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VLS-Book2UnitlII.Listening Skills1.M:Why don?t we go to the concert today?W:I?ll go get the keys.Q:What does the woman imply?2.W:I can?t find my purse anywhere.The opera tickets are in it.M:Have you checked in the car?Q:What does the man imply?3.M:Are you going to buy that pirated CD?W:Do I look like a thief?Q:What does the woman imply?4.M:Do you think the singer is pretty?W:Let?s just say that I wouldn?t/t vote for her in the localbeauty contest.Q:What does the woman imply about the singer?5.M:Have you seen Tom?I can?t find him anywhere.W:The light in his dorm was on just a few minutes ago.Q:What does the woman mean?l.B2.B3.D4.C5.AIII.Listening InTask 1:Encore!As soon as the singer completed the song,the audience cried,“Encore!Encore!”The singer was delighted and sang the song again.She couldn?t believe it when the audience shouted for her to sing itagain.The cycle of shouts and songs was repeated ten more times.Thesinger was overjoyed with the response from the audience.She talkedthem and asked them why they were so much audience in hearing the samesong again and again.One of the people in the audience replied,“Wewanted you to improve it;now it is much better.”l.F2.T3.F4.T5.FTask 2:The CarpentersW:They play aYesterday Once More”all the time on the campusradio.Do you like it?M:I do.I never get tired of it.I like the Carpenters.Theirvoices are so beautiful and clear.I guess that?s why they?re so popular.W:I like the way their voices blend.There were just two of them,brother and sister,right?M:Yes,Richard and Karen I think they were.She died I think.W:Yes,anorexia.It is hard to believe that someone so beautifulwould starve herself to death.M:It?s a problem everywhere in the world,including China,I?m afraid.Women worry too much about theirappearances,and are so crazy about losing weight.1W:Well,let?s go for lunch before we go to the concert.1.beautiful and clear2.blend well3.sister4.worry too much5.more important Task 3:MozartMozart was a fascinating musician and composer whose fame continuesto grow more than two centuries after his death.He was born in Salzburg,Austria,in 1756.Before the age of four,he had shown great musicaltalent.His father then decided to let him start taking harpsichordlessons.The boy?s reputation as a musical talent grew fast.At five,hewas composing music.Form that time on,Mozart was performing n concertsand writing music.By his early teens,he had mastered the piano,violinand harpsichord,and was writing symphonies and operas.His first majoropera was performed in Milan in 1770,when he was only fourteen.Atfifteen,Mozart became the conductor for an orchestra in Salzburg.In1781,he left for Vienna,where he was in great demand as both aperformer and a composition teacher.His first opera was a success.Butlife was not easy because he was a poor businessman,and his financeswere always in a bad state.His music from the next decade was not verypopular,and he eventually fell back on his teaching jobs for a living.In 1788 he stopped performing in public,preferring only to compose.Hedied in 1791 at the age of thirty-five.Although he lived only a shortlife,he composed over 600 works.1.Which of the following is true of Mozart?I)2.How long has Mozart?s fame lasted?A3.Which of the following is true of the four-year-old Mozart?B4.What could Mozart do at the age of six?C5.Which of the following is not mentioned as one of Mozart?saccomplishments while he was in his early teens?CIV.Speaking OutModel 1 Do you like jazz?Laura:Hey!Bob:Hello!Laura:Do you like jazz,Bob?Bob:No,not much.Do you like it?Laura:Well,yes,I do.I?m crazy about Wynton Marsalis.Bob:Oh,he?s a piano player,isn?t he?Laura:No,he?s a trumpet player.So,what kind of music do youlike?Bob:I like listening to rock.Laura:What group do you like best?Bob:Er,The Cranberries.They?re the greatest.What about you?Don?t you like them?Laura:Ugh!They make my stomach turn!SAMPLE DIALOGA:Do you like classical music?B:No,I don?t like it at all.A:What type of music do you like?B:I?m a real fan of pop songs.A:Who?s your favorite singer or group?B:Jay Chou.What do you think about him?A:I can hardly bear pop songs.They are all noise to me.Model 2 Do you like punk rock?Max:What kind of music do you like?Frannie:Well,I like different kinds.Max:Any in particular?Frannie:Er,I especially like punk rock.Max:Punk rock?You don?t seem like the punk rock type.Frannie:You should have seen me in high school.I had my hair dyedblue.Max:Wow,that must have been a sight!Frannie:It sure was.What about you?What?s your favorite music?Max:I guess I like jazz best.Hey,I?m going shopping for CDstomorrow.Would you like to come along?Frannie:Sure,that sounds great.SAMPLE DIALOGA:What sports appeal to you?B:I like almost every kind of sport.A:Is there anything you like especially?B:Well,I like X-sports in particular.A:x-Sports?You don?t look like the extreme sports type.B:I have even tried bungee jumping and surfing.A:Wow,you certainly surprised me!B:Then how about you?What kind of sport do you prefer?A:I like t?ai chi most.In fact,I?m going to buy some books aboutt?ai chi.Why don?t you come with me?B:Sounds good.Let?s go.Model 3 It just sounds like noise to me.Philip:Turn down that noise!What on earth is it anyway!Laura:But dad-This is Metallical They?re so cool.They are one ofthe most famous heavy metal bands.Philip:I don?t care.It just sounds like noise to me.I can?tstand it!Laura:I love this kind of music,but if you really hate it thatmuch,I?ll out on something else.What do you want to hear?Philip:How about some popular easy-listening music.Maybesomething like Celine Dion?Laura:Not her again!Her music isn?t veryhip any