Module 4 Music Section Ⅳ Other Parts of the Module[原文呈现][读文清障] Street MusicIt's a warm Saturday afternoon in a busy side road① in the old district of Barcelona. The pedestrians② are standing in a semicircle③ around someone or something in front of the cathedral④. I push my way through⑤ the crowd and find a quartet⑥ of musicians playing a violin suite⑦ of classical music⑧. Thesession⑨ lasts ten minutes. Then one of the musicians picks up⑩ a saucer⑪ on the ground, and asks for money. All contributions⑫ are voluntary⑬， no one has to pay, but the crowd shrinks⑭⑮as some people slide away ⑯ . But others happily throw in a few coins. They're grateful for this brief interval⑰ of music as they go shopping⑱.Below the window of my apartment in Paris, a music man takes a place⑲ made vacant⑳ by an earlier musician○. He raises the lid○ of his barrel organ○ and turns the handle○. Then he sings the songs of old Paris, songs of the people and their love affairs. I remember some of the words even though I have never consciously ○ learnt ①side roadn．小路，支路②pedestrian/p 'destri n/əən.行人③semicircle/'semI'skl/ɜːn.半圆④cathedral n．教堂⑤push one's way through 挤着穿过⑥quartet/kw'tet/ɔːn.四重奏乐队⑦suite/swi t/ːn.组曲⑧find sb. doing sth.发现某人在做某事⑨session/'se n/ʃn.从事某项活动的集会(或一段时间)⑩pick up 拿起，拾起 ⑪ saucer/'ss /ɔː ə n.茶碟，茶托⑫contribution n．贡献，捐献make contributions to 对……作贡献⑬voluntary/'v l ntɒ əri/adj.自愿的⑭shrink/ rI k/ʃŋv.变小，减少⑮as some ...是时间状语从句，as 意为“随着”。⑯slide away 悄悄走开 ⑰ interval/'Int vl/ən.间隔，空隙⑱as they ...是时间状语从句，as 意为“当……时候”。⑲take a place 占据一个位置⑳vacant/'veIk nt/əadj.空的，空缺的○过去分...
