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 aero9: maturity 10: popular spire11: 1943 12: plot 13: hit 14: golden age
15: all over the world 16: mainstay 17: music of Broadway 18: 蹼怎么读classic
Part II Times Square
A. Keys:
1: Becau it is the name for the area around where Broadway cross Forty-Second Stree
t 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: edy, 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: - 3: 5: - 什么意思英文
6: 呼啸山庄英文简介Sundays 7: - 10: 8: accommodation
B. Keys:
1: That is becau they ldom 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.amass
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偏心的意思 4: foolish 5: colonists 6: words 7: 1770s
8: soldiers 9: music 10: defeated 11: same 12: reprents
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 prents.
5：They go to church at midnight.
B. Keys: 1：c 2：a 3：b三年级学英语上册 4：b 5：c
Tape script
Part I Getting ready沈阳培训机构
儒森对外汉语培训B.
A: Are you ready for the trip to the muum 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 eing the Muum 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 cour 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’ n 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, whic
h revolutionized the way dance, music and dialogue was ud 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.”
Part II Times Square
A.
"Times Square is New York." Tho are the words of the head of the Times Square Alliance, a coalition of area business. The millions of visitors to Times Square each year would probably agree. The area has one of the most recognizable names in the world. But, Times Square is not really a square. It is the name for the area around where Broadway cross Forty-Second Street in Manhattan. The Times Square area stretches
more than ten blocks north to south. The borders to the east and west are uneven. Some people call the shape of the area a bow tie. Times Square gets its name from the New York Times newspaper. In 1904, the newspaper began to build its headquarters in what was then called Long Acre Square. The city's underground train system built a stop under the Times Tower. The city renamed the area Times Square. On December 21st, 1904, the newspaper held a big celebration in Times Square to welcome the New Year. Fireworks lit the sky. Celebrations have taken place every year since then. Now, crowds also watch a big glass ball slide down a pole as the New Year arrives. Hundreds of business are in Times Square. The alliance says twenty percent of all hotel rooms in New York City are in Times Square. It says Times Square also has about six and one-half million square meters of office space. And more is being built. Times Square is home to famous Broadway theaters. And veral television companies have studios there. MTV is one of them. Times Square is probably most famous for its huge colorful signs. The alliance says Times Square is the only place in New York where business are required to u them.
