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B4 U2 Reading
Step 1 Prediction
What information do the emails contain?
Step 2 Reading-Alice's email
1.Read the first email and match the main idea of each paragraph.
Para.1 The introduction of the performance
Para.2 The opinion of the author
Para.3 I watched a performance of Butterfly Lovers last night.
2. Read paragraph 2 and fill in the following table.
Answers: pleasant, three happy years, fast, separated, sad, bittersweet
Step 3 Reading-Harry’s email
1. Read the second email and match the main ideas.
Para.1 The features of country music
Para.2 The general introduction of country music
Para.3 I fall in love with country music
Para.4 You should listen to some country music.
2. Read the second email and fill in the mind map.Examples
· the musician: _John Denver_
· the song: “Take Me Home, Country Roads ”
The typical instrument(s)
___the guitar___
Characteristics
· tunes: _easy to sing_
· lyrics: _leave you deep in thought_
· themes: ______________
Country music
History
· born out of blues and folk music
· became popular
time: _in the 1940s_
place: _in the south of America_
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Step 4 Phrases
1.通用语言,世界语言(P15)__the universal language______
2.乐器(P15)_musical instruments_
3.种类繁多(P15)_a wide range of types__
4. 被称为…(P15)_(be) known as___
5.现场观看音乐表演(P16)_watch a music performance live_
6.值得聆听/倾听(L4)__deserve to be heard_
7.使我领略一个经典故事的曲折
(L6)_take me through the twists and turns of a classical story_
8.使 (关系亲密的人)分离,分开
(L7)_tear sb. apart_
9.向某人低语(L9)__whisper to sb.__
10.强迫某人做某事(L12)_force sb. to do sth.__
11.因失去…痛哭流涕(L13)__weep bitterly over the loss of__
12.悲痛欲绝(L13)__(be) overcome with sorrow__
13.变成…(L16)__transform into__
14.结合了A与B(L18)__combine A and B_
15.根植于,扎根于…(L20)__have its roots in…_
16.寄养家庭,东道主家庭
(P17 L2)__host family__
17.依靠某人某事(L3)__rely on sb. to do sth._
18.原来,结果是,证明是…
(L6)__It turns out that__
19.使某人陷入沉思(L10)__leave sb deep in thought__
20.作为额外增添;另外(L11)__for good measure__
21.使某人联想到……(L17)__be suggestive