den懂你英语 Level4 Unit3 Part2

2021年1月9日发(作者：宦懋庸)
L4-U3-P2 英语流利说 4-3-2 懂你英语 Level4 Unit3 Part2
L4-U3-P2-1 Listening : Story of Lang Lang 1
Lang Lang is one of the world's greatest concert pianists.
His first contact with Western music was when he was just two years
old.
He watched a cartoon in which a cat played a famous piece by Franz
Liszt.
From this experience, he decided he wanted to learn to play the
piano.
When he was three and half years old, he started piano lessons.
Two years later he won first place in a piano competition.
This early success gave his father high hopes that Lang Lang would
become a great pianist.
Why did his father believed that Lang Lang would become a great
pianist? - He won a piano competition when he was five.
(1) His first contact with Western music was when he was just two
years old.
(2) He watched a cartoon in which a cat played a famous piece by
Franz Liszt.
(3) From this experience, he decided he wanted to learn to play the
piano.
(4) When he was three and half years old, he started piano lessons.
When Lang Lang was nine years old, his father quit his job and took
him to Beijing.
They left everything behind, including his mother who had to work.
Lang Lang didn't want to leave her behind, but his father insisted.
His father wanted him to study at the famous Central Conservatory of
Music.
Why did they leave his mother behind? -She had to work to support
them.
When they moved to Beijing, they rented a flat in a poor area of the
city.
During this time, Lang Lang practiced for several hours a day.
He started practicing at 5 o'clock, which upset his neighbors.
They would often pound on his door and ask him to stop practicing.
They were so angry that he often feared that they would beat him up.
Where did they live when they moved to Beijing? - They lived in a
poor area of the city.
He started practicing at 5 o'clock, which upset his neighbors.
His first contact with Western music was when he was just two
years old.
From this experience, he decided he wanted to learn to play the
piano.
He started practicing at 5 o'clock, which upset his neighbors.
He watched a cartoon in which a cat played a famous piece by
Franz Liszt.
When Lang Lang was nine years old, his father quit his job and
took him to Beijing.

L4-U3-P2-2 Listening : Story of Lang Lang 2
Lang Lang usually had piano lessons once a week to prepare for the
Conservatory.
Nearly 2000 students were applying for just 12 places at the
Conservatory.
His lessons were expensive and very difficult, especially because of
his piano teacher.
His music teacher didn't like Lang Lang.
He called his teacher
a hard time.
What was the purpose of his lessons? - He wanted to study at the
Conservatory.
Nearly 2000 students were applying for just 12 places at the
Conservatory.
One afternoon, his teacher told him he had no talent and told him to
go home.
Upon hearing the news, his father screamed and seemed to lose his
mind.
His father told him that everything was destroyed and there was no
reason to live.
He ordered Lang Lang to jump off the 11th-floor balcony.
After this, Lang Lang almost went crazy.
He didn't want to play the piano anymore.
What happened one afternoon? - His teacher told him to go home.
What did his father tell him? -There was no reason to live.
One afternoon, his teacher told him he had no talent and told him to
go home.
For several months, he neither played the piano nor spoke to his
father.
Then some friends encouraged him to play a piece for them, and he
realized his great love of the piano.
For the next 19 months, he practiced hard and his father encourage
him.
Finally, when he was 10, he was accepted into the Conservatory with
a full scholarship.
Why did he started practicing again? - He realized his great love of
the piano.
For several months, he neither played the piano nor spoke to his
father.
In 1995, when he was 13 years old, he played music by Chopin in the
Beijing Concert Hall.
In that same year he won first place in an international competition
for young musicians in Japan.
When he was 15, he move to the United States and began studies with
a famous pianist at the Curtis Institute.
Since then his career has grown and he has become a major star.
One American music critic called him
keyboard talent I have encountered in many a year of attending piano
recitals.
What did he do when he was 15? - He wanted to study in the United
States.

In 2010, Lang Lang signed a recording contract for several million
dollars.
In 2011, he performed at the White House for Presidents Obama of
the United States and Hu jintao of China.
With all of his success and fame, Lang Lang tries to encourage others.
He uses his fame to spread the popularity of classical music and
encourage young musicians.
And in the end, Lang Lang and his father have rebuilt their
relationship.
In his autobiography, Mr Lang dedicated the book to his mother and
father.
With all of his success and fame, Lang Lang tries to
encourage others.
His lessons were expensive and very difficult, especially because
of his piano teacher.
He ordered Lang Lang to jump off the 11th-floor balcony.
With all of his success and fame, Lang Lang tries to encourage
others.
Lang Lang usually had piano lessons once a week to prepare for
the Conservatory.
His father told him that everything was destroyed and there was
no reason to live.

L4-U3-P2-3 Vocabulary : Business and Economics
A person's debt is how much he or she owes to others.
Debt can be in the form of money, products, or services owed to
someone else.
If you borrow money, you are taking on new debt.
An asset is something that has value, such as money, property or even
a nice personality.
Assets can be used to pay off debts.
Specialized knowledge or skills are also assets that can be used to get
a job or earn money.
Real estate is property, such as land, houses, and buildings.
Buying, selling or renting property is the business of real estate.
Buying and selling real estate is a popular form of investment.
Inventory is a detailed list of items in one's possession.
In business, one's inventory is the supply of items that are ready for
sale.
If a store runs out of things to sell, it needs to resupply its inventory.
An investment is the purchase of an asset with the hope that its value
will increase.
A good investment will produce income, such as rental income.