新版张汉熙高级英语的第二册的第3课课件theking'senglish
Book 2 Unit 3 Pub Talk and the King’s English 高级英语II 教学课件
• Why most sociable: more than any other human activity, conversation helps to promote an agreeable, pleasant and informal relationship among people.
性) • distinctive(区分性)
• language can be used to deceive
• animal language • 只有简单的声音系统 • 只有几个有限的信号 • 动物只能谈论当前的事物
• 雄性能产生的信号雌性不 能产生
• 不能区分成单个成分,一 个连续体
• 不能欺骗同类
• The text can be roughly divided into 4 parts:
• Part I (para.1-3): General ideas about what is and what makes a good conversation.
• Part II (para.4-11): A particular instance of a good conversation: an interesting pub talk about “the king’s English”.
English Bitter
• Bitter is traditional British beer (also known as ale麦酒). It is quite strong and leaves a bitter taste in your mouth after drinking. It is usually served at room temperature.
《高级英语2(第3版)(附光盘)》(张汉熙)
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编辑推荐媒体评论目录Lesson 1Pub Talk and the King's EnglishLesson 2Marrakech George OrweliLesson 3Inaugural Address （January 20, 1961 ）Lesson 4Love Is a Fallacy Max ShulmatLesson 5The Sad Young MenLesson 6Loving and Hating New York Thomas GriffithLesson 7The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas （Excerpts）Lesson 8The Future of the EnglishLesson 9The Loons Margaret LaurenceLesson 10The Discovery of What It Means to Be an AmericanLesson 11Four Laws of Ecology （Part I）Barry CommonerLesson 12Four Laws of Ecology （Part II）Barry CommonerLesson 13The Mansion: A Subprime Parable （Excerpts）Lesson 14Faustian Economics Wendell BerryLesson 15 Disappearing Through the Skylight作者简介张汉熙（1921—1999）：北京外国语大学教授。
高级英语第二册第三课背景知识
Type2:
Conversation for some other purposes
Politicians, preachers, salesmen, lobbyists, etc. practice this type.
Tips for General Conversation
General conversation should conform to the following principles: The topic must be of general interest. Each person must do his share AND NO MORE. There should be no periods of silence. No topic should be dragged out. The tone should be kept good-natured. No one should be offended by anything said.
Part II: Para. 4-17
Main idea: What is and what makes a good conversation. Para.4-11: The topic “the king‟s English” was discussed unwares during a pub talk.
Written text
Personal experiences are crucial because they determine both what a person thinks and how he or she thinks about the world.( academic thesis)
高级英语第二册Lesson 3
4. Writing style
Writing Style
• a piece of exposition
• Exposition is perhaps the type of writing that is most frequently used by a student, a scientist, or a professional.
Henry Fairlie(1924—1990)
Fairlie was born in London, the fifth of seven children in a family of Scottish descent. He was a British political journalist and social critic. He spent 36 years as a prominent freelance writer on both sides of the Atlantic, appearing in The Spectator, The New Republic, The Washington Post, The New Yorker, and many other papers and magazines. He was also the author of five books, most notably The Kennedy Promise, an early revisionist critique of the U.S. presidency of John F. Kennedy
The Three Musketeers
The Three Musketeers is a marvelous journey and should be appreciated foremost for its engaging story.
【ppt课件】张汉熙高级英语2_课件-PPT精品文档
Teaching Contents
I. II. III. IV. V. Background Knowledge Exposition and Argument Detailed Study of The Essay Organization Pattern Style and Language Features
Detailed Study of the Essay
Pre-class work:
1. What do you think the author is going to focus on: the future of the English as an international language, the future of the English as a nation or the future of the English people? 2. You are supposed to figure out the type of the essay from the title. It’s an imaginary fiction forecasting the future of the English or not? 3. What do you think the future of your own country and people would be like?
Time Allocation:
1) Background knowledge (15 min.) 2) Detailed study of the text (180 min.) 3) Structure analysis (15 min.) 4) Language appreciation (15 min.) 5) Free talk (30 min)
高级英语第二册Pub Talk and the King’s English
During the Renaissance, many words were introduced from Greek and Latin to express new ideas, especially in science, medicine and philosophy. They included physics, species, architecture, encyclopedia and hypothesis. In the 16th century several versions of the Bible helped bring written English to ordinary people. The Elizabethan period is also famous for its drama, and Shakespeare’s plays were seen by many people.
