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2015-06-1 Converstation 2
13.A.She learned playing the violin from a famous French musician.
B.She dreamed of working and living in a European country.
C.She read a lot about European musicians and their music.
D.She listened to recordings of many European orchestras.
14.A.She began taking violin lessons as a small child.
B.She was a pupil of a famous European violinist.
C.She gave her first performance with her father.
D.She became a professional violinist at fifteen.
15.A.It gave her a chance to explore the city.
B.It was the chance of a lifetime.
C.It was a great challenge to her.
D.It helped her learn classical French music.
13 D 14 A 15 B
Conversation Two
M:Miss Yamada,( 13 ) did you ever think that you would find yourself living and working in the westernworld?
W:(13) No, not really, although I've always listened to recordings of great orchestras from Europe.
M:So you enjoyed classical music even when you were very young?
W:Oh, yes.! was only a child.
M:You were born in 1955.Is that right?
W:Yes, (14) I began violin lessons at school when I was 6.
M:As young as that.Did you like it?
W:Oh, yes.Very much.
M:When did you first play on your own? I mean, when did you give your first performance?
W:I think I was 8...? No, 9.I just had my birthday a week before, and my father had bought me a new violin.
I played a small piece at the school concert.
M:Did you know then that you would become a professional violinist?
W:Yes, I think So.I enjoy playing the violin very much, and I didn't mind practicing, Sometimes three or four hours a day.
M:And when did you first come to Europe?
W:I was very lucky.When I was fifteen, I won a scholarship to a college in Paris.That was for a three-year course.
M :How did your parents feel about that?
W:I think they were pleased and worried at the same time.( 15 ) It was the chance of a lifetime. But of course I would be thousands of miles from home.Anyway, I studied in Paris for three years and then went back to Tokyo.
1. learned playing the violin from sb 向…学习拉小提琴
2. recordings of European orchestras 欧洲管弦乐队的唱片
3. a professional violinist专业小提琴手
4. explore the city 游历…城市
5. classical French music 法国古典音乐
6. won a scholarship to a college 获得…大学奖学金
7. the chance of a lifetime 终生难得的机会