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WELCOME UNIT
Unit 2 The universal language
Section Ⅰ Welcome to the unit & Reading
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重点合作探究
目录
CONTENTS
1
2
课堂效果检测
3
课后课时作业(一)
4
课后课时作业(二)
5
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Understanding culture through music
透过音乐了解文化
Send From Alice Duncan
发件人:艾丽斯·邓肯
To Lucy Becker
收件人:露西·贝克尔
Subject Butterfly Lovers
主题:《梁祝》
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Hi Lucy,
你好,露西
So glad to get your email.
很高兴收到你的邮件。
I hope everything is fine with you.
我希望你一切都好。
Last night, I watched a performance of Butterfly Lovers, a beautiful violin concerto composed by He Zhanhao and Chen Gang.
昨晚,我看了《梁祝》的演出,这是一首优美的小提琴协奏曲,由何占豪和陈钢创作。
It's a piece that really deserves to be heard.
这是一首真正值得一听的曲子。
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①_________ vt.& vi. 作曲;组成;撰写;使镇静
② ________ vt. 值得,应得
compose
deserve
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The music took me through the twists and turns of a classic story about a young couple torn apart by their families.
这首乐曲带着我体验了一个跌宕起伏的经典故事,故事讲的是一对被双方家庭拆散的年轻情侣。
When the two lovers, Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai, first meet, the music is light and pleasant, as if whispering to the audience.
当梁山伯和祝英台这对恋人初次见面时,音乐轻柔悦耳,仿佛在向观众低语。
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③_________ 使(关系密切的人)分离,分开
④ ________ adj. 令人愉快的,可喜的;友好的,和善的
⑤ _______ vi.& vt. 耳语,低语;私下说;沙沙作响 n. 低语;轻柔的声音;传言
tear apart
pleasant
whisper
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It is followed by a fast and cheerful section which represents their three happy years of school.
接下来是一个欢快、明朗的部分,代表了他们在学校的三年快乐时光。
•Then the music gets dramatic with heavier notes and that is when the lovers are separated because Zhu's father forces her to marry another man.
然后音乐变得戏剧化,音调更重,此时这对情侣被拆散,因为祝英台的父亲逼她嫁给另一个男人。
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⑥_________ adj. 激动人心的,引人注目的;突然的;戏剧的;夸张的
⑦连词and连接并列句;在第二个分句中,when引导______从句;because引导原因状语从句。
dramatic
表语
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Angry and sad, Liang falls sick and dies.
梁山伯悲愤交加,染病而亡。
Zhu weeps bitterly over the loss of her love.
祝英台为失去她的爱而痛哭。
Overcome with sorrow, she jumps into his grave.
她悲痛欲绝,跳进了他的坟墓。
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•Finally, during the most exciting part, the music takes a softer turn and ends on a bittersweet note, telling us how the couple transform into butterflies and fly away to be together forever.
最后,在最激昂的部分,乐曲转而柔缓,以凄美的曲调收尾,告诉我们,这对情侣如何化蝶飞去,永远在一起。
It is an amazing journey!
真是一段奇妙的旅程!
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⑧______ vi.& vt. 哭泣,流泪
⑨ _________ vt. 受到……的极大影响;克服,解决;战胜
⑩_______ n. 悲伤,悲痛;伤心事
⑪______ n. 坟墓;死亡,去世 adj. 严重的;严肃的
⑫_________ vi.& vt. (使)变形,(使)改观,(使)转化
⑬_______ adv. 永远;长久地;老是
⑭现在分词telling在句中作______状语;how引导的从句在动词tell后作_____。
weep
overcome
sorrow
grave
transform
forever
伴随
宾语
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Butterfly Lovers combines Chinese and Western musical elements: it is played on Western instruments such as the violin, but more significantly, much of the music has its roots in Chinese Yue Opera.
《梁祝》融合了中国和西方的音乐元素:它是用西方的乐器如小提琴演奏的,但更重要的是,大部分音乐源于中国越剧。
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•This unique combination has made me realize that music is indeed a universal language.
这种独特的融合让我意识到音乐确实是一种世界性的语言。
You should definitely listen to Butterfly Lovers—I bet you'll like it!
你一定要听听《梁祝》,我确信你会喜欢它的!
All the best,
愿一切都好,
Alice
艾丽斯
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⑮________ vt.& vi. (使)融合;(使)结合,(使)混合;兼做;合并
⑯that 引导的从句在动词realize后作______。
combine
宾语
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Dear Stephen,
亲爱的斯蒂芬,
Life here in Nashville is as interesting as I thought it would be.
纳什维尔的生活和我之前想象的一样有趣。
Send To Stephen Lin
收件人: 斯蒂芬·林
From Harry Yu
发件人:哈里·于
Subject Country music
主题:乡村音乐
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My host family are big fans of country music, so I can always rely on them to introduce me to some great songs.
我的寄宿家庭是乡村音乐的狂热粉丝,所以我总是可以依靠他们给我介绍一些很棒的歌曲。
I love learning about country music and I keep asking them questions about it all the time!
我喜欢了解乡村音乐,而且我一直请教他们关于乡村音乐的问题!
•It turns out that country music became popular right here in the south of America in the 1940s and then spread across the nation.
