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1、Coffee 咖啡一、 重点词汇significant 重大的，卓越的 merchant 商人 premium 额外补贴 surprisingly 令人惊讶地 blend 混合调制 brand 牌子 gourmet 美食家 trend 趋势 seldom 很少 regular 一般的birthplace 发源地 engage in 参加 compete 竞争 convert 转向 capture 获得 hurt 伤害 predict 预测 expert 专家 二、 单选练习1.What is the main topic of the news story? A. The coffee mar

2、ket in Boston.B. The role of supermarkets in the coffee business. C. A new trend in the United States.D. The advertising of a new product. 2.What probably leads people to choose gourmet coffees over regular brands? A. Gourmet coffee is less expensive.B. Regular brands of coffee have too much caffein

3、e. C. Gourmet coffee tastes better. D. Gourmet coffee is grown in the United States. 3.What will probably happen in the future to stores that sell only regular brands of coffee? A.They will run out of coffee. B.They successfully compete with gourmet coffee sellers. C.They will introduce new regular

4、brands. D.They will lose some coffee business. 三、跟写练习 Photography 摄影术1、 重点词汇reproduction of identical image 图像重现 skyscraper 摩天大楼 photography 摄影术 self-expression 自我表现 engineering 工程学 capture 捕捉 revolutionary 革命性的 method 方法，途径 reflect 反射 experiment 实验 throughout 贯穿 extra 额外的 identical 完全相同的 reproduce

5、再现，复制 creative 创造性的 museum 博物馆 professional 专业的 moment 瞬间 condition 条件 retouch 修整 normally 通常 difficult 困难的 二、单选练习1. What is the professor mainly discussing? A .Photographic techniques common in the early 1900 's. B .The life of Alfred Stieglitz. C.The influence of weather on Alfred Stieglitz

6、9;s photography. D. Alfred Stieglitz's approach to photography. 2.Why does the professor mention about Alfred Stieglitz? · A.How to analyze photographic techniques. B.How to define photography. C.How Alfred Stieglitz contributed to the history of photography. D.Whether photography is superi

7、or to other art forms. 3.What does the professor imply about the photographs Stieglitz took at night? A. They were influenced by his background in engineering. B. They were very expensive to take. C. They were among the first taken under such conditions. D. Most of them were of poor quality. 4.Why d

8、id Stieglitz choose not to make copies of his photographs? A.He thought the copying process took too long. B.He considered each photograph to be unique. C.He didn 't have the necessary equipment for reproduction. D.He didn 't want them to be displayed outside of his home. 三、跟写练习Music 音乐1、 重点

9、词汇Tennessee (美国) 田纳西州 live performance 现场演出 soul 灵魂 band 乐队 recording studio 录音栅 theater 剧场 talking picture 有声电影 mile 英里 in concert 在演唱会中 touring 巡回演出 recording industry 唱片产业 performer 表演者 accompany 为伴奏 teenager 十几岁的青少年 successful 成功的 overflow 溢出 crowds 人群 famous 著名的 career 职业生涯 block 阻碍 origin 起源 d

10、eath 死亡 movie 电影wonderful 完美的 radio 广播 huge 巨大的 tradition 传统 二、单选练习1.What is the talk mainly about？A. The career of Bessie Smith. B. The origin of blues music.C. Great performances by Louis Armstrong. D. The early years of the recording industry.2.What does the professor imply about Louis Armstrong?

11、A. He grew up in Tennessee.B. He taught Bessie Smith to sing.C. He made only one movie during his lifetimeD. He admired the deep feeling in Bessie Smith's singing.3.According to the professor, what often happened during Bessie Smith's concerts?A. Movie crews filmed her performances.B. Millio

12、ns listened to her on the radio.C. She was accompanied by Louis Armstrong's band.D. Traffic stopped because of crowds outside the theater.4.What was special about the movie St. Louis Blues?A. It was the first of many successful movies by Bessie Smith.B. It made Louis Armstrong famous.C. It was o

13、ne of the first movies with sound.D. It tells the story of Bessie Smith's life.5.What will the class do next?A. Discuss another well-known blues musician.B. Listen to a recording by a famous blues singer.C. Watch the movie St. Louis Blues.D. Enjoy a live performance of well-known blues songs.三、填

14、空练习Good morning，today we're going to learn a little more about that great musical 1_called "the blues.” And in just a minute, we'll get to hear the voice of a great blues performer, one of mile time famous singers and that's Bessie Smith. First of all，let me tell you a little about

15、her Bessie Smith grew up in the south in Tennessee，and while she was still a teenager, she started 2_the country with other black performers , and 3_ for herself. By 1923，she was making records for a major recording studio and selling hundreds of thousands of 4_，and soon, she was singing at 5_ perfo

16、rmances at theaters in city after city with huge 6_ crowds outside , often filling the street and blocking the traffic. It was really something. A couple of years later, she and the Great Louis Armstrong made an 7_ recording of the St. Louis Blues. And a few years after that, St. Louis blues was also the name of Bessie Smith's only movie，one of the very early 8_.Try to see it some time if you can. From then, up until her death, Bessie Smith kept on writing and recording songs and singing the blues in concerts all over