Heather Alexander, BBC

YouTube Symphony Orchestra at Carnegie Hall in New York

Background: 由来自30个国家的90名音乐家组成的首创YouTube交响乐队在纽约首次演出。此前YouTube在网页上发起竞赛，任何人都上载个人演奏视频参赛。 经过筛选，这场竞赛的幸运获胜者们都飞到世界著名的卡内基音乐厅举行首演，他们只有三天时间进行排练。

Questions: 请在听下面录音的时候试着回答这些问题。这是一个用来帮助你提高听力技能的练习。

1. How many musicians have come to New York for the performance?

2. How many people post audition videos on YouTube for the competition?

3. True or False? Michael Tilson-Thomas is a musical director.

4. All the winners have been to Carnegie Hall before.

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They had just arrived from all the corners of the world on Sunday but there has been no time for sightseeing.

Grammy Award winning musical director Michael Tilson-Thomas had them straight to work.

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There are some really phenomenally energetic and excellent players. And it’s been really interesting too how people are finding one another. At first there was a certain kind of tentativeness of where we are playing and exactly what are we doing, but it’s coming together very very quickly.

The 90 musicians have come to New York from as far away as Australia and South Korea - all for the chance to play at Carnegie Hall.

Over 3000 posted audition videos then 200 finalists were selected before YouTube viewers voted for the winners. Some have never left their home countries before let alone played in such a high profile venue.

They will perform an extensive programme which includes a specially written piece called Internet Symphony number 1 'Eroica'.

GLOSSARY 词汇表 (收听发音, 请单击英语单词)

all the corners of the world 世界各地

sightseeing 观光

Grammy Award 格莱美音乐奖

Australia 澳大利亚

South Korea 韩国

Carnegie Hall 卡内基音乐厅

audition 试演

finalists 进入决赛者

high profile venue 高知名度的演出场所

extensive programme 大型的（演奏）节目

symphony 交响乐

Answers

1. How many musicians have come to New York for the performance?

90.

2. How many people post audition videos on YouTube for the competition?

3000.

3. True or False? Michael Tilson-Thomas is a musical director.

True.

4. All the winners have been to Carnegie Hall before.

False.

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