原来,20世纪40年代,乡村音乐在美国南部开始流行,然后传遍全国。
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⑰_______ 依赖,依靠;信任
⑱It turns out that 意为“原来是……”,其中It作形式主语,that引导的从句作真正的______。
rely on
主语
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It grew out of such music types as the blues and folk music, so the musicians use many similar instruments, such as the guitar.
它是由布鲁斯和民间音乐这样的音乐类型发展而来的,所以音乐家们使用许多类似的乐器,如吉他。
The tunes are easy to sing, and the lyrics often leave you deep in thought.
曲调很容易唱,歌词经常让你陷入沉思。
Most of the songs are about hardship and heartbreak, but also about hope—with plenty of humour thrown in for good measure.
大多数歌曲都是关于艰辛和心碎的,但也有关于希望的——其中不乏幽默。
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⑲______ n. 布鲁斯音乐,蓝调;忧郁,悲伤
⑳ _____ adj. 民间的,民俗的 n. 民间音乐;人们;各位;家人
21 _____ n. 曲调,曲子 vt. 调音;调频道;调整
22 ______ n. 歌词;抒情诗 adj. 抒情的;吟唱的
23 ________ 奉送,额外赠送
24 _______________ 作为额外增添
blues
folk
tune
lyric
throw in
for good measure
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You can feel an emotional connection between you and the musicians.
你可以感觉到你和音乐家之间的情感联系。
Country music shows the peaceful green fields and simple life of the countryside.
乡村音乐展现了宁静的绿色田野和乡村的朴素生活。
•Obviously I don't know what it's truly like to grow up in rural America, but the masters of country music, like John Denver, can make you feel like you're there.
显然,我不知道在美国乡村长大是什么样子,但乡村音乐大师,比如约翰·丹佛,能让你感觉自己就在那里。
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25______ adj. 乡村的,农村的
26 what 引导______从句;but连接______复合句。
rural
宾语
并列
The simple tunes and beautiful natural images are often very suggestive of countryside surroundings:
简单的曲调和美丽的自然画面常常让人联想到乡村环境:
Almost heaven, West Virginia
西弗吉尼亚州,简直就是天堂
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Blue Ridge Mountains, Shenandoah River
蓝岭山脉,谢南多厄河
Life is old there, older than the trees
那里生命古老,比树木更年长
Younger than the mountains, growing like a breeze
又比群山年轻,像风一样生长
(From “Take Me Home, Country Roads” by John Denver)
(选自约翰·丹佛的《乡村路带我回家》)
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27 ___________ n. 周围,环境
28 _______ n. 极乐之地
29 _______ n. 微风,和风
surroundings
heaven
breeze
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Why don't you try to listen to some great country music?
你为什么不试试听几首很棒的乡村音乐呢?
•I guarantee you'll enjoy it!
我保证你会喜欢的!
Best wishes,
致最美好的祝愿,
Harry
哈里
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30 _________ vt. 保证,担保;确保;为(产品)提供保修 n. 保证,担保;保修单
31 you'll enjoy it 为______从句,作动词guarantee的宾语。
guarantee
宾语
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1 compose vt.& vi. 作曲;组成;撰写;使镇静(教材P16)
归纳拓展
情景助记
重点合作探究
①Ten men compose the committee.
=The committee is composed of ten men.
委员会由十人组成。
②We should compose ourselves in the face of fear.
我们在危险时要保持镇静。
③Mozart was a famous composer contemporary with Beethoven, both of whom made great achievements in the field of music.
莫扎特是与贝多芬同时代的著名作曲家,两人在音乐领域都取得了巨大的成就。
④Television has transformed the size and social composition of the audience at great sporting occasions.
电视改变了大型体育赛事观众的数量及其社会构成。
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(1)单句语法填空
①John Lennon and Paul McCartney were named __________ (compose) of the year.
②The website is __________ (compose) of twelve main sections.
③He played a piano piece of his own ___________ (compose).
composers
composed
compositions
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(2)单句表达
在发挥了她的演技潜力后,她想作曲和作画。
She would like to ______________________, after fulfilling her acting potential.
(3)同义句转换
The English language is made up of the grammar and vocabulary.
→The English language is _____________ the grammar and vocabulary.
compose music and paint
composed of
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2 It's a piece that really deserves to be heard. (教材P16)
这是一首真正值得一听的曲子。
剖析 “It is ... that ...”为强调句型。基本结构为It is/was+被强调部分+that/who+其他。
归纳拓展
重点合作探究
①Was it you that/who I saw last night at the concert?
昨晚在音乐会上我见到的人是你吗?
②Who was it that told Jim the news?
是谁告诉吉姆这个消息的?
③It was he that/who helped me yesterday.(强调主语)
昨天是他帮助了我。
④It was John that/who I met in the library this morning.(强调宾语)
今天上午我在图书馆里遇到的人是约翰。
⑤It was at the village that he was brought up by his grandmother.(强调状语)
他是在村子里由他的祖母带大的。
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强调句型与从句的区别:
去掉“it is/was”和“that/who”后,若稍加调整语序,剩余部分在结构和语意上仍然完整通顺,则句子是强调句,否则为其他从句。
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(1)单句语法填空
①But ____ was the effects deep within the fat cells that may have been the most significant, the researchers found.
