1、-1-1-Unit 2 The universal language-2-3-句型no,not,never 等否定词与比较级连用,表达最高级含义in order to do 等作目的状语while 引导让步状语从句be being done 正在被过去分词短语作定语wherever 引导状语从句语法省略写作写一个人的生平考向be being+过去分词(2012四川高考,11);although(2012新课标卷,25);demand(2012全国卷,19);现在分词作状语(2012江苏高考,31);develop(2012北京高考,30);while(2012湖南高考,28);过去分词作定语(
2、2012山东高考,35);省略(2012新课标卷,32)等-4-YES,its true:Pianist Lang Langs successful career began with a Tom and Jerry cartoon.“I was 2 years old,”Lang Lang told The Seattle Times in an interview in October.“I was amazed that Tom could extend his fingers so much on the keys.He was playing Liszts Hungarian Rha
3、psody,which I like to play now.”-5-Celebrated as one of the great pianists of the time,Lang Lang,27,has become a classical music superstar.He even played for billions of TV viewers during the Olympics Opening Ceremony in Beijing.Lang was recently named Grammy Cultural Ambassador to China by the Amer
4、ican Recording Academy to promote music education and cultural understanding between the two countries.According to Gary Graffman,who tutored(指导)Lang at the Curtis Institute in Philadelphia,Lang Lang“has an ability to colour music,to draw something out of the black notes on the page”.“Watching him d
5、raw sound from a piano is like watching a sculptor(雕刻家)carving from stone a figure he knows is in there,”Graffman said.-6-Lang Lang is known for his wildly emotional stage style.Some love it,but its not to the taste of those who think art should be understated(不夸张的).Lang insists there is no calculat
6、ion(深思熟虑)in the way he plays.“If you are determined to show people what you can do and try to make them excited,then you will be a loser because you are trying too hard.We can all spot a fake(作假).”诱思探究1.What was Lang recently named to promote cultural understanding between America and China?2.Who do
7、nt like Langs stage style?答案:1.Grammy Cultural Ambassador to China.2.The people who think art should be understated.-7-.词汇拓展1.adj.共同的,普遍的 n.宇宙,世界,领域答案:universal;universe2.adj.固执的,顽固的 adv.固执地,顽固地 n.倔强,顽强;棘手答案:stubborn;stubbornly;stubbornness3.vt.判刑,宣判;指责,谴责 adj.该受责备的,应受谴责的答案:condemn;condemnable4.adj.
8、令人不安的;引起恐慌的 vt.打扰;妨碍;使不安答案:disturbing;disturb-8-5.adj.不情愿,不愿意;勉强的,无奈的 adv.不情愿地;勉强地 n.不愿意;不情愿答案:unwilling;unwillingly;unwillingness6.adj.清楚的,显然的 n.证据,证明;迹象答案:evident;evidence7.adj.仁慈的,慈悲的,宽大为怀的 n.仁慈,宽容;怜悯 adj.残忍的;无慈悲心的答案:merciful;mercy;merciless8.n.失业 n.使用;职业;雇用 vt.使用,采用;雇用答案:unemployment;employment;
9、employ9.n.作品集;收藏品;一批(人或物品)vt.收集;募捐答案:collection;collect-9-10.n.奴隶身份;奴隶制 n.奴隶答案:slavery;slave11.n.倾向,偏好;趋势 vi.趋向,倾向;照料,照顾 vt.照料,照管答案:tendency;tend12.adj.逐渐的,逐步的;平缓的,不陡的 adv.逐步地;渐渐地答案:gradual;gradually-10-.短语翻译1.ask for somebodys hand in marriage 答案:(向女方)求婚2.break ones promise 答案:食言;收回承诺3.in demand 答案
10、:受欢迎的;非常需要的4.die of 答案:死于5.be condemned to sth.答案:被处以某种刑罚-11-6.fall in love 答案:相爱,坠入爱河7.at first sight 答案:初次见面,乍一看8.take on 答案:呈现,具有9.along with 答案:和起10.try out for 答案:竞争;参加选拔11.split up 答案:断绝关系;分离-12-12.scold sb.for sth.答案:因某事责骂某人13.break up 答案:解散;破碎14.spring up 答案:突然兴起,迅速出现-13-.重点句型1.Just imagine
11、performing such an opera in the Forbidden City there could be a awesome setting!想想在紫禁城上演出这场歌剧吧再也没有比这更有效果的布景了!答案:not;more2.avoid marriage,she says that any potential husband must solve three riddles if he wants to marry her.为了逃避婚姻,她说任何一个想成为她丈夫的人如果要和她结婚就必须解开三个谜语。答案:In order to-14-3.the blues was popul
12、ar,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。答案:While4.The ability to adapt the music while it is one of the major characteristics of jazz.在演奏的过程中改编音乐的能力是爵士乐的主要特点之一。答案:is being played-15-5.With sales of more than 1 bill
13、ion records,the British pop group the Beatles was the supreme rock and roll band of the 1960s.拥有超过 10 亿张的唱片销量,英国流行组合甲壳虫乐队是 20 世纪 60年代首屈一指的摇滚乐队。答案:known as6.the Beatles went,there was a phenomenon called Beatlemaniathousands of fans would surround them,screaming and going crazy trying to see them.不管“甲壳虫”到哪里,都会有一种现象被称为“甲壳虫狂热”数以千计的歌迷围绕着他们尖叫着、发疯般地想见他们。答案:Wherever
