托福 聽(tīng)力加試 拉格泰姆音樂(lè)ragtime music

1、托福機(jī)經(jīng)聽(tīng)力加試?yán)裉┠芬魳?lè)托福機(jī)經(jīng)聽(tīng)力加試?yán)裉┠芬魳?lè)RagtimeRagtimeMusicMusic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(shí)，一

9、位女學(xué)生說(shuō)：此時(shí)，一位女學(xué)生說(shuō)：WithWithRockRock&RollRollIcancanseeseewhywhyit’sit’spopular.popular.ButButwhenwhenititcomescomestotoRagtimeRagtimewell…well…Idon’tdon’tgetgetit!it!（有題）（有題）RagtimeRagtimemusicmusic為何會(huì)流行呢？因?yàn)槿诤侠∶乐尬幕?，表達(dá)年輕人心聲

10、為何會(huì)流行呢？因?yàn)槿诤侠∶乐尬幕磉_(dá)年輕人心聲(spirit(spiritofofyouth)youth)（有題）。（有題）。然后講到然后講到pianopiano，說(shuō)鋼琴的，說(shuō)鋼琴的soundsoundqualityquality很適合彈很適合彈RagtimeRagtimeMusicMusic（有題）（有題）。那個(gè)年代，大家都沒(méi)錢，就去那個(gè)年代，大家都沒(méi)錢，就去publicpublicconcertconcertrestaurant

11、restaurant這些地方聽(tīng)這些地方聽(tīng)音樂(lè)，而音樂(lè)，而pianopiano聲音夠響亮，又和聲音夠響亮，又和RagtimeRagtimemusicmusicrhythmrhythm搭配的天衣無(wú)縫，使搭配的天衣無(wú)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(shí)汽車還未普及，所以買鋼琴是當(dāng)時(shí)家庭再加上，當(dāng)時(shí)汽車還未普及，所以買鋼琴是當(dāng)時(shí)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(dòng)演出，例如除了流動(dòng)演出，例如paradeparade和parkparkconcertconcert，pianopiano演奏時(shí)可能被其他演奏時(shí)可能被其他樂(lè)器取代，樂(lè)器取代，becausebecauseofoftransptationtransptationproblemproblem（有題）。（有題）

13、。教授說(shuō)其實(shí)教授說(shuō)其實(shí)RagtimeRagtime就是現(xiàn)在就是現(xiàn)在JazzJazz的前身，只不過(guò)的前身，只不過(guò)RagtimeRagtime是固定的，但是固定的，但是JazzJazz是improviseimprovise（有題），因?yàn)檠葑嗾卟话磁评沓雠?，一首曲七個(gè)人彈，（有題），因?yàn)檠葑嗾卟话磁评沓雠?，一首曲七個(gè)人彈，彈出七種調(diào)，彈出七種調(diào)，ragtimeragtime這種音樂(lè)影響很深遠(yuǎn)?。∵@種音樂(lè)影響很深遠(yuǎn)??！題目題目: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