Non-traditional treatment helps people breathe more easily

河北乐亭第一中学 胡金莹

听力扫障

1.choir n.合唱团

2.ballroom n.舞厅

3.chronic adj.慢性的

4.asthma n.哮喘；气喘

5.blend v.混合；协调

6.harmonize v.使和谐；协调；为（主调）配和声

7.uplifting adj.令人振奋的；鼓舞人心的

8.well-being n.安宁；幸福

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Ⅰ.听力理解

听下面一段录音并阅读3个简短的陈述，根据录音内容判断这些陈述是否符合所听内容，考查重点是学生对意义的理解能力和信息获取能力。

In this section， you will hear a passage.After you hear the passage， decide whether each of the statement is correct（A）， incorrect（B） or not mentioned （C）.

1 2 A B C A B C Only people with lung disease can be treated by singing.People with lung disease don't like trying new things when growing older.3Singing with others can make people clever.A B C

Ⅱ.听写练习

一边听录音一边阅读以下文字材料，这些文字材料不是录音的全部内容，而是以提纲、摘要、笔记、图表等形式再现的录音的主要内容，需要补全的内容一般是录音中的关键信息。注意每空一词。

1.Apart from singing when making dinner，patients are advised to sing in _______.

2.The members of the choir come from _______all across Hungary.

3.Maria Aranyi has been suffering from a breathing disorder for more than _______years.

4.Singing helps Aranyi _______more easily than before.

5.Generally speaking，singing in a group is _______than singing alone.

文本解说

哮喘等肺部疾病是一种顽固性疾病。为了帮助病人们解决因疾病带来的痛苦，匈牙利的一名医生建议人们尝试一种新的治疗方式——唱歌。人们在唱歌的过程中变得精神振奋、呼吸顺畅。

A Hungarian doctor is advising her lung disease patients to consider a non-traditional form of treatment：singing!

And not just singing while making dinner or washing up at night.

As part of their treatment，she wants her patients to sing in public as part of achoir!

The Reuters news agency reports that the “Breathing for the Soul” choir was formed earlier this year.The group recentlyperformedin theballroomof a hotel in Budapest.

The members of the choir come from hospitals all across Hungary.Many are sick withchronicobstructive（阻塞的）pulmonary（肺部的）disease，more commonly called COPD.

Speaking with Reuters，the choir members explained how singing has improved the quality of their lives.

Seventy-four-year old Maria Aranyi has been suffering with seriousasthma，a breathing disorder，for over ten years.

Aranyi said that she never thought in her life that she would ever sing.But now，singing in the choir providesrelieffrom what she calls the “gray days”.She added that after singing she noticed that she could also breathe more easily.

Many lung disease patients and others with chronic disorders canbecomeless involvedwithother people as they grow older.They may be unwilling to go to new places or to try new things.Over time if this continues，they can become more and more lonely.

Singing with others can be a way to break the cycle of loneliness.Whether it is a choir or any type of singing group，it is a way to make new friends and visit new places.

Singing with others is not easy.It takes a lot of practice and offers a challenge—both physical and mental.But the result—hearing your voiceblendandharmonizewith others—can be trulyuplifting.

And for most people，singing in a group is easier than singing alone.That can be afrighteningexperience even for the youngest and healthiest among us.

Singing in a group not only gives the lungs a good workout，it can give a sense of community.There is strength and a sense ofwell-beingin numbers.

Language Study

Ⅰ.Important vocabulary in the text

1.perform v.表演；演奏

2.relief n.安慰；减轻

3.be involved with与……有关系

4.frightening adj.令人恐惧的

Ⅱ.Complete the following sentences in correct forms with the vocabulary given above.

1.He was looking forward to the day when he could__________his favorite song on the stage.

2.The scene was so__________that all the children burst into crying.

3.It was an unbearably hot day，but the cold drink brought me some__________.

4.Since my childhood，I have always been reminded not to__________those who were too lazy.