Lesson 42
Not very musical
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,(1)_____________________,so we went to have a look at him. As soon as he saw us,(2)______________________. When he began to paly 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. (3)__________________________.The snake, however, continued to 'dance' slowly. It obviously could not tell the difference between Indian musical and jazz!
New words and expressions
musical adj.精通音乐的
snake n.蛇
market n.市场,集市
movement n.动作
snake charmer 玩蛇者
continue v.继续
pipe n.(吹奏的)管乐器
dance v.跳舞
tune n.曲调
obviously adv.显然
glimpse n.一瞥
difference n.差别
Indian adj.印度的
Notes on the text
1.Not very musical 是指蛇并不那样"懂"音乐。
2.It obviouly could not tell the difference between Indian music and jazz!显然,它分辨不出印度音乐和爵士乐!tell the difference between ...,辨别...之间的不同.
1. We knew the snake charmer with two large baskets that the other side of the square.
2. he picked up a long pipe which was cover with a coin and open one of the baskets.
3. we were very much surprise when the snake charmer suddently begun to play jazz and modern pop songs.
1 we noticed a snake charmer with too large basket at the other side square.
2 he picked up a long pipe which was covered with ? and opened one of the baskets.
3 we were very much surprise when the snake chermer suddenly began to play jazz and morden pop songs.
1. we noticed a snake charmer with two large baskets at the other sied of the square
2. he picked up a long pipe which was covered with coins and opened one of the baskets
We known that snake charmer with two large baskets that the other side as square.
He picked up a long pipe which cup was coins open one of the basket.
We were very much surprise when the snake charmer began to play jazz and modern party songs.