There are four books for New Concept English. Having finished the first book: First Things First (英语初阶), Now let us come to the second book: Practice & Progress(实践与进步）.

有了第一册基础，第二册学习就已经进行开始大量“输入”：阅读理解和听力理解，在积累词汇，完善语法的基础上，有目的地进行句子和短文写作训练，而训练的方法是先模仿，再“创造”！

必须明白：英语是一种用来交流的语言工具，而不是什么深奥的“知识”。我们学习英语就应该从一开始重视“听力理解”和“阅读理解”，强调“英语听说”在学习中的“优先作用”！

全面的英语学习包括：听说读写译。除了“英语听说”之外，我们还要坚持阅读与写作，这些同样需要我们Practice, Only practice more, can we make more progress (只有经过大量的训练，我们才有可能取得进步）。

我在给学员教学《新感念英语》的过程中，严格遵循被实践也已证明是最佳的课堂教学法：Nothing should be spoken before it has been heard.（听过的再说）；Nothing should be read before it has been spoken.（说过的再读）；Nothing should be written before it has been read.（读过的再写）。

Lesson 10， Book 2， New Concept English

1、英语听说 （听录音，跟读课文）

Not for Jazz

We have an old musical instrument. It is called a clavichord. It was made in Germany in 1681. Our clavichord is kept in the living room. It has belonged to our family for a long time. The instrument was bought by my grandfather many years ago. Recently it was damaged by a visitor. She tried to play jazz on it ! She truck the keys too hard and two of the strings were broken. My father was shocked. Now we are not allowed to touch it. It is being repaired by a friend of father’s.

2、阅读理解（记句子，重视应用）

● The old musical instrument has been in the family for a long time.

● How did the visitor damage the clavichord? She hit the key too hard and broken two of the thestrings.

● What is called ? A clavichord.

● It’s kept in the living room. That’s where we hold.

● The visitor damaged it. She broke it.

● Recently it was damaged. She damaged it lately.

● A friend of my father’s is mending the clavichord.

● Please keep your bank card in a safe place.

● Some detectives were keeping guard at the door.

● Can you keep the secret ?

● He probably won’t keep his job .

● She keeps a dairy.

● What kept you ?

3、句型结构（学语法，练习写作）

● Our clavichord is kept in the living room. That’s where we keep it.

● It has belonged to our family for years. It’s the family’s.

● The family have had the clavichord for many years.

● Who bought it ? Grandfather did.

● We are not allowed to touch it. We musn’t touch it.

● They belong to a younger generation.

● That chair belongs in the other room.

● Where do these things belong ?

● Who built this bridge ? Prisoners of war built this bridge in 1942.

●When was the bridge built? This bridge was built in 1942.

● The police arrested the thief. The thief was arrested (by the police).

Speaking and Listening Should be given top-priority

4、英语词汇（学生词，善于应用）

● damage 英['dæmɪdʒ] 美['dæmɪdʒ]n.损害；损失；毁坏 ; vt.损害；毁坏

用作名词 (n.)

The damage to the painting is the work of vandals. 毁坏这幅画的事是恣意破坏公物的人干的。

Knowing all this, they made me pay for the damage. 他们尽管了解这一切,还是让我赔偿损失。

The flood did a lot of damage to the crops. 洪水毁坏了大量农作物。

用作及物动词 (vt.)

Drinking and smoking can damage your health. 饮酒和吸烟会损害你的健康。

Be careful not to damage the priceless vase. 当心别把那个贵重的花瓶打碎了。

● shock 英[ʃɒk] 美[ʃɑːk] n.震惊；震动；冲击；休克

用作名词 (n.)

It gave me quite a shock to be told I was seriously ill. 听说我的病很严重，我吃了一惊。

His death was a great shock to us all. 他的死使我们大家都大为震惊。

We must take steps to prevent shock in the patient. 我们必须采取措施防止病人休克。

用作动词 (v.)

The violence and bad language in the program shocked many of the viewers.节目中的暴力场面和难听的粗话使许多观众感到震惊。

They used him to shock the others. 他们利用他来吓唬别人。

Anyone touching that wire could get badly shocked. 任何人碰到那根电线都会遭到严重的电击。

● allow英[ə'laʊ] 美 [ə'laʊ] vt.允许；让某人得到；留出；同意（法律）

用作及物动词 (vt.)

