高一英语Unit11CountryMusic(双语版).doc

高一上册Unit 11 Country Music乡村音乐 Lesson 41 1 DialogueJackie and Yang Pei are both students in Australia.They are talking about the coming weekend.杰基和杨培都是在澳大利亚的学生，他们在谈论即将到来的周末。Yang Pei: What are you doing on Saturday evening?杨培：你星期六晚上要干什么？Jackie: Im going to hear John Denver.杰基：我要去听约翰丹佛的演唱。Yang Pei: Whos he? 杨培：他是谁？Jackie: Havent you heard of him? Hes a very famous singer.Hes singing at the New Theatre on Saturday.杰基：你没听说过他吗？他是个著名歌手。他星期六将在新剧院演出。Yang Pei: What kind of music does he sing?杨培：他演唱哪种音乐？Jackie: American country music.He writes most of his songs himself.杰基：美国乡村音乐。他演唱的歌曲多数是由他自己写的。Yang Pei: Is he good? 杨培：他走红吗？Jackie: Of course he is.Hes very successful.Hes made lots of records.They broadcase a programme of his music last month on the radio.Why dont you come on Saturday? I think youd enjoy it. 杰基：当然啦，他很成功。他已经灌制了大量唱片。广播电台上个月播放了他的一个音乐节目。你星期六干嘛不去听听呢？我想你会喜欢他的。Yang Pei: Thats a good idea.杨培：这主意不错。Jackie: Youd better hurry and buy a ticket then.Itll be very popular.杰基：那你最好赶紧买张票吧，他的音乐会是很受欢迎的。3 Dialogue Jackie and Yang Pei meet the next day.杰基和杨培第二天见面。Jackie: Are you coming on Saturday?杰基：你星期六来吗？Yang Pei: No,Im afraid Im not. 杨培：不，恐怕我来不了啦。Jackie: Why not?杰基：干嘛不来？Yang Pei: When I got to the theatre I found that they had sold all the tickets.杨培：我到剧院的时候，发现所有的票都售完了。Jackie: Bad luck!杰基：真不走运！Lesson 42 ReadingRead this passage to get a general idea.Is American country music about modern life?AMERICAN COUNTRY MUSIC美国乡村音乐During the 1990,American country music has become more and more popular.Song writers are no longer writing about the modern values of the USA-money,success or expensive things to buy.Instead they are writing once more about things that are common for everyone:feeling alones in the mdeern world,the value of having good friends and so on.20世纪90年代，美国乡村音乐越来越流行了。歌曲作者不再写美国的现代价值、金钱、成就感或可购买的昂贵物品。现在他们再一次写常人常事：现代世界中的孤独感，结交好友的价值等等。In the 1950s,American music was about other things,for example,love-getting or losing a boyfriend or girlfriend.Money was also thought to be important.20世纪50年代，美国音乐是写其他的东西，例如：爱情，交上或失去了男朋友或女朋友。金钱也被认为是重要的主题。Then in the 1960s song writers turned to other subjects.During these years many young students were angry with society,so songs were often full of anger.Political leaders were not well thought of and those songs often made fun of them.到了20世纪60年代，歌曲作者转向其他的主题。这段时间许多年轻学生对社会愤愤不平。因此，歌曲里往往怒气十足。人们对政治领袖看法不好，因此，那些歌曲常嘲笑他们。Today country music has returned.It has become big business.It brings in between 200 and 400 million dollars a year.Once the home of American country music was Nashville,Tennessee.Now,however,the music has reachered all parts of the States,from Los Angeles in the west to New York in the east.Singers do not just come from the States but from all over the world.There are many famous singers from Britain,Canada and Australia.A lot of them appear on television too.今年乡村音乐又回来了。它已经成为一个大的行业，每年可以挣到2亿到4亿美元。美国乡村音乐的故乡是田纳西州的纳什维尔。而如今这种音乐已经传遍美国各地，从西部的洛杉矶到东部的纽约。乡村音乐的歌手不只是来自美国，而是来自世界各地。英国、加拿大和澳大利亚都有许多著名歌手。他们中许多人还上了电视。The first country singers sang while playing the guitar.It was easy for them to carry a guitar on their travels.Now,however,a lot of electrical equipment is needed for larger theatres.最早的一批乡村音乐歌手是边弹吉他边唱歌。他们带着吉他旅行很方便。然而现在，在大型剧院里演唱需要很多电子设备。Country music today remains much the same as before.One subject to which country music often returns is the good old days.In the good old days people thought well of each other.People loved life in the open air.They beleved that the best things in life w