②It was only when the car pulled up in front of our house _____ we saw Lily in the passenger seat.
(2)句型转换
I didn't realize how right my parents were until I entered high school.
→It was _____________________________ I realized how right my parents were.
it
that
not until I entered high school that
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3 deserve vt. 值得,应得(教材P16)
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情景助记
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①You deserve a rest after all that hard work.
辛苦劳累那么久,你该休息一下了。
②These people deserve to make more than the minimum wage.
这些人应该得到高于最低工资的报酬。
③If you do wrong, you deserve punishing/to be punished.
如果你做错了,你应该受到惩罚。
重点合作探究
(1)单句语法填空
I think any good suggestion deserves ___________________________________ (consider).
(2)单句表达
这部英文短片《一起成长》将持续一个半小时,很值得一看。
The short English film whose name is Growing Together will last for an hour and a half and it __________________________.
consideration/considering/to be considered
deserves well seeing/to be seen
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4 tear apart 使(关系密切的人)分离,分开(教材P16)
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情景助记
重点合作探究
①Nothing could tear us apart.
没有什么能把我们分开。
②He tore at the meat with his bare hands.
他只凭两只手就要把肉撕碎。
③She tore up all the letters he had sent her.
她把他寄给她的信都撕了。
④She was unable to tear her eyes away from him.
她恋恋不舍地望着他。
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(1)单句语法填空
①Not this polar bear though—he just kept trying to tear ______ the fence with his massive paws.
②He tore ____ the agreement at the meeting in public and left angrily.
③The war tore many families ______.
(2)句型转换
How can we bridge the everwidening gap that separates us from other animals?
→How can we bridge the everwidening gap that _____ us and other animals ____?
down
up
apart
tears
apart
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5 whisper vi.& vt. 耳语,低语;私下说;沙沙作响 n. 低语;轻柔的声音;传言(教材P16)
归纳拓展
情景助记
重点合作探究
①He whispered to me that he was afraid.
他低声对我说他害怕。
②The girl came in and whispered something in the teacher's ear.
那个女孩进来对老师耳语了几句。
③What happened in the factory is being whispered about the neighborhood.
附近居民私下说着工厂里发生的事。
④Men were talking in whispers in every office.
男人们在每个办公室里悄声交谈着。
重点合作探究
whisper后接双宾语时,间接宾语无论在前还是在后,其前都要带介词to,即whisper sth to sb = whisper to sb sth。
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(1)单句语法填空
①Nervously facing challenges, I know I will whisper ____ myself the two simple words “Be yourself”.
②We spoke in ________ (whisper) for fear of waking the baby.
③It ____________ (whisper) that he is heavily in debt.
to
whispers
is whispered
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(2)单句表达
当注视着熊猫的时候,我们静静地站在那里,几乎不敢相互窃窃私语。
As we watched the panda, we stood still, hardly _______________ to one another.
(3)同义句转换
They sat at the back of the room, talking in a whisper.
→They sat at the back of the room, talking ___________.
daring to whisper
in whispers
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6 Angry and sad, Liang falls sick and dies.(教材P16)
梁山伯悲愤交加,染病而亡。
剖析 angry and sad为形容词作状语,表示主语的状态。
归纳拓展
重点合作探究
①The task was so hard, and Steve, anger and upset, said he was quitting.
这项任务太难了,史蒂夫又生气又沮丧,说他要辞职。
②I stared, greatly shocked, as the drinks soaked his white shirt.
我目瞪口呆地看着,饮料浸透了他的白衬衫。
副词作状语通常修饰动词或形容词,有时修饰整个句子。
After the long journey, the three of them went back home, slowly and tiredly.
经过长途旅行后,他们三个缓慢而疲惫地回到了家。
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(1)单句语法填空
①The lost boy came back, _____ (safety) and sound.
②As the small boat moved, ______ (gentle) along the river he was left speechless by the mountains being silently reflected in the water.
③We helped the little girl that lost her way find her mum, tired but _______ (happiness).
(2)单句表达
最终他们爬上了山顶,又累又渴。
Finally they climbed to the top of the mountain, _______________.
safe
gently
happy
tired and thirsty
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7 overcome vt. 受到……的极大影响;克服,解决;战胜(教材P16)
归纳拓展
情景助记
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①They overcome all kinds of difficulties and fulfilled the task.
他们克服所有的困难并完成任务。
②In the final game, Sweden easily overcame France.
在决赛中,瑞典队轻松战胜了法国队。
③Her parents were overcome with grief at the funeral.
在葬礼上她的父母悲痛欲绝。
重点合作探究
单句表达
①当我在学习中遇到问题时,爸爸会耐心地听我讲,并鼓励我勇敢地克服困难。
When I come across the problems of learning in my study, my father will listen to me patiently and encourage me to _______________________ bravely.
②考试的前一晚我被恐惧与绝望困扰着。
The night before the test I ____________________ fear and despair.
overcome the difficulties
was overcome by/with
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8 transform vi.& vt. (使)变形,(使)改观,(使)转化(教材P16)
归纳拓展
情景助记
重点合作探究
①I learned a lot about how to extend the life of objects and transform them into something new and useful.
