Упр.54 Unit 1 ГДЗ English Михеева 11 класс
Приведем выдержку из задания из учебника Михеева, Афанасьева 11 класс, Просвещение: 54. A.Read what J.B.Priestley, the well-known British author, wrote about a jazz-band performance he heard in the USA in the 1930s and comment on it. Try to figure out what people’s perception/impression of music depends on. J. B. Priestley writes that the jazzmen were wearing “convicts’ clothes” and battered black bowler hats. Now and again, as he notes, one of them would clutch the microphone and follow incomprehensible lyrics into it; but most of the time they simply banged away at the piano and drums and blasted away through trumpet, trombone and saxophone. The author confesses that he didn’t know if it was good jazz or bad, but the sheer noise produced by the performers whom he calls “young maniacs” could easily blast anyone’s ear-drums. The smoky hot room simply shuddered with sound. Naturally, no talk was possible; only a desperate exchange of roars and shrieks. B. Do you think your parents/grandparents could say the same about modern music styles and modern music bands? *Цитирирование части задания со ссылкой на учебник производится исключительно в учебных целях для лучшего понимания разбора решения задания.
J. B. Priestley describes the jazz performance as very loud, wild and chaotic. The musicians’ appearance and behaviour make the band seem shocking and unusual. He does not even try to judge whether the music is good or bad, because the main impression is the overwhelming noise.
People’s perception of music depends on many things: their age, taste, experience, mood and the style of music they are used to. What sounds exciting and modern to one person may seem noisy and unpleasant to another.
Yes, I think many parents and grandparents could say the same about some modern music styles and bands. They may find them too loud, strange or difficult to understand, just as Priestley did with the jazz band.
