Unit2TheuniversallanguageLanguagepoints(牛津译林版选修8）.ppt

Unit 2;Unit 2 The universal language Language points;1. Last night, I witnessed the first of only eight performances of Giacomo Puccini’s world-famous opera, Turandot, being performed in the Forbidden City in Beijing, China. 昨天晚上，我去看了贾科莫普契尼闻名世界的歌剧《图兰朵》，那是在中国北京紫禁城八场演出的首场。;witness vt. meaning ‘to see something happen, especially an accident or crime’ 常用结构：witness doing sth. e.g. He arrived home just in time to witness his brother being taken away by the police. 他到家的时候看到他哥哥正被警察 带走。;witness n. ‘a person who sees an event happening, especially a crime or an accident’ e.g. According to (eye) witnesses, the robbery was carried out by two teenage boys. 根据目击证人的说话，抢劫案是由 两个十几岁的男孩实行的。;2. Just imagine performing such an opera in the Forbidden City— there could not be a better setting! You could almost feel the history. 想想在紫禁城上演这出歌剧吧—— 不可能有比这更好的场景了！你几乎可以感受到历史。;setting n. ‘the time or the place in which a story, a film, or a play takes place’ e.g. The play has its setting in a wartime prison. 这个戏剧的背景是战时的监狱。 【拓展】be set in … 以……为背景 e.g. The story was set in the 19th century. 这个故事以19世纪为背景。;3. This means that few men would dare to ask for her hand in marriage. 这意味着几乎没人胆敢向她求婚。;e.g. She hardly dared hope that he was alive. 她几乎不敢希望他还活着。 The little girl dare not go downstairs alone when her parents are out. 当她父母出去的时候，小女孩不敢下 楼。 Dare he tell them what he thinks? 他敢告诉他们他在想什么吗？ ;dare还可作及物动词，其否定式是don’t /doesn’t / didn’t dare；可意为“敢；敢于面对”。常构成结构：dare to do（在否定句中可以省略to）, dare sth.。 e.g. They didn’t dare (to) question in class. 他们在上课时不敢面对问题。;[拓展] I dare say 我揣测，可能，也许 e.g. You are tired, I dare say. 我想你可能累了。 I dare say he will come. 也许他会来。;4. The story then takes on a classic love triangle featuring Calaf, Turandot, and Liu. 故事随后演绎了发生在卡拉夫、图兰朵和柳儿三人之间的经典三角恋情。;take on 有多种含义： a. ‘to