我学到了很多关于如何延长物体的寿命并将它们转化为新的有用的东西。
②But if you do it too often, you can transform in the eyes of others from a confident joker to a Chihuahua dog.
但如果你经常这样做,在别人眼中你就会从一个自信的爱开玩笑的人变成一只吉娃娃狗。
③Mike made plans for the transformation of an attic room into a study.
麦克计划将阁楼间改造为书房。
④Mr Brin's faith in the transformative power of knowledge also has personal roots.
布林先生对知识改变世界的力量深信不疑,这是有个人历史根源的。
重点合作探究
(1)单句语法填空
①The health security systems of many countries are undergoing considerable ____________ (transform).
②And that's what makes the act of rereading so rich and _____________ (transform).
③As we know, electric heaters transform their electric energy ____ heat.
(2)单句表达
究竟是什么使她从一个普通的妇女变成一个成功的女士?
What was it that made her ______________ an ordinary woman ____ a successful lady?
transformation
transformative
into
transform from
to
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9 rely on 依赖,依靠;信任(教材P17)
归纳拓展
情景助记
重点合作探究
①As babies, we rely entirely on others for food.
在婴儿时期,我们完全依赖别人喂食。
②These days we rely heavily on computers to organize our work.
现在,我们在很大程度上依赖电脑来安排我们的工作。
③We are looking for someone who is reliable and hardworking.
我们在物色可靠而又勤奋的人。
④Such learning methods encourage too great a reliance upon the teacher.
这样的学习方法会造成对老师的过分依赖。
表示“信赖,依靠”的短语还有depend on, count on。
重点合作探究
(1)单句语法填空
①Some students don't have a ________ (rely) car, while others have to share vehicles with parents who work six days a week.
②You may rely on ____ that he will come here to give us a hand.
③Many working women rely on relatives ________ (help) take care of their children.
④They allow the animal to rely on sunshine _____ its nutrition.
reliable
it
to help
for
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(2)单句表达
①由于有些演员唱得不好,他们不得不依靠其他音乐家的帮助。
As some of these actors could not sing well enough, they had to _______________
_______________ them.
②你可以相信,如果我们有困难,詹妮弗会来帮助我们的。
You may ______________ Jennifer will come and help us if we are in trouble.
rely on other
rely on it that
musicians to help
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10 tune n. 曲调,曲子 vt. 调音;调频道;调整(教材P17)
归纳拓展
情景助记
重点合作探究
①None of them could sing in tune.
他们中没有一个人能唱得合调。
②These proposals are perfectly in tune with our own thoughts on the subject.
这些建议与我们在这个问题上的想法完全一致。
③The orchestra was tuning up as we entered the hall.
我们进入音乐厅时,管弦乐队正在调音。
④When she started talking about her job, he just tuned out.
在她开始谈她工作的时候,他走神了。
重点合作探究
(1)单句语法填空
①Any reform of the government should be ____ tune with the popular mood and times.
②You can start now to tune ____ to your own physical, social and spiritual needs.
③Others were quietly tuning _____ their instruments.
④Information overload can lead some people to tune _____ messages.
(2)单句表达
在做这些决定的时候,要确保你和自己内心的声音保持一致。
Just make sure you are ___________ your inner voice while making these decisions.
in
in
up
out
in tune with
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11 The tunes are easy to sing, and the lyrics often leave you deep in thought.(教材P17)
曲调朗朗上口,歌词常常发人深省。
剖析 The tunes are easy to sing为“主语+be+adj.+ to do”句型。
归纳
拓展 “主语+be+adj.+to do”句型:
(1)形容词多为说明主语性质、特征的词。常见的此类形容词有difficult, easy, hard, good, comfortable, pleasant, interesting, dangerous等。
(2)不定式的动词和句子的主语存在逻辑上的动宾关系,但不定式常用主动形式表示被动意义。若不定式中的动词为不及物动词,其后应该加相应的介词。
(3)有时不定式会带自己的逻辑主语,常用for引出。
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①When I told her the air would be hard to breathe and it would be very cold, she said it would be an interesting experience.
当我告诉她空气稀薄,呼吸困难,天气很冷时,她说这将是一次有趣的经历。
②This machine is very easy to operate; anybody can learn to use it in a few minutes.
这台机器很容易操作,任何人在几分钟内都能学会使用它。
③The picture is pleasant to look at.
这幅画好看。
④The box is too heavy for you to lift.
这箱子太重了,你抬不起来。
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(1)单句语法填空
I like eating fried tomatoes with eggs, and I thought it must be easy ________ (cook).
(2)单句表达
信誉很难赢得,但很容易失去,从现在开始,这个问题只会变得更加棘手。
Credibility __________________________, and the problem is only going to get harder from here on out.
to cook
is hard to earn but easy to lose
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12 for good measure 作为额外增添(教材P17)
归纳拓展
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①The singer gave a brilliant concert at the opera house, with two songs for good measure.
歌手在歌剧院举行了一场精彩的音乐会,另外还加了两首歌。
②Mankind's knowledge of the universe has increased beyond measure.
人类关于宇宙的知识已经极大增加。
③For two years they knew happiness in full measure and then Jane fell ill.
