M4P3-Vocabulry and reading

3. According to the text, what’s the writer’s attitude to the street music? Why? He enjoys the street music. Because the street musician is keeping alive a culture which has almost disappeared in our busy, organized and regulated lives.
expect it.
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.. 2. In the second paragraph, what’s the meaning of the word “vacant”? Empty or not being used.
1. But others happily throw in a few
coins, grateful for this brief interval
of music as they go about their
shopping.
2. Down there on the pavement, few
3. Although the air conditioner is working, many people are wiping sweat with their handkerchiefs ____________ (handkerchief). 4. The children are singing, jumping and running, showing a sight of _________ liveliness (lively). 5. Faced with difficult task, he has never ______ shrunk (shrink) back.
It moves easily. 10. If you have a feeling of relief, do you feel relaxed and happy, or tense and sad?
relaxed and happy
Into the text
Read the passage and choose the sentence which best expresses the main idea.
Vocabulary & reading
Describe the picture.
Words revision: AnБайду номын сангаасwer the questions about the words
in the box. handkerchief handle lid interval plug popcorn relief slide socket tap voluntary
4. According to the text, where is the writer from? Paris, France.
Translate the following sentence:
1. I push my way through the crowd
and find a quartet of musicians
and all of a sudden, there’s dancing in the streets. 他们把音响设备的插头插入电插座, 突然间, 街上的人们就跳起了舞。
5. It only exists in the present, it
only has meaning in the context.
1. Do you have a handkerchief in
your pocket?
2. Can you point to a handle in
your classroom?
3. How long does the interval
between two classes last?
4. When you cook rice, do you put a
passersby stop.
3. In Harlem, New York, some locals
place a sound system by an open
window, plug it into the electrical
socket, and all of a sudden, there’s
playing a violin suite of classical
music.
我挤进人群，发现一支四人乐队
正在演奏古典音乐小提琴组曲。
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。
must you pay?
No, you can choose to pay it or not.
8. When you hear music with a good
beat, what do you sometimes tap?
fingers or feet
9. When someone or something slides away, does it move easily or with difficulty?
3. Below the window of my apartment
in Paris, a music man takes a place
made vacant by an earlier musician.
在巴黎我居住的公寓的窗下，一位
音乐人占据了早先另一位音乐家空
出来的地方。
4. They plug it into the electrical socket,
lid on the pot?
5. Can you point to a plug and a
socket in the classroom?
6. Do you like popcorn? When do
people often eat it?
7. When a payment is voluntary,
dancing in the streets.
4. The street musician is keeping
alive a culture which has almost
disappeared in our busy,
organized and regulated lives: the
sound of music when you least
它只存在于当下, 也只有在情境
中才具有意义。
随堂练习 用括号内所给单词的适当形式填空。 passersby 1. The two ________ (passerby) were very thankful to us for directing them when they mistook their way. 2. All the shops are very ________ (crowd) crowded during Christmas holidays.