This is a song millions of Americans will hear this New Year’s Eve. It is called Auld Lang Syne (《友谊地久天长》). It is the traditional music played during the New Year’s celebration. Auld Lang Syne is an old Scottish poem. It tells about the need to remember old friends.
The words “Aauld Lang Syne” mean “old long since”. No one knows who wrote the poem first.
However, a version (译文) by Scottish poet Robert Burns was published (出版) in 1796. The words and music we know today first appeared in a songbook three years later.
The song is played in the United States mainly on New Year’s Eve. The version (译文) you are hearing today is by the Washington Saxophone Quartet. As we end our program with Auld Lang Syne, I would like to wish all of our radio friends a very Happy New Year! This is Buddy Thomas.
1. Where is this passage from?| A．A newspaper. | B．A radio program. | C．A TV program. | D．A magazine. |
| A．On New Year’s Eve. | B．On Christmas Eve. |
| C．On weekends. | D．On holidays. |
| A．In 1790. | B．In 1793. |
| C．In 1796. | D．In 1799. |
| A．It’s about the history of Scotland. |
| B．It’s about an old Scottish poet. |
| C．It’s about the need to remember old friends. |
| D．It’s about the wishes to the radio friends. |
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They found that when people listened to their favorite music, their blood vessels (血管) dilated in much the same way as when they are laughing, or taking blood medications.
"We have a pretty impressive effect," said Dr Michael Miller, director of preventive cardiology (心脏病学) at the University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore.
"Blood vessel diameter improved," he said. "The vessel opened up pretty significantly. You can see the vessels opening up with other activities such as exercise." A similar effect is seen with drugs such as statins.
When blood vessels open up more, blood flows more smoothly and is less likely to form the clots (凝块) that cause heart attacks and strokes. "We are not saying to stop your statins or not to exercise but rather to add this to an overall program of heart health," said Miller, who presented his findings to a meeting of the American Heart Association in New Orleans.
Miller's team tested 10 healthy, non-smoking men and women, who were told to bring their favorite music. They spent half an hour listening to the recordings and half an hour listening to music they said made them feel anxious while the researchers did ultrasound tests designed to show blood vessel function.
Compared to their normal baseline measurements, blood vessel diameter increased 26 percent on average when the volunteers heard their joyful music. Listening to music they disliked — in most cases in this group heavy metal — blood vessels narrowed by six percent, Miller said.
Miller said he came up with the idea after discovering that laughter caused blood to literally flow more smoothly. "I asked myself what other things make us feel really good, besides calories from dark chocolate of course. Music came to mind. ... It makes me feel really good," he said.
Most of the volunteers chose country music but Miller said the style is not so important rather than what pleases each individual.
1. The underlined word dilate (in paragraph 2) is closest in meaning to “_____”.
| A．widen | B．move | C．change | D．increase |
| A．Taking exercise. | B．Listening to unpleasant music. |
| C．Bursting into laughter. | D．Taking drugs like statins. |
| A．blood clots are caused by heart attacks and strokes |
| B．music is better than chocolate for your health |
| C．the style of music has different effects on different people |
| D．a person’s overall health is more influenced by how much exercise he gets |
| A．A scientific journal. | B．A school textbook. |
| C．A medical brochure. | D．A local newspaper. |
| A．Pleasant Music Cures | B．Research into Blood Vessel |
| C．Music and Heart Attack | D．Music and Happiness |
Times: 10 am.&11am.
Tickets: $5 per person
The regular Sunday Cushion Concerts introduce children and their families to different instruments and styles of music. Bring your own cushions and secure places by booking in advance! Tickets are available to book over the phone 01865 325325.
▲Christmas Show: The Elves (精灵) and the Shoemaker
17-22 December 2019
Tickets: $7 per person
A poor shoemaker is down on his luck, but as Christmas draws close, a simple act of kindness inspires some magical elves to offer their services. Their amazing shoes attract customers from far and wide, earning the shoemaker fame and fortune! But how will he ever repay them?
This classic story is brought to life for 3- to 7-year-olds and their families. Please book in advance to secure places! For other details, call us at 01865 325331.
