音樂
——我的摯愛

By Louise/周 輝

◆語篇導讀

音樂給人帶來快樂，音樂也會給人帶來寧靜，音樂的功能真強大啊！我從11歲起就開始喜歡爵士樂和布魯斯音樂，直到現在，它們依然時時給我信心，鼓勵著我前行。總之，音樂讓我的生活有了別樣的色彩！

Ever since I was a young girl，my favorite style of music has been jazz and blues.The first ever CD that I bought was Chuck Berry's Greatest Hits when I was 11 years old.I completely loved it and I would sing along and dance around my bedroom to the music.Even now，whenever I hear one of Chuck Berry's songs I can't help but do so.

As I got older I started to listen to other musicians.I would listen to Elvis Presley almost every day after school.I just loved music that made me want to dance.I started to love soul music（爵士靈歌）too after a friend bought me a Motown Classics CD for my 15th birthday.My favorite pastime was listening to Aretha Franklin or Katrina and the Waves.I looked up to a lot of these surprising artists and performers and still do to this day.As quite a shy girl，hearing these people perform with such confidence and such gift was encouraging.

Blues music is rooted in African-American history and originated from the 19th century when African slaves would sing about their experiences.The birthplace of the blues is said to be the Mississippi Delta near New Orleans in the USA.I think I enjoy music so much because it is a form of escape（逃避）from reality and I find that if I have had a hard day or I'm feeling a little low，listening to something happy can turn my feeling around and cheer me up.

◆詞語積淀

dance to the music跟著音樂跳舞

can't help but do...情不自禁地做……

look up to敬仰；欽佩；仰慕

to this day直到現在

be rooted in起源于……；深植于……

（be）originated from開始于……

be said to be...據說是……

◆典句賞析

1.Ever since I was a young girl my favorite style of music has been jazz and blues.從我很小以來，我最愛的音樂風格就是爵士樂和布魯斯。

since意為“自……以來；從……起”，常與現在完成時或現在完成進行時或一般現在時的主句連用。作介詞，后接表示時間的名詞或短語。

如：I haven't eaten since breakfast.早飯以后我還沒吃過東西呢。

2.As quite a shy girl，hearing these people perform with such confidence and such gift was encouraging.作為一個很靦腆的女生，聽這些才華橫溢的人如此自信地表演是令人鼓舞的。

hearing these people perform屬于動詞的-ing形式作主語。hear somebody do something意為“聽見某人做某事”，屬于省略了to的不定式短語作賓語補足語，表示一個經常性、習慣性的動作或一個動作的全過程；with confidence（自信地）和with gift（有才華地）是介詞短語作狀語。

3.I think I enjoy music so much because it is a form of escape from reality and I find that if I have had a hard day or I'm feeling a little low，listening to something happy can turn my feeling around and cheer me up.我認為我如此地喜歡音樂就是因為它是（我）可以借之逃避現實的一種形式。我發現如果我哪一天過得不好或是情緒低落，聽一些讓人開心的音樂就可以讓我心情好起來，精神振作起來。

這是一個比較復雜的長句子。I think...和I find...后接的是賓語從句，because引導原因狀語從句，if引導條件狀語從句，句中的and和or是并列連詞。

◆理解自測

根據短文內容，從A、B、C、D四個選項中選擇最佳答案。

1.From the first paragraph we know________.

A.I only like jazz and blues

B.I enjoy buying different CDs

C.dance has changed my life

D.music has been part of my life

2.Listening to the Waves for the author was________.

A.inspiring B.interesting

C.exciting D.surprising

3.The last paragraph mainly tells us________.

A.where music comes from

B.when music enters people's life

C.why I like listening to music

D.how music makes me interested

◆詞句微練

根據所給漢語句子，完成下列英語句子，每空詞數不限。

1.直到現在我還不知道你的真實姓名。

I still don't know your real name________.

2.史密斯先生執教多年，他的學生都非常尊敬他。

Mr.Smith has taught for many years，and all the students__________________him.

3.她的話是如此的合情合理，所以我們只得同意了她。

What she said was so reasonable that we could not________________________with her.

4.據說拉丁語是一種很難學的語言。

Latin is________________________.

5.他的問題根源于他不愉快的童年的經歷。

His problems are deeply________________________his unhappy childhood experiences.

（答案見第64頁）