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1、 a large musical instrument with a row of black and white keys which are pressed to play notes piano a wooden musical instrument with four strings which is held against the neck and played by moving a bow across the stringsviolin a musical instrument with six strings and a long neck which is usually

2、 made of wood, and which is played by pulling or hitting the strings with the fingersguitar a wooden musical instrument with four strings, that is held vertically between the legs and is played by moving a bow across the stringscello a brass musical instrument consisting of a metal tube with one nar

3、row end, into which the player blows, and one wide end. Three buttons are pressed in order to change notes trumpet a curved musical instrument made of metal, which is narrow at the end you blow down to make a sound, and wider towards the other endhorna tube-shaped musical instrument with a hole that

4、 you blow across at one end while holding the tube out horizontally to one side of youflute a tube-shaped musical instrument which is played by blowing through a single reed and pressing the metal keys to produce different notesclarineta flat round musical instrument made of brass, which makes a lou

5、d noise when hit with a stick or against another cymbalcymbala large drum that produces a low sound bass drumDo you know how to play the piano/violin/guitar?Have you ever seen a live orchestra performance or seen any orchestras playing on TV? What was it like?What is an orchestra like?What kind of m

6、usic is performed by an orchestra?Do you know any famous orchestras in China or in other places around the world?Please read Part A, completing the following chart. small: a _orchestra An orchestra large: a _ orchestra _ _Four groups of musical instruments _ _ _ classical music _ music from differen

7、t _Music of an orchestra chambersymphony/philharmonicstringswoodwindbrasspercussionWesternoperacountriespopular musicPart BAnswersB strings: harp, violas, double basses brass: saxophones, trombones, tubas woodwind: oboes, bassoons, piccolos percussion: timpani, xylophones, gongs AnswersC (1) orchest

8、ra (2) chamber (3) symphony (4) strings (5) brass (6) violins Part C What instruments are in the string section?What instruments are in the brass section?What instruments are in the string woodwind section?What instruments are in the percussion section?Answers D the instruments in red: stringsthe in

9、struments in blue: woodwindthe instruments in green: brassthe instruments in yellow: percussion Part D1. An orchestra is a group of musicians that mostly play classical music. (P22)most determiner, pronoun, adverbthe biggest number or amount of; more than anything or anyone else: 最Whats the most you

10、ve ever won at cards?used to form the superlative of many adjectives and adverbs: (最高級)Joanne is the most intelligent person I know.almost all: 大多數(shù)In this school, most of the children are from the Chinese community.very: 很,非常It was a most beautiful morning.-most suffixused to mean furthest: 最遠(yuǎn)的John

11、OGroats is the northernmost part of the British mainland (= the part that is farther to the north than any other part).mostly adverbIn the smaller villages, its mostly (= usually) very quiet at nights.The band are mostly (= Most of them are) teenagers, I think.most, almost, mostly 用法比較用法比較這三個(gè)詞都可以作副詞

12、，但意義和用法不同。most用在形容詞或副詞前面，等于very，起加強(qiáng)語氣的作用。表示“很、十分、非?！?most前面不可有定冠詞the。如： This is a most useful book 這是一本很有用的書。 Its most dangerous to play with fire 火是很危險(xiǎn)的。almost = very nearly。指在程度上相差很少，almost可與no，none，nothing，never，nobody等表示否定意義的詞連用。如： I almost missed the flight 我差一點(diǎn)誤了航班。 Almost no one believed what

13、 he said 幾乎沒人相信他的話。mostlymainly“大部分”“主要地”“通常地”。如： The students in our class are mostly from the factory 我們班的學(xué)生主要來自這家工廠。 His stories were mostly about his travels in foreign countries 他的故事大多是關(guān)于他在國外旅游的經(jīng)歷。 2. Sometimes, though, they are used to tell the difference between two orchestras in the same cit

14、y. (P22) though conj. 1) despite the fact that: 雖然She hasnt phoned, even though she said she would.2) but: 但是Theyre coming next week, though I dont know which day.adv.despite this: 可是,不過We were at school together. I havent seen her for years though.even thoughalthough:Even though he left school at 1

15、6, he still managed to become prime minister.as if/thoughused to describe how a situation seems to be:I felt as though Id been lying in the sun for hours.They stared at me as if I was crazy.1.How is everything going on with you in Europe?Quite well. Not so smoothly as I hoped, _. (2005 江蘇江蘇) A. thou

16、gh B. instead C. either D. too2. _you call me to say youre not coming, Ill see you at the theatre. (2004全國全國 II)A. Though B. Whether C. Until D. Unless3. consist of (P22)phrasal verb to be made of or formed from something: 由組成The team consists of four Europeans and two Americans.consist in sth. phra

17、sal verb to have something as a major and essential part or quality: 在于The beauty of air travel consists in its speed and ease.+ ing form of verb For her, happiness consists in watching television and reading magazines.4. make up (P23)make sth. up phrasal verb 1) to invent something, such as an excu

18、se or a story, often in order to deceive: 編造I made up an excuse about having to look after the kids.My dad was always really good at making up stories.2) to prepare or arrange something by putting different things together: 準(zhǔn)備妥當(dāng)Could you make up a list of all the things that need to be done?He asked

19、 the man behind the counter to make up a box with a mixed selection of chocolates.The maid will make up your room later.3) to produce or prepare something from cloth: 縫紉We could use the rest of the material to make up some curtains.4) If you make up a page, book or newspaper, you arrange the text an

20、d pictures in the form in which they will be printed. 編排版面5) If you make up a bed for someone, you put sheets and covers on a bed so that they have a place to sleep in your home. 打包,鋪床6) to make an amount of something complete or correct: 湊足I have 20 000 and I need 25 000 but my parents have promised to make up the difference.UK I suspect we were only invited to make up numbers (= to provid