1、Unit 2The universal language音乐，是人们生活中不可缺少的一部分。什么是音乐？你喜欢什么样的音乐？What is music?Suppose you hit a wooden table with your hand. It makes a sound. Now suppose you hit a ball. It makes a sound. The second sound is called a tone. A tone is a single musical sound. Music is the art of organizing tones into me
2、aningful patterns of sound. We might call it the language of tones. Sometimes the language of music speaks to us in tones sounding after one another in melody. Or the tones could be sounding together in harmony.When tones hit with one another, it is not in harmony. But this hit is often full of mean
3、ing. What we call melody is given meaning by its rising or falling or moving straight ahead. It is also given meaning by its rhythm of beats and phrasing, its speed and how loud or soft it is at any moment. All of this sounds very technical. But it doesnt have to be understood or thought about for u
4、s to enjoy music. What music means to us often can not be put into words. We can feel that the music expresses joy or sorrow, pleasure, tenderness, love, angerall kinds of things and feelings that words alone could never do.Music can also be enjoyed just for its beauty, and not for what it is saying
5、. We can get pleasure from even a single tone of voice, violin, horn, or some other instruments. We may love a beautiful melody for many years of our lives and always enjoy hearing it.There are, of course, many forms of music, from the anthem to the symphony, and many types of music, from folk music
6、 to opera.1tone n乐音2melody n.旋律3harmony n.协调4tenderness n.柔情5anthem n.赞美诗1Do you like music? What kind of music do you like most? 2According to the above passage, what kinds of expressions can we feel from the music? 【答案】1.Yes, I like it very much. I like soft (pop, rock and roll, etc.) music most.2
7、. We can feel that the music expresses joy or sorrow, pleasure, tenderness, love, angerall kinds of things and feelings that words alone could never do.Section Welcome to the unit & ReadingPreparing根据提示写出下列单词1 vt.&vi.选派角色；投射(光、影)；向投以(视线，笑容)2 adj.极好的；令人惊叹的，令人敬畏的 3 adj.固执的，顽固的4 vt.判刑，宣判；指责，谴责5 vt.&vi.
8、&aux.敢于，胆敢6 adj.令人不安的；引起恐慌的7 vt.逮捕，捉拿；抓住；夺取，攻占8 vt.强烈要求；需要n.要求；需求9 adj.清楚的，显然的10 adj.不情愿，勉强的【答案】1.cast2.awesome3.stubborn 4condemn5.dare6.disturbing7.seize 8demand9.evident10.unwilling看单词学构词前缀un表示“不”，如unreal不真实；unseen看不见的；unselfish无私的根据提示补全下列短语1be condemned sth./to do sth.被处以某种刑罚/被迫使做某事；被判罚做某事2ask s
9、b.s hand in marriage (向女方)求婚3fall love 相爱，坠入爱河4 first sight初次见面；乍一看5take 呈现，体现；承担；接受；雇用6depend 依靠，依赖7break ones 食言，违背诺言8be unwilling sth.不愿意做某事【答案】1.to2.for3.in4.at5.on6.on7.promise8.to do根据提示补全下列教材原句1Just imagine performing such an opera in the Forbidden City !想象一下在紫禁城上演这出歌剧吧不可能有比这儿更令人叹为观止的场景了！2 ca
10、nnot answer all three riddles，however，will be condemned to death.然而，不能回答这三个谜题的人将被处死。3The emperor 皇帝为死人的事而感到不安。4 to protect the father，Liu claims that she alone knows the name，but resists telling Turandot.为了保护卡拉夫的父亲，柳儿宣称只有她知道卡拉夫的名字，但她拒绝告诉图兰朵。5Unfortunately，Puccini died of a heart attack he completed
11、this final scene.不幸的是，普契尼还没有完成这最后一幕就因心脏病发作去世了【答案】1.there could not be a more awesome setting2.Those who3.finds the death disturbing 4Wanting5.before阅读P1819教材课文，并从四个选项中选择最佳答案1The opera of Turandot was written by AJane JonesBGiacomo PucciniCGarfunkel DMozart 2The performance that was being performed i
12、n the Forbidden City in Beijing starred by Athe Italian opera singersBGreek actorsCAustrian musiciansDsome of the worlds greatest opera singers3Where was Puccini born?AIn Belgium. BIn Italy.CIn Greece.DIn Austria.4Who also loves Calaf in the opera?ALiu，Turandots friend.BLiu，Calafs slave.CLiu，Turando
13、ts young slave.DLiu，Calafs fathers slave.5Why does Turandot threaten and terrify Liu?ABecause she knows Liu also loves Calaf.BBecause Liu is against her.CBecause Turandot is desperate to learn Calafs name and Liu knows his name.DBecause Liu doesnt know Calafs name.【答案】1.B2.D3.B4.D5.C阅读P1819教材课文，在空白处
14、填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式 【导学号：98280006】The worldfamous opera，Turandot，is the story of a stubborn and cruel Chinese princess，1. (name) Turandot.In order to avoid 2. (marry)，she says that any potential husband must answer all three riddles correctly or die.A handsome prince，3. (name) Calaf，says that h
15、e will solve the problem and marry her.But a young slave of his father，Liu，expresses her love for him.Then the story takes 4. a classic love triangle 5. Calaf，Turandot，and Liu.Calaf goes to Turandot without introducing himself.6. Calaf answers Turandots questions 7. (correct)，she is greatly upset by
16、 this.8. (see) this，Calaf says that if she can guess his name by sunrise，she will not have to marry him.In order to learn his name，Turandot seizes Liu，asking for the name.9. (fortunate)，Liu kills 10. .But at the end of the story，the prince and Turandot unite in marriage，and the whole city celebrates their happiness.【答案】1.named2.marriage3.named4.on5.between6.Although7.correctly8.Seeing9.Unfortunately10.herself
