之一。

　　注意：characteristic意为“人或物容易识别的特征”；而character指“人或物区别于其他的特征”。character可以作“品质，性格，气质”解，也可作“角色”解。

　　The twins look alike but have very different characters.

　　这两个孪生儿长得很像，但性格很不同。

　　5.in common (with)意为“公用的，公有的，共同的”。

　　John and I have nothing in common.约翰与我没有共同之处。

　　In common with most young people, she hates getting up in the morning.

　　跟大多数年轻人一样，她早上不愿意起床。

　　6. along with相当于with或together with,意为“跟……一块儿”。

　　There was a bill along with the parcel.

　　随同包裹来的还有一张账单。

　　together/along with连接两个主语时，谓语动词应和前面的主语保持一致。

　　Mary, together with his sister, has gone back.

　　玛丽，还有她的姐妹们已经回来了。

　　7. variety是名词，a variety of意为“各种各样的，种种的”。

　　He left for a variety reasons.他由于种种原因而离开了。

　　variety可以用作不可数名词，意为“变化，多变(性)；多样化”。

　　We all need variety in our diet.我们都需要饮食多样化。

LANGUAGE STUDY

　课文翻译

　　Reading and writing

　　Elvis Presley, who was born in 1935 and died in 1977, was a world

　　艾尔维斯·普雷斯利生于1935年，1977年辞世。他是世界

　　famous pop star and will always be loved by his fans from different countries.

　　闻名的流行歌星，会永远受到各国歌迷的喜爱。

　　Elvisparents were very poor and lived in a tworoom house. He started

　　艾尔维斯的父母很穷，一家人住在一栋两居室的房子里。刚刚2岁，

　　singing when he was only two years old. He could sing very well when he was

　　他就开始唱歌了。9岁的时候他就能唱得很好。

　　eight. For his eleventh birthday, Elvis wanted a bicycle but was given a guitar

　　过11岁生日的时候，艾尔维斯想要一辆自行车，但父母送给他

　　by his parents.

　　一把吉他。

　　Elvis left school and became a truck driver. He made his first record for

　　毕业后，艾尔维斯作了一名卡车司机。17岁的时候他录制了第一张

　　his mothers birthday when he was seventeen. The next year another song was

　　唱片，庆祝母亲的生日。第二年他又录了另一首歌。

　　recorded. After that he was asked by more and more people to make records.

　　此后越来越多的人请他录制唱片。

　　During his lifetime, Elvis made more than 200 records and 30 films.

　　一生当中，艾尔维斯录制了200多张唱片，出演了30多部影片。

　　Even today, his music is still liked by people around the world. The

　　即使在今天，他的音乐仍受到世界人民的喜爱。

　　houseswhereshe once lived has been turned /into/ a museum and is visited by

　　他曾经住过的房子已经成了博物馆，每年都有

　　thousands of people every year.

　　几千人来此地参观。

　重点·难点·考点及疑点注释

　　1.a tworoom house意为“一栋两居室的房子”。此处tworoom是形容词，其中room为原形。

　　There is a thirtymetre high tower on the left.在左侧有一座30米高的塔。

　　2.leave school意为“毕业”，school不变形式，前面也不用冠词。

　　He left school at the age of seventeen.他17岁时毕业了。

　　3.turn /into/意为“(使)变成”，是动词加介词构成的短语。

　　The temple has been turned /into/ a school.那座寺庙已成为一所学校。

　　4.together/along with连接两个主语时，谓语动词应和前面的主语保持一致。

　　Mary, together with his sister, has gone back.

　　玛丽，还有她的姐妹们已经回来了。

　　There was a bill along with the parcel.

　　随同包裹来的还有一张账单。

　　5.variety是名词，a variety of意为“各种各样的，种种的”。

　　He left for a variety reasons.他由于种种原因而离开了。

　　variety可以用作不可数名词，意为“变化，多变(性)；多样化”。

　　We all need variety in our diet.我们都需要饮食多样化。

　语法：不同时态的被动语态

　　被动语态的基本形式是“be +过去分词”，根据时态的不同，be的形式有所变化。

　　1.一般过去时的被动语态是由“was/were +过去分词”构成。

　　The meeting was held in August.

　　这次会议是八月召开的。

　　The computers were made in Shanghai.

　　这些电脑是上海制造的。

　　2.一般将来时的被动语态，由“will/shall be +过去分词”构成；过去将来时的被动语态，由“would/should be +过去分词”构成。

　　We shall not be invited.我们不会受到邀请。

　　We didn’t know what tools would be needed in the work?

　　我们不知道在工作中需要什么工具?

　　3.现在完成时的被动语态，由“have/has been +过去分词”构成，过去完成时的被动语态，由“had been +过去分词”构成。

　　The book has been translated /into/ many language.

　　这本书已被译成多种语言。

　　Have those books that the students are interested in been sold out?

　　那些孩子们喜欢的书都卖完了吗？

　　I explained that the keys had been forgotten.