You are not allowed to smoke here. 这里不许吸烟。

How much holiday are you allowed? 你有多少天假?

I should allow an hour to get to London. 到伦敦去我得留出一小时来。

The judge assented to allow the prisoner to speak. 法官同意允许犯人申辩。

If you'll allow me,I will send you back. 如果你能同意，我可以送你回家。

用作不及物动词 (vi.)

It will take you half an hour to get to the station, allowing for traffic delays.把路上的耽搁算进去，你要用半小时才能到车站。

The patient was allowed up (ie permitted to get out of bed) after 10 days.病人十天以后才允许起来(准予离床下地).

● touch英[tʌtʃ] 美[tʌtʃ] vt. 触摸；感动；吃；喝；触及;vi. 接触；联系 ;n. 触觉；接触；修饰；少许；痕迹

用作及物动词 (vt.)

Don't touch the paint until it's dry. 油漆未干,切勿触摸。

His sad story touched our hearts. 他的悲惨的故事深深打动了我们的心。

I'm not going to touch a thing tonight. 今天晚上,我什么也不打算吃了。

I could use a touch of alcohol in this drink. 我可以在这饮料里喝到些酒。

Sorry, I never touch alcoholic drink. 对不起，我从来不喝烈性酒。

The peak seems to touch the sky. 山峰似乎已触及天空。

He feared to touch on distressing memories. 他害怕触及到令人伤心的往事。

用作不及物动词 (vi.)

The two wires were touching. 那两条金属线搭在一起了。

I had no difficulty in getting in touch with him. 我和他取得联系没有什么困难。

We have been out of touch for years. 我们多年没联系了。

用作名词 (n.)

The blind have a keen sense of touch. 盲人有敏锐的触觉。

They keep close touch with me. 他们和我保持密切联系。

Bob had to touch up the exterior paintwork where it was necessary.鲍勃要给所有外表需要修饰的地方上油漆。

The wood-work is done, but there are a few places he has to touch up.这件木制品已经做好，但还有几处需要修饰修饰。

There was a touch of sarcasm in his tone. 他的音调里有一点讽刺的痕迹。

Real jade is always cool to the touch and will resist any scratch with metal.真玉摸上去总有凉润之感，而且不怕金属刮擦，刮后也不留痕迹。

5、英语写作（改课文，创新创作）

We own an old clavichord, and it was made in 1681. My grandfather bought it many years ago.

A visitor damaged it recently, as she tried to play jazz on it, and broke two strings . Now a friend of my father’s is repairing.

根据摘要写作（P48-49）提成的问题，把答案组成一个段落，结果就变成了对课文内容进行创新改写，从而逐步形成自己的写作习惯！

English is a tool for communication, NOT a science !

6、补充资料（Chord,弦乐）

“Chord” in the clavichord is a part of string instrument , if there is “chord” in the instrument, we can think it is one of the string instrument.The clavichord in the text was made in 1681, it is a piece of antique, which is apt to be fragile .Not for jazz! Since jazz has a strong sense of rhythm or a great sense of the beat, so the clavichord is NOT suitable for playing jazz on it. Jazz is originated from Boston in 1920’s , which also called Jazz Times. New Orleans is the hometown of Jazz. The one of jazz’s characteristics is improvisation

英语单词“Clavichord”中的“Chord”是弦乐器的一部分，在乐器中如出现“chord”，就说明这种乐器是弦乐。课文中的clavichord 最早出现在十七世纪，在现在看来它已经是一个古董了。古董非常容易损坏。因为爵士乐有很强的节奏感，不适合在弦乐器上演奏。爵士乐起源于上世纪二十年代的美国波士顿，而美国的新奥尔良是爵士乐的故乡。爵士乐的一个特点是即兴演奏。

坚持上述学习方法，你的英语学习的四项基本技能：听、说、读、写，一定会在一个较短的时间内得到大幅度地提高。

Believe it or not? 信不信由你！反正我是相信了，而且早已经做到了！It is your turn to learn English in a unique way, NOT the traditional method to learn it as "knowledge".

谨记：英语是一种用来交流的语言工具，需要反复训练已达到脱口而出的目的， 而非是一种深奥的“知识”。衡量是否掌握一门语言，最终要看他运用如何，而不是他懂了多少“知识”！

正如《新概念英语》第二册教学目的：Practice & Progress (实践与进步)。只有通过不断的实践训练，才有可能学习进步，灵活运用这门语言！

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