• English vocabulary and spelling were now affected by French, which became the official language of England. Educated English people were trilingual: French, Latin, and English.
• In the 16th century several versions of the Bible helped bring written English to ordinary people. The Elizabethan period is also famous for its drama, and Shakespeare’s plays were seen by many people.
高级英语二Lesson3课件
Henry Fairlie (1924--1990)
• Born in London, moved to the United States in 1966, lived in Washington D. C. and died at 66.
• Google image of Henry Fairlie
• Speaking of tips, you should never offer the bar staff tips. You can offer them a drink, which makes them feel proud and feel equal with others, instead of reminding of their service role.
• 4. Norman Conquest
• the conquest of England in 1066 by William, Duke of Normandy. • The duke, who was also known as William the Conqueror, led a Norman army across the Channel into England • The descendants of the Normans became the ruling class in England. For a time, they kept themselves aloof from the Anglo-Saxons 盎格鲁-撒克逊人and treated them as a conquered people. • the Normans and the Anglo-Saxons intermarried and blended into one. • The Normans contributed much to the English language and to English literature and architecture. At first, the Normans spoke French. Later, the Norman French blended with Germanic tone of the Anglo-Saxons became English.
3Pub Talk and the King’s English(张汉熙高级英语 2)
what one could expect from the descendants of convicts
one couldn’t expect anything other than that from the descendants of convicts Why is it natural for an Australian to give such a definition of the King’s English ? Why do people say so?
Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881) Scottish writer, historian and social critic
Auden’s influence on his American contemporaries as well as the younger poets of his day was incalculable. Many of the so-called Academic Poets adopted the urbane and erudite yet fresh and easygoing style that can be seen in the work of poets as different as Elizabeth Bishop and Robert Hayden. In retrospect, this comfortable manner of writing appears now as a sort of island of repose on which American poets were able to live and write while the country got back on its feet after the disruptions of World War II.
张汉熙高级英语2课件-PPT资料38页
Difference between exposition and argument
