step by step 第一册 lesson 28

Lesson 28 Part Ⅰ Warming-up Exercises

Part Ⅰ Warming-up Exercises

A．Dates: World Famous Composers

1．Johann Bach,  a famous German composer, was born on ____  and  died  on January  28,  1750.

2．  George Handel, a well-known German-born British composer, was born on ____ and died on April 14, 1759.

3． Wolfgang Mozart was a brilliant Austrian composer, who  was  born  on ____  and  died  on  December  5, 1791.

4． Ludwig Beethoven, an ingenious¹ German composer, was born on ____ and died on March 26,1827.

5． As one of the outstanding  Austrian composers, Franz Schubert was born on January 31, 1797 and died on ____.

6． Felix Mendelssohn, another famous German composer, was born on February 3,1809 and died on ____.

7． Poland also produced a well-known composer, Frederic Chopin, who was born on ____ and died on October 17, 1849.

8． Franz Liszt was a renowned² Hungarian composer. He was born on ____ and died on July 31, 1886.

9． Johann Strauss, another celebrated³ Austrian composer, was born on October 25, 1825 and died on ____.

10． As the most prominent⁴ Russian composer, Peter Tchai-kovsky was born on May 7,1840 and died on ____.

                                                                                                           Score:____

B． Difficult Sentences

1．His ____________ were composed ___________________ the power to enjoy them.

2． But the poor ____ who had the room under the musician's _______or ____by the two thuds that the two shoes made as they landed on his ceiling.

Lesson 28 Part Ⅱ Ludwig van Beethoven

Part Ⅱ Ludwig van Beethoven

 

Exercises:

Ⅰ．Column⁵ A                                        Column B

__________                                            returned to Vienna

__________                                            died after a long illness

__________                                            performed before Mozart

__________                                            born in Bonn

__________                                            became totally deaf

Ⅱ． Beethoven never married . As  a teacher,  he  was ____ (a．patient b．impatient) but ____(a．painstaking⁶ b．hardworking); he was ____(a．quiet   b． calm)in piano playing but ____(a．extraordinary b．extravagant)in conducting.  He was so ____(a． absorbed  b．absent minded) that once he insisted on paying a waiter for a dinner he had not eaten or even ordered.

Lesson 28 Part ⅢMusical HalfNotes

Part Ⅲ   Musical Half Notes

 

Exercises:

1．musician/live/boarding house/get back/late

2．tired/ take off/ shoes/ throw/ floor/ fall/ asleep

3．lodger/ under/ wake up/ two thuds/ complain

4．promise/put/ quietly

5．next day/take off/one/throw/remember/put/ second/silently

6．wake/knock/ plead/ drop/other/ wait/ hour/as soon as/do/sleep

1 ingenious   

adj.设计独特的，巧妙的，善于创造发明的

参考例句：

• Try to think of unusual and ingenious solutions.尽量想想不同寻常的、巧妙的解决方法。
• The director used ingenious devices to keep the audience in suspense.导演用巧妙手法引起观众的悬念。

2 renowned   

adj.著名的，有名望的，声誉鹊起的

参考例句：

• He is one of the world's renowned writers.他是世界上知名的作家之一。
• She is renowned for her advocacy of human rights.她以提倡人权而闻名。

3 celebrated   

adj.有名的，声誉卓著的

参考例句：

• He was soon one of the most celebrated young painters in England.不久他就成了英格兰最负盛名的年轻画家之一。
• The celebrated violinist was mobbed by the audience.观众团团围住了这位著名的小提琴演奏家。

4 prominent   

adj.突出的；显著的；杰出的；重要的

参考例句：

• He is prominent in science.他是科学界杰出的人物。
• That school is prominent in baseball.那个学校以棒球著称。

5 column   

n.列，柱形图；专栏；圆柱；纵队

参考例句：

• I often read his column in the local paper.我经常在当地的报纸上看到他的专栏文章。
• A column of soldiers marched down the highway.一个士兵纵队沿着公路行进。

6 painstaking   

adj.苦干的；艰苦的，费力的，刻苦的

参考例句：

• She is not very clever but she is painstaking.她并不很聪明，但肯下苦功夫。
• Through years of our painstaking efforts,we have at last achieved what we have today.大家经过多少年的努力，才取得今天的成绩。