　　我解释说把钥匙给忘了。

　　4.现在进行时的被动语态，由“am/is/are being +过去分词”构成；过去进行时的被动语态，由“was/were being+过去分词”构成。

　　The machine was being repaired in the school factory.

　　那时机器正在校办工厂修理。

　　This song is being played all over the country now.

　　现在全国各地都在播放这首歌曲。

　INTEGRATING SKILLS

　课文翻译

　　Reading and writing

　　POP VERSUS ROCK

　　流行VS摇滚

　　Rock and pop music are becoming more and more similar, but there are

　　摇滚乐和流行乐正在逐渐变得越来越相似，但是他们

　　still some important differences. Most pop singers make music their career.

　　仍然有一些重要的区别。大部分的流行歌手把音乐当作他们的职业。

　　They use music to become rich and famous, and they sing songs that will be

　　音乐是他们致富和成名的途径，他们唱每个人

　　liked by everybody. Rock singers, on the other hand, make music their life.

　　都喜欢的歌曲。相反，摇滚歌手把音乐当作生命。

　　They play music to satisfy their inner desire. They do not think about how

　　他们歌唱来满足内心的渴望。他们不去想

　　much money they can make from a song; instead, they sing for their emotions

　　能从一首歌中挣多少钱；相反，他们为感情而唱，他们

　　and live for music.

　　为音乐而生。

　　Pop songs and rock songs are written in different ways. A pop song is

　　流行乐和摇滚乐的创作方式不同。一首流行歌曲是

　　written in a“factory”where one person writes the words, someone else the

　　在音乐“工厂”里写成的，在那里，一个人写词，另外的一个人谱曲，

　　music, and other musicians record it. The singer often knows little about the

　　其余的音乐人录音。歌手对这首歌内含的观点和要

　　ideas or feelings behind the song. The process of making rock music, how

　　表达的感情一无所知。然而制作摇滚乐的过程

　　ever, is totally different. The singers and musicians are all able to write

　　完全不同。歌手和音乐人都能够写歌，

　　music and work together in a band. When one of them has a strong feeling,

　　而且他们在同一个乐队工作。当其中的一个人有一种强烈的感情

　　he or she expresses it with music and the others help build the song.

　　并且想用音乐表达出来，别的人就帮助他完成这首歌。

　　Because of the different ways of thinking and writing songs, rock and pop

　　因为歌曲的思考和写作方式不同，摇滚乐和流行乐

　　songs also tell different stories. Most pop songs tell simple stories about love

　　讲述不同的故事。大部分流行乐讲述庸俗的爱情故事

　　and are written to entertain people. They are popular for a short time, but will

　　来取悦观众。他们会流行一段时间，但

　　soon be forgotten. Rock music, on the other hand, expresses true feelings

　　马上就会被忘记。另一方面，摇滚乐表达的是

　　about society, friendship and even war. Some rock songs are also about love,

　　对社会、友谊甚至战争的真实的思想感情。一些摇滚也是关于爱情的，

　　but the feelings they express are deeper. For example, love in a pop song is

　　但是他们表达的感情更深入。例如，流行乐中的爱情不是

　　either good or bad, but in a rock song it can be both good and bad at the same

　　愉悦的就是悲伤的，但是在摇滚乐中，愉悦和悲伤的感情可能同时存在。

　　time. Pop music makes people feel easy and forget about the real world; rock

　　流行乐使人们感到轻松并忘记真实的世界；摇滚乐

　　music makes people think about the world and how to make their life better.

　　让人们思考这个世界，思考怎样人们才能生活得更好。

　重点·难点·考点及疑点注释

　　1. similar作形容词，意为“近似的，类似的，相似的”。

　　He was advised not to eat bread, cake and other similar foods.

　　他被劝告不要吃面包，蛋糕和其他类似的食品。

　　We have similar tastes in music.我们在音乐方面的爱好相似。

　　2. on the other hand意为“另一方面……；从另一方面说……”。

　　I know this job of mine isn’t well paid, but on the other hand I don’t have to work long hours.

　　我知道这份工作报酬不高，但从另一方面来说，我也不必工作太长时间。

　　3. satisfy意为“满意，满足”，be satisfied with意为“对…感兴趣”。

　　Some people are very hard to satisfy.一些人很难满足。

　　OK, I’ve done everything you asked; now are you satisfied?

　　好了，你所要求的事情我都做了，现在你该满意了吧？

　　4. process意为“过程，进程；程序，方法”。

　　Coal was formed out of dead forests by a long process of chemical change.

　　煤是由死去森林经过长期而缓慢的化学变化形成的。

　　We’re still in the process of moving house.我们还正在搬家呢。

　　5. feeling是可数名词，意为“感受，感想，看法”。

　　a feeling of hunger饥饿的感觉

　　I don’t really know what to think—I have got very mixed feelings on the subject.我真不知道要想些什么——对于这个问题，我心里很矛盾。

　　6. simple意为“简单的，容易的”。

　　The plan sounds simple enough but it won’t be so simple to put it /into/ action.

　　这计划听起来相当简单，但要将它付诸实施却没那么容易。

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