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1、1.000139 文科段子：艺术类音乐It may seem stranget were discussing music from a Broadway production inthis class, The Lion King espelly, since its based on a popular Hollywoodmovie. I mean music preformed for Broadway theaterhe heart of New Yorkcity surely would seem to be in the western tradition of popular m

2、usic and nothave much in common with the music we have been studyinghis course, suchas gamelan music of Inesia, or Zulu chants of South Africa, musictdeveloped outside the western tradition of Europe and America. But in fact, musi ns have a long-standing tradition of borrowing front one anothers cul

3、tures. And this productions director entionally included both western andnon-western music.t way, some of the rhythms, instrument, and harmoniestypical of non-western music contrast wind complement popular music morefamiliar to audienin North America and Europe, music like rock, jazz orBroadway styl

4、e show tunes. So I want to spend the rest of this class and most of the next one on the music from the show The Lion King as a way ofsummarizing some of the technical distinctions betn typical western music andthe non-western musict weve been studying. Now the African influence on themusic is clear.

5、 The story takes place in Africa. So the directot a Soufricancomer to write songs with a distinctly African sound. And the songs eveninclude words from African languages. But well get back to the African influencelater.lets turn to the musict was written for the shadow puppet scenes inThe Lion King,

6、 music basethe Inesian music usedhe shadow puppettheater oft region2.000143 理科段子：天文学In ancient times, many peop years ago; the ancient Greekeved the earth was a flat disc. Well over 2,000 philosophers were able to put forward two goodarguments provingt it was not. Direct observations of heavenly bod

7、ies werethe basis of both these arguments., the Greeks knewt during eclipses ofthe moon the earth was betn the sun and the moon, and they sawt duringthese eclipses, the earths shadow on the moon was always round, they realized t this could be true only if the earth was spherical, It the earth was a

8、flat disc, then its shadow during eclipses would not be a prefect circle; it would be stretchedouto a long ellipse. The second argument was basewhat the Greeks sawduring their travels. They noticedt the North Star, or Polaris, appeared lower inthe sky when they traveled south, appeared to them to be

9、 much higherhe more northerly regions, the North Star he sky. By the way, it was also from thisdifference in the apparent calculated the approximate figure recorded in ancientition distanceof the North Start the Greeksaround the circumference of the earth, as says 400.000 stadium,ts the plural of th

10、eworld stadium. Today, its not known exactly whength one stadium represents,but lets say it was about 200 meters, the length of many athletic stadiums. Thiswould make the Greeks estimate about twice the figure accepted today, a verygood estimate for those writing so long before even the invented.3.

11、991044 文科段子：文学名著escope was3.Continuing our survey of the 19th century, lets take a look now arriet BeecherStowe. Now Stowe is best known for her novecle Toms Cabin, a booktdetails the harshness of planion life in the south. The book was extremelypopularhe United Ses as well as in other countries. Ir

12、onically though, for allthe attention given to Uncle Toms Cabin, its far from Stowes best work. She did write one other novel about life in the south, but much of her best work has nothing with the sou t all. In fact, Stowes best writing is about village life inthe New Englands seshe 19th century. I

13、n recording to the customs of thevillages she wrote about, Stowe claimedt hure was to reflect the imagesas realistically assible. She usually succeeded, for her settings were oftendescribed accuray and in detail.his sense, she was an important forerunnerto the realistic movementt became popular late

14、rhe 19th century. She wasone of thewriters to use local dialect for her characters when they spoke. Andshe did this for 30 years before Mark Twain popularized the use of local dialect. Itmakes senset Stowe would write about New England life, sinhe was bornin Connecticut. As a young woman there, she

15、worked as a teacher. The teachingjob helped lead to herpublished work, a geography book for children. Laterwhen she was married, her writing helped her support her family finan lly. Throughout her life, she wrote poems, travel books, biographical sketches and childrens books, as well as novels for a

16、dults.4. 991040 生活段子：噪音影响4.Im grad to see so many of you here. Wevee really alarmed over the healthcenter by the number of students we are seeing, who are experiencing hearing loss., I want to go over some basic about hearing. Then we can take a look at our school environment and see if we can figur

17、e out some ways to protect hearing.The leading cause of preventable hearing loss is exsive noise. Too muchmoderate noise for a long time or some types ofense noise for even a short timecan damage hearing. Loudness is measured in units called decibels. One decibel isthe lowest soundt the averagecan h

18、ere. Sounds up to 80 decibelsgenerally arent harmful.ts noise like traffic on a busy street. But anythingloudern 80 decibels, espelly with continuous exure, may eventually hurt ts like a jet plane takingyour hearing. Once you are up to around 140 decibels,off, then you might even feel pain in your e

19、ars. And pains are sure signt yourhearings at risk. Even one exure to a really loud noise at close range can causehearing loss. So what you need tos limit your exure to harmful levels. Ifyou pass along this handout, we can take a look at the decibel level of somecommon cus sounds. Notice how loud th

20、ose horns aret people take tofootball games. They are really dangerous if blown right behind you. Now, lets tryto generate a list of damaging noises5.5. 990839 文科段子：艺术To get us started this semester I am going to spend thetwo classes giving youbackground lectures about some basic cinematic concepts.

