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Stage Fright

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                                      Lesson 34

                                            Text A

                                     Stage Fright
    Tom was sick with disappointment. The piano recital1 ha.d turned out well, all except for his solo2. He couldn't understand how it could have happened.
    He had practised for weeks that seemed like months. He had given up sports until after the recital because he wanted to make his parents proud of him. He spent all his time with the pi


    His teacher had said he was gifted. It was true that he accepted music as another language, another way to talk to people.
    His grandparents, aunt, and uncle all came to hear him play, and he was anxious to show them that he was the best in the whole class.


    But, when he stood up to go to the piano, his knees felt weak. He looked into the audience and saw his family smiling back at him.
    His mouth went dry. His fingers began to tremble. The trembling became uncontrollable shaking as though he had caught a bad cold.


    He sat down at the piano. He took a deep breath. He played the first five bars of his music , then realized with horror3 that he had forgotten thc rest. He started over. thinking that would help. It didn't.
    He stood up as if in slow motion4 and walked offf the st age. He was a failure. The demon5 stage fright had left a brilliant musical career in ruins.

 
 

                                         Text B

                                 I Shall Never Fly Again
    Tom Jackson and Charles Brown are talking about ttheir summer holidays.

    TOM:   Where are you going for your holidays , Charles ?
CHARLES:   To Australia. I'm going to visit my uncle in Brisbane for three weeks.
TOM:   Good gracious6! You certainly are lucky. How are you going there?
CHARLES:   By air, of course. It takes over two weeks to go by sea.
TOM:   I once went to Singa pore7 by air. It was very exciting-but never agaim'.
CHARLES:   Why? Did you feel frightcned?
TOM:   For a short time. One of the engines caught fire.
CHARLES:   What did thc pilot do?
TOM:   He put it out and flew back to the airport. Then he asked the pcople at theairport where the emergency runway was.
CHARLES:   Did you land safely ?
TOM:   Yes, we did. But I shall never fly again.



 


7. Read the following passage once. Underline the key words while reading and retell the story to your partner.

    It was a dark day when we got our report cards Thesky was full of gray clouds and it was sprinkling8 rain. I was over to Clyde's house and Gloria and Kitty were there. Sam probably would hade been there, too, only he had got a two-week job in the afternoons helping9 out at Freddie's. actually he only did it so that his mother would let him be on the track team again. Sam and his mother had this little system going He would do something
good-doing and she'd let him do something that he wanted to.


    Clyde's report card was on the kitchen table and we all sat around it like it was some kind of a big important document. I had got a pretty good report card and had wanted to show it off but I knew it wasn't the time. Clyde pushed the card toward10 me and I read it. He had all  satisfactory11 remarks on the side labeled Personal Traits12 and Behavior. He had also received B's in . music and art appreciation13. But everything else was either a C or a D except mathematics. His mathematics mark was a big red F that had been circled. I don't know why they had to circle the F when it was the only red mark on the card. In the Teacher's Comments section someone had written that Clyde had "little ability to handle an academic program. "


    "A little ability is better than none," I said. No one said anything so I figured it probably wasn't the right. time to try to cheer Clyde up.
    I knew all about his switching from a commercial program to an academic program, but I really hadn't thought he'd have any trouble.


    "I saw the grade adviser14 today. He said I should switch back to the commercial program. " Clyde looked like he'd start crying any minute. His eyes were red and his voice was shaky. "He said that I had to take mathematics over and if I failed again or failed another required subject 1 couldn't graduate. The way it is now I'm going to have to finish up in the summer because I switched over. "
    "I think you can pass it if you really want to," Kitty said. Clyde's sister was so pretty I couldn't even look at her. If I did, I started feeling funny and couldn't talk right. Sometimes I daydreamed15 about marrying her.


    Just then Clyde's mother came in and he gave a quick look at Kitty.
    "Hi, young ladies and young gentlemen. " Mrs. Jones was a kind of heavy woman but she was pretty, too. You could tell she was Kitty's mother if you looked close. She put her packagege down and started taking things out. "I heard you pcople talking whcas I first came in. By the way you hushed up I guess you don't want me to hear what you were talking about. I'll be out of your way in a minute, soon as I put the frozen16 foods in the refrigerator. "


    "I got my report card today," Clyde said. His mother stopped taking
the food out and turned toward us. Clyde pushed the report card about two inches toward her. She really didn't even have to look at the card to know that it was bad. She could have told that just by looking at Clyde. But she picked it up and looked' at it a long time. First she looked at one side and then the other and then back at t.he first side again.


    "What they say around the school?" she asked, still looking at the card. "They said I should drop the academic course and go back to the other one. " I could hardly hear Clyde , he spoke17 so low.
    "Well, what are you going to do, young man She looked u at Clyde and Clyde looked up at her and there were tears in his eyes and I almost started crying. I can't stand to see my friends cry. "What are you going to do, Mr. Jones?"


    "I'm -I'm going to keep the academic course," Clyde said.
    "You think it's going to be any easier this time?" Mrs.Jones asked.
    "No. "
    "Things ain't always easy. Lord18 knows that things ain't always easy. " For a minute there was a faraway look in her eyes, but then her face turned into a big smile. "You're just like your father, boy. That man never would give up on anything he really wanted. Did I ever tell you the time he was trying to learn to play the trombone?"


