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1、VLS-Book2UnitlIL 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: D
2、o 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 local beauty 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 ju
3、st a few minutes ago.Q: What does the woman mean?l.B2 . B3 .D4 .C5 . A111. 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 it
4、again. The cycle of shouts and songs was repeated ten more times. The singer was overjoyed with the response from the audience. She talked them and asked them why they were so much audience in hearing the same song again and again. One of the people in the audience replied, aWe wanted you to improve
5、 it; now it is much better.”1 .F2 .T3 .F4.T5.FTask 2: The CarpentersW: They play “Yesterday Once More” all the time on the campus radio. Do you like it?M: I do. I never get tired of it. I like the Carpenters. Their voices are so beautiful and clear. I guess that?s why they?re so popular.W: I like th
6、e 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 beautiful would starve herself to death. M: It?s a problem everywhere in the world, including China,
7、I?m afraid. Women worry too much about their appearances, 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 fa
8、me continues to 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 musical talent. His father then decided to let him start taking harpsichord lessons. The boy?s reputation as a musical talent grew fast. At five, he was
9、 composing music. Form that time on, Mozart was performing n concerts and writing music. By his early teens, he had mastered the piano, violin and harpsichord, and was writing symphonies and operas. His first major opera was performed in Milan in 1770, when he was only fourteen. At fifteen, Mozart b
10、ecame the conductor for an orchestra in Salzburg. In 1781, he left for Vienna, where he was in great demand as both a performer and a composition teacher. His first opera was a success. But life was not easy because he was a poor businessman, and his finances were always in a bad state. Uis music fr
11、om the next decade was not very popular, and he eventually fell back on his teaching jobs for a living. In 1788 he stopped performing in public, preferring only to compose. He died in 1791 at the age of thirty-five. Although he lived only a short life, he composed over 600 works.1. Which of the foll
12、owing is true of Mozart? D2. 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?s accomp1ishments while he was in his early teens? CIV. Speaking Ou
13、tModel 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 you like?Bob: I like listening to
14、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
15、.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
16、 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 dyed blue.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 CDs
17、tomorrow. 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 ev
18、en 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 about t?ai chi. Why don?t you come with me?B: Sounds good. Let?s go.Model 3 It just sounds like noise to me.Phi
19、lip: Turn down that noise! What on earth is it anyway!Laura: But dadThis is Metallical They?re so cool. They are one of the most famous heavy metal bands.Philip: I don?t care. It just sounds like noise to me. I can?t stand it!Laura: I love this kind of music, but if you really hate it that much, I?l
20、l out on something else.What do you want to hear?Philip: How about some popular easy-listening music. Maybe something like Celine Dion? Laura: Not her again! Her music isn?t very hip any more. I think she is a bore.SAMPLE DIALOGA: That music is terrible! Turn off!B: But, Mom, this is Backstreet Boy?
21、s hit song Get down”！ It?s really 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 hate something you like. What would like to listen to?A: What about some old songs of the 1970s like The White-Haired Girl”?B: Ha-
22、ha-ha-ha. It?s not fashionable any longer. I?ll be bored to death.V. Let?s TalkThe Origin of the Song “Happy Birthday to You”The story of the song aHappy Birthday to You“ Began as a sweet one, but later became bitter. Two sisters, Mildred Hill, a teacher at a kindergarten, and Dr. Patty Hill, the pr
23、incipal 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 in the area of kindergarten education,Good Morning to Alln was sure to be a success. The sister published the song in a collection
24、entitled “Song Stories of the Kindergartenw in 1893. Thirty-one years later, after Dr. Patty Hill became the head of the Department of Kindergarten Education at Columbia University?s Teachers College, a gentleman by the name Robert Coleman published the song, without the sisters?permission. He added
25、 a second part, which is the familiar “Happy Birthday to You”. Mr. Coleman?s addition of the second part made the song popular and, finally, the sisters“ original first part disappeared.Happy Birthday to You“ had altogether replaced the sisters?original song “Good Morning to All. In 1916 Patty took
26、legal action against Mr. Coleman. In court, she succeeded in proving that hey were the real owners 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 Bir
27、thday to You” was a nice, sweet on eat the very beginning, but later turned into a bitter one. There were two sisters: one was Mildred Hill, and the other Patty Hill. The former had great musical talents, while the latter had knowledge of kindergarten education. Bu combining their abilities, the two
28、 produced a song called “Good Morning to All”. It was a success, and later published in a collection of songs for kindergartens.Thirty-one years later a man named Coleman published the song without the sisters? permission. To make things worse, he added a second part, which is the present uHappy Bir
29、thday to You99. This new song soon became popular and eventually it replaced the sisters? first part altogether. Then, in 1916, Patty took legal action against Coleman. In court she managed to prove that she and her sister really owned the song.5 I. Further Listening and SpeakingTask 1: KaraokeDal i
30、n: It?s Mike?s birthday on Friday, so a bunch of us are going to go to the karaoke bar. Would you like to come with us?Laura: Karaoke bar? You have a special place just for singing? In America, bars sometimes havea karaoke night where the customers can sing a song, but we haven?t special karaoke bar
31、s! Dal in: Really? In China, karaoke is a very popular way for friends ro spend time together. We can select the music that ur group enjoys. We mostly sing pop songs.Laura: Do you sing individually or in groups? Singing is not a very in thing, so I don?t sing very well.1 . F2 . F3 .T4 .T5 .FTask 2:
32、When was music first sent down a telephone line?So you think downloading music from the Internet through a phone line is a really cool modern thing? Not so. In 1896, Thaddeus Cahill Filed a patent on the instrument for transmitting music electronically, and until 1914 he sent music signals down tele
33、phone lines with this instrument. And he wasn?t even the first. Elisha Gray transmitted music over a telephone line in 1876, which was the same year the telephone was invented. Gray invented the first electronic music instrument in 1874, calling it the uMusical Telegraph”. Alexander Graham Bell also
34、 designed an experimental “Electric Harp” for speech to be transmitted over a telephone line using technology similar to Gray?s. Bell was a speech teacher for the deaf. In 1879 he created an instrument to measure hearing loss. That is why the degrees of loudness came to be measured in bels or decibe
35、ls.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 thing,Cause everyone listens when I start to singI?m so grateful and proudAll I want is to sing it out loudSo I sayThank you fo
36、r 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
37、 before I could talkAnd I?ve often wondered, how did it all startWho found outthat nothing can capture a heartLike a melodycanWell, whoeverit was, I?m a fanSo I sayThank you forthe music, the songs I?m singingSpeakingMusical MemoriesTony: Listen! Quick, turn up the radio! Isn?t that “Can You Feel th
38、e 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 the movie 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 wit
39、h my grandma and because I really loved spending time with her. It is my favorite song of all times!Nancy: The first time Tom and I went on a date, we went to see Titanic. I always think of the song “My Heart Will Go 0n, as our song! Whenever I hear it, I think of that night.Tony: Oh, I can understand why you love that song! Isn?t it interesting all the memories we connect with songs?6