三、词汇运用。
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Frédéric Chopin(1810-1849) was a great composer and an excellent pianist. He composed twenty-four short piano 1.
pieces
(piece) which are 2.
called
(call) preludes. The longest one, Prelude Op. 28 No. 15, 3.
is known
(know) by its nickname, Raindrop Prelude. How did it get its nickname?
One day in 1838, when Chopin's lover George Sand 4.
went
(go) out in a rainstorm, Chopin became 5.
worried
(worry). While waiting for Sand, he wrote Prelude Op. 28 No. 15.
When Sand came back, Chopin played her the music. Sand thought the notes sounded like raindrops. She let Chopin 6.
listen
(listen) to the raindrops falling on the roof. This made Chopin unhappy. He insisted that he never paid attention to those sounds or copied 7.
them
(they).
However, like Sand, many people hear raindrops in this prelude. Some notes 8.
repeating
(repeat) throughout the piece sound like raindrops. The flow of the music is like rain too. The piece starts 9.
softly
(soft), but it gets louder, like rain getting 10.
heavier
(heavy). Then the music gets quiet and finally ends, like rain when it stops.