    "No. "Clyde still had tears in his eyes but he was smiling, too. Suddenly everybody was happy. It was like seeing a rainbow when it was still raining.


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1 recital kAjzI     
n.朗诵,独奏会,独唱会
参考例句:
  • She is going to give a piano recital.她即将举行钢琴独奏会。
  • I had their total attention during the thirty-five minutes that my recital took.在我叙述的35分钟内,他们完全被我吸引了。
2 solo ywpw8     
n.独奏,独唱;adj.单独的;adv.单独地;v.放单飞,单独表演
参考例句:
  • Tara is currently working on a solo album.塔拉眼下正忙着制作个人专辑。
  • There's wonderfully lyrical flute solo in the middle of this symphony.在交响乐中间有一段奇妙的抒情长笛独奏。
3 horror DdUzN     
n.惊骇,恐怖,惨事,极端厌恶
参考例句:
  • The public has been awakened to the full horror of the situation.公众完全意识到了这一状况的可怕程度。
  • The thought of working nights fills me with abject horror.一想到要夜间工作我就觉得惨兮兮的。
4 motion nEzxY     
n.打手势,示意,移动,动作,提议,大便;v.运动,向...打手势,示意
参考例句:
  • She could feel the rolling motion of the ship under her feet.她能感觉到脚下船在晃动。
  • Don't open the door while the train is in motion.列车运行时,请勿打开车门。
5 demon Wmdyj     
n.魔鬼,恶魔
参考例句:
  • The demon of greed ruined the miser's happiness.贪得无厌的恶习毁掉了那个守财奴的幸福。
  • He has been possessed by the demon of disease for years.他多年来病魔缠身。
6 gracious qfgxb     
adj.亲切的,客气的,宽厚的,仁慈的
参考例句:
  • She was a very gracious lady.她是一位非常和蔼可亲的女士。
  • She was gracious enough to show us round her home.她彬彬有礼地领我们参观了她的家。
7 pore W1Izs     
n.毛孔,细孔;vi.(over)仔细阅读,审视
参考例句:
  • He was sweating through every pore.他每个毛孔都在冒汗。
  • I see him chafe and fret at every pore.我看见他非常暴躁。
8 sprinkling ZGkzu     
n.少量,一点儿
参考例句:
  • Add a sprinkling of pepper. 加一点胡椒粉。
  • She had a wonderful clear skin with an attractive sprinkling of freckles. 她光滑的皮肤上有几处可爱的小雀斑。 来自《简明英汉词典》
9 helping 2rGzDc     
n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的,辅助的
参考例句:
  • The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
  • By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。
10 toward on6we     
prep.对于,关于,接近,将近,向,朝
参考例句:
  • Suddenly I saw a tall figure approaching toward the policeman.突然间我看到一个高大的身影朝警察靠近。
  • Upon seeing her,I smiled and ran toward her. 看到她我笑了,并跑了过去。
11 satisfactory MYZxS     
adj.令人满意的;可喜的;恰当的
参考例句:
  • I hope this arrangement will be satisfactory to you.我希望这种安排会使你满意。
  • After much discussion we came at a conclusion satisfactory to all.经过充分讨论,我们得出了大家都很满意的结论。
12 traits b4a7cb107b59ab9d38b92d8f65efc29a     
n.人的个性,显著的特点,特征( trait的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • We do not know which behavioural traits are inherited and which acquired. 我们不知道哪些行为特征是遗传的,哪些是后天养成的。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • His generosity is one of his good traits. 慷慨大方是他的好品质之一。 来自《简明英汉词典》
13 appreciation Pv9zs     
n.评价;欣赏;感谢;领会,理解;价格上涨
参考例句:
  • I would like to express my appreciation and thanks to you all.我想对你们所有人表达我的感激和谢意。
  • I'll be sending them a donation in appreciation of their help.我将送给他们一笔捐款以感谢他们的帮助。
14 adviser HznziU     
n.劝告者,顾问
参考例句:
  • They employed me as an adviser.他们聘请我当顾问。
  • Our department has engaged a foreign teacher as phonetic adviser.我们系已经聘请了一位外籍老师作为语音顾问。
15 daydreamed 36c6848820d34fbd12c3db827df66de8     
v.想入非非,空想( daydream的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句:
  • She daydreamed, and oh! What lovely fantasies. 她在白日做梦,噢!多么美妙的幻想啊! 来自辞典例句
  • She daydreamed about a carefree vacation. 她梦想那无忧无虑的假期。 来自辞典例句
16 frozen 2sVz6q     
adj.冻结的,冰冻的
参考例句:
  • He was frozen to death on a snowing night.在一个风雪的晚上,他被冻死了。
  • The weather is cold and the ground is frozen.天寒地冻。
17 spoke XryyC     
n.(车轮的)辐条;轮辐;破坏某人的计划;阻挠某人的行动 v.讲,谈(speak的过去式);说;演说;从某种观点来说
参考例句:
  • They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
  • The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。
18 lord t0NxW     
n.上帝,主;主人,长官;君主,贵族
参考例句:
  • I know the Lord will look after him.我知道上帝会眷顾他的。
  • How good of the Lord not to level it beyond repair!上帝多么仁慈啊,竟没有让这所房子损毁得不可收拾!
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