Difference between persuasion and argument
Honest persuasion and dishonest persuasion Formal argument and informal argument
1) Background knowledge (15 min.) 2) Detailed study of the text (180 min.) 3) Structure analysis (15 min.) 4) Language appreciation (15 min.) 5) Free talk (30 min)
Admass:
What is central to Admass is the production and consumption of goods.
Dissatisfaction is embedded in Admass Ruthless competitiveness Take man only as a producer and consumer Dependence upon dissatisfaction, greed and envy
6) The English are also deeply suspicious of change for change’s sake.
The Future of the English Hangs on
The Future of the English hangs on
1) The final result of a battle between Admass and Englishness.
高级英语2第三版_张汉熙_课文翻译
Unit 1 Pub Talk and the King’s English人类的一切活动中，只有闲谈最宜于增进友谊，而且是人类特有的一种活动。
动物之间的信息交流，不论其方式何等复杂，也是称不上交谈的。
闲谈的引人人胜之处就在于它没有一个事先定好的话题。
它时而迂回流淌，时而奔腾起伏，时而火花四射，时而热情洋溢，话题最终会扯到什么地方去谁也拿不准。
要是有人觉得“有些话要说”，那定会大煞风景，使闲聊无趣。
闲聊不是为了进行争论。
闲聊中常常会有争论，不过其目的并不是为了说服对方。
闲聊之中是不存在什么输赢胜负的。
事实上，真正善于闲聊的人往往是随时准备让步的。
也许他们偶然间会觉得该把自己最得意的奇闻轶事选出一件插进来讲一讲，但一转眼大家已谈到别处去了，插话的机会随之而失，他们也就听之任之。
或许是由于我从小混迹于英国小酒馆的缘故吧，我觉得酒瞎里的闲聊别有韵味。
酒馆里的朋友对别人的生活毫无了解，他们只是临时凑到一起来的，彼此并无深交。
他们之中也许有人面临婚因破裂，或恋爱失败，或碰到别的什么不顺心的事儿，但别人根本不管这些。
他们就像大仲马笔下的三个火枪手一样，虽然日夕相处，却从不过问彼此的私事，也不去揣摸别人内心的秘密。
有一天晚上的情形正是这样。
人们正漫无边际地东扯西拉，从最普通的凡人俗事谈到有关木星的科学趣闻。
谈了半天也没有一个中心话题，事实上也不需要有一个中心话题。
可突然间大伙儿的话题都集中到了一处，中心话题奇迹般地出现了。
我记不起她那句话是在什么情况下说出来的——她显然不是预先想好把那句话带到酒馆里来说的，那也不是什么非说不可的要紧话——我只知道她那句话是随着大伙儿的话题十分自然地脱口而出的。
“几天前，我听到一个人说‘标准英语’这个词语是带贬义的批评用语，指的是人们应该尽量避免使用的英语。
”此语一出，谈话立即热烈起来。
有人赞成，也有人怒斥，还有人则不以为然。
最后，当然少不了要像处理所有这种场合下的意见分歧一样，由大家说定次日一早去查证一下。
张汉熙《高级英语(2)》(第3版重排版)学习指南【词汇短语+课文精解+全文翻译+练习答案】
张汉熙《高级英语（2）》（第3版重排版）学习指南【词汇短语＋课文精解＋全文翻译＋练习答案】目录Lesson 1 Pub Talk and the King’s English 一、词汇短语 二、课文精解 三、文体修辞 四、全文翻译 五、练习答案Lesson 2 Marrakech 一、词汇短语 二、课文精解 三、文体修辞 四、全文翻译 五、练习答案Lesson 3 Inaugural Address (January 20, 1961) 一、词汇短语 二、课文精解 三、文体修辞 四、全文翻译 五、练习答案Lesson 4 Love Is a Fallacy 一、词汇短语 二、课文精解 三、文体修辞 四、全文翻译 五、练习答案Lesson 5 The Sad Young Men 一、词汇短语 二、课文精解 三、文体修辞 四、全文翻译 五、练习答案Lesson 6 Loving and Hating New York 一、词汇短语 二、课文精解 三、文体修辞 四、全文翻译 五、练习答案Lesson 7 The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas (Excerpts) 一、词汇短语 二、课文精解 三、文体修辞 四、全文翻译 五、练习答案Lesson 8 The Future of the English 一、词汇短语 二、课文精解 三、文体修辞 四、全文翻译 五、练习答案Lesson 9 The Loons 一、词汇短语 二、课文精解 三、文体修辞 四、全文翻译 五、练习答案Lesson 10 The Discovery of What It Means