Unit7 Period Three Lesson 2 & Lesson 3—Comprehending（word教参)-【状元桥·优质课堂】2023-2024学年新教材高中英语必修第三册（北师大版2019）

Period Three　Lesson 2 & Lesson 3—Comprehending [教材原文] Everyone knows that Ludwig van Beethoven<1> is a musical genius<2> but few might know how he created Symphony<3> No.9 in D minor<4> and how its first show went. Ludwig van Beethoven was a German composer<5>．He is regarded as one of the greatest composers in the history of music.In his twenties, he had been very famous for his skills on the piano<6>， but then he began to lose his hearing.Beethoven thought about giving up, but in the end he continued to write music.Inspired by his struggles<7> with deafness, the composer produced some amazing pieces, including nine symphonies, five piano pieces, and an opera! He proceeded<8> with the composition until his death in 1827, writing more than 130 musical works, including his Symphony No.9 in D minor. One day in February 1824, at his little house in Vienna<9>， Austria<10>， Ludwig van Beethoven sat back in his chair and smiled.The famous German composer's ninth symphony was finally completed.Writing the piece had taken several years, and now the final notes<11> had been added to the score<12>．At 54 years of age, he didn't know that this would be his last symphony.As he proudly signed his name at the bottom of the page, Beethoven tried to imagine how people would respond<13> when they heard it for the first time. Before the performance, the backstage<14> atmosphere at a very famous theatre in Vienna was tense<15>．Beethoven was afraid that the performance would be a disaster.①After all, what use is a conductor<16> who could not hear his orchestra—even if he is a musical genius？ The audience did not hesitate<17> to applaud loudly as the famous composer walked out onto the stage for the first time in 12 years.The theatre's musical director, Michael Umlauf<18>， joined him and together the two men took charge<19> of<20> the orchestra.For more than an hour, Beethoven jumped about in front of the orchestra, waving his arms wildly in the air, and madly turning the pages of his s