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[00:00.00]和谐英语学习网 Unit 5               Rhythm
[00:-1.00]Lesson 17            Performance
[00:-2.00]Alanis-a True Perormer
[00:-3.00]Canadian singer Alanis Morissette is used spotlight.
[00:-4.00]Her most famous album Jagged Pill,
[00:-5.00]came out in 1995 when she was only twenty-one years old.
[00:-6.00]It sold 15 million copiesand made her world famous.
[00:-7.00]Since then she has made several more albums
[00:-8.00]and she has continued giving great performances on stage
[00:-9.00]Last Thursday night hundreds of fans went the Corn Exchange in Cambridge,
[00:10.00]England to see one of Canada's top singer-songwriters,AN Moriss-ette in concert.
[00:11.00]It was Morissette's performance in Englandsince her song
[00:12.00]'Uninvited' won this year's Grammy Award the best rock song.
[00:13.00]The 30-year-old artist has a dedicated fan base in England.
[00:14.00]There was not a empty seat anywhere in the auditorium at last Thursday's event,
[00:15.00]although it was an incredibly cold night'Sure it's cold outside,
[00:16.00]but I hope warm it up in here for you,'
[00:17.00]Morissette said the large crowd before she started to play.
[00:18.00]During the 3-hour concert,
[00:19.00]the artist used a lot of material from her award-winning album
[00:20.00]'Jagged Little Pill'.She also played a few songs from her new album,
[00:21.00]such as 'Everything But...'which tells the story of someone looking
[00:22.00]for love in the wrong places.
[00:23.00]Morissette gave a creative and powerful performance in another song'Utopia'.
[00:24.00]Her singing was full of feeling;
[00:25.00]the first part of the song was filled with anger,
[00:26.00]while the last part expressed tender love and joy.
[00:27.00]Although the auditorium was cold
[00:28.00]and the sound system caused a few problemsthe audience still managed
[00:29.00]to enjoy the concert.
[00:30.00]Many people in the crowd were obviously dedicated fans
[00:31.00]and they knew the words and sang along to nearly every song.
[00:32.00]Throughout the concert,the atmosphere inside the auditorium was electrifying.
[00:33.00]Everyone agreed that they were greatly impressedby Morissette's
[00:34.00]brilliant music and singing.
[00:35.00]At the end of the three hours,Morissette showed that she was a true performer,
[00:36.00]singing a memorable version of'Heartache'
[00:37.00]She finished the evening with a new song about the life of a superstar.
[00:38.00]While I watched and listened,
[00:39.00]I knew that I was seeing the performance of a real superstar.
[00:40.00]Lesson 19            Experiment in Folk
[00:41.00]Kong goes for folk! As a famous classical pianist,
[00:42.00]Kong Xiangdong surprised his fans last weekby givins a concert
[00:43.00]of Chinese folk music.
[00:44.00]Kons explained that he combined Chinese folk
[00:45.00]music the piano because he wanted to try something new.
[00:46.00]After playing classical music for years,
[00:47.00]Kong felt the need to find some way of being different
[00:48.00]from other classioal musicians.
[00:49.00]As a result of his search, he discovered the potentials of Chinese folk music.
[00:50.00]As his mother was a great music lover,
[00:51.00]music has always been an important part of Kong's life.
[00:52.00]It wasn't always easy for the young Kong Xiangdong.
[00:53.00]He was made to practis the piano so much
[00:54.00]that he sometimes found it unbearat But because he persevered,
[00:55.00]he soon became a great pianist.
[00:56.00]In 1986, he became the youngest prize winnerin
[00:57.00]Moscow's Tchaikovsky international Competition.
[00:58.00]He wa only 18.Because of his talent Kong became famous worldwide.
[00:59.00]But after years of intense pressure,
[-1:00.00]Kong admitted that perhaps he was so busy
[-1:-1.00]that he lost his own identity in some ways Because of this,
[-1:-2.00]he decided to look more closely at his own rootsand rediscovered