北师大版高中英语模块2--Unit 5 Rhythm Les1-1

[00:00.00]Unit 5 Rhythm¹
[00:06.58]Lesson 1 Performance
[00:09.92]Alanis- a True performer²
[00:14.21]Canadian singer and song writer,Alanis
[00:16.63]Morissette,is uesd to being in the public eye.
[00:21.06]Her most famous album³ Jagged Little Pill,
[00:24.37]came out in 1995
[00:26.78]when she was only twenty-one years old.
[00:30.42]It sold 15 million copies and made
[00:34.09]her world famous.
[00:36.35]Since then she had made several more albums⁴,
[00:39.87]and she has continued
[00:41.22]giving great performances on stage.
[00:45.65]Last Thursday night,
[00:47.21]hundreds of fans went to the Corn Exchange
[00:49.69]in Cambridge,England to see Alanis Morissette
[00:52.74]performing in concert.
[00:54.65]It was Morissette's first performance inEngland
[00:57.30]since her song"Uninvited"won this
[00:59.79]year's Grammy Award for the best rock song.
[01:03.87]The 30-year-old singer
[01:05.21]has a strong fan base in England.
[01:07.92]There was not an empty seat anywhere
[01:10.12]in the concert hall at last Thursday's event,
[01:12.92]although it was an extremely⁵ cold night.
[01:16.44]"Sure it's cold outside,
[01:18.18]but I hope we'll warm it up in here for you,"
[01:20.81]Morissette said to the large crowd
[01:22.82]before she started to play.
[01:25.46]During the 3-hour concert,
[01:27.56]Morissette used a lot of material
[01:29.40]from her award-winning album"
[01:31.28]Jagged Little Pill".
[01:31.28]

1 rhythm   

n.韵律；节奏

参考例句：

• He has an ear for the rhythm of Irish speech.他对爱尔兰语的节奏很敏感。
• His poem has a pleasing rhythm.他的诗有和谐的韵律。

2 performer   

n.执行者，表演者

参考例句：

• He was the greatest performer we have ever seen.他是我们所见过的最伟大表演者。
• He is a good performer on the cricket field.他是个出色的板球手。

3 album   

n.集子，粘贴集，影集，邮集，歌曲集

参考例句：

• The photos belong in an album.这些照片应该放在相册里。
• Will you look over his album?你要不要去看看他的歌集唱片？

4 albums   

n.粘贴簿( album的名词复数 )；集邮簿；相册；唱片

参考例句：

• His albums are available on tape and CD. 他的歌曲专辑有磁带和光盘出售。
• My dad had to buy CDs of all the albums he already owned on vinyl. 我爸爸就是要买他已有的所有黑胶唱片的CD版。

5 extremely   

adv.极其，非常，极度

参考例句：

• The film is extremely good,I just cannot miss it.这部电影太精彩了，我非看不可。
• The old man was extremely difficult to get along with.这个老人极难相与。