Unit 2 The universal language Period 2 课件 2.ppt

Unit 2 The universal language Period 2 课件 2 【单词】 【短语】 1. be condemned to something 被处以某种刑罚 2. ask for somebody’s hand in marriage (向女方)求婚 3. break one’s promise 违背诺言 4. fall in love 相爱，坠入爱河 5. at first sight 初次见面；乍一看 6. take on 呈现(某种特征、外观等) 7. be accessible to 可接近的，可进入的 8. put up 张贴，搭建 9. apply for 申请 10. try out 试验；参加选拔赛 11. participate in 参加 12. dance to 随着……跳舞 13. spring up 突然兴起，迅速出现 14. turn to 转向；求助于……；致力于…… 15. hold up 延误；拦截，抢劫；示范 16. break up 破裂，解散；破碎 【句型】 1. Just imagine performing such an opera in the Forbidden City—there could not be a more awesome setting！ 想想吧，在紫禁城里上演这出戏，再也找不到更棒的背景了！ 英语中否定词与比较级连用时，常常有最高级的含义。 2. However, although he would like to, he cannot break his promise and must allow Turandot to do as she wishes. 但是，虽然他很想收回这一允诺，但又不能食言，只能让图兰朵按照自己的意愿行事。 在although he would like to状语从句中，to后面省略了break his promise, 以使行文简洁。 3. Calaf’s father and Liu have been seen accompanying Calaf, so Turandot seizes Calaf’s father and Liu, and demands that they tell her Calaf’s name or they will be beaten. 有人曾看见卡拉夫的父亲和柳儿陪着卡拉夫，因此图兰朵把卡拉夫的父亲和柳儿抓了起来，命令他们说出卡拉夫的名字，否则就要拷打他们。 动词demand, suggest, insist, advise, order等后接从句时，从句的谓语动词常用“should+动词原形”，should可以省略。 4. While the blues was popular, as a musical format it lacked variety and was too sad and slow to dance to. 尽管蓝调音乐非常受欢迎，但作为一种音乐形式，它缺少变化，而且太伤感、节奏太慢，不适合跳舞时伴奏。 句中while引导让步状语从句，意为“尽管，虽然”。too. . . to. . . 结构，表示“太……而不能……”。 5. Thus, from the blues, there sprung up a faster, livelier kind of music called jazz. 于是，从蓝调音乐发展出一种更轻快、更活泼的音乐形式，叫做爵士乐。 there be句型中的be动词可以用live, exist, stand, lie, run, spring up等代替。 6. Wherever the Beatles went, there was a phenomenon called ‘Beatlemania’—thousands of fans would surround them, screaming and going crazy trying to see them. 无论甲壳虫乐队去哪里，都会出现一个叫做甲壳虫热的现象——成千上万的粉丝们围着他们，叫喊着，发疯地想看到他们。 1)wherever引导一个让步状语从句。意为“无论哪里”。 2)现在分词短语screaming and going crazy trying to see them作伴随状语。 7. In many, many ways, the Beatles were pioneers for what was to come. 从很多很多方面来讲，甲壳虫乐队是将来所出现的音乐的先