高中英语上外版三年级下 UNIT SEVEN

[00:07.94]Nor/Neither and So
[00:13.53]A:Look,it's raining.
[00:16.93]I'm not going out this morning
[00:20.82]B:Nor/Neither am I.
[00:23.30]A:I haven't got anything to do this afternoon
[00:27.48]B:Nor/Neither have I.
[00:30.28]But if clears up,I want to go to the cinema then
[00:35.06]A:So do I.There's a good film on at the Peace Cinema.
[00:40.96]B:Yes,so I have heard.A:Look,it isn't raining any more
[00:47.46]B:That's good.Then,I can go there by bike.
[00:52.35]A:So can I.Let's go together
[00:57.73]Listening  Comprehension
[01:01.83]Listen and fill in the blanks.
[04:12.37]Text  The Waltz King
[04:17.36]New Words and Expressions
[04:21.67]waltz
[04:25.95]Johann Strauss the  Younger
[04:35.25]composer
[04:40.53]Danube
[04:45.54]Vienna
[04:50.43]Austria
[04:55.34]conductor
[05:00.93]career
[05:06.13]ambition
[05:11.30]musician
[05:16.19]meanwhile
[05:21.59]secretly
[05:27.18]violin
[05:32.20]orchestra¹
[05:37.50]fashionable
[05:42.70]disobey
[05:47.90]tour
[05:52.18]Poland
[05:56.96]wherever
[06:01.06]tunet
[06:06.16]appoint
[06:10.73]imperial²
[06:16.01]ball
[06:20.79]later on
[06:26.09]resign
[06:31.29]settle
[06:35.70]opertta
[06:41.08]comedy
[06:45.76]ballet
[06:50.17]Cinderella
[06:55.16]talented
[07:00.18]symphony³
[07:04.36]beat
[07:07.83]We remember Johannn Strauss the Younger
[07:15.12]as the composer of the popular waltz"The Blue Danube
[07:20.61]but this is just one of the many beautiful waltzes
[07:26.09]that he composed.Born in Vienna,Austria on 25th October 1825,
[07:37.30]Johann loved musiceven when he was very young.
[07:44.48]He wrote his first waltz at the age of six.
[07:49.68].His father,a conductor and also a famous waltz composer,
[07:56.26]did not want Johann to follow a music career.
[08:01.18]After graduation.Johann became a bank clerk,but his ambition
[08:09.77]to be a musician was still with him.Meanwhile,
[08:15.57]encouraged by his mother,Johann secretly studied the violin
[08:22.57]and musical composition.Then,at the age of nineteen,
[08:29.68]he decided⁴ to leave his job and to devote himself to music.
[08:35.97]Thus,Johann formed his own orchestra
[08:41.17]and played in a fashionable restaurant his orchestra andmusic
[08:47.99]were very popular with the public.
[08:52.38]But,Johann's father was angry with him for disobeying his wish.
[08:58.38]When his father died,Johann combined his own orchestra
[09:04.97]with that of his father's and made a successful tour of Austria,
[09:11.05]Poland Germany and Russia.Wherever he played,
[09:17.17]his beautiful waltzes won  the hearts of his audience
[09:22.55]and soon he became known throughout Europe as "The Waltz King"
[09:28.95]although he also wrote many other dance tunes⁵.
[09:34.56]The Emperor of Austria was so pleased with Johann's music
[09:41.15]that he appointed Johann the conductor at the imperial court balls of Vienna
[09:49.04]Later on,Johann found that he had no time to compose while working as a conductor
[09:58.02]so he resigned and handed his orchestra over to his brothers.
[10:04.60]Johann then settled down in Vienna
[10:10.12]where he began composing operettasor light musical comedies.
[10:17.01]Altogether he wrote 16 operettas and all of them became very successful.
[10:25.32]He also composed the popular ballet "Cinderella".
[10:31.20]In all,the talented Johann Strauss wrote more than 500 waltzes,
[10:38.88]dance tunes and operettas.The light and charming⁶ tunes
[10:45.69]he composed give us a musical pictureof the life of Europe as it was in his time.
[10:54.08]His music is still very popular today and is played by light orchestras
[11:01.58]as well as large symphony orchestras;
[11:06.36]and even modern musical groups have given some of his tunes a new beat

1 orchestra   

n.管弦乐队；vt.命令，定购

参考例句：

• He plays the violin in an orchestra.他在管弦乐队中演奏小提琴。
• I was tempted to stay and hear this superb orchestra rehearse.我真想留下来听这支高超的管弦乐队排练。

2 imperial   

adj.帝王的，至尊的；n.特等品

参考例句：

• They made an objection to the imperial system with resolution.他们坚决反对帝制。
• The Prince Imperial passed away last night.皇太子昨晚去世了。

3 symphony   

n.交响乐（曲），（色彩等的）和谐

参考例句：

• The Ninth Symphony of Beethoven is a famous one.贝多芬的第九交响乐非常有名。
• They play over the whole symphony.他们把整个交响乐重新演奏了一遍。

4 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

5 tunes   

n.曲调，曲子( tune的名词复数 )v.调音( tune的第三人称单数 )；调整；（给收音机、电视等）调谐；使协调

参考例句：

• a potpourri of tunes 乐曲集锦
• When things get a bit too much, she simply tunes out temporarily. 碰到事情太棘手时，她干脆暂时撒手不管。 来自《简明英汉词典》

6 charming   

adj.迷人的，可爱的

参考例句：

• She looked small and gentle and altogether charming.她看起来小巧文雅,十分迷人。
• She has charming manners.她具有媚人的风姿。