When you need comfort，what or who do you go to？1. For me the most comforting thing in the world is music.
You may be thinking you can’t believe in music.This is true but you can believe in the feelings and emotions music gives you.
Every weekday is the same for me.I wake up at 6：00 am；I work from when I get there to 3：15 pm on Mondays and Wednesdays and 4：15 pm on Tuesdays and Thursdays.2. On days when either the radio got wet from the hose(水龙带) or got dropped or stolen，I had my iPod with me.In between my destinations in my truck I plug my iPod into the tape cassette adaptor and play it.When I’m at school，none of my teachers care if we listen to music as long as we don’t let it become a distraction(分散注意力的事)，so I have my iPod there，too.
3． When people listen to sad songs they are usually depressed.Sometimes when sports teams like hockey(曲棍球)，football teams are getting ready for a game they will play metal or rock music to get them pumped for the game.
Some people say that loud or angry music has a horrible influence on teenagers today.Yes，it can be a bad influence but only if you let it influence you negatively(消极地).4. The reason for this is that music is the artists’ way of communicating their thoughts or feelings to anyone who will listen and I think they are worth the respect I can give by listening to their music. 根据短文内容，从A～D中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项 A．Slow songs usually tend to calm people down.
B．For some people，it’s a good friend or a familiar place. C．Generally I like to keep an open mind about all types of music. D．The only thing that keeps me wise all day is music in any form. 答案 1.B 2.D 3.A 4.C
Period One Introduction & Reading and Vocabulary
Ⅰ.重点单词 1．audience n．听众 2．composer n．作曲家 compose vt.作曲，创作；写作
3．conductor n．(合唱团、乐队等的)指挥；售票员 conduct v．带领；指挥 4．musician n．音乐家 music n．音乐 musical adj.音乐的
5．director n．指挥；(电影等的)导演；董事，理事；主管
direct v．指挥；导演；adj.直接的；直的；率直的；adv.直接地；径直地 6．genius n．天才 7．lose vt.失去；丢失 8．peasant n．农民
9．talent n．天分；天赋；才华 10．tour vt.巡回演出 Ⅱ.重点短语
1．be different from与……不同 2．be known as作为……出名/闻名 3．change...into...把……变成…… 4．of all time有史以来；始终
5．as well as不但……而且；也，还；和……一样 6．be impressed with对……印象深刻 7．go deaf变聋 8．hear of听说 Ⅲ.重点句式
1．现在分词的完成式作状语
Having worked(work) there for 30 years，Haydn moved to London，where he was very successful. 在那里工作了三十年后，海顿移居伦敦，并在那里取得了巨大的成功。 2．by the time引导时间状语从句
By the time he was 14，Mozart had composed(compose) many pieces for the harpsichord，piano and violin，as well as for orchestras.
莫扎特到14岁的时候，不仅已经谱写了许多管弦乐曲，还谱写了许多拨弦键琴曲、钢琴曲和小提琴曲。
3．强调句式：it is/was＋被强调部分＋that/who＋其他成分
However，it was Haydn who/that encouraged Beethoven to move to Vienna. 然而，是海顿鼓励贝多芬移居维也纳的。 4．as引导时间状语从句
As he grew older，he began to go deaf. 随着年龄的增长，他的耳朵变聋了。
Ⅰ.根据课文内容判断正(T)、误(F)
1．Haydn encouraged Beethoven to move to Vienna.(T)
2．Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart began to learn music when he was five.(F) 3．Haydn met Mozart earlier than he met Beethoven.(T) Ⅱ.课文阅读理解
1．From the story of Haydn，we may learn that . A．one could become successful even if he was a son of a peasant B．Haydn was most famous for his beautiful voice C．Haydn was the first to write symphonies D．Haydn spent most of his life in London 答案 A
2．What did Mozart and Beethoven have in common? A．Both of their fathers were singers. B．Both of them learned a lot from Haydn.
C．Both of them showed musical talent as a young boy. D．They were of the same nationality. 答案 C
3．Who couldn’t learn music from his father? A．Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. B．Joseph Haydn. C．Ludwig van Beethoven.