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1、 ThePursuitofDreams 1 UnitGoals Contents PartOneOpener PairWork PartTwoReading Interacting GettingPrepared TextStudy FocusingonLanguageinContext PartThreeIntegratedSkillsPracticing Viewing Listening Speaking Writing Pairwork Lookatthetwophotosbelow Thenworkwithyourpartnerandanswerthequestionsthatfol
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3、difficultiesdidtheycomeacrosswhenpursuingtheirdreams 实现梦想achieve realizeone sdream makeone sdreamcometrue技术technology留学gotostudyabroad创办公司start found setupacompany以 而闻名befamousfor致力于devoteoneselfto HelpfulWords Expressions Watchthevideoclipanddiscussthefollowingquestionswithyourclassmates 1 Whatdiff
4、icultsituationhasRobbieWildemet 2 Howmuchdoyouknowabouthim 3 IsitpossibleforyoutobecomeaDJifyouwereinthesamecondition DJ discjockeyordeejay DJisapersonwhomixesrecordedmusicforanaudience ThereareavarietyofDJs dependingonwheretheywork e g radio clubandmobileDJs orwhattypesofmusicalperformancetechnique
5、stheyuse e g electronica reggaeandhip hopDJs 通常指在娱乐场所播放 调试音乐产生强劲效果引导大家热辣跳舞的人 也可以是在酒吧主持与音乐有关的节目 或广播 的主持人 俗称唱片骑士或打碟师 Notes Warm upVideo Turntable Aturntableisacircularrevolvingplatesupportingarecordasitisplayed Byadjustingthespeedoftheturntable eitherbyadjustingthespeedknob orbymanipulatingtheplate e
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7、到另一首歌曲 DJmixer Amixerisadeviceformerginginputsignalstoproduceacombinedoutputintheformofsoundsorpictures MostDJmixershavefarfewerchannelsthanamixerusedbyarecordproduceroraudioengineer 混音器是用于合并输入信号以产生声音或图像形式的组合输出的装置 大多数DJ混音器的频道远远少于录音制作人或音频工程师使用的混音器 DJsoftware Unlikemostmusicplayersoftwaredesignedforre
8、gularconsumers DJsoftwarecanplayatleasttwoaudiofilessimultaneously displaythewaveformsofthefilesonscreenandenabletheDJtolistentoeithersource ThewaveformsallowtheDJtoseewhatiscomingnextinthemusicandhowtheplaybackofdifferentfilesisaligned 与大多数针对普通消费者的音乐播放软件不同 DJ软件可以同时播放至少两个音频文件 并在屏幕上显示 文件的波形 DJ能够聆听任何一
9、个音源 能够通过软件上的波形看到接下来的音乐是什么 以及不同乐曲的节奏如何搭配 TEXTAdeafdiscjockey Soundsimpossible NotifyouareRobbieWilde whowasdeterminedtopursuehisdreamofdrivingdancerstotheirfeetdespitehishearingloss DeafDJ ByRobbieWildeastoldtoKennethMiller 1IwasborninEnglandwithperfecthearing In1990 whenIwasfive myfamilymovedtotheUn
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