M8U2短语和句子.doc

Module8 Unit 2 短语与句子 Reading的短语 1. a review of a show 关于一次演出的评论 2. be performed in the Forbidden City 在紫禁城被表演 3. towards the end of his life 在他的生命快要走向尽头的时候 4. be set in Japan 背景在日本 5. a more awesome setting 一个更好的场景 6. a stage curtain 舞台上的帷幕 7. announce the start of the opera 宣布歌剧的开始 8. a stubborn and cruel Chinese princess 一个固执残忍的中国公主 9. promise to allow her to choose her own husband 许诺她选择自己的丈夫 10. solve three riddles 猜中三个谜语 11. be condemned to death 被处以死刑 12. dare to ask for her hand in marriage 敢于向她求婚 13. find death disturbing 发现死人的事令人不安烦恼 14. fall in love with sb at first sight 对某人一见钟情 15. take on a classic love triangle between … and …. 呈现出发生在…三人之间的经典三角恋情 16. be unwilling to get married 不愿意结婚 17. be seen accompanying Calaf 被看见正在陪同卡拉夫 18. seize sb 把某人抓起来 19. grab a sword from a guard and kill herself 从一个卫兵的手中夺过一把剑自刎 20. just before the dawn deadline 就在黎明截止时间之前 21. unite in marriage 喜结良缘 22. die of a heart attack 死于心脏病 23. his former students 他以前的学生 24. stage the opera 把这个歌剧搬上舞台 25. a supreme conductor 杰出的指挥家 26. the grand setting 气势宏伟的背景 27. the key components of this amazing production 这个令人惊叹的演出的关键因素 28. shortly afterwards 不久之后 29. cast sb as an ambitious lawyer 选派某人扮演一名雄心勃勃的律师 （cast --- cast， cast） 30. transform … into … 把…改变成… Reading的句子 1. Seeing this, Calaf says that if she can guess his name by sunrise, she will not have to marry him, but can have him killed. 看到这个，卡拉夫说如果日出前她能猜出他的名字，她就不仅可以不嫁给他，还可以让人杀了他。 2An opera company staged the opera in Beijing in the 1990s, but the performance I saw was the first time Turandot was staged inside the Forbidden City. 20世纪90年代，一家戏剧公司上演了这部戏剧，但我看的那次表演是图兰朵在紫禁城的第一次上演。 3. Just imagine performing such an opera in the Forbidden City — there could not be a more awesome setting. 想象一下在紫禁城上演这出歌剧吧——不可能有比这更好的场景了。 However, although he would like to, he cannot break his promise and must allow Turandot to do as she wishes. 可是，尽管他想收回这一允诺，但又不能食言，只能让图兰朵按照自己的意愿去做。 Some of the worlds greatest opera singers were cast in this producti