托福 聽力加試 拉格泰姆音樂ragtime music

1、托福機經(jīng)聽力加試?yán)裉┠芬魳吠懈C經(jīng)聽力加試?yán)裉┠芬魳稲agtimeRagtimeMusicMusic原文原文及試題及試題Nowlistentopartofalectureinamusichistyclass.P:Oftentimeswetalkaboutthepopularityofmusicbutwedontalwaysthinkabouttherolethattheinstrumentsplayintheirpopularity

2、.TogiveyouanideaofwhatImeanjusttakeRagtimemusicfinstance.WithoutthepianoRagtimemusiccertainlywouldnthaveevolvedinthelate1800sthewaythatitdid.Imean...acteristicslikethekeysthechdsmadethepianosuitablefplayingtheseparatepar

3、tsofthemusic:themelodiesrhythmsharmoniesatthesametime.Sowithonehyoucouldplaythemelodywhileplayingtheharmonywiththeother.AllthewhilemaintainingtherhythmallacteristicofRagtimemusic.Inotherwdsthepianoallowedmusicianstocreat

4、ethelivelysoundofRagtimemusicunlikeanyotherinstrumentsoftheirtime.fabout20yearsRagtimemusicwasAmericasmostpopularmusicparticularlythepianoragalthoughsomepeopledidntexactlyembraceragtimeyoungpeopleingeneralespeciallyliked

5、it.S:KindoflikeRockRollinthe50sP:Withoutadoubt.ImeanofcourseRagtimein1900didntsoundatalllikeRockRolldidin1950butIdsaythatsafaircomparison.RagtimegeneratedthesamekindofexcitementthatotherkindsofmusiclikeRockeventuallyRapd

6、id.S:ReallyWellwithRockRapIgetwhytheyarepopularbutwhenitcomestoRagtimewell...Idontgetit.P:OkletstakeamomenttolookatwhatRagtimemusicwasaboutitwasfreshnewitwasthefirstkindofmainstreammusicthatusedAfricanAmericanrhythmsthat

7、wasexcitingfinallythemusiceventhelyricsreflectedtherestlessenergyoptimismofyoungpeople.CanyouseehowitcouldcapturethespiritofAmericanyouthJustlikeRockwoulddo50yearslaterSogettingbacktothepianoofallinstruments.AsIsaidbefei

8、tsuniquedesignwaspartoftheappealwhichwaswellsuitedtothestylerhythmofRagtimemusicbuttherewereotherreasonswhyitwassopopular.Rememberthiswasthetimebefetheadventoftheautomobile.Thepianowasasymbolofrespectabilityasymbolof此時，一

9、位女學(xué)生說：此時，一位女學(xué)生說：WithWithRockRock&RollRollIcancanseeseewhywhyit’sit’spopular.popular.ButButwhenwhenititcomescomestotoRagtimeRagtimewell…well…Idon’tdon’tgetgetit!it!（有題）（有題）RagtimeRagtimemusicmusic為何會流行呢？因為融合拉丁美洲文化，表達年輕人心聲

10、為何會流行呢？因為融合拉丁美洲文化，表達年輕人心聲(spirit(spiritofofyouth)youth)（有題）。（有題）。然后講到然后講到pianopiano，說鋼琴的，說鋼琴的soundsoundqualityquality很適合彈很適合彈RagtimeRagtimeMusicMusic（有題）（有題）。那個年代，大家都沒錢，就去那個年代，大家都沒錢，就去publicpublicconcertconcertrestaurant

11、restaurant這些地方聽這些地方聽音樂，而音樂，而pianopiano聲音夠響亮，又和聲音夠響亮，又和RagtimeRagtimemusicmusicrhythmrhythm搭配的天衣無縫，使搭配的天衣無縫，使RagtimeRagtimemusicmusic和鋼琴兩者相得益彰。和鋼琴兩者相得益彰。再加上，當(dāng)時汽車還未普及，所以買鋼琴是當(dāng)時家庭再加上，當(dāng)時汽車還未普及，所以買鋼琴是當(dāng)時家庭financialfinancialstat

12、usstatus的象征（有題），所以鋼琴的銷量和象征（有題），所以鋼琴的銷量和RagtimeRagtime的流行有關(guān)。的流行有關(guān)。除了流動演出，例如除了流動演出，例如paradeparade和parkparkconcertconcert，pianopiano演奏時可能被其他演奏時可能被其他樂器取代，樂器取代，becausebecauseofoftransptationtransptationproblemproblem（有題）。（有題）

13、。教授說其實教授說其實RagtimeRagtime就是現(xiàn)在就是現(xiàn)在JazzJazz的前身，只不過的前身，只不過RagtimeRagtime是固定的，但是固定的，但是JazzJazz是improviseimprovise（有題），因為演奏者不按牌理出牌，一首曲七個人彈，（有題），因為演奏者不按牌理出牌，一首曲七個人彈，彈出七種調(diào)，彈出七種調(diào)，ragtimeragtime這種音樂影響很深遠(yuǎn)?。∵@種音樂影響很深遠(yuǎn)?。☆}目題目:第一題：第一題：

14、WhatWhatisisthethemainmainideaideaofofthethelecturelecture答案：（答案：（C）howhowdoesdoespianopianocontributecontributetotothetheragtimeragtimemusic.music.第二題：第二題：WhyWhythethemusicmusicisispopularpopular答案：（答案：（C）ititexpressede

15、xpressedthethespiritspiritofofthetheyoungyoungpeople.people.第三題：第三題：TwoTworeasonsreasonsofofusingusingpianopianoofofragtime.ragtime.答案：（答案：（C）soundsoundquality.quality.（D）theytheyreflectedreflectedtheirtheirwealthwealths

16、ocialsocialstatus.status.第四題：第四題：WhyWhydoesdoesthetheprofessprofessmentionmentionaboutaboutparadeparadeparkparkconcertconcert答案：（答案：（B）totoexplainexplainthethepianopianomightmightbebereplacedreplacedbybyotherotherinstrum