《英语听力教程3》第二版_Unit9_答案

Part I Getting ready

A.

B. Keys: 1: F 2: T 3: F 4: F C. Keys:

1: comedy 2: women 3: scenery 4: One 5: American 6: patriotism 7: European

8: 1920s 9: maturity 10: popular 11: 1943 12: plot 13: hit 14: golden age

15: all over the world 16: mainstay 17: music of Broadway 18: classic Part II Times Square

A. Keys:

1: Because it is the name for the area around where Broadway crosses Forty-Second Street in

Manhattan 2: In 1904, it got its name in an area which was then called Long Acre Square.

3: New York Times newspaper, New Year celebrations, Entertainment, Its huge colorful signs

B. Keys:

1: seedy, drug dealers, pornography or cheap knock-off,

2: be widened, declined, upscale, Times Square clothing and accessories

Part III What is a pub?

A. (Outline) Keys:

1: sign 2: name 3: sale of alcoholic drinks 4: 10:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. 5: 6 p.m. - 11 p.m.

6: Sundays 7: 7 p.m. - 10:30 p.m. 8: accommodation B. Keys:

1: That is because they seldom find the word "pub" in the name of a pub. Very often many pubs

have names linked to royalty, sports, popular heroes or great occasions. 2: The first thing to look for is a large sign either hanging over the street or placed on a pole

outside the building. 3: "Saloon Bar" is more comfortably furnished.

4: That means the pub doesn't buy its drinks from one particular brewery only. It isn't tied to a

brewery. C. Keys:

1: coaches welcomed by appointment 2: bar food - lunchtimes only 3: pub accommodation 4: facilities for the disabled 5: a pub of historic interest

Part IV More about the topic: The Song Yankee Doodle

A. Keys:

1: Colonists in the northeast part of America 2: All Americans 3: American soldiers B. Keys:

1: little 2: British 3: British 4: foolish 5: colonists 6: words 7: 1770s

8: soldiers 9: music 10: defeated 11: same 12: represents

Part V Do you know…?

A. Keys: 1：It's Christmas Eve supper. 2：There are 12 traditional dishes on the table.

3：They just break wafers with each other, wishing each other good luck.

4：The children go to the other room, where the big Christmas tree stands. Under the tree there

are some Christmas presents. 5：They go to church at midnight. B. Keys: 1：c 2：a 3：b 4：b 5：c

Tape script

Part I Getting ready

B. A: Are you ready for the trip to the museum in "The Big Apple"? I can hardly wait.

B: "The Big Apple"? What are you talking about?

A: "The Big Apple" is the nickname for New York City. You are going to New York with us, aren't you?

B: Yes, I'm going. I'm especially looking forward to seeing the Museum of Modern Art. There's a

special show of 20th century American painters there. But, tell me, where did the nickname "The

Big Apple" come from?

A: The jazz musicians of the 1920's are responsible for the name. When they played a concert in a city, they called that city an apple. Of course New York was the biggest city in the country and

best place for a jazz concert. So the musicians called it "The Big Apple".

B: Amazing! New York is such a fascinating place and it even has an interesting nickname, one

that it's had for more than 50 years. C.

Most scholars believe that The Black Crook in 1866 marked the beginning of the musical comedy,

integrating music, dance and comedy, with an emphasis on beautiful women and spectacular

scenery. But it was during World War One and after, that the musical developed as a uniquely

American idiom. Song-and-dance man George M. Cohan exploited Americans’ sense of

patriotism, moving away from European influences. In the 1920s, songwriters who included Jerome Kern, George and Ira Gershwin, Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II, brought the

musical to maturity with their meticulous crafting of music and lyrics to create the American

popular song.

The modern musical was born in 1943 with Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Oklahoma, which

revolutionized the way dance, music and dialogue was used to develop the plot and characters. Other songwriters of the 1940s, 50s and 60s, including Irving Berlin, Cole Porter, Harold Arlen and

Leonard Bernstein, capitalized on that winning formula to write so many hit musicals, that that

era is now referred to as “Broadway’s golden age.” Since then, American musicals have been

translated and produced on stages all over the world. The music has become a mainstay among

vocalists and jazz musicians, making clear the expression that the music of Broadway is truly “America’s classic music.”