两年间他们尽情享受着幸福生活,可后来简病倒了。
④Our thanks are due in equal measure to every member of the team.
我们同样感谢每一位队员。
⑤Tailors may make clothes to your own measure.
裁缝可以给人量体裁衣。
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(1)单句语法填空
①I haven't seen Sara since she was a little girl, and she has changed ________ measure.
②John has put on so much weight recently that his mother has to make all his trousers ___ his measure.
③The policy, meant to be beneficial to the farmers ____ full measure, turned out to be a great success.
beyond
to
in
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(2)单句表达
我喜欢那家书店,因为每当在这里买书,他们都会额外给我提供一个书皮。
I like that bookstore because whenever I buy a book here, they will offer me a book cover _________________.
for good measure
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13 surroundings n. 周围,环境(教材P17)
归纳拓展
情景助记
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①When buying an apartment, people usually take into account its price, position, surroundings and so on.
买房时,人们通常会考虑房子的价格、位置、环境等因素。
②He was surrounded by reporters who had been lying in wait for him.
他被暗中等候他的记者团团围住。
③And when he saw the mists rising from the river and the soft clouds surrounding the mountain tops, he was reduced to tears.
当他看到河水中升起的薄雾和环绕山顶的柔和的云时,流下了眼泪。
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(1)单句语法填空
①Steve arrived and sat in the front row, surrounded ________ his family.
②The development of the site will have implication for the ___________ (surround) countryside.
③At first, my new ____________ (surround) were difficult to tolerate.
by/with
surrounding
surroundings
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(2)单句表达
①这只饥饿的熊闻着味来到了我们的营地,营地四周有高高的铁丝围栏。
The hungry bear followed his nose to our camp, which _________________ a high wire fence.
②他打开灯检查周围的环境。
He switched on the lights and ________________________.
was surrounded by
examined his surroundings
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14 guarantee vt. 保证,担保;确保;为(产品)提供保修 n. 保证,担保;保修单(教材P17)
归纳拓展
情景助记
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①The ticket will guarantee you free entry.
这张票可保证你免费入场。
②We guarantee to deliver your goods within a week.
我们保证一周内交货。
③We cannot guarantee (that) our flights will never be delayed.
我们不能保证我们的航班永远不会延误。
④Nurses in training should be given a guarantee of employment following qualification.
接受培训的护士取得资格后应有工作保障。
⑤The watch is still under guarantee.
这只手表仍在保修期内。
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(1)单句语法填空
①I guarantee _____ you will love the film.
②The car was still ______ guarantee, so I got it repaired free of charge.
③This kind of behavior is guaranteed ________ (make) him angry.
④There can be no guarantee ____ connections between trains or between train services and bus services.
that
under
to make
of
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(2)单句表达
①仅仅是人才并不足以保证胜利。
Talent alone was not enough to ________________.
②努力工作不是取得巨大成功的保证,但它是必不可少的条件之一。
Hard work is not _______________________, but it is among the essential requirements.
(3)同义句转换
Can you guarantee me a job when I get there?
→Can you __________________ when I get there?
guarantee victory
a guarantee of great success
guarantee a job to me
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15 adaptation n. 改编本,改写本;适应(教材P19)
归纳拓展
情景助记
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①Branagh won two awards for his screen adaptation of Shakespeare's Henry the Fifth.
布拉纳因他对莎士比亚的《亨利五世》的荧幕改编而获了两次奖。
②The world will be different, and we will have to be prepared to adapt to the change.
这个世界将会不同,所以我们必须准备好适应变化。
③Three of her novels have been adapted for television.
她的小说有三部已改编成电视节目。
④By making the workforce more adaptable and skilled, he hopes to attract foreign investment.
通过使劳动力更具适应力并且更具技能,他希望吸引到外资。
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(1)单句语法填空
①On Thursday in an article published in Cell, a team of researchers reported a new kind of __________ (adapt)—not to air or to food, but to the ocean.
②People in Ethiopian highlands have adapted to _______ (live) at high altitudes.
③We'd like to combine your culture with ours by adapting the classic novel The Steamboat ____ a short English play.
④These lights, known as ________ (adapt) signals, have led to significant declines in both the trouble and cost of travels between work and home.
adaptation
living
for
adaptive
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(2)单句表达
①这个著名作家改编的剧本在这个国家很受欢迎。
_______________________ by the famous writer became popular in the country.
②我很乐观,已经学会了适应我的残疾。
I am very optimistic and have learnt to ________ my disability.
The adaptation of the play
adapt to
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16 consist of 由……组成(或构成)(教材P19)
归纳拓展
情景助记
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①Their diet consisted largely of vegetables.
他们的日常饮食以蔬菜为主。
②The beauty of the city consists in its magnificent buildings.
这座城市的美就在于它的宏伟建筑。
③Our deeds must consist with our words.
我们必须言行一致。
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(1)单句语法填空
①Rock music consists ____ many different styles.
②True happiness does not consist ___ the possession of money, but the joy of achievement.
(2)单句表达
例如,大多数食物网由许多薄弱环节组成,而不是由几个强大环节组成。
Most food webs, for instance, _________ many weak links rather than a few strong ones.
of
in
consist of
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(3)同义句转换
Most of these groups composing of graduate students are from the world's top university.