▲Moving Music
Michaelmas Term Concert: 6 October 2019
Times: 11:30am & 2pm
Tickets: $5 per person
Please reserve your places in advance, and pay on the door.
This series of concerts is designed especially for people living with dementia(痴呆), and their families, friends, and carers, to enable them to enjoy a concert experience together and to help unlock memory and movement through the power of music. Concerts are held approximately every three months.
For more details or to arrange access for transport: Phone 01865 286660.
▲Turtle Key Opera
Friday mornings in Trinity Term: April-June 2019
Turtle Song is FREE to all participants. To sign up or for more information contact Turtle Key Arts on 01865 525265.
Turtle Song is an opportunity to compose and sing your own songs with professional musicians. The group will meet weekly over a nine-week period between April and June 2019. The aims are to help people with all forms of dementia and people with memory problems.
1. Which event should you choose if you want your kid to learn about different styles of music?| A．Moving Music. |
| B．Turtle Key Opera. |
| C．Sunday Cushion Concerts. |
| D．Christmas Show: The Elves and the Shoemaker. |
| A．01865 325325. | B．01865 325331. |
| C．01865 286660. | D．01865 525265. |
| A．They are both free of charge. |
| B．They are both held every three months. |
| C．They both benefit people with dementia. |
| D．They both allow people to sing their own songs. |
【推荐3】Now，jazz music is an important part of Indianapolis’ culture. Jazz clubs around the city still host concerts with local jazz musicians like Rob Dixon and Joel Tucker. One of these clubs, the Chatterbox Jazz Club, still has live jazz seven nights a week.
But the real history of jazz in Indy is much less simple. Along with the Avenue's culture, jazz music was gone from the streets for many years.
Indiana Avenue was the heart of a neighborhood along the White River. It was a center for black music and live street music. The wealthy avoided this area. So it became a place that poorer families, including many African-American and immigrant ( 移民) families, moved to.
Jazz prospered in the mix of American cultures around the Avenue in the 1930s and 1940s. But in the 1950s, things changed. After the war, there were projects to make the city beautiful and build a university nearby. Both of these seemed like good changes. However, the new university and buildings caused poorer families to have to leave the area. This destroyed the Indiana Avenue community and with it, its jazz culture.
After many years, Indianapolis remembered the value of its arts and music culture. It began to bring back lost cultures such as live music on the Avenue. To do so, it began to make new changes. The changes included repairing historic areas like the Avenue. Once again, the high living costs in these historic arts areas pushed low-income families out.
Today there are several old-style jazz clubs where friends can meet up to remember the past or just enjoy a summer evening. It might seem at first that jazz is alive again, but there is a sad reality behind these jazz clubs: Modern Indy jazz is only a shadow (影子) of the lively culture that was once on Indiana Avenue.
1. What does the underlined word "prospered" in Paragraph 4 mean?| A．Disappeared quickly. |
| B．Arrived soon. |
| C．Recovered soon. |
| D．Developed well. |
| A．It rebuilt some old important areas. |
| B．It invited old jazz musicians to sing in the city. |
| C．It educated people about the value of music culture. |
| D．It settled low-income families in the Indiana Avenue community. |
| A．Its home culture is gone. |
| B．Its styles are too traditional. |
| C．It shows the sadness of the poor. |
| D．It is no longer a favorite of the young |
【推荐1】Not too long ago, 41-year-old Garrett Fisher flew a small airplane close to the surface of the largest glacier in Norway. In that environment, the plane carrying a man who pursues glaciers seemed almost like a toy. Fisher is trying to photograph every glacier on Earth before some of them disappear.
Scientists say many glaciers are getting smaller because Earth’s average temperature is increasing. Information from the European Environment Agency, or EEA, says glaciers in the Alps have lost about half of their volume since 1900 and that by 2100, the size of European glaciers could decrease by between 22 percent and 84 percent. Historical records of the size of glaciers in Europe also show that glaciers are now shrinking faster. This has pushed Fisher to combine his love of flying and photography to photograph Earth’s remaining glaciers before it’s too late.
Fisher believes his photographs can be of great value to future generations. So, he has launched the Global Glacier Initiative, a non-profit group to support and show his work. He plans to open his photos to the public for research.
