Enterainment Activities 娱乐活动

    Key Sentences（重点句子）
    412．Would you like to join us at the party? 你愿意来参加我们的舞会吗？
    413．We are having a weekend dance party. 我们正举办一个周末舞会。
    414． I hope you will enjoy yourself.
    希望你玩得开心。
    415．Let's do the disco.
    咱们来跳迪斯科吧！
    416．But I'd like social dance.
    但我更喜欢跳交谊舞。
    417．Can you oblige me with a dance?
    你能赏光和我跳舞吗？
    418．I don't  care  for  the  fox-trot.
    我不太喜欢跳狐步舞。
    419．May I have the pleasure of a waltz or a tango?
    能请你跳华尔兹舞或探戈舞吗？
    420．Will you accept my arm?
    请你挽着我的手臂。
    421．I suppose you dance often.
    我猜你经常跳舞吧。
    422．Still you dance wonderfully well.
    可你跳得不错。
    423．There is no room for improvement of your dance.
    你的舞跳得再好不过了。
    424．Thank you for your compliment.
    谢谢你的夸奖。
    425．This is the first time I've ever attended a concert in China.
    这是我在中国第一次听音乐会。
    426．I like to listen to classical music very much.
    我很喜欢听古典音乐。
    427．Now let's see what we have on the programme.
    我们来看看今天有些什么节目。
    428．I suppose all the compositions are world famous pieces.
    我想所有的曲子都是世界名曲吧。
    429．Are there any songs at the concert?
    这次音乐会上有没有什么歌曲？
    430．Did you enjoy it?
    你喜欢这场音乐会吗？
    431．I think it was a very good performance.
    我认为这是一场非常出色的演出。
    432．I especially like the piano concerto¹.
    我特别喜欢那首钢琴协奏曲。
    433．Thanks for your inviting² me to have enjoyed the wonderful concert.
    谢谢你邀请我来听了这么精彩的一场音乐会。
    Dialogue A(A dance party is held in the company's hall. The manager's secretary Miss Wang invites Mr. Green to attend their party. )(A: Miss Wang; B: Mr. Green)A: Do you have anything in particular tonight, Mr. Green?
    B: Nothing special.
    A: Then would you like to join us at the party?
    B: I'd like to.
    A: It's necessary to strike a proper balance between work and leisure.
    B: I can't agree more.
    * * * *A: I'm so glad you have come, Mr. Green. This way, please.
    B: Thank you. Are your people all here?
    A: Yes, they are all in the dance hall, waiting for you. Now come in, please.
    B: Thank you, Miss  Wang.
    A: We are having a weekend dance party. I hope you will enjoy yourself.
    B: Thanks.
    A: (the music begins. ) Oh, it's tune³ for disco. Do you like playing disco?
    B: Yes, disco is a good exercise for health.
    A: Yes, but I'd like social dance.
    B: Can you oblige me with a dance?
    A: Sure. Let's. But I'm a poor dancer. I don't care for the foxtrot.
    B: May I have the pleasure of a waltz or a tango?
    A: Of course. Let's try the waltz. Now the music is going on. Will you accept my arm, Mr. Green?
    B: With pleasure. I suppose you dance often.
    A: Oh, no. To be frank, I haven't danced for a long time.
    B: Still you dance wonderfully well.
    A: Thanks, I'm glad you say so. But I should say you dance often.
    B: Sometimes, but I have no brains for this thing. I never improve.
    A: You're so modest, Mr. Green. Actually, there is no room for improvement of your dance.
    B: Thank you for your compliment.
    A: Mr Green, you must be tired and thirsty. Let's take a rest and go for some drink.
    B: Good idea.
    A: What would you like to drink? Lemonade, orangeade or port?
    B: Orangeade, please. Thank  you.
    Dialogue B(Miss Lang invites their cooperator on business Mr. Jimmy from America to attend a concert. )(A: Mr. Jimmy;  B: Miss Lang)A: This is the first time I've ever attended a concert in China. I'm  so  excited.
    B: I know you're a great music lover. Do you play any instruments?
    A: I play  the  piano. As  a  matter of  fact, I nearly became a pianist.
    B: Is that so? I'm sure you would have been a very good one.
    A: But I'm not sorry I became a businessman. I still play the piano, just for fun, and I like to listen to classical music very much.
    B: Now let's see what we have on the prograrn. A string orchestra, a violin solo, a piano duel⁴, a piano concerto, and some other interesting items.
    A: I suppose all the compositions are world famous pieces.
    B: Of course. They are Beethoven's “Moonlight Sonata”; One of Mendelssohn's masterpieces; Johann Strauss's “By the Beautiful Blue Danube”and some famous light music.
    A: Is there any songs at the concert?
    B: Yes. Some are Chinese songs and some are foreign songs. All of them are adapted from some famous movies, such as “Midnight”, “Guerrilla of Honghu Lake”, “Dances with Wolves”and“Waterloo Bridge” etc.
    A: Well, just now you said there is a piano concerto at the concert. I really hope it'll be“Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai”.
    B: Yes, it is.
    A: How lovely! I heard it the other day over the radio, and I liked it immediately.
    (After the performance)B: Did you enjoy it?
    A: Yes, very much. I think it was a very good performance. How about you?
    B: I enjoyed it very much, too. I especially like the piano concerto.
    A: Yes, the pianist was marvelous. I wonder whether he learned to play the piano.
    B: In  Shanghai, I think. I heard  he  has  been  practicing  for  over twenty  years  now, ever since he  was  five.
    A: No  wonder  he  played  so  well.
    B: There will be another several excellent concerts these days. We can attend all of them if you like.
    A: Great! Thanks for your inviting me to have enjoyed the wonderful  concert.
    B: You are welcome. And you must play something for us some time.

1 concerto   

n.协奏曲

参考例句：

• The piano concerto was well rendered.钢琴协奏曲演奏得很好。
• The concert ended with a Mozart violin concerto.音乐会在莫扎特的小提琴协奏曲中结束。

2 inviting   

adj.诱人的，引人注目的

参考例句：

• An inviting smell of coffee wafted into the room.一股诱人的咖啡香味飘进了房间。
• The kitchen smelled warm and inviting and blessedly familiar.这间厨房的味道温暖诱人，使人感到亲切温馨。

3 tune   

n.调子；和谐，协调；v.调音，调节，调整

参考例句：

• He'd written a tune,and played it to us on the piano.他写了一段曲子，并在钢琴上弹给我们听。
• The boy beat out a tune on a tin can.那男孩在易拉罐上敲出一首曲子。

4 duel   

n./v.决斗；(双方的)斗争

参考例句：

• The two teams are locked in a duel for first place.两个队为争夺第一名打得难解难分。
• Duroy was forced to challenge his disparager to duel.杜洛瓦不得不向诋毁他的人提出决斗。