more.I think she is a bore.SAMPLE DIALOGA:That music is terrible!Turn off!B:But,Mom,this is Backstreet Boy?s hit song“Get down”!It?sreally appealing.A:Nonsense.It?s just noise tome.I can?t put up with it anymore.B:It?s my favorite music.But if you hate it so much,I?ll hatesomething you like.What would like to listen to?A:What about some old songs of the 1970s like The White-HairedGirl”?B:Ha-ha-ha-ha.It?s not fashionable any longer.I?ll be bored todeath.V.Let?s TalkThe Origin of the Song“Happy Birthday to You”The story of the song,Happy Birthday to You”Began as a sweetone,but later became bitter.Two sisters,Mildred Hill,a teacher at akindergarten,and Dr.Patty Hill,the principal of the same school,wrote a song together for the children,entitled“Good Morning to All”，When Mildred combined her musical talents with her sister?s knowledge inthe area of kindergarten education,Good Morning to All“was sure tobe a success.The sister published the song in a collection entitled“Song Stories of the Kindergarten”in 1893.Thirty-one years later,after Dr.Patty Hill became the head of the Department of KindergartenEducation at Columbia University?s Teachers College,a gentleman by thename Robert Coleman published the song,without the sisters?permission.He added a second part,which is the familiar“Happy Birthday toYou”.Mr.Coleman?s addition of the second part made the song popularand,finally,the sisters”original first part disappeared.uHappyBirthday to You”had altogether replaced the sisters?original song“Good Morning to All”,In 1916 Patty took legal action against Mr.Coleman.In court,she succeeded in proving that hey were the realowners of the song.1.teacher at a kindergarten2.Good Morning to All3.Happy Birthday to You4.Happy Birthday to You Good Morning to AllPossible Retelling for the Teacher?s ReferenceThe story of“Happy Birthday to You”was a nice,sweet on eat thevery beginning,but later turned into a bitter one.There were twosisters:one was Mildred Hill,and the other Patty Hill.The former hadgreat musical talents,while the latter had knowledge of kindergarteneducation.Bu combining their abilities,the two produced a song called“Good Morning to All”.It was a success,and later published in acollection of songs for kindergartens.Thirty-one years later a man named Coleman published the songwithout the sisters?permission.To make things worse,he added a secondpart,which is the present“Happy Birthday to You”.This new song soonbecame popular and eventually it replaced the sisters?first partaltogether.Then,in 1916,Patty took legal action against Coleman.Incourt she managed to prove that she and her sister really owned the song.VI.Further Listening and SpeakingTask 1:KaraokeDal in:It?s Mike?s birthday on Friday,so a bunch of us are goingto go to the karaoke bar.Would you like to come with us?Laura:Karaoke bar?You have a special place just for singing?InAmerica,bars sometimes havea karaoke night where the customers can sing a song,but we haven?tspecial karaoke bars!Dal in:Really?In China,karaoke is a very popularway for friends ro spend time together.We can select the music that urgroup enjoys.We mostly sing pop songs.Laura:Do you sing individually or in groups?Singing is not a veryin thing,so I don?t sing very well.1.F2.F3.T4.T5.FTask 2:When was music first sent down a telephone line?So you think downloading music from the Internet through a phoneline is a really cool modern thing?Not so.In 1896,Thaddeus CahillFiled a patent on the instrument for transmitting music electronically,and until 1914 he sent music signals down telephone lines with thisinstrument.And he wasn?t even the first.Elisha Gray transmitted musicover a telephone line in 1876,which was the same year the telephone wasinvented.Gray invented the first electronic music instrument in 1874,calling it the“Musical Telegraph.Alexander Graham Bell alsodesigned an experimental“Electric Harp”for speech to be transmittedover a telephone line using technology similar to Gray?s.Bell was aspeech teacher for the deaf.In 1879 he created an instrument to measurehearing loss.That is why the degrees of loudness came to be measured inbels or decibels.5-4-2-1-3Task 3:Thank You for the MusicI?m nothing special,in fact I?m a bit of a boreIf I tell a joke,you?re probably heard it beforeBut I have a talent,a wonderful thingCause everyone listens when I start to singI?m so grateful and proudAll I want is to sing it out loudSo I sayThank you for the music,the songs I?m singingThanks for all the joy they?re bringingWho can live without it,I ask in all honestlyWhat would life beWithout a song or a dance what are weSo I say thank you for the musicFor giving it to meMother says I was a dancer before I could walkShe says I began to sing long before I could talkAnd I?ve often wondered,how did it all startWho found out that nothing can capture a heartLike a melody canWell,whoever it was,I?m a fanSo I sayThank you for the music,the songs I?m singingSpeakingMusical MemoriesTony:Listen!Quick,turn up the radio!Isn?t that,Can You Feelthe Love Tonight?”Nancy:Yeah,it is,but what?s the big deal?Tony:When I was a little boy,my grandmother took me to see themovie The Lion King.That?s the Elton John song from the movie.Nancy:I still can?t understand why it?s so important to you.Tony:Because it was the first movie I ever saw with my grandma andbecause I really loved spending time with her.It is my favorite song ofall times!Nancy:The first time Tom and I went on a date,we went to seeTitanic.I always think of the song My Heart Will Go On“as our song!Whenever I hear it,I think of that night.Tony:Oh,I can understand why you love that song!Isn?t itinteresting all the memories we connect with songs?6