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1、山东省临淄外国语实验学校八年级英语下册Unit5MusicinBritain短文阅读素材鲁教版MusicinBritainBritainismorefamousforpopmusicthanitisforclassical(古典的)orjazzmusic.NamessuchasTheBeatles,TheRollingStones,GeorgeMichaelandTheSpiceGirlsareknownworldwidebutlittledopeopleknowofourothermusicianswhoarenotinthepopworld.

2、InterestingfactsTheBritishbuythemostCDspercapita(人均)intheworld—anaverageof3.2perpersonperyear,comparedto2.8intheUSand2.1inFrance.MusicwelistentotodayInBritain,mostyouthslistentopunk,rock,popandR&&B.TwogoodplacestofindoutwhatmusicispopulartodayespeciallyamongtheyoungpeopleinBr

3、itainare“TopofthePops”and“Top40HitsToday”.OriginsTheorigins(源头)ofmusicinBritainlieinthesongssunganddancemusicplayedbyordinary(普通的)people,anditpassedfromvillagetovillageandwashandeddownintheunwrittenformfromgeneration(一代)togeneration.TrendsOverthelastthirtyyears,Britishpopmusi

4、chasledtheworldinitsrange(范围)andquality,startingseveralnewtrends.Britain,alongwiththeUS,didmuchmoreinthedevelopmentofrockandroll,andBritainhasprovidedsomeofthemostfamousbands,includingTheBeatlesandmanyothers.lTipsforYou猜测生词词义方法之七：类属分析法有时文章中出现的生词可能与其它几个大家熟悉的词语同属一个类别，此时可以利用这种类属

5、关系推测出生词的大概词义。例如：◆NamessuchasTheBeatles,TheRollingStones,GeorgeMichaelandTheSpiceGirlsareknownworldwidebutlittledopeopleknowofourothermusicianswhoarenotinthepopworld.句中的TheBeatles(甲壳虫)，TheRollingStones(滚石乐队)，GeorgeMichael(乔治·迈克尔)，TheSpiceGirls(辣妹组合)均为生词，但大家可以通过names和musicians猜

6、出这几个词语都属于乐队或音乐人的名称。◆InBritain,mostyouthslistentopunk,rock,popandR&&B.TwogoodplacestofindoutwhatmusicispopulartodayespeciallyamongtheyoungpeopleinBritainare:“TopofthePops”and“Top40HitsToday”.句中的punk(朋克)，rock(摇滚乐)，R&B(节奏怨曲，广义上可视为“黑人的流行音乐”)都是生词，但根据小标题Musicwelistentotoday可知它们都是当前

7、年轻人爱听的各种音乐；同样根据Twogoodplacestofindoutwhatmusicispopulartoday可知在“TopofthePops”(英国最受欢迎的流行音乐电视节目)和“Top40HitsToday”(英国TOP40单曲音乐榜)可以找到当前在英国流行的、尤其是年轻人喜欢的音乐。lTasksforYou1.WhobuysthemostCDsintheworldperperson?2.WhatkindofmusicdomostBritishyouthslistentotoday?