山东烟台二中 赵娟

Do you have a dream? What is it?

1)      What is the author’s dream?

To become a hostess

2)      What difficulties did she have when she tried to pursue her dream?

The exam conditions were challenging; her teacher was strict with her.

3)      What kind of role has her dream played in her life?

Her dream enabled her to change her life. Without her dream，she wouldn’t have had the courage and the confidence to host the New Year party at her school. Her dream has given her so much energy that her life has become colorful every day.

  点亮 light up

使某人陷入被动的境地 driven sb into a negative situation

保持冷静stay calm

适应adapt to

使某人流泪reduce sb to tears

令某人感到高兴的是To sb’s delight

坚持stick to

没法，决不no way

In groups, talk to people about your dream.

山东烟台二中 赵娟

What is the main idea of the article?

Key: it is about research on the changes made by musicians to musical patterns that make music expressive.

What is the magic of music, according to the article?

It helps people experience happiness, sorrow or affection when they listen to it.

1.      Musicians rarely perform exactly the way the music is written and they add their own interpretations.   T

2.      The more variation a piece of music has, the more emotions the listener will have.      F

3.      Performers don’t fully agree with the explanations given by the researchers.    T

Levitin’s results also suggest that the more surprising moments there are in a piece, the more emotion listeners feel.

莱维特的结果表明，一段音乐中的变化越奇妙， 听众会有越多的感触。

合肥世界外国语学校 谢冰

1.      What had the man thought caused the car not to start?

2.      Was the man’s car really “allergic” to vanilla ice cream?

 

Key:

1. Vanilla ice cream.

2. Not at all.

 

1.      What was it that caused the car not to start?

2.      Why had the man thought vanilla ice cream was involved in his car’s problem?

3.      Can you explain to the man why his car wouldn’t start when he got vanilla ice cream?

4.      How does the article suggest we find solutions to problems?

 

Key:

1. Vapor lock.

2. Because every time he bought vanilla ice cream, the car wouldn’t start.

3. His car’s problem was related with vapor lock, which needs time to dissipate. When the man got vanilla, which took him less time, the engine was still too hot for the vapor lock to dissipate.

4. To think about solutions in a cool way.

 

be serious about (para.2)

check out (para.3)

jot down (para.4)

back and forth (para.4)

in a short time (para.4)

come up with (para.5)

cool down (para.5)

Key:

对……是认真的

检查，核对，核实

（草草）记下，写下

来回地

过了一阵子

提出，想出

（使）冷却、冷静

 

1) 他们一见钟情, 过了一阵子就结婚了。

2) 出发之前检查一下发动机。

3) 让我记下你的号码。 

4) 风吹得树轻轻地来回摇晃。

5) 他真的想当一名医生吗?

6) 他发火的时候，我们应该帮助他冷静下来。

7) John是第一个想到这个计划的。

 

Key:

1) They fell in love with each other at first sight and in a short time were married.

2)Check the engine before you start out.

3)Let me jot down your telephone number.

4)The wind moved the trees gently back and forth.

5)Is he serious about wanting to be a doctor?

6)When he was angry, we should have cooled him down. 

 

7)   John was the first one to come up with the plan.