和谐英语

高中英语牛津版高一下学期01

2015-01-29来源:和谐英语

[07:58.09]No, to hear her conducting
[08:01.85]Oh, you can hear her on the radio next week.
[08:06.22]They recorded the whole thing
[08:09.77]Did they record the contest as well?
[08:13.53]What contest?Nobody contested anything last night.
[08:19.70]Oh,I thought there was going to be a singing contest
[08:24.76]I must have been mistaken.
[08:28.21]MORE LANGUAGE INPUT(1) Reading
[08:36.75]The Grand Chandelier in the Shanghai Grand
[08:41.80]Theatre a You might know that The Blue Danube waltz
[08:46.34]is a very popular piece of music created by the famous Austrian composer
[08:53.11]Johann Strauss.
[08:56.45]Many people all over the world have heard of this famous waltz and danced to it
[09:03.61]but have you ever heard of the crystal chandelier
[09:08.47]which is called 'The Blue Danube'?
[09:12.41]you step into the lobby of the new Shanghai Grand Theatre
[09:17.69]a huge and unusual crystal chandelier will immediately catch your eye.
[09:24.85]This chandelier was designed and made in Austria.
[09:29.81]It has three hundred lights and six panpipe like arms which support these lights.
[09:37.99]The huge crystal chandelier is more than seven metreshigh
[09:44.05]and three metres wide.
[09:47.39]Think how bright it is when it is switched on!
[09:52.25]It lights up the lobby of the theatre and throws light ontoits floor,
[09:58.41]which is as unusual as the chandelier itself.
[10:03.38]It is decorated with patterns of piano keys in black and white,
[10:10.51]and a very interesting painting of an ear and an eye.
[10:15.86]People say that the appearance of the chandelier
[10:20.83]and the magical effects its light creates on the lobby
[10:26.29]make them think of The Blue Danube waltz!
[10:30.96]Listing
[10:35.11]The Sydney Opera House
[10:39.27]you are going to hear a passage about the sydney opera house.
[10:44.31]Fill in the blanks with what you hear on the tape.
[10:48.86]Pay special affention to the numbers.
[10:52.70]The magnificent Sydney Opera House stands alone on Benne long Point
[10:58.76]surrounded by the waters of Sydney harbour.
[11:02.91]It was designed by the Danish architect jor Dtzon.
[11:08.06]The building has four main auditoriums:
[11:13.33]the Conert Hall with(1)___seats,
[11:18.97]the Opera theatre with(2)____seats,
[11:25.95]the Drama Theatre with(3)____seats and the Playhouse with 398 seats.
[11:34.91]There are also(4)____restaurants,six bars,
[11:39.95]and a multi storey undergroud car park which can park(5)___vehicles.
[11:47.21]Reservations and prices?Here is sone information:
[11:52.49]Premium  $116-$132
[12:00.04]A Reserve (6)___
[12:07.61]B Reserve $84-$95
[12:14.07]C Reserve (7)___
[12:20.44]D Reserve $38(with restricted view)
[12:27.60]The prices given are in Australian dollars(ADS$).
[12:31.96]A(8)___percent discount is offered to groups of more than ten persons.