,B R _ main1,English Song Easy to be Hard,Maugham,Kobe,Yokohama,Bridge,Cocktail,Gin Fizzes,B R _ 1_main,English Song Easy to be Hard,The Band,Song Appreciation,Questions on the Song and the Text,B R _ 1_1,The Band,B R _ 1_1_pop,Three Dog Night: Jimmy Greenspoon, Cory Wells, Danny Hutton, Pat Bautz, Michael Allsup, Paul Kingery. From 1969 to1974, nobody had more Top 10 hits, moved more records, or sold more concert tickets. During this period Three Dog Night was undoubtedly the most popular band in America: twenty-one consecutive Top 40 hits, eighteen straight Top 20s, eleven Top 10s, seven number 1s, seven million-selling singles and twelve straight gold LPs. By late 75, they had sold nearly 50 million records. Since 1986, Three Dog Night has toured regularly. Their records continue to sell in great numbers and they receive regular airplay on radio stations around the world.,B R _ 1_2,Song Appreciation,B R _ 1_3,Questions on the Song and the Text,1. Do some people care too much for people in general but forget the needs of their closest friends?,Yes. Some people want to show their concern for people in general in public or create their public image but in the depth of their hearts, they just care about themselves.,2. What is the singer complaining about?,Too many people find it all too easy to be cold, to say no.,B R _ 2_1,Maugham,Maugham, W(illiam) Somerset:,18741965,Birthplace:,England,Nationality:,British,Achievements:,Of Human Bondage (1915) The Moon and Sixpence (1919) The Painted Veil (1925) Cakes and Ale (1930) Christmas Holiday (1939) The Hour Before the Dawn (1942),B R _ 2_2,Achievements:,The Razors Edge (1944) A Romance (1948) The Trembling of a Leaf (1921) The British Agent (1928) First Person Singular (1931) Ah King (1933) Quartet (1948) The Circle (1921) Our Betters (1923) East of Suez (1922),B R _ 2_3,Maugham, W(illiam) Somerset (1874-1965): English author, whose novels and short stories are characterized by great narrative facility, simplicity of style, and a disillusioned and ironic point of view. Maugham was born in Paris and studied medicine at the University of Heidelberg and at Saint Thomass Hospital, London. His partially autobiographical novel Of Human Bondage (1915) is generally acknowledged as his masterpiece and is one of the best realistic English novels of the early 20th century. The Moon and Sixpence (1919) is a story of the conflict between the artist and conventional society, based,B R _ 2_4,based on the life of the French painter Paul Gauguin; other novels are The Painted Veil (1925), Cakes and Ale (1930), Christmas Holiday (1939), The Hour Before the Dawn (1942), The Razors Edge (1944), and Cataline: A Romance (1948). Among the collections of his short stories are The Trembling of a Leaf (1921), which includes “Miss Thompson,” later dramatized as Rain; Ashenden: or The British Agent (1928); First Person Singular (1931); Ah King (1933); and Quartet (1948). He also wrote satiric comedies The Circle (1921) and Our Betters (1923) the melodrama East of Suez (1922), essays, and two autobiographies.,B R _ 2_2_pop,B R _ 3_1,Kobe,Kobe: one of the leading Japanese ports; a major industrial center and railway hub; a cultural center; heavily bombed during World War II but was rebuilt and enlarged,B R _ 3_2,B R _ 3_3,Kobe, city, capital of Hyogo prefecture, S Honshu, Japan, on Osaka Bay. One of the leading Japanese ports, it is also a major industrial center and railway hub. It is part of a transportation network, which includes express trains and highways, that links it to Osaka, Kyoto, and Nagoya. It has shipbuilding yards, vehicle factories, iron and steel mills, sugar refineries, and chemical, rubber, and food-processing plants. A cultural center, Kobe has several colleges and universities and many temples and shrines. Kobe was heavily bombed during World War II but was rebuilt and enlarged, with much commercial building taking place on landfill in Osaka Bay.,B R _ 4_1,Yokohama,Yokohama: Japans second largest city; one of the leading seaports in Japan; revived and prospered after the heavy bombardment during World War II;,B R _ 4_2,B R _ 4_3,Yokohama, city, capital of Kanagawa prefecture, SE Honshu, Japan, on the western shore of Tokyo Bay, Japans second largest city and one of its leading seaports. Yokohama has excellent transportation links with most major Japanese cities. Virtually destroyed by an earthquake and fires in 1923, Yokohama was quickly rebuilt; the city was modernized, and extensive improvements were made in its harbor. Yokohama suffered heavy bombardment during World War II, but it revived and prospered. The city has four universities; a variety of Christian churches, Shinto shrines, and temples; and numerous parks and gardens, notably Nogeyama Park, which was created after the earthquake.,B R _ 5_1,Bridge,Bridge, card game derived from whist, played with 52 cards by four players in two partnerships. Bridge probably originated in the Middle East