自考英语写作手册课后习题答案（1—3章）(2)

going to town to buy the dictionary recommended by the teacher.At the school gate I saw Li ping and asked him if he was going to town too.he said that he was,so we decided to go together.All the buses were crowed, and we had to wait for a long time at the bus stop before we could get on one.An hour later,we got off the bus at a busy street where there were three bookstores.we went to the first one and didn't find the dictionary.In the second one we were told the dictionary had been sold out It was in the third that we bought the dictionary.After that Li Ping and I went to other stores where we bought various things.We returned to school just in time for lunch.

2.Ludwig van Beethoven,the major composer of the 19th century,overcome many personal problems to achieve artistic greatness.He was born in Bonn,Germany,in 1770,and first studied music with a court organist.His father,who was given to heavy drinking ,was excessively

strict.After his mother died,when he was a young man,he was named guardian of his two younger brothers.In 1782 he was appointed deputy court organist at a surprisingly early age,and he played the harpsichord and viola at the same time.In1792 he went to Vienna to study music under

Haydn.While remaining unmarried all his life,he was frequently troubled by financial worries.He was continually plagued by ill health.The worst happened in 1818 when an ear infection led to his deafness.However,his writing of music continued in spite of this handicap.Goethe said that Beethoven had an \discipline and control.

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