to Be an American 一、词汇短语 二、课文精解 三、文体修辞 四、全文翻译 五、练习答案Lesson 11 Four Laws of Ecology (Part I) 一、词汇短语 二、课文精解 三、文体修辞 四、全文翻译 五、练习答案Lesson 12 Four Laws of Ecology (Part Ⅱ) 一、词汇短语 二、课文精解 三、文体修辞 四、全文翻译 五、练习答案Lesson 13 The Mansion: A Subprime Parable (Excerpts) 一、词汇短语 二、课文精解 三、文体修辞 四、全文翻译 五、练习答案Lesson 14 Faustian Economics 一、词汇短语 二、课文精解 三、文体修辞 四、全文翻译 五、练习答案Lesson 15 Disappearing Through the Skylight 一、词汇短语 二、课文精解 三、文体修辞 四、全文翻译 五、练习答案弘博学习网————各类考试资料全收录内容简介本书是《高级英语（2）》（第3版重排版）的学习辅导用书，按照原教材的课次进行编写，每单元涉及词汇短语、课文精解、单元语法、全文翻译以及练习答案等内容。
高级英语2第三版张汉熙课本知识翻译
Unit 1 Pub Talk and the King’s English人类的一切活动中，只有闲谈最宜于增进友谊，而且是人类特有的一种活动。
动物之间的信息交流，不论其方式何等复杂，也是称不上交谈的。
闲谈的引人人胜之处就在于它没有一个事先定好的话题。
它时而迂回流淌，时而奔腾起伏，时而火花四射，时而热情洋溢，话题最终会扯到什么地方去谁也拿不准。
要是有人觉得“有些话要说”，那定会大煞风景，使闲聊无趣。
闲聊不是为了进行争论。
闲聊中常常会有争论，不过其目的并不是为了说服对方。
闲聊之中是不存在什么输赢胜负的。
事实上，真正善于闲聊的人往往是随时准备让步的。
也许他们偶然间会觉得该把自己最得意的奇闻轶事选出一件插进来讲一讲，但一转眼大家已谈到别处去了，插话的机会随之而失，他们也就听之任之。
或许是由于我从小混迹于英国小酒馆的缘故吧，我觉得酒瞎里的闲聊别有韵味。
酒馆里的朋友对别人的生活毫无了解，他们只是临时凑到一起来的，彼此并无深交。
他们之中也许有人面临婚因破裂，或恋爱失败，或碰到别的什么不顺心的事儿，但别人根本不管这些。
他们就像大仲马笔下的三个火枪手一样，虽然日夕相处，却从不过问彼此的私事，也不去揣摸别人内心的秘密。
有一天晚上的情形正是这样。
人们正漫无边际地东扯西拉，从最普通的凡人俗事谈到有关木星的科学趣闻。
谈了半天也没有一个中心话题，事实上也不需要有一个中心话题。
可突然间大伙儿的话题都集中到了一处，中心话题奇迹般地出现了。
我记不起她那句话是在什么情况下说出来的——她显然不是预先想好把那句话带到酒馆里来说的，那也不是什么非说不可的要紧话——我只知道她那句话是随着大伙儿的话题十分自然地脱口而出的。
“几天前，我听到一个人说‘标准英语’这个词语是带贬义的批评用语，指的是人们应该尽量避免使用的英语。
”此语一出，谈话立即热烈起来。
有人赞成，也有人怒斥，还有人则不以为然。
最后，当然少不了要像处理所有这种场合下的意见分歧一样，由大家说定次日一早去查证一下。
高级英语第三版第二册张汉熙1-6,8课课文翻译
高级英语第三版第二册张汉熙1-6,8课课文翻译Unit 1 Pub Talk and the King’s English人类的一切活动中，只有闲谈最宜于增进友谊，而且是人类特有的一种活动。
动物之间的信息交流，不论其方式何等复杂，也是称不上交谈的。
闲谈的引人人胜之处就在于它没有一个事先定好的话题。
它时而迂回流淌，时而奔腾起伏，时而火花四射，时而热情洋溢，话题最终会扯到什么地方去谁也拿不准。
要是有人觉得“有些话要说”，那定会大煞风景，使闲聊无趣。
闲聊不是为了进行争论。
闲聊中常常会有争论，不过其目的并不是为了说服对方。
闲聊之中是不存在什么输赢胜负的。
事实上，真正善于闲聊的人往往是随时准备让步的。
也许他们偶然间会觉得该把自己最得意的奇闻轶事选出一件插进来讲一讲，但一转眼大家已谈到别处去了，插话的机会随之而失，他们也就听之任之。
或许是由于我从小混迹于英国小酒馆的缘故吧，我觉得酒瞎里的闲聊别有韵味。
酒馆里的朋友对别人的生活毫无了解，他们只是临时凑到一起来的，彼此并无深交。
他们之中也许有人面临婚因破裂，或恋爱失败，或碰到别的什么不顺心的事儿，但别人根本不管这些。
他们就像大仲马笔下的三个火枪手一样，虽然日夕相处，却从不过问彼此的私事，也不去揣摸别人内心的秘密。
有一天晚上的情形正是这样。
人们正漫无边际地东扯西拉，从最普通的凡人俗事谈到有关木星的科学趣闻。
谈了半天也没有一个中心话题，事实上也不需要有一个中心话题。
可突然间大伙儿的话题都集中到了一处，中心话题奇迹般地出现了。
我记不起她那句话是在什么情况下说出来的――她显然不是预先想好把那句话带到酒馆里来说的，那也不是什么非说不可的要紧话――我只知道她那句话是随着大伙儿的话题十分自然地脱口而出的。
“几天前，我听到一个人说‘标准英语’这个词语是带贬义的批评用语，指的是人们应该尽量避免使用的英语。
”此语一出，谈话立即热烈起来。
有人赞成，也有人怒斥，还有人则不以为然。
最后，当然少不了要像处理所有这种场合下的意见分歧一样，由大家说定次日一早去查证一下。
Pub Talk and the King′s English 张汉熙高级英语第二册课件
What makes good conversation?
