1、Vocabulary&readingDescribe the picture.1.Have you heard any street music?2.What kind of music was it?3.How did the musician play?4.What kind of people usually play sreet music?DiscussionpianoguitartrumpetdrumsaxophoneviolinaccordionharmonicaAnswer the questions about the words in the box.Words revis
2、ion:handkerchief handle lid interval plug popcorn relief slide socket tap voluntary1.Do you have a handkerchiefin your pocket?2.Can you point to a handle in your classroom?3.How long does the interval between two classes last?4.When you cook rice,do you put a lid on the pot?5.Can you point to a plug
3、 and a socket in the classroom?6.Do you like popcorn?When do people often eat it?7.When a payment is voluntary,must you pay?8.When you hear music with a good beat,what do you sometimes tap?No,you can choose to pay it or not.fingers or feet 9.When someone or something slides away,does it move easily
4、or with difficulty?10.If you have a feeling of relief,do you feel relaxed and happy,or tense and sad?It moves easily.relaxed and happyInto the text1.But others happily throw in a few coins,grateful for this brief interval of music as they go about their shopping.Read the passage and choose the sente
5、nce which best expresses the main idea.2.Down there on the pavement,few passersby stop.3.In Harlem,New York,some locals place a sound system by an open window,plug it into the electrical socket,and all of a sudden,theres dancing in the streets.4.The street musician is keeping alive a culture which h
6、as almost disappeared in our busy,organized and regulated lives:the sound of music when you least expect it.He likes it.The music is free,but people can give the musicians money if they want to.1.How does the writer feel about the music playing in the street?2.2.How much do people have to pay for th
7、e music in Barcelona?Answer the questions.3.What is everyone else doing as the music man plays his organ in Paris?4.Why is there suddenly dancing in the streets in Harlem?A few people stop and listen,some smile,and some walk past with their heads down.A sound system has been placed by an open window
8、.5.Why does music echo in the London Underground?6.What is the disadvantage of recorded music?Because it is played in the tunnels.Music loses some of its liveliness.7.What is the advantage of live music?It is something you listen to in the present and gives relief from the cares of the day.Translate
9、 the following sentence:1.I push my way through the crowd and find a quartet of musicians playing a violin suite of classical music.我挤进人群，发现一支四人乐队正在演奏古典音乐小提琴组曲。2.All contributions are voluntary,no one has to pay,but the crowd shrinks as some people slide away.所有捐助都是自愿的,没有人非掏钱不可。但是,随着一些人悄悄走开,人群一下缩小了。
10、3.Below the window of my apartment in Paris,a music man takes a place made vacantby an earlier musician.在巴黎我居住的公寓的窗下，一位音乐人占据了早先另一位音乐家空出来的地方。4.They plug it into the electrical socket,and all of a sudden,theres dancing in the streets.他们把音响设备的插头插入电插座,突然间,街上的人们就跳起了舞。5.It only exists in the present,it on
11、ly has meaning in the context.它只存在于当下,也只有在情境中才具有意义。1.All contributions are voluntary,no one has to pay,but the crowd shrinks as some people slide away.2.voluntary adj.自愿的,主动的,3.无偿的Language points:(1)The prisoner made avoluntary statement.那个犯人主动地做了供述。(2)Charities rely on voluntarydonations.慈善事业依靠自愿捐献
12、。(3)She does voluntary social work.她从事义务社会工作。volunteer n.志愿者,自愿参加者v.自愿,主动词组：volunteer to do sth.I volunteered to search for the missing child.我自愿去寻找那个失踪的孩子。He volunteered to join the army.他自愿参军。shrinkvi.,vt.(shrank,shrunk 或 shrunken,shrinking)1)(由于受热或水的作用)缩小,使变小;短缩 The dress shrank when I washed it.这件衣服洗后缩水了。2)(常与from连用)退缩;回避 A shy man shrinks from meeting strangers.羞怯的人怕见生人。
