音乐，是人们生活中不可缺少的一部分。什么是音乐？你喜欢什么样的音乐？ What is music? Suppose you hit a wooden table with your hand.It makes a sound.Now suppose you hit a ball.It makes a sound.The second sound is called a tone.A tone is a single musical sound.Music is the art of organizing tones into meaningful patterns of sound.We might call it the language of tones.Sometimes the language of music speaks to us in tones sounding after one another in melody.Or the tones could be sounding together in harmony. When tones hit with one another，it is not in harmony.But this hit is often full of meaning.What we call melody is given meaning by its rising or falling or moving straight ahead.It is also given meaning by its rhythm of beats and phrasing，its speed and how loud or soft it is at any moment.All of this sounds very technical.But it doesn't have to be understood or thought about for us to enjoy music.What music means to us often can not be put into words.We can feel that the music expresses joy or sorrow，pleasure，tenderness，love，anger—all kinds of things and feelings that words alone could never do. Music can also be enjoyed just for its beauty，and not for what it is saying.We can get pleasure from even a single tone of voice，violin，horn，or some other instruments.We may love a beautiful melody for many years of our lives and always enjoy hearing it. There are，of course，many forms of music，from the anthem to the symphony，and many types of music，from folk music to opera. [阅读障碍词] 1．tone n． 乐音 2．melody n. 旋律 3．harmony n. 协调 4．tenderness n. 柔情 5．anthem n. 赞美诗 [诱思导读] 阅读文章，回答下面的问题 1．Do you like music? What kind of music do you like most? Yes，I like it very much.I like soft (pop，rock and roll，etc.) music most. 2．According to the above passage，what kinds of expressions can we feel from the music? We can feel that the music expresses joy or sorrow，pleasure，tenderness，love，anger—all kinds of things and feelings that words alone could never do. Section Ⅰ Reading(Ⅰ)(Welcome to the unit & Reading) Ⅰ.匹配下列单词的词性及汉语意思 ( )1.awesome A．vt.& vi.选派角色；投射(光、影)； 向……投以(视线，笑容) ( )2.cast B．adj.极好的；令人惊叹的， 令人敬畏的 ( )3.condemn C．adj.固执的，顽固的 ( )4.stubborn D．vt.判刑，宣判；指责，谴责 ( )5.unwilling E．vt.& vi.& aux.敢于，胆敢 ( )6.evident F．adj.令人不安的；引起恐慌的 ( )7.demand G．vt.逮捕，捉拿；抓住，捉住；夺 取，攻占 ( )8.seize H．vt.强烈要求；需要 n．要求；需求 ( )9.disturbing I．adj.清楚的，显然的 ( )10.dare J．adj.不情愿，不愿意；勉强的，无奈的 [答案] 1－5 BADCJ 6－10 IHGFE Ⅱ.选择下列句中词组的汉语意思 A．乍一看 B．相爱，坠入爱河 C．被处以某种刑罚 D．食言，违背诺言 E．不愿意 F．依靠，依赖 ( )1.The murderer was arrested a week later and condemned to death afterwards. ( )2.At first sight，I thought the exercise was familiar，but after a careful look，I found it was different. ( )3.The two young peop ... ...
