Lesson1Performance.doc

Lesson 1 Performance 【Teaching aims】 To practise the vocabulary relating to concerts and performance. To read and understand a concert review To practise using will for decisions To practise using time clauses with as soon as, when, before... and clause of concession with although / though Teaching difficulties: To practise using will for decisions To practise using time clauses with as soon as, when, before... 【Language points】 重点单词： perform 【观察】 仔细阅读下列几个课文中的句子，注意划线单词之间的联系。 1. Last Thursday night, hundreds of fans went to the Corn Exchange in Cambridge, England to see Alanis Morissette performing in concert. 2. At the end of the three hours, Morissette showed that she was a true performer ... 3. While I watched and listened, I knew that I was seeing the performance of a real superstar. 【解析】 第一句中，performing 是动词perform的-ing形式； 第二句中，performer是动词perform加后缀-er，作名词，意为“表演者”； 第三句中，performance是动词perform的名词形式，意为“表演, 演奏”。 【用法归纳】 perform v. 表演；执行；做 【例句】 She composes and performs her own music. 她自己作曲自己演奏。 Computers can perform a variety of tasks. 电脑能执行各种各样的任务。 Most of the students performed well in the exam. 这次考试大部分学生表现很好。 【即学即练】用perform的适当形式完成下列句子。 1. He began _______ in his early fifties, singing and playing guitar. 2. Inside the theatre, they were giving a _______ of Bizet’s Carmen. 3. The _______ received only pitying looks from his audience. Key: 1. performing / to perform 2. performance 3. performer impress 【观察】 注意下列英文翻译中impress的用法。 他的真诚打动了她。 He impressed her with his sincerity. His sincerity impressed her. She was impressed by his sincerity. 【用法归纳】 impress v. 给……留下深刻的印象，使……铭记。常与介词with, by, on搭配。 【例句】 The young chess player impressed her audience. 这个年轻的棋手给观众留下了深刻的印象。 Mr. White impressed me with his extensive knowledge of wine. 怀特先生对葡萄酒的广博知识给我留下深刻印象。 This piece of music is strongly impressed on my memory. 这段乐曲深深印在我的脑海里。 【即学即练】 根据汉语提示完成下列句子。 1. 在中国见到的一切给他留下了深刻的印象。 What he had seen in China _______ _______ _______ his memory. 2. 那些种类繁多的展品让我印象深刻