闲话酒吧间——英国篇

Authentic conversations to help improve your listening skills Guitar Heroes This month two British men are talking about rock music and guitar heroes. Listen to the conversation and answer these two questions：1. What does one of the speakers say in favour of rock music？ 2. What does the other speaker say against rock music？     

The effective teaching of comparing Orff music method with traditional music approach for music reading and melodic patterns singing for 3rd grade elementary students in Taiwan

The Orff music method has been internationally practiced and recognized as one of the leading music methods in the past fifty years. The success of this approach is that this method encourages all students participating in the designed music activities in the music class to interact with the teacher and other classmates using the Orff approach rather than the traditional one-way music learning approach in the traditional music classroom in Asia. While the children are situated within an environment where music activities and bodily movements are stimulated, the children＇s aesthetic music knowledge can be influenced significantly （Carlson, 1990）. In this study, there were a total number of 180 3rd graders from three elementary schools in Taiwan who participated in this research. The control group which consisted of three classes with a total number of 90 students was the class using the traditional music method taught by a regular classroom teacher, while the experimental group, which consisted of another three classes with a total number of 90 students, was the class taught using the Orff music method by the researcher. The study was controlled in the sense that the six music classes were ascertained to be of equal ability in their understanding of music before the experimental factor was applied. As well, there were no significant differences in age or mental capacity, while the difference in genders was only minimal. The results of this research revealed that not only did the students who had the Orff music method training perform better than the traditional music method on both melodic patterns dictation and music reading tests, but the Orff training also helped the experimental students to have a solid understanding of rhythmic structures and basic music knowledge.     

阅读理解精练

A Godfather of Soul exits world stage The music world is in mourning after one of its greatest showmen, the ＂Godfather of Soul＂ James Brown, died yesterday at 78. The R＆B pioneer, whose half-century career inspired funk, disco and rap, had been admitted to hospital in Atlanta with pneumonia. He grew up in a slum and started his first group behind bars, but went on to become a huge influence on popular music in the 20th century.     

英语新闻阅读训练

Residents in east Beijing were woken Tuesday morning by ringing and drumming sounds and for once it wasn‘t just the noise from another construction site(建筑工地) ringing in their eats. This time it was music and it came from Zhihua Temple. It‘s the only temple that has opened both its bell and drum towers to the public. The temple is also renowned throughout the city for its ancient Buddhist music.     

阅读理解精练

A Godfather of Soul exits world stage The music world is in mourning after oneofits greatest showmen,the "Godfather of Soul" James Brown,died yesterday at78.The R&B pioneer,whose half-century career inspired funk,disco and rap,had been admitted to hospital in Atlanta with pneumonia.He grew up in a slum and started his first group be-hind bars,but went on to become a huge in-fluence on popular music in the 20th century.     

An empirical study on teaching urban young children music and English by contrastive elements of music and songs

The purpose of the study is to teach urban young children music concepts and English by composing creative music and songs with contrast elements. The subjects were seven urban young children aged from three to four in a Taiwan kindergarten. The duration was twenty-four weeks, with two sessions per week. The teaching contents included Hello Song, Musical Movement, Music Appreciation and Goodbye Song. The study applied the thematic music elements to the teaching content. The main methodology was a qualitative study and quantitative data used to receive objective support. Assessment included a pre-test at the beginning, a post-test and participation observation at the end of the study. The head of the kindergarten, the classroom teacher and a parent completed activity feedback forms to obtain social validity. The results show that through the use of creative music pieces of contrast and song activities, urban young children＇s understanding of music concepts was progressive and English ability was improved. The study findings are： （1） Using contrastive music pieces is a good method for teaching very young urban children to understand music concepts; （2） Creating simple target objective songs with contrast elements is a good way for urban young children to learn simple English; （3） Music with contrastive elements could motivate urban young children to do movement spontaneously and learn the spoken language simultaneously; and （4） Contrastive music could be used for pre-classical music learning.     

Charlie＇s Favorite Songs

Hi, here Charlie introduces three songs to you readers. The first song is from the rock singer Avril and the second one is from our sweetie Britney. The final one is from Savage Garden who broke up several years ago. Visit our website: bbsEnglishVod.net and get the lyrics soon, enjoy the music and have a fantastic summer holiday!     

阅读理解四篇

阅读下列短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。 Many studies have been conducted to find the deeper benefits of listening to and playing music. The growing field of music treatment is presenting increasing amounts of evidence that point toward the greater powers of music.     

Sounds

The world has many beautiful sounds. We can hear the songs of birds and the laugh of people. We can listen to cool music and news reports. And it＇s all because of our ears! They bring us a world of sounds.     

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Holiday The Bay Hotel It is aquiet,comfortable hotel,overlooking the bay in an uncommerciallised Cornish fishing village on England’s most southerly point.If pop music is no longer your strong point,and you are considering a relaxing holiday where the scenery is breathtaking and the sound of the sea is live music to your ears.     

