高中英语选修6 module4 street_music

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Read the text carefully and answer the following questions. 1. How many cities does the writer mention? What are they? Eight. They are Barcelona, Paris, New York, Tokyo, London, Vienna, Prague, and Milan..
Fast reading:
Q: P48-2Read the passage and choose the
sentence which best expresses the main idea.
4. The street musician is keeping alive a
culture which has almost disappeared
People’s feelings
They are grateful for this brief interval of music as they go shopping.
In Harlem, New York
In downtown Tokyo
Young couples
eat popcorn and dance to music. It lifts the spirits of the passengers.
2. All contributions are voluntary, no one has to pay, but the crowd shrinks as some people slide away. 所有捐助都是自愿的, 没有人非掏钱 不可。但是, 随着一些人悄悄走开, 人群一下缩小了。
Post-reading:
1. It is not very easy for the writer to go through the crowd in front of the cathedral .
I push my way through the crowd.
2. Not every person in Barcelona is willing to give money to a street musician. All contributions are voluntary, no one has to pay, but the crowd shrinks as some people slide away. But others happily throw in a few coins.
relief from the cares of the day. It offers______________________________
Careful reading for detail information
places
In the old district of Barcelona In Paris
Structure of the passage
1. The street music in Barcelona. 2. The street music in Paris. 3. The street music around the world. 4. The importance of the street music.
Meanings of the street music :
alive a culture which has almost disappeared in our lives. It keeps_____________________________
life to everyone who listens . It gives______________________________
Summary
Read the passage again and fill in the blanks.
Street music is a kind of live music that some musicians play on the street vacant _________.They only need to find a______ place on the street. While musicians are playing music,the pedestrians passersby ________or_______ stop to listen to it or walk past with their semi-circle heads ually they stand in a _______ around the musicians to enjoy the music. Some people even put a coin saucer into the cup or________on the ground.But all the contributions voluntary are __________.The musicians are more concerned with his own music than with money.In many foreign countries such scenes can often be seen. In Harleen popcorn street __________.In Tokyo,young couples eat ________and dance ______to the music. In a word, street music can give life to relief __________everyone who listens and offers _______from the cares of the day.
Beautiful translation
But street music gives life to everyone who listens and offers relief from the cares of the day. It only exists in the present, it only has meaning in the context. It needs space.
Words
study
plug relief interval liveliness mop vacant voluntary shrink 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Not filled or empty. Connect something to the electricity supply. Being full of life and energy. Time between two events. Wipe the face with a handkerchief to remove sweat, tears etc. 6. Acting or done willingly. 7. Removing of pain or anxiety. 8. Become smaller.
Careful reading:

<Let's enjoy the beauty of the language of the text>
Find out the sentence with the same meaning of the following one in the text.
1 n.手帕，纸巾 2. n.（痛苦忧郁的）
解除，减轻，调剂
handkerchief relief handle slide tap plug socket popcorn n voluntary interval n. lid
3. n.柄，把手 4. v.滑行，滑 5. v.轻拍，轻敲 6. v.插上（插头） 7. n.插座 8. n.爆米花 9. adj.自愿的 10. n. 间隙，空隙 11. n. 盖，盖子
performances
A quartet of musicians play a suit of violin classical music.
A music man plays his barrel organ and sings songs. Some locals play a sound system and there’s dancing in the street.
imagine
Homework
What can be done offer the street music the space it needs?
In the London underground In a street in Vienna or Prague or Milan
A student plays classical guitar music.
Some pipe musicians fill the air with the sounds of South American music.
1 handkerchief 2.relief
1.n.手帕，纸巾 2. n.（痛苦忧郁的）
解除，减轻，调剂
3.handle 4.slide 5.tap 6.plug 7.socket 8.popcorn 9.voluntary 10.interval 11.lid
3. n.柄，把手 4. v.滑行，滑 5. v.轻拍，轻敲 6. v.插上（插头） 7. n.插座 8. n.爆米花 9. adj.自愿的 10. n. 间隙，空隙 11. n. 盖，盖子
但是街头音乐给每一个倾听的人带来活力，令他 们在一天的烦忧中感到宽慰。它只存在于当下， 也只有在情境中才具有意义。它需要空间。