Keys
◆Lead-in◆
1.Open.
2.This song is about someone who the singer once loved.
3.She is the hottest singer in the world in 2012 and she won the Record of the Year and other important awards at the 54th Grammy Awards.
◆Module 1 Learn to Talk◆
Before You Listen
Open.
While You Listen
1.Listen to a short passage about The Chinese Opera:Mulan and choose the best answer to each question below.
（1）A （2）C （3）B
2.Listen again and discuss the following questions with a partner.
（1）Music echoes the wish for peace and expresses human emotion such happiness,love,sorrow,anger,hatred,and etc.
（2）The opera conveys the theme that the genuine wish for peace of the Chinese people since ancient time.
（3）Open.
After You Listen
Open.
◆Module 2 Learn to Read◆
Passage A Commercial or Critical Success:the Grammy Awards
Reading Comprehension
1.Global understanding
（1）C （2）A （3）D
2.Detailed understanding
（1）D （2）B （3）A
3.Questions for critical thinking Open.
Language Practice
1.Read the following words or definitions and find the words from passage A which can match them.
（1）accolade （2）promising （3）chart （4）preserve （5）integrity
（6）nominate
2.Write your sentence by using each of the following words or phrases on the underlined space.
（1）The school has honored one of its brightest and most promising former students.
（2）Customers are often very critical of the products they buy.
（3）If you work harder,there will be a breakthrough in your career.
（4）We will do everything to preserve peace in this area.
（5）With her good virtue,she gained loyalty from her friends.
3.Translate the following sentences into Chinese,pay attention to the words in colour.
（1）众多著名艺术家会在这个一年一度的音乐盛会中登台演出，同时备受关注的颁奖盛况会被直播。
（2）其余奖项颁发给特定流派的歌手和制作单位，以及在其他艺术作品和音乐录影等领域作出贡献的艺术家。特殊奖颁给在音乐领域中长时间作出贡献的艺术家。
（3）学院成员必须遵循诚信的原则投票，以保证学院的公正性。格莱美被普遍认为是音乐界内的最高成就。
（4）对于一个褒奖所有音乐人、歌手、作曲人、制作人和技术专家的艺术成就的机构，我们期望格莱美奖能彰显那些源于我们的音乐文化所折射出来的价值观。
（5）我们必须承认埃米纳姆和坎耶·韦斯特带来的深远的文化冲击，必须看到他们的音乐是如何形成、如何影响人们并如何被定义为新生代之声。无论是从商业角度还是从严肃意义上的成功来看，这种冲击与1984年迈克尔·杰克逊的杰作《颤栗》的成功是一样的。
Passage B Chinese Musicians Striking a New Note at Grammy
Reading Comprehension
1.Global understanding
（1）He feels a strong sense of mission that he should bring Chinese music to the world stage,bring the East and West closer in sensibilities and musicality through his composing and performing.
（2）One of his album“ERGO”has received high applause from professional music review publications such as Fanfare.
（3）It depicts a new immigrant's expectation,hope,anxiety,and excitement,telling a story of adaptation survival,and self⁃discovery.
2.Detailed understanding.
（1）（F） （2）（T） （3）（F） （4）（F） （5）（T）
Language Practice
1.Write a short paragraph of 100-150 words about an artist's achievements.You should use5-8 words and phrases given below.Open.
2.Choose the words or phrases from the box below to complete the following sentences.Each word or phrase can be only used once.Change their form where necessary.
（1）felt honored （2）expressive （3）cross⁃genre （4）depicts
（5）prestigious （6）showcase （7）receive applause （8）anxiety
3.Translation
The Butterfly Lovers Violin Concerto composed by He Zhanhao and Chen Gang had its premiere on May 27,1959 at the Grand Theatre in Shanghai.Yu Lina played the violin solo.This most famous violin concerto in Chinese history has completed the creation of nationalizing the symphonic music.The theme is based on a popular folk tale,with the melody of Yue Opera.The symphonic music and Chinese folk drama music expression technique were combined in the concerto.The music presents Liang Shanbo's sincere love and loyalty to Zhu Yingtai,expressing people's deep sympathy and wishes for the tragic protagonists,also expressing people's pursuit and yearning for a better life.