Through Musical Communication to Development of Competence in Culture Awareness and Expression

This study presents an example of a music workshop which brought together pupils and students of different music schools, students of musicology, composition and classroom teaching, teachers, professors and composer on the common topics in contemporary music. The purpose of the workshop was to encourage an active and creative participation of everybody involved in a way that went beyond the usual practice used in cultural activities in education. In this respect, the workshop emphasised the importance of the creative expression of experience, ideas and emotions in the field of music. The results of the interview, which were conducted by some of the workshop participants, point out the complex occurrence of various indicators, which at the level of personal and social factors have determined the nature of communication through contemporary music and indirectly influenced the development of competence in cultural awareness and expression. Challenges identified included students＇ lack of musical experiences for contemporary music at all educational levels, the low priority given to contemporary music in schools as well as teachers＇ lack of professional knowledge in this field. The study highlights the need for more experience in contemporary musical language in general and music professional schools.     

论《乐记》的“中和思想”(英文)

The idea of"neutralization" has a far-reaching influence on the development of our national ancient musical aesthetics and the shaping of solid music theory.It is also the supreme realm that Con~cianism has been pursuing.From the standpoint of Confucianism.the"Records of Music in Book of Rites'clearly reveals this important aes吐ledc characteristic of China's ancient music in the aspects of the music neutralization,the neutralization of ritual and music,the neutralization of music and politics,the intgnty of humanity and nature.     

Sound of Nature

Music is beautiful. In movies and plays, music has an added function. It moves people, and sometimes it shocks people. Our ears can withstand sound within 20 to 80 decibels. What will happen if sound levels of music exceed that limit？ If played beyond that limit, even beautiful music will become noise and harm health, let alone deafening noise.     

笑不笑由你

Country western music is very old.It came from the USA, Canada, Ireland and Great Britain.Country western music is a mixture of music from all of these places.     

The Singer of the Elephant

The film Elephant is novel not only in its narrative style and abundant use of long shots, but also in its selection of two pieces of piano music. What the movie lenses hope to express is the same thing that the will of piano music does. Alex is not only a player of the two pieces of piano music but also a singer of the elephant.The thesis applies Schopenhauer’s will theory in music to analyze Alex’s song《For Elise》and《Moonlight Sonata》and to anatomize his mental activity and brewing of thought. By using the power of piano music this thesis aims at digging out how he becomes the singer of the elephant.     

The Use of Music for Learning Languages

Throughout time,healers,philosophers,scientists,and teachers have recognized the place of music for therapeutic and developmental functions(Bancroft,1985:3-7).Researchers over the last twenty years have made astounding advances in the the ory of language acquisition.Many find the pedagogical conjoining of language and music compelling.The first part of this review focuses on the historical and developmental proofs of music’ s relationship with language learning.In part two,neurological the ory on music and the mind are covered.Part three summarizes scholarly inquiry on the use of music for learning languages,espe cially those studies that could prove most instructive both for language teachers and for music therapists in the development of curricula.     

Loving Music of the Americans

James Feni more Cooper,an early Americanwriter,once said,“The Americans are almost igno-rant of the art of music.”If that was once true,youwould never know it today.Most Americans—eventhose without a musical bone in their bodies—havea favorite style of music.Many people enjoy clas-sical and folk music from around the world.Butother popular music styles in America were“madein the U.S.A.”Country and western music lies close to theheart of many Americans.This style originatedamong cou…     

Should music evoke emotion?-Review on Deep Concern in New Horizon College English

Deep Concern in New Horizon College English (Reading and Writing Book1) describes a generation gap in an American family. In the text, the parents worry about their daughter’s listening to rock music for it may bring negative impact on her. Nowadays there is definitely music with unwholesome or depraved thoughts that may mislead listeners. Should people therefore refuse to listen to music or refuse the influence of music on emotion? The essay will focus on the issue to have a review on the relationship between emotion and music.     

展望台

BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS 商业·经济The music business could become a purely service industry.(音乐行业将成为一个纯粹的服务性行业。) Digitized music files eliminate the need for plastic-and for factories,trucks,warehouses,and record stores to create,distribute,store,and sell music on CDs or other physical media.In the future,musicians and audiences will communicate more directly,and only the businesses that support that model will benefit.     

Fitzgerald＇s View of Women in The Great Gatsby

F. Scott Fitzgerald,the famous American novelist in the 1 920 s,is known as the spokesman and laureate of the"The Lost Generation". Considered one of Fitzgerald’s representative works and the finest achievement of his literary career, The Great Gatsbyis widely recognized as a classic of American literature. The paper is an investigation of the patriarchal ideology and misogyny,with a discussion of their influence on the portrayal of women characters in The Great Gatsby.