英语听力精选进阶版 7099

Background: 由来自30个国家的90名音乐家组成的首创YouTube交响乐队在纽约首次演出。此前YouTube在网页上发起竞赛，任何人都上载个人演奏视频参赛。 经过筛选，这场竞赛的幸运获胜者们都飞到世界著名的卡内基音乐厅举行首演，他们只有三天时间进行排练。

They had just arrived from all the corners of the world on Sunday but there has been no time for sightseeing.

Grammy Award winning musical director Michael Tilson-Thomas had them straight to work.

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There are some really phenomenally energetic and excellent players. And it’s been really interesting too how people are finding one another. At first there was a certain kind of tentativeness of where we are playing and exactly what are we doing, but it’s coming together very very quickly.

The 90 musicians have come to New York from as far away as Australia and South Korea - all for the chance to play at Carnegie Hall.

Over 3000 posted audition¹ videos then 200 finalists were selected before YouTube viewers voted for the winners. Some have never left their home countries before let alone played in such a high profile venue².

They will perform an extensive programme which includes a specially³ written piece called Internet Symphony number 1 'Eroica'.

GLOSSARY⁴ 词汇表

all the corners of the world 世界各地

sightseeing 观光

Grammy Award 格莱美音乐奖

Australia 澳大利亚

South Korea 韩国

Carnegie Hall 卡内基音乐厅

audition 试演

finalists 进入决赛者

high profile venue 高知名度的演出场所

extensive programme 大型的（演奏）节目

symphony 交响乐

Questions and Answers

1. How many musicians have come to New York for the performance?

90.

2. How many people post audition videos on YouTube for the competition?

3000.

3. True or False? Michael Tilson-Thomas is a musical director.

True.

4. All the winners have been to Carnegie Hall before.

False.

1 audition   

n.(对志愿艺人等的)面试(指试读、试唱等)

参考例句：

• I'm going to the audition but I don't expect I'll get a part.我去试音，可并不指望会给我个角色演出。
• At first,they said he was too young,but later they called him for an audition.起初，他们说他太小，但后来他们叫他去试听。

2 venue   

n.犯罪地点，审判地，管辖地，发生地点，集合地点

参考例句：

• The hall provided a venue for weddings and other functions.大厅给婚礼和其他社会活动提供了场所。
• The chosen venue caused great controversy among the people.人们就审判地点的问题产生了极大的争议。

3 specially   

adv.特定地；特殊地；明确地

参考例句：

• They are specially packaged so that they stack easily.它们经过特别包装以便于堆放。
• The machine was designed specially for demolishing old buildings.这种机器是专为拆毁旧楼房而设计的。

4 glossary   

n.注释词表；术语汇编

参考例句：

• The text is supplemented by an adequate glossary.正文附有一个详细的词汇表。
• For convenience,we have also provided a glossary in an appendix.为了方便，我们在附录中也提供了术语表。