与美国小学生一起学英文第10册 第30期:弗雷德里克·肖邦

 　　Frederic Chopin 弗雷德里克·肖邦

　　Who was Frederic Chopin? 谁是弗雷德里克·肖邦？

　　He was a great pianist and composer¹. 他是伟大的钢琴家和作曲家。

　　He was born in Poland. 他出生在波兰。

　　When he was young, he played the piano really well. 他小时候弹钢琴就弹得很好。

　　People said he was a genius. 人们称他为天才。

　　When he was twenty years old, he moved to France. 他20岁时搬到了法国。

　　There he became famous as a composer. 在这里，他成为了著名的作曲家。

　　Because he was a pianist, lots of his compositions were made for pianos. 因为他是一位钢琴家，所以许多作曲都是为钢琴创作的。

　　He was one of the greatest composers² in the nineteenth century. 肖邦是19世纪最伟大的作曲家之一。

　　And his music is still loved very much. 他的音乐仍深受人们喜爱。

　　Pianists love to play Chopin's music at their concerts and movies and commercials³. 钢琴家们喜欢在他们的音乐会、电影和商业广告中演奏肖邦的音乐。

　　Chopin's music is played very often. 人们经常演奏肖邦的音乐。

1 composer   

n.作曲家，作家，设计者

参考例句：

• Brooks is an excellent composer.布鲁克斯是一位杰出的作曲家。
• The composer expresses his sorrow in his music.这位作曲家用音乐表达他的悲伤。

2 composers   

n.（尤指古典音乐）作曲家( composer的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• He excels all other composers of his period. 他胜过同时代的所有其他作曲家。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Composers write music that is more easily comprehensible without sacrificing originality. 作曲家写出既更易为人们理解，又不失其个人独创风格的音乐作品。 来自辞典例句

3 commercials   

n.（电台或电视播放的）广告 ( commercial的名词复数 )；以大众欣赏为目的谱写的乐曲

参考例句：

• She earns a lot of money doing voice-overs for TV commercials. 她为电视广告作解说收入很高。
• The representative wanted Natalie to be a model in cosmetics commercials. 那个代表想让纳塔利做化妆品广告的模特儿。 来自超越目标英语 第3册