→Most of these groups ____________ graduate students are from the world's top university.
consisting of
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17 defend vt.& vi. 保护,防御;辩白,辩解(教材P19)
归纳拓展
情景助记
重点合作探究
①How can you defend such behaviour?
你怎能为这种行为辩解呢?
②All our officers are trained to defend themselves against knife attacks.
我们所有的警察都接受过自卫训练,能够对付持刀袭击。
③What points can be raised in defence of this argument?
有什么论点能提出来为这个说法做辩护呢?
④I have to say in her defence that she knew nothing about it beforehand.
我得为她说句话,她事先并不知道此事。
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(1)单句语法填空
①“Small does not mean weak, sir,” she defended ________ (her).
②At the conference, political leaders from many countries promised to work together to defend the world ____________ terrorism and other threats.
③The man was to make some reply ____ defence of his friend when he entered the room again.
④The trade union said that they would take action to _______ (defence) their members' jobs.
herself
from/against
in
defend
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(2)单句表达
①他们为捍卫自由和人民的利益而战斗到最后一刻。
They fought to the last breath ____________ freedom and of the benefit of the people.
②他作了长篇大论来为自己的观点辩护,不受反对意见的影响。
He made a long speech to __________________________ objections.
in defence of
defend his views from/against
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课堂效果检测
Ⅰ.根据语境及汉语提示和首字母提示完成句子
1.A famous old name on a firm is not necessarily a __________ (保证) of quality.
2.I'm still green at this, but I can play a few ______ (曲子).
3.The gentleman __________ (低语) to the beautiful lady was trying to persuade her into acting in his new film.
4.The company made a ________ (戏剧的) entrance into the export market.
5.It was kind of you to comfort me when I was deep in _______ (悲伤).
guarantee
tunes
whispering
dramatic
sorrow
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6.When people are determined, they can o________ anything.
7.We should t________ our subjective world while transforming the objective world.
8.The most moving music is Chinese f____ music.
9.In modern times, there are many means of communication both in the urban and r_____ areas.
10.During the outbreak of disease, we are supposed to take care of ourselves and learn to d______ ourselves from the disease.
vercome
ransform
olk
ural
efend
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Ⅱ.单句语法填空
1.You are a good human being and you deserve _________________ (treat) as such.
2.The tour group consisting ____ 50 students is coming to China next Monday.
3.This book described the __________ (adapt) of desert species to the hot conditions.
4.The man did an admirable job in keeping the ____________ (surround) clean.
5.When he sold me the house at a cheap price, he threw ____ some of the furniture for good measure.
to be treated/treating
of
adaptation
surroundings
in
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6.____ good measure, a few details of hotels were included.
7.The song writer and music _________ (compose) is going to show up at the press conference next week.
8.Steel is produced by __________ (combine) iron with carbon.
9.It is ________ (please) for him to travel and to try out and explore whatever is new.
10.Nothing could tear us ______, and now we were here together.
For
composer
combining
pleasant
apart
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Ⅲ.单句表达
1.它们很容易照顾,也很适合作为礼物。
They are ____________ for and make great presents.
2.迈克边走边往后看,心中充满了恐惧。
Mike looked behind as he went, ___________.
3.大多数也装备了自动火灾报警系统,该系统由热探测器、烟雾探测器和喷头组成。
Most are also equipped with automatic fire alarm systems ____________ heat detectors, smoke detectors and sprinklers.
easy to care
full of fear
consisting of
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4.但是记住是你需要成长,需要阅读,需要再阅读,以便更好地理解你的朋友。
But remember, ___________ have to grow and read and reread in order to better understand your friends.
5.你可以放心,这项工作将提前完成。
You may ____________ the work will be finished ahead of time.
it's you that
rely on it that
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课后课时作业(一)
Ⅰ 完形填空
When I asked my mom for piano lessons in 2010, we were in the fallout of the recession (经济衰退). She said a polite “No”.
That didn't stop me. I googled the __1__ for a keyboard, drew the keys on a piece of paper and __2__ it on my desk. I would click notes on an online __3__ and “play” them back on my paper one—keeping the __4__ they made on the computer in my head. Once my mom saw that I was __5__, she borrowed money and bought me 10 lessons.
I still remember the first one. I was __6__ by how real the sound of the piano was. I __7__ my grade one test after eight lessons. But when I started secondary school, we couldn't __8__ lessons again. I passed grade five, practicing only on my piece of paper.
课后课时作业(一)
When I was about 13, my mom said she had a __9__ for me; it was an electronic keyboard, bought with __10__ borrowed money. It was the first time I'd played for her.
Later I found the Purcell School for young musicians. The tryouts were __11__. Some of the questions __12__ an assessment of the composer or when the music was written. I felt stressed out. To my amazement I was offered a __13__. At Purcell, I saved enough to buy my first piano.
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When I left Purcell, I was awarded the senior academic music prize. I am now at the Guildhall School in London, one of the world's leading music schools. I feel proud: it's been 10 years __14__ I drew my paper piano. I continue to do a lot of my practice away from the piano: what we call __15__ practice. The paper piano helped solve my curiosity about how music works and what forms the masterpieces.
