Unit2theuniversallanguageReading2课件（牛津版选修8）.ppt

Reading(2);To help review the content of the text. To help students grasp some of the important new words and expressions . ;Revision;4.What do we know about Liu? (has unconditional love) 5. What is Turandot like? (cold-hearted; be drunk with power; exercise control over ) 6. How does Turandot’s father find the deaths of many men? (disturbing; cannot break his promise) ;6. What happens when Calaf recites the answers to Turandot’s questions correctly? (guess his name; was desperate to know his name) ;Language learning transform— to completely change the appearance or character of sth, esp so that it is better *The company has been transformed from a family business to a multi-million-pound one. *Is there an event that has transformed your life? *Pieces of Titanic were transformed into luxury watches. ;take on— to begin to have a particular quality, appearance, etc呈现，具有(特征，外观等) After years of reform and opening-up policy, our country __________________ When the Prime Minister began to talk about the economic situations in the country, his voice ____________________. ;Unconditional love is frequently used to describe love between________________ , ________________ and between others in highly committed relationships. It has also been used to describe _______________________ and __________________________.;be drunk with— be in a great state of excitement because of a particular emotion or situation陶醉；忘乎所以 The boys have just won the game and they are still __________________. After the Olympics, the athlete became so __________________ that he didn’t spend a day practicing.;exercise vt.—to use your power, rights or personal qualities in order to achieve sth ;break one’s promise— not keep one’s promise The government failed to keep its promise of lower taxes. = The government broke its promise. Have you ever broken your promise? When was that? ;be desperate to — wanting to do sth very much When a mother is away from her baby girl for a long t