Lesson42 Not very musical 并非很懂音樂

課文

As we had had a long walk through one of the markets of Old Delhi, we stopped at a square to have a rest. After a time, we noticed a snake charmer with two large baskets at the other side of the square, so we went to have a look at him. As soon as he saw us, he picked up a long pipe which was covered with coins and opened one of the baskets. When he began to play a tune, we had our first glimpse of the snake. It rose out of the basket and began to follow the movements of the pipe. We were very much surprised when the snake charmer suddenly began to play jazz tunes and modern pop songs. The snake, however, continued to 'dance' slowly. It obviously could not tell the difference between Indian music and jazz!

market
n. 市場,集市
a seafood market:海鮮集市
on the market:可買到,在出售的
There're varieties of cell phones with GPS on the market.
GPS:Global Positioning System
marketing:市場營銷

pipe

  1. n. 笛子,管樂器
  2. n. 管道
  3. n. 煙斗
    a gas pipe:煤氣管道

tune

  1. n. 曲調(diào)
  2. n. 旋律
    I recognize the tune, but I can't remember the lyrics. Besides, I can't sing in tune. (out of tune)我聽出來這個旋律了,但是我不記得這個歌詞,另外我唱歌走調(diào)
    lyric:歌詞
    in tune:合調(diào),一致
    out of tune:跑調(diào)

glimpse
n. 一瞥
have / get / catch a glimpse of:瞥見,看一眼
glimpse & glance
glance:一瞥,迅速看一眼(主動)
glance at 掃了一眼
at first glance 乍一看
glimpse:偶然一瞥,無意間看了一眼(主動因素比較少)

snake
n. 蛇
The Legend of White Snake:新白娘子傳奇
symbolic values 象征意義
(serpent ,viper)
negative:
poisonous /'p??z?n?s/ 有毒的
indifferent adj.不關(guān)心的, 冷淡的; 中立的
deceitful /d?'si?tf?l/adj. 不誠實的;騙人的
seductive /s?'d?kt?v/ adj. 誘惑的,誘人的,勾引人的,富有魅力的
vengeful /'ven(d)?f?l/ adj.報復心驅(qū)使的;圖謀報復的
vindictive /v?n'd?kt?v/ adj. 懷有或顯示報復心的
positive:
divine /d?'va?n/ adj. 神圣的;非凡的;天賜的;極好的
authoritative /??'θ?r?t?t?v/adj. 有權(quán)力的; 有權(quán)威的; 可相信的; 可靠的
lucky
evil beauty:蛇蝎美人

movement

  1. n. 動作
  2. n. 運動
    feminist movement=women's rights movement女權(quán)運動
    bowel movement:排便

continue
v. 繼續(xù)
continue to do sth.(更習慣于使用)
continue doing sth.
兩者沒有什么本質(zhì)區(qū)別
continue sth.
Let's continue the topic.

obviously
adv. 顯然地
obvious + ly → obviously
同義詞 clearly / apparently

difference
n. [c] 差別
tell the difference:區(qū)分,分辨
The twins are so alike. It's difficult to tell the difference.
make no difference:毫無影響

課文講解

As we had had a long walk through one of the markets of Old Delhi, we stopped at a square to have a rest.

as引導時間狀語從句
從句過去完成時:
had had a long walk → have had a long walk (had done)
have a walk
have + n. 代替 v. (walked)

After a time, we noticed a snake charmer with two large baskets at the other side of the square, so we went to have a look at him.

after a time = after a while:過了片刻,過了一會兒
snake charmer 耍蛇人
have a look at him:have + n.

As soon as he saw us, he picked up a long pipe which was covered with coins and opened one of the baskets.

which引導定語從句,which在從句中做主語,不可省略
pick up:撿起,拿起;無意中學會
Kathy picked up a lot of Spanish by playing with the native boys and girls. 凱西通過和當?shù)氐哪泻⒑团⒆油嫠W會了很多西班牙語
pick sb. up:開車去接某人

When he began to play a tune, we had our first glimpse of the snake.

play a tune
play the piano / the violin / the guitar …
play a tune / play a song …
had our first glimpse of …
catch / have / get a glimpse of

It rose out of the basket and began to follow the movements of the pipe.

rise & raise
rise:vi. 升起,增加(非人為的情況)
rise - rose - risen
The Sun Also Rises:太陽照常升起
All rise! 全體起立!
raise:vt. 提高,抬起(強調(diào)人為力量)
Raise your hand if you know the answer.
follow the movements of

We were very much surprised when the snake charmer suddenly began to play jazz tunes and modern pop songs.

We were very much surprised不常用
we were very surprised / most surprised

It obviously could not tell the difference between Indian music and jazz!

tell the difference between A and B:區(qū)分A與B
Could you tell the difference between 'raise' and 'rise'?
Indian summer:小陽春(初冬時一種怡人的氣候)

句型演練

have + 普通名詞:表示動作
had had a long walk
have a rest
have a look
had our first glimpse

1. Yesterday I rode on a horse for the first time in my life.
Yesterday I had a ride on a horse for the first time in my life.

2. I was looking at those old photographs last night.
I was having a look at those old photographs last night.

3. He washed before going out.
He had a wash before going out.

4. I swam in the sea this morning.
I had a swim in the sea this morning.

5. Those two sailors fought in the bar last night.
Those two sailors had a fight in the bar last night.

作文

The snake charmer opened his basket and started to play a tune but the snake refused to move.Then the snake charmer shook the basket and the snake obeyed him.Everybody was frightened but these snakes are not dangerous.

Exaggeration is to paint a snake and add legs.
Exaggeration 夸張

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