Period 3 Listening, Speaking, and Vocabulary, Function,

Everyday English

课前预习：

使用说明与学法指导：通过完成课前预习练习题复习与有关的词汇。

Words and expressions

beautiful adj.漂亮的，美丽的 favorite adj.最喜爱的

optimistic adj. 乐观的 relaxed adj.感到放松的

ridiculous adj.荒谬的，可笑的 stupid adj.愚蠢的

surprise adj.使......惊讶 wonderful adj.精彩的

collection n. 收藏，收藏品 vacant adj.空的

spotted adj.有污迹的 relay v.转播，接转

voluntary adj.自愿的 handle n.柄，把手

all of a sudden 突然 side road 小路，支路

dance to the music 伴着音乐跳舞 barrel organ 手摇风琴

课内探究&检测：

Listening

1. Pre-listening

Read and choose the correct words.

2. While-listening: Check the answers to activity 1 and answer some questions about the story

1）What do you think Porgy and Bess is about?

2）Do you think Porgy and Bess is opera, jazz or classical music?

3）What is a "classic of modern American music"?

4）Why do you think it took a long time to put on the show?

5）Was the show an immediate success?.

7) Do you think you would enjoy Porgy and Bess? Can you think of a similar Chinese opera?

Listen to the tape, and then fill in the blanks.

Porgy and Bess started life as a 1925 _____ by Dubose Heyward called Porgy, about the life of African Americans in Charleston. George Gershwin (1898 - 1937), a ________ of popular and classical music, read the _____, and thought it would make a good _____. With his brother, Ira Gershwin (1896 - 1983) and Heyward, they put together a wonderful new work, called Porgy and Bess, which opened at the Alvin _______ on New York's Broadway on 10th October, 1935. It soon became a ______ of modern American music, and the songs, especially Summertime and I Got Plenty of Nothing are very well-known and have _______ ________, particularly for the jazz