Fisher flew a small plane that has a smell of oil and feels like an old car. It was his choice to have the dangerous flying. “The weather is bad and the flying is technically challenging, ”Fisher said. Some people would ask, “Why risk flying over glaciers when satellites have already given pictures of them?” Fisher said that satellite images don’t catch the beauty of glaciers the way his photos can. His photos show the colors, shapes, and shadows as the light from the sun hits the glaciers.
Fisher has paid for his glacier photography with his own money. But it is costly. Money is running out and Fisher is looking for people who will help support his work. He hopes his photos will be a reminder to people. He is trying to obtain the perfect image, which is so beautiful that it can make people and policymakers act.
1. What caused Fisher to combine flying and photography?| A．The request from the EEA. |
| B．The beauty of Earth’s glaciers. |
| C．The crisis of disappearing glaciers. |
| D．The need to enrich glacier records. |
| A．To carry out research on glaciers. |
| B．To make his photos publicly available. |
| C．To record the size of European glaciers. |
| D．To attract more glacier enthusiasts. |
| A．Adventurous and determined. | B．Optimistic and generous. |
| C．Creative and thoughtful. | D．Brave and patient. |
| A．Bringing him some financial support. |
| B．Being recognized by policymakers. |
| C．Strengthening the human-nature bond. |
| D．Raising people’s concern for glaciers. |
【推荐2】Bridging the gap between simple automation(自动化)and robots that can communicate with humans naturally is a big challenge, but major progress has been made in the past few years.
Research into social robots has shown that machines that respond to emotion(情感)can help the elderly and children, and could lead to robots becoming more widely socially acceptable.
Milo is both a robotic teacher and a student. Developers RoboKind created Milo to help children with autism(自闭症)learn more about emotional expression and empathy (共鸣) while collecting data on their progress to target learning and treatment. Milo's friendly face makes himself kind and the children are able to read his expressions.
Robots can also reduce stress in hospital settings. Expper Tech's Robin was designed as a robot to provide emotional support for children with medical treatment. Robin explains medical details to them, plays games and tells stories, and during treatment draws their attention away to reduce their feeling of pain.
Expper's robot uses Artificial Inteligence(AI) to create empathy, remembering expressions and conversations to build conversation for follow-up sessions. In trials at the Wigmore Medical Pediatric Clinic in Yerevan. Armenia, the team found that Robin led to a 34% weakening in stress and improve happiness of 26% in the 120 children who interacted(互动)with him at least once.
Today's simple systems are being trained to meet that demand. This includes ProxEmo, a little wheeled robot that can guess how you are feeling from the way you walk, and ENRICHME who helps older people to stay physically and mentally active. The problem is the fear that human jobs may be lost as robots become better at dealing with social situations.
1. What makes children feel Milo's kindness?| A．Milo's appearance. | B．Milo's speech. |
| C．Milo's hospital settings. | D．Milo's way of walking. |
| A．By listing numbers. | B．By making comments. |
| C．By following the time order. | D．By explaining the process. |
| A．Milo. | B．Robin. |
| C．ProxEmo. | D．ENRICHME. |
| A．Robots can't meet their demand. |
| B．Some people will be out of work. |
| C．A robot isn't widely acceptable. |
| D．Robots can't deal with problems. |
【推荐3】A good way to pass an exam is to work hard every day in a year. You may fail in an exam if you are lazy for most of the year and then work hard only a few days before the exam. If you want to be good at English, you have to read stories in English. And speak English as much as possible. A few days before the exam you should go to bed early. Do not go to bed late at night studying. Before you start the exam, read carefully over the question papers, try to understand the exact meaning of each question. When you have at last finished your exam, read over your answers. Correct the mistakes if there are any and be sure that you don’t miss anything out.
1. If people want to learn English well, they_______.| A．only need to learn grammar | B．must often practice English |
| C．have to go to England | D．should go to bed early |
| A．play too much | B．have a good sleep |
| C．read the question papers | D．have a good drink |
| A．stand up and leave at once | B．answer a few more questions |
| C．make sure that they don’t miss anything out | D．leave some mistakes on the question paper |
| A．An Important Exam | B．An Easy Exam |
| C．Get Ready For Exam | D．How to Pass an Exam |
