Module 4 Music
词汇短语园地
1. combine v. 结合，联合
（1）combine （with sth） to do sth 某物与某物结合成……
Hydrogen and oxygen combine to form water.
Hydrogen combines with oxygen to form water.
氢和氧化合成水。
（2）combine A and/with B 同时兼有/兼做（两件或以上的功能/事）
The model combines a telephone and a fax machine.
这种型号同时具备电话机和传真的功能。
Combine the eggs with a little flour and heat the mixture gently.
把鸡蛋和少量面粉搅匀，用文火加热。
2. depress v. 使沮丧，使意志消沉，使心
灰意冷
It depresses me to see so many young girls smoking.
看到这么多女孩抽烟令我感到很沮丧。
Wet weather always depresses me.
阴雨天总使我心情抑郁。
3. regarding prep. 关于
I wrote a letter regarding my daughter’s school examinations.
我写了一封关于我女儿学校考试的信。
Call me if you have any problems regarding your work.
你如果还有什么工作方面的问题，就给我打电话。
4. tap v. 轻拍，轻敲，轻叩
Ralph tapped me on the shoulder.
拉尔夫轻轻地拍了拍我的肩膀。
He kept tapping his fingers on the table.
他不停地用手指轻敲着桌子。
5. relief n.（痛苦、忧虑等的）解除，减轻，
调剂
We all breathed a sigh of relief when he left.
他走了以后，我们大家都如释重负地松了口气。
Much to my relief， the car was not damaged.
令我庆幸的是，车并没有损坏。
6. honour v. 尊敬，敬重
（1）honour sb （with sth） （因……而）尊敬/尊重某人
The president honoured us with a personal visit.
总统亲临，使我们感到荣幸。
（2）honour sb/sth （with sth） for sth
因……给予某人/某物表扬（或奖励、头衔、称号）
He has been honoured with a knighthood for his scientific work.
他因科研成就而获授爵士头衔。
（3）be/feel honoured to do sth 因做某事而感到荣幸
I was honoured to have been mentioned in his speech.
他在讲话中提到了我，我真是荣幸。
7. present v. 赠送，颁发（礼物、奖品等）
present sb with sth = present sth to sb
赠送/颁发……给某人
The local MP will start the race and present the prize to the winners.
当地议员将鸣枪开赛，并颁发奖品给获胜者。
On his retirement， colleagues presented him with a set of golf clubs.
在他退休之际，同事们赠给他一套高尔夫球杆。
8. therefore adv. 因此，所以
（1）therefore不是连词而是副词，和however一样，因此不能单独连接两个句子，前面须用and来连接。
He was down with the flu， and therefore couldn’t come to the party.
他患了流行性感冒，因此未能去参加聚会。
He is only 17 and therefore not eligible to vote.
他只有17岁，因此没有在选举中投票的资格。
（2）therefore如果放在句中，前后须用逗号隔开。
We don’t have enough money， and we， therefore， can’t afford to buy the car.
我们没有足够的钱，所以我们买不起车。
There is still much to discuss. We shall， therefore， return to this term at our next meeting.
要讨论的事情还有很多。所以，我们将在下次会议上回到这项议题再讨论。
9. give life to 赋予……生命（生命力，活力）
She gave life to the picture with a deft touch of the brush.
她以灵巧的笔触赋予这幅画生气。
It was a new play and the actors tried in vain to give life to it.
这是一部新剧，演员们试图赋予这部剧活力，但是没有成功。
10. （be） the same with 与……情况相同
Mary went to Beijing but didn’t go to the Palace Museum. It was the same with Jane.
玛丽去了北京，但没有去故宫博物院，简也是一样。
11. make contact with 与……进行来往；
与……联系
He made contact with wealthy people in raising money for the project.
他与许多有钱人拉关系来为该项工程筹款。
The pilot is trying to make contact with his base.
飞行员正试图与基地联系。
12. all of a sudden 突然间
All of a sudden the lights went out.
突然灯灭了。
Life seemed all of a sudden empty and meaningless.
生活突然显得一片空虚，毫无意义。
13. in addition to 除此之外
In addition to your good right arm， you have your subtle brain.
除了一条强有力的胳膊，你还有一个机灵的头脑。
In addition to being considerate， software must also be smart.
除了要考虑周到，软件还应该是智能的。
幽默小故事
A Physics Examination
Once in a physics examination， Nick finished the first question very soon， while his classmates were thinking it hard.
The question was： “When it thunders， why do we see the lighting first， then hear the thunder rolls？”
Nick’s answer： “Because our eyes are before ears.”
跟踪导练（一）
阅读理解
Miles was born in Alton， a city on the Mississippi River in Illinois on May 26， 1926. Miles’ father was a dentist， while his mother was a music teacher. Miles had a good childhood， catching fish and riding horses with his older sister and younger brother. He was known as a naughty boy in school.
He recalls his story， “By the age of 12， music had become the most important thing in my life.” His mother， a violinist herself， dearly wanted her son to play the violin. But brass （铜管乐器） was Miles’ calling， and he remembers arguments between their parents as his dad overruled her to fight his son’s corner. He received his first trumpet （小号） in 1935 and began weekly music lessons with his father’s friend Mr Elwood， his life-long teacher.