4. There is no winning in conversation. One does not try to prove himself right and others wrong. We may argue but we needn't try to convince others that they are wrong and we are right.
metaphor
meander leap ---- river
1. flow slowly turning here and there 2. jump over
metaphor
Sparkle glow ---- fire 1. small flashes 2. bright light
Writing style
The real thesis --- in the 3rd para. “Bar conversation has a charm of its own”. A better title would be:
" The Art of Good Conversation“ "The Charms of Conversation"
Writing style
Conversation is the most sociable of all human activities. The last sentence of the last par. winds up the theme by pointing out what is the bane (祸害）of good conversation ....... "talking sense“
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[精华版]张汉熙高级英语课文详解第2册1-5课Lesson OnePart One: paragraph 1 --- paragraph 6sh: v. to move quickly or violently 猛烈冲击、猛打(1) 暴风雨袭击了海岸的那片树林。
Rainstorm lashed the forest on the coast.(2) 冰雹无情地打下来。
Hail lashed down mercilessly.(3) The waves are lashing the shore.(4) A rising wind was lashing the rain against the window.2.pummel/ pommel: n.v. to beat or hit with repeated blows, esp. with the fist 用拳头连续敲打(1) The thief was pushed and pummeled by an angry crowd.(2) 他诱骗那人到角落狠狠揍了他30秒钟。
He trapped the man in a corner and pummeled him ferociously for thirty seconds.3. Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama4. California, Las Vegas5. consult: go to a person or book for informationconsult sb.: ask sb. for special information, adviceconsult with sb.: to exchange opinions of sb.6. Hurricane Betsy:a powerful Hurricane of the 1965 Atlantic Hurricane season which caused enormous damage inthe Bahamas, Florida, and Louisiana.7. A good: at least, full(1) 我们足足等了三个小时. We waited for a good three hours.(2) 昨晚Bill在酒馆里喝得烂醉. Bill had a good drink at the pub last night.(3) It is a good five hours to drive to the railway station.(4) His parents gave him a good beating.8. We can batten down and ride it out.A metaphor: compare the house in a hurricane to a ship fighting a storm at seaWe can make the necessary preparations and survive the hurricane without much damage.9. Batten: to fasten with battens 用压条钉住(或固定)10. Ride it out: to stay afloat during a storm without much damage.11. Scud: (of clouds or ships) to move swiftly, glide or skim along easily 疾行、飞驰、掠过(1) The ship scuds before the wind.(2) White clouds scudded across the sky.12. Vietnam(1) A country of southeast Asia (2) Capital: Hanoi (3) The largest city: Ho Chi Minh City (4)Population: 84,400,000 (5) the Red River (6) the Mekong River Delta 13. Sit out:(1) It’s hot indoors. Let’s sit out in the garden.sit sth. out: a. to stay to the end of a performanceb. take no part in (esp. a particular dance) (2) The play was boring, but we sat it out.(3) I think I will sit out the next dance.Part Two: paragraph 7 --- paragraph 271. French door: two adjoining doors that have glass panes from topto bottom and they open inthe middleto throw away; (fig.) to do sth. with a lot of enthusiasm and energy.2. Fling: to throw violently ;(1) She flung her shoe at the cat.(2) The youth got him by the front of his shirt and flung him to the ground. (3) How can you fling your wife away?(4) He has flung up studies.(5) She flung herself into her career.3. shove: push with quick, violent movement. 猛推(1)人们推推搡搡挤向火车。
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3. Dumas referring to Alexandre Dumas (1802-70), known as Dumas Pere, French novelist and dramatist. Dumas delighted readers in many countries with his highly romantic novels immortalizing the adventures of the three musketeers and the Count of Monte Cristo. The Three Musketeers was published in 1844 and Count of Monte Cristo in 1845. Both these novels have had enormous popularity and have been translated into nearly every language.
