高考英语 必考话题分类解析 话题11 音乐(Music)(含解析)

【话题解读】

＂音乐＂是高中英语新课标话题之一，亦是高考常考话题，历年高考英语都可觅其踪迹。本话题包括影视剧、音乐与舞蹈等方面。通过该话题的学习和考查，可以让学生初步了解电影电视剧作、欣赏文艺素材等，促进他们的爱国热情。

在近几年的高考英语当中，该话题常以听力、阅读理解、书面表达等形式出现，例如2017年新课标卷I阅读理解C篇，2017年新课标卷II阅读理解A篇，2017年江苏卷完形填空，2016年新课标卷III阅读理解A篇，2014年大纲卷阅读理解E篇，2013年安徽卷阅读理解E篇，2013年山东卷阅读理解B篇等。【相关词汇】

话题单词1. instrument [ˈɪnstrʊmənt] n.乐器 2. folk [fəʊk] adj.民间的

3. applause [əˈplɔːz] n.鼓掌欢迎

4. musician [mjuːˈzɪʃ(ə)n] n.音乐家

5. concert ['kɒnsәt] n. 音乐会

6. perform [pəˈfɔːm] v.表演

7. performance [pəˈfɔːməns] n.表演 8. classical [ˈklæsɪk(ə)l] adj.古典的

9. influence [ˈɪnflʊəns] vt.影响

10. record [ˈrekɔːd] vt.& vi.录音；纪录n．记录；唱片

11. relaxed [rɪˈlækst]adj.放松的

12. depressed [dɪˈpres]adj. 压抑的

13.interpret [ɪnˈtɜːprɪt] v. 解释；说明

14. honour ['ɒnә] v.尊敬；敬重

15. present [ˈprez(ə)nt] v.赠送；颁发

16. collection [kəˈlekʃ(ə)n] n. 收藏

17. earn [ɜːn] vt. 赚钱，获得，博得

18. hit [hɪt] n.成功

19. appreciate [əˈpriːʃɪeɪt] v. 欣赏

20. attractive [əˈtræktɪv] adj.吸引人的

话题1. make contact with与……进行来往 2. all of a sudden 突然

3. give life to赋予……生命(生命力，活力)

4. dance to the music伴着音乐跳

（一）The Language of Music

音乐的语言

A painter hangs his or her finished picture on a wall, and everyone can see it. A composer writes a work, but no one can hear it until

it is performed. Professional singers and

players have great responsibilities, for

the composer is utterly dependent on them.

A student of music needs as long and as

arduous a training to become a performer as

a medical student needs to become a doctor.

Most training is concerned with technique,

for musicians have to have the muscular

proficiency of an athlete or a ballet

dancer. Singers practice breathing every day, as their vocal chords would be inadequate without controlled muscular support. String players practice moving the fingers of the left hand up and down, while drawing the bow and to and fro with the right arm –two entirely different movements. Singers and instrumentalists have to be able to get every not perfectly in tune. Pianists are spared this particular anxiety, for the notes are already there, waiting for them, and it is the piano tuner’s responsibility to tune the instrument for them. But they have their own difficulties: the hammers that hit the strings have to be coaxed not to sound like percussion, and each overlapping tone has to sound clear. This problem of getting clear texture is one that confronts student conductors: they have to learn to know every note of the music and how it should sound, and they have to aim at controlling these sounds with musical knowledge and understanding. Great artists are those who are so thoroughly at home in the language of music that they can enjoy performing works written in any century.