21、 Once you are a little more familiar with basic film terminology, we will be ready to look at the historyof movieshe United Ses. Youll be expected to attend showing of fionTuesday evenings at 7 oclock in Jennings Auditorium.ts our lab. Then duringour Wednesday seminar, well discuss in depth the movi

22、e we saw the night before.We are not covering silent fihis course. We will begin with thetalkingmotion picture, The Jazz Singer, released in 1927. The nextk, well be lookingat The Gold Diggers of 1933, a piecet is very represenive of the escapisttrend in fireleased during the depres. Some of the fiw

23、e will bewatching will probably be new to you, like FrCapras Why We Fight. Othersyou mighve already seen on TV like Rebel without A Cause starring JamesDeane, or Stanley Coopers Doctors Strange Love. However, I hope you see evenfamiliar film with new eye. In the last threeks of the course, we will b

24、ewatching fifrom the 1980s and youll choose one of them as a subject for anextensive written critique. Well talk more about the requirements of the critiquelaterhis semester6.6. 990848 文科段子：历史发展Last time, we outlined how the Civil War finally got started. I want to talk todayabout the political mana

25、gement of the war on both sides: the nortder AbrahamLincoln and the soutder Jefferson Davis. An important task for both of theses was to justify for their citizens just why the war was nesary. In 1861,on July 4th, Lincoln gave hismajor speech in which he presented thenorthern reasons for the war. It

26、 was, he said, to preserve democracy. Lincolnsuggestedt this war was a noble crusadet would determine the future ofdemocracy through out the world. For him the ie was whether or not thisernment of the people, by the people could maain itsegrity, could itremain complete and survive its domestic foes.

27、 In other words, could a fewdiscontented individuals and by could they arbitrarily break up thet he meant those who led the southern rebellion,ernment and put an end to freeernmenton earth? The only way for the nation to survive was to crush the rebellion. At thetime, he was hopefult the war wouldnt

28、 last long and the slave owners wouldbe put down forever, but he underestimated how difficult the war would be. Itwould be hardern any the Americans had thought before or since, largelybecause the north had to break the will of the southern people, not just by its army. But Lincoln ral d northerners

29、 to a deep commitment to the cause. They came to perceive the war as a kind of democratic crusade against southern society.7. 981042 文科段子：传媒变迁7.Moving away from newsprs, lets now focus on magazines. Now themagazine was a little periodical called the Review and it was started in Lonin1704. It looked

30、a lot like the newsprs of the time, buterms of its contents itwas much different. Newsprs were concerned mainly with news events but theReview focuseimportant domestic ies of the day, as well as the policies oftheernment. Now, in England at the time, people could still be thrown in jailfor publishin

31、g articlest were critical of the king. Andt is whappened toDaniel Defoe. He was the outspoken founder of the review. Defoe actually wrotetheie of the Review from prison. You see, he had been arrested because ofhis writingst criticized the policies of the Church of England, which washeaded by the kin

32、g. After his release, Defoe continued to produce the Review and the magazine started to appear on a more frequent schedule, about three times ak. It didnt take long for other magazines to start popup. In 1709, amagazine called thetler began publication. This new magazine contained amixture of news,

33、poetry, politicalysis and philosophical essays.8.8. 971035 理科段子：教育Hi, Lynn. I saw you at registration yesterday. I sailed right through, but you were standing in a long line.Yeah. I waited an hour to sign up for a distance-learning course. Distance learning? Never heard of it.Well, its new this seme

34、ster. Its only open to psychology majors. But I bet itllcatch on else where. Yesterday, over a Well, what is it?dred students signed up.Its an experimental course. I registered for child psychology. All I have got to dois watch a twelve-k series ofevised lessons. The department shows themseven diffe

35、rent times a day and in seven different locations. t you ever have to meet with professor?Yeah. After each part of the series I have to talk to her and the other students onthe phone, you know, about our ideas. Then well meet on c reviews and exams.us three times forIt sounds pretty non-traditional

36、to me. But I guess it makes sense, considering how many students have jobs. It must really help with their schedules, not to mention how it will cut down on traffic.You know, last year my department did a survey and they found outt 80percent of all psychology majors were employed. the program.ts why

37、 they came up withLook, Ill be working three days a on my classes or try this out.The only thing is: doesnt it seem imk next semester and it was either cut backal though? I mean, I miss having classdiscuss and hearing what otheople think.Well, I guessts why phone contacts important. Any way, its an

38、experiment.Maybe Ill end up hating it.Maybe. But Ill be curious to see how it works up.9. 970539 生活段子：游览沼泽地公园9.e to Everglades National Park. The Everglade is a watery plain coveredwith saw grassts the home to numerous species of plants and wild life. Andone and half million acre is too big to see i

39、t all today. But this tour will offer you agood sling. Our tour bus will stopat Tailor Slue. This is a good place tostart because its home to many of the plants and animals typically assoted withthe everglade. Youll see many exotic birds and of course a world famousalligators.t worry. Theres a board

40、walkt goes across the marsh, so you canlook down at the animalshe water from a safe distance. Thwalk is highenough to give you a great view of the saw grass prairie. From there well head atsome other marshy and even jungle-like areast feature wonderful tropical plantlife. For those of you whod like

41、a close view of the saw grass prairie, you might consider running a canoe sometime during your visit here. However, t do this unless you have a very good sense of direction and can negotiate your way through tall grass. We hate to have to come looking for you. You have a goodfortune of being herehe wer, the best time of the year to visit. During thespring and summer the mosquitoes will just about to eat you alive. Right now, they are not so bothersome, but youll soon want to use an insect repellent.10. 10. 000147 理科段子：地理Good morning, class. Before we b