If you are really interested in music, you’ve probably heard of the Bestival Music Festival. It
In order to get to the campsite of the Bestival, you have to take a boat called ferry,
The festival lasts four days. During that time, you forget all your
I took part in the Bestival with my friends last year. It was so exciting and we all lost
2 . Tonal languages use pitch (音调) to distinguish words that otherwise might sound the same. In Mandarin, for instance, mă means horse whereas mã means mother. Nontonal languages like Spanish sometimes include pitch changes to suggest emotion, for example, but not to change a word’s meaning.
As a Mandarin speaker and musician, Jingxuan Liu wondered about the crossover (融合) between language and music. While studying at Duke University, Liu helped analyze the musical abilities of nearly half a million people from 203 countries. Her colleagues had launched an online game in which participants completed several musical tasks, including identifying matching melodies at different pitches and finding beat tracks that fit songs’ rhythms.
On average, native speakers of the 19 represented tonal languages were better at the melody task compared with speakers of 29 nontonal languages. And the effect wasn’t small a tonal first language strengthened melodic understanding by about half the amount that music lessons did, which was also surveyed. But tonal languages speakers tended to be worse at the rhythm task.
Humans must be choosy about what they pay attention to. Pitch patterns are quite important in tonal languages, which might explain the balancing act in music. “You’ve got a finite resource of attention, and you’ve got to divide up that somehow,” says study coauthor Courtney Hilton, a scientist at the University of Auckland in New Zealand.
Prior research on language and music often compared just two tongues, usually English and Mandarin. But other cultural influences, such as Eastern and Western music styles, could have affected results. By examining a wide range of people, the new study included languages never estimated in this way and reached more generalizable conclusion.
“Our result here is showing that the language someone speaks which is an important part of culture — also shapes cognition,” Hilton says.
1. Why did Liu’s colleagues launch the online game?A.To attract more students to do the research. |
B.To learn about different people’s musical abilities. |
C.To confirm the role of music in people’s language learning. |
D.To find the difference between tonal languages and nontonal ones. |
A.Finding beat tracks. | B.Suggesting emotion. |
C.Distinguishing word meanings. | D.Figuring out matching melodies. |
A.Valued. | B.Limited. | C.Special. | D.Potential. |
A.Ground-breaking. | B.Brain-washing. | C.Inefficient. | D.Unreliable. |
1. How many foreign students are visiting in the speaker’s school now?
A.About 13. | B.About 20. | C.Over 30. |
A.To attract more foreign students. |
B.To exchange ideas about culture. |
C.To help foreign students enjoy their time. |
A.Before September 15th. |
B.In the last week of September. |
C.In the first week of December. |
A.In the library. | B.In the garden. | C.On the playground. |
On Oct 4, Gong Linna and her musician friends gave a concert, performing
On the album,
According to Lin, the new album is quite different from
1.时间和地点;
2.活动安排(民乐表演、合唱比赛等);
3.欢迎他表演节目。
民乐 folk music 合唱 chorus
Dear Allen,
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Yours,
Li Hua
1. What does the man want to be?
A.A pop star. | B.A movie star. | C.A great musician. |
A.Uncertain. | B.Sad. | C.Confident. |
A.After he moves to London. |
B.After he takes his last exam. |
C.After he knows his exam results. |
A.Do part-time jobs. | B.Make his record. | C.Earn lots of money. |
7 . This free night of music is a must-attend for jazz fans and music lovers alike! It is presented in association with the American Jazz Museum.
For the first time on stage in an ongoing cooperation, theoretical physicist Stephen Alexander and NEA Jazz Master Donald Harrison, a New Orleans-based saxophonist, explore their theory of quantum improvisation (量子即兴创作). They will also be joined by composer and bassist Santi Debriano along with other famous musicians for a night of jazz and its poetic link to the universe.
Time
7:00 pm—8:30 pm, December 22,2023
Event
6:00 p. m.—Doors open
7:00 p. m.—Lively conversation on jazz and quantum improvisation with Library President Lisa Browar, Stephen Alexander, and Donald Harrison
7:30 p. m.—Jazz concert—seven to eight songs, including two original pieces—starts!
8:30 p. m.—Jazz concert concludes
Venue
Please note that this event will be held at the Folly Theater, 300 W 12th St, Kansas City, MO 64105. The program will be free and open to the public, but advanced registration will be required. Attendees can also purchase the souvenirs such as T-shirts and caps linked to the event as well as the magazine signed by these famous musicians.
Parking
Parking is available in the garage next to the Folly Theater for $10-$15. The garage only accepts credit cards.
1. What does the concert mainly focus on?A.The modern science. | B.The popular music. |
C.The musical instruments. | D.The jazz of physics. |
A.Half an hour. | B.An hour. | C.One and half an hour. | D.Two hours. |
A.Parking in the garage. | B.A T-shirt worn by a musician. |
C.Admission to the event. | D.The magazine signed by musicians. |
A.Two hours. | B.One and a half hours. | C.One hour. |
1. When will the performance start?
A.At 4: 30 p.m. | B.At 4: 45 p.m. | C.At 7: 00 p.m. |
A.The terrible weather. | B.A food cart. | C.A concert. |
A.She’s a music fan. |
B.She likes country music best. |
C.She won’t have dinner tonight. |
10 . The turning point of my life was my decision to abandon a promising business career and study music. My parents, although sympathetic, and
Before my graduation, the family suffered severe financial failures and I felt it my
I continued to make money, and finally, bit by bit,
A.sharing | B.forgiving | C.weakening | D.hiding |
A.pointless | B.absurd | C.dramatic | D.understandable |
A.nearly | B.barely | C.mostly | D.possibly |
A.stable | B.deserving | C.uncertain | D.fixed |
A.insisted on | B.attended to | C.picked out | D.entered for |
A.painfully | B.desperately | C.cautiously | D.happily |
A.honor | B.duty | C.burden | D.turn |
A.unforgettable | B.golden | C.wasted | D.deserted |
A.quit | B.assess | C.disrespect | D.conduct |
A.money | B.contentment | C.achievement | D.glory |
A.dropping | B.passing | C.standing | D.stopping |
A.raised | B.withdrew | C.spared | D.accumulated |
A.prison | B.hospital | C.jungle | D.school |
A.abstract | B.simple | C.mild | D.vague |
A.suffered | B.regretted | C.learned | D.lived |