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10 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 struck 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 my father's.

我们有一件古老的乐器。它叫古钢琴。它是1681年德国制造的。 我们的这架古钢琴存放在起居室里。我们家有这件乐器已经很久了。 这件乐器是许多年以前我祖父买的。最近，它被一位客人弄坏了。她想用它弹奏爵士乐！ 她在击琴键时用力过猛，把两根弦弄断了。我父亲大为吃惊。现在他不允许我们再碰它。 父亲的一个朋友正在修理这件乐器。

Words

  • clavichord /ˈklævəˌkɔrd/ n. 古钢琴
    1. Listen, someone is playing the clavichord.
    2. While I was doing my homework, my sister was playing the clavichord.（L7）
    3. This is the most beautiful clavichord I’ve ever seen.（L8）
  • jazz /dʒæz/ n. 爵士乐
    1. This is Louis Armstrong.
    2. He began to play jazz when he was very young.（L9）
    3. He listens to jazz almost every day.
  • musical /ˈmjuzɪkl/ n. 音乐的
    1. My parents got all these musical instruments for me many years ago.（L5）
    2. He refused to lend me his musical instruments.
  • instrument /ˈɪnstrəmənt/ 乐器
  • damage /ˈdæmɪdʒ/ adv. 损坏
    1. Recently, a visitor damaged the clavichord.
    2. Did a visitor damaged the clavichord?
  • recently /ˈrisəntli/ 最近
  • key /ki/ n. 琴键
    1. I’ve just sent a request for some keys.（L5）
    2. He refused to repair the keys for me.（L9）
  • string /strɪŋ/ n. 弦
    1. This is the best string I’ve ever used.（L8）
    2. This string is better than that one.（L8）
  • shock /ʃɑk/ adj. 使震惊
    1. This shocked my father.
    2. Did this shock your father?
  • allow /əˈlaʊ/ v. 允许
  • touch /tʌtʃ/ v. 触摸
    1. Don’t touch me/that!
    2. We are not allowed to touch anything in the museums.
    3. Why aren’t we allowed to touch anything in the museums?

Expressions

  • musical instrument 乐器

  • be allowed to do sth. 被允许做某事

    1. Sir, you are not allowed to smoke on the plane.
    2. You are allowed to use phone on the plane.

  • allow sb. to do sth. 允许某人做某事

  • Who was the music composed by? 被动语态疑问句

被动

结构：be(表时态) + done(表被动)

am/is/are + done 一般现在时

was/were + done 一般过去时

am/is/are + being + done 现在进行时

have/has + been + done 现在完成时