篇章导读:本文是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了作者凭借对钢琴的热爱,自制纸质钢琴,最终成为世界一流的音乐学校的一名学生的励志故事。
课后课时作业(一)
1.A.measurements B.tunes
C.pictures D.scales
答案:A 根据下文“drew the keys on a piece of paper”可推知,此处表示作者在网上查找键盘的具体尺寸,然后画下来。故选A。
2.A.folded B.piled
C.wrapped D.stuck
答案:D 作者把键盘画在纸上,贴在自己的桌子上。stick “粘贴”。故选D。
课后课时作业(一)
3.A.screen B.course
C.keyboard D.website
答案:C 根据“I would click notes on an online __3__ and ‘play’ them back on my paper one”可知,作者点击网络上的虚拟键盘听音符的声音,然后在自己的纸质键盘上练习弹奏。下文中“my paper one”对应“an online keyboard”。故选C。
课后课时作业(一)
4.A.voice B.sound
C.whisper D.record
答案:B 作者把在电脑上听到的音符的声音记在自己的脑中。乐器的声音用sound表示。故选B。
5.A.nervous B.disappointed
C.satisfied D.serious
答案:D 母亲看到作者学习钢琴的态度是认真的(serious),所以借钱给作者买了10节课。故选D。
课后课时作业(一)
6.A.amused B.frightened
C.struck D.accessed
答案:C 作者第一次听到钢琴真正的声音,被震惊到了。be struck by “被……震惊”。故选C。
7.A.ran into B.got across
C.passed by D.went through
答案:D 八节课后,作者通过了钢琴一级考试。go through“通过”。故选D。
课后课时作业(一)
8.A.afford B.perform
C.postpone D.participate
答案:A 根据下文“practicing only on my piece of paper”可知,作者开始上中学后,不能再负担(afford)钢琴课程的费用。故选A。
9.A.secret B.task
C.question D.surprise
答案: D 根据下文“it was an electronic keyboard”可知,母亲有一个惊喜(surprise)要给作者。故选D。
课后课时作业(一)
10.A.little B.less
C.much D.more
答案: D 上文提到母亲给作者买10节课需要借钱,由此可推知,与上次相比,母亲这次给作者买电子键盘借了更多的(more)钱。故选D。
11.A.easy B.tough
C.enjoyable D.fulfilling
答案: B 根据下文“Some of the questions ... I felt stressed out.”可知,入选竞争很激烈(tough)。故选B。
课后课时作业(一)
12.A.related B.concerned
C.involved D.collected
答案: C 句意:其中一些问题包含对作曲家的评价或者某个音乐作品是何时写的。involve “包含;牵涉”。故选C。
13.A.role B.prize
C.place D.refund
答案: C 根据下文“At Purcell, I saved enough ...”可知,作者被录取了,即被提供了一个录取位置(place)。故选C。
课后课时作业(一)
14.A.after B.since
C.until D.before
答案: B 句意:我感到很自豪:自我弹在纸上画的钢琴已过去10年的时间了。since “自……以来”。故选B。
15.A.mental B.abundant
C.false D.fancy
答案: A 根据上文“a lot of my practice away from the piano”可知,在实体钢琴之外,作者仍在自己的脑中做很多练习。mental “精神的,脑力的”。故选A。
课后课时作业(一)
Ⅱ 阅读
Rap, a style of hiphop music, was created in the 1980s in the United States. It first became popular among young black people in New York City. By the beginning of the 21st century, it had become a presence W1 around the world. Its performers, called rappers, have their own fashion style. They often wear a baseball
cap, large jewelry, brightly colored clothes and oversized jeans. And it's evident that rap is no stranger to negative stereotypes W2 , but this entertainment medium, is actually a means of human expression. You can find a lot of evidence.
课后课时作业(一)
Rapper Chen Jinnan performed her hit song Malice From the World on the reality show Rap for Youth. Chen said that she wrote the song last year after receiving a message from a fan who was battling severe depression and had been ignored W3 by her parents and schoolmates. “I shared my own story with her in the hope of P1 offering her encouragement,” Chen told China Daily. Another rapper who appeared on the show is a wellknown rapper TangoZ, who expresses his love for his hometown of Hangzhou—his “heaven on Earth”—and raps in the dialect. “Wu dialect is disappearing at an alarming rate, so I struggle to make the situation a bit better,” he told independent media platform RADII China.
课后课时作业(一)
Just as Li Yuchun, a mentor (导师) on the reality show, pointed out P2 that rapping is not defined by anger. “A lot of people think that Diss—or disrespect—is the only definition of rap. But on this show, I'm touched and proud of the fact that you can express gratitude and kindness through music writing and rapping,” she said.
Actually, rapping, for most performers, is a way to express opinions and let their voices be heard. If you dive deep into it, you'll find that it's charming. Just as Hannah George wrote on the website Soundigest. “It's a diary ... someone's life on display for the world to enjoy, grieve (悲伤) with or be inspired by.”
篇章导读:本文是一篇说明文。文章主要讲述了说唱音乐实际上是人们心灵声音的表达方式。
课后课时作业(一)
1.What can we know from Paragraph 1?
A.Rap originated in the United States.
B.Only the young black people loved rap.
C.People usually think highly of rap.
D.Rappers like wearing strange clothes.