4．Nash Thomas Nash or Nashe (1567-1601) was a journalist with a keen weapon of satire, whose pamphlets appealed to public interest in serious questions, such as the power of the bishops, and in private scandal. Nash imitated the picaresque novel of adventure in The Unfortunate Traveller (1594), which narrates the practical jokes, travels, and adventures of Jack Wilton, an English boy adrift on the Continent enlivened by fictitious interviews with important persons, fictitious eyewitness accounts of striking events, and other journalistic tricks. In 1597, together. With Ben Jonson, he wrote the comedy The Isle of Dogs, which caused the imprisonment of several persons, including Jonson himself for “seditious(煽动性的) and slanderous(诽谤性的)” language.
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The King’s English: •Variety of English •supposedly correct or standard English ( esp. British English) as to grammar and pronunciation, •so-called from the notion of royal sanction( approval; acceptance )
Mistress Quickly talks to Slender's servant Simple, sent by Evans, and agrees that she will consent to speak positively of Slender to Anne Page. Her master, Doctor Caius, enters and encounters Simple. When he hears about his errand, he becomes angry and drafts a letter to Evans. Caius too is in love with Anne Page and blames Evans for encouraging Slender; hence he challenges him to a duel. He threatens Quickly, who had promised him she would encourage Anne to look favorably on him. Later Fenton enters; he's also in love with Anne and wants to know if Quickly has related his affections to her.//Mistress Page enters with a letter from Falstaff. She's astonished that he has the gall to try to seduce her and wonders how she will seek revenge. Mistress Ford appears with her own letter, which they discover is exactly the same. They decide to lead Falstaff on until he is ruined and humiliated. Mistress Ford agrees to anything that won't harm her honor. Meanwhile, Pistol and Nim enter, conversing with Ford and Page; they reveal Falstaff's plans. The husbands are astonished. Page doesn't think his wife will fall for Falstaff, but Ford is horribly jealous and convinced his wife will dishonor him.
2. How do you understand “the King’s English”?
3. How is “English pubs” and “the King’s English” connected with each other in this text?
4. What do you anticipate about the content of the text simply from the title?
Have a better understanding of the stylistic differences between spoken and written English
Better understand the art of conversation
Teaching procedures
Pre-reading questions Macro-structure of the text Background information presentations Detailed study of the text Follow-up discussion
Background Information
Summary Justice Shallow, Master Slender, and Sir Hugh Evans enter, discussing
Shallow's anger at Sir John Falstaff. Evans changes the topic to the young Anne Page, whom he would like to see Slender marry. They arrive at Master Page's door, where Shallow confronts Falstaff and his entourage. The men enter to dine, but Slender drifts around outside, trying unsuccessfully to converse with Anne Page until he goes inside. //Falstaff and his entourage settle in at the Garter Inn, whereFalstaff reveals his plan to seduce Mistress Page and Mistress Ford, both of whom have control over their husband's money, which he desires. He sends Pistol and Nim to deliver letters to the women, but they refuse. Instead they plot to stymie Falstaff's plans by telling Page and Ford of his intentions.
Unit 3. Pub Talk and the King’s English
Learning objectives
Get more knowledge about the history of Britain esp. the Norman Conquest and its influence on the English language
convicts 4. Spoken English and written English 5. The art of conversation
Pre-reading questions
1. What is a pub? What do you know about English pubs?
To speak the king’s English means to speak very correctly in a way typical of people of highest social class.
Macro-structure of the text
Part I (para.1—3) A general introduction to what makes a good
of the “king’s English” Part IV (para18—21) Winding up by pointing out
what is the bane of good conversation
6. The Merry Wives of Windsor
by William Shakespeare
•When the ruling monarch is a queen, it is also called “ the Queen’s English.”
The Queen’s English:
(old-fashioned) the form of spoken and written British English that is considered correct by most people (Macmillan English Dictionary)
conversation Part II (para.4—11) A particular instance of a good pub conversation Part III (para. 12—17) (digression) The author’s reflection on the history and meaning
5. What type of writing is the text? What’s the main theme of this writing?
6. Is the title of the piece aetter title?
1. English pubs • contracted from the public house—known as the pub or the local— • center of social life for a large number of people(especially men) in Britain • places for meeting friends and for entertainment • offering a wide variety of alcoholic and nonalcoholic drinks and providing (in increasing numbers) hot and cold food, • providing television sets, amusement machines and facilities for playing darts（镖）, billiards（台球）, dominoes（多米诺骨牌） and similar games, even employing musicians for evening entertainment, such as piano playing, folk singing and modern jazz