the band that wasn't

1 Period 1 Reading

The General Idea of This Period：

This period includes Warming up，Reading and Comprehending of Unit 5.It introduces

different kinds of music and a band called “The Monkees”.Students will enlarge their knowledge

of music by listening to the music.Meanwhile students can learn how The Monkees got successful by some reading strategies such as skimming，scanning，and intensive reading.Students should

think carefully about the outlook on society and on personal value after reading the story of The

Monkees.Students will realize the importance of hard work，right attitude towards work，and

bravery on meeting the challenge.

Teaching Aims：

1.Train the students’ reading ability.

2.Learn some useful words，expressions and some important sentences.

classical，folk，form，passer-by，earn，extra，instrument，pretend，hit，dream of，be honest

高级英语第三版lesson7课文翻译

布里尔小姐

Lesson Seven Miss Brill

尽管阳光明媚——蓝天涂上了金色，巨大的光点犹如泼洒在公共花园里的白葡萄酒——布里尔小姐很高兴自己还是决定戴上了狐皮围巾。

Although it was so brilliantly fine – the blue sky powdered with gold

and the great spots of light like white wine splashed over the Jardins

Publiques – Miss Brill was glad that she had decided on her fur.

空气中一丝风也没有，但当你张开嘴时，却有那么一丝丝凉意。那感觉犹如你要吸一小口冰水时从杯子里冒出的凉气那样。不时有一片落叶从无人知晓的地方飘来，从天空飘来。

The air was motionless， but when you opened your mouth there

was just a faint chill， like a chill from a glass of iced water before you

sip， and now and again a leaf came drifting – from nowhere， from

the sky.

布里尔小姐抬起手来摸着狐皮围巾。

Miss Brill put up her hand and touched her fur.

可爱的小东西！再次触摸到它感觉真好。

Dear little thing！ I t was nice to feel it again.

下午她把它从盒子里拿了出来，抖掉防蛀粉，好好地刷了一遍，把没有光泽的小眼睛擦得又恢复了生气。

She had taken it out of its box that afternoon， shaken out the

Unit 5 Music

【导语】 音乐是人类最秀丽的语言。一起走近不同的音乐表现形式吧！ Music

There are two important kinds of music in the world—one is written down and the other is not.Many

people earn their living by writing music.They write songs for pop stars and music for films and

TV plays.They usually write exact instructions how the music is to be played.

Folk music has been passed down from one generation to another.At first it was never written

down.People learnt the songs from their families，relatives，neighbours and friends in the same

village.These songs were about country life，the seasons，animals and plants，and about love and

sadness in people's lives.

Early performers used to learn hundreds of songs by heart.At festivals they used to act and

sing in praise of heroes who lived long ago.This was at a time when there was no radio，TV or

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Part III Reading Comprehension

Section B

Space Tourism

[A]Make your reservations now. The space tourism industry is officially open for business,

and tickets are going for a mere $20 million for a one-week stay in space. Despite reluctance from

National Air and Space Administration(NASA), Russia made American businessman Dennis Tito

the world's first space tourist. Tito flew into space aboard a Russian Soyuz rocket that arrived at

the International Space Station(ISS)on April 30, 2001. The second space tourist, South African

businessman Mark Shuttleworth, took off aboard the Russian Soyuz on April 25, 2002, also bound

for the ISS.

[B]Lance Bass of 'N Sync(an American boy band)was supposed to be the third to make the

$20 million trip, but he did not join the three-man crew as they blasted off on October 30, 2002,