答案: A 细节理解题。根据第一段第一句“Rap, a style of hiphop music, was created in the 1980s in the United States.(说唱音乐,一种嘻哈音乐的风格,被创建于二十世纪八十年代的美国。)”可知,说唱起源于美国。故选A。
课后课时作业(一)
2.Why are the two rappers mentioned in Paragraph 2?
A.To show that they are quite talented rappers.
B.To tell us that they went through tough times.
C.To explain what inspired them to create their works.
D.To confirm that rap is a method of human expression.
答案: D 推理判断题。根据第二段的内容可知,Chen Jinnan (陈近南)在去年收到一位患有抑郁症的粉丝的信息后,写下了《来自世界的恶意》这首歌来鼓励这位粉丝;而另一位说唱歌手TangoZ (钟祺)用方言说唱来表达自己对家乡杭州的热爱。由此可推知,第二段提到了这两个说唱歌手是为了证明说唱是人类的一种表达方式。故选D。
课后课时作业(一)
3.What can be concluded from the text?
A.Rapper Chen once developed severe depression.
B.Li Yuchun assumes that disrespect defines rap.
C.TangoZ tries to save Wu dialect from extinction.
D.Hannah George is a foreign rapper.
答案: C 推理判断题。根据第二段中的“Wu dialect is disappearing at an alarming rate, so I struggle to make the situation a bit better(吴语正在以惊人的速度消失,所以我努力让情况好转一点)”可推知,TangoZ试图拯救吴语免于消失。故选C。
课后课时作业(一)
4.What can be the best title for the text?
A.The origin of rap B.The popularity of rap
C.Rap, the voice of mind D.Rap, a style of music
答案: C 标题判断题。根据第一段中的“And it's evident that rap is no stranger to negative stereotypes, but this entertainment medium, is actually a means of human expression.(很明显,对说唱的负面刻板印象并不少,但这种娱乐媒介,实际上是一种人类表达的手段。)”和第二段中列举的两位说唱歌手以及最后一段第一句“Actually, rapping, for most performers, is a way to express opinions and let their voices be heard.
(事实上,说唱,对于大多数表演者来说,是一种表达观点和让他们的声音被听到的方式。)”可知,本文主要讲述了说唱音乐是人们表达内心声音的一种方式。本文最佳标题应是C项(说唱,心灵之声)。故选C。
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W重点单词
1.presence n. ________________________
2.stereotype n. ___________
3.ignore vt. ______________
P重点短语
1.in the hope of ________________ 2.point out _______
存在,出现;出席,在场
刻板印象
忽略,不理睬
怀着……的希望
指出
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Ⅲ 语法填空
The world itself is becoming much smaller by using modern traffic and modern communication means. Life today is much easier than it was hundreds __1__ years ago, but it has brought new problems. One of the __2__ (big) is pollution. Pollution comes in many __3__ (form). We see it, smell it, drink it and even hear it.
Man has been polluting the earth. The more people, the more pollution. Many years ago, the problem was not so serious __4__ there were not so many people. When the land was used up or the river was dirty in one place, man __5__ (move) to another place. Man is now __6__ (slow) polluting the whole world.
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Air pollution is still the most serious. Water pollution kills our fish and pollutes our drinking water. Noise pollution __7__ (make) us angry more easily.
Many countries are making rules __8__ (fight) pollution. They stop people from burning coal in houses and the factories in the city, and from __9__ (put) dirty smoke into the air.
The earth is our home. We must take care of __10__. That means keeping the land, water and air clean.
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1.________ 2.________ 3.________ 4.________5.________
6.________ 7.________ 8.________9.________ 10.________
篇章导读:本文是一篇说明文。文章讲述了世界上最大的问题之一是污染,以及污染对世界的危害。
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1.of 考查介词。固定短语hundreds of “数以百计的”。故填of。
2.biggest 考查形容词的最高级。固定结构one of the+形容词的最高级。故填biggest。
3.forms 考查名词。句意:污染有多种形式。根据句中的many可知,可数名词form应用复数。故填forms。
4.because 考查连词。句意:许多年前,这个问题没有那么严重,因为没有那么多的人。根据句意可知,设空后是解释问题没有那么严重的原因。故填because。
5.moved 考查动词的时态。根据时间状语Many years ago可知,事情发生在过去。故填moved。
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6.slowly 考查词性转换。应用副词修饰动词polluting。故填slowly。
7.makes 考查动词的时态和主谓一致。陈述客观事实,应用一般现在时;名词noise pollution “噪音污染”,是不可数名词,所以动词应用第三人称单数。故填makes。
8.to fight 考查非谓语动词。句意:许多国家正在制定规则来对抗污染。根据句意可知,此处表示目的,应用不定式。故填to fight。
9.putting 考查非谓语动词。句意:它们阻止人们在房子里和城市的工厂里燃烧煤,阻止人们把脏烟排放到空气中。固定短语stop sb from doing sth “阻止某人做某事”。故填putting。
10.it 考查代词。设空处指代的是The earth。故填it。
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Ⅳ 应用文写作
假定你是李华,从小就喜欢音乐,最近创建了一个音乐俱乐部。你的笔友Tom很想了解一下有关情况,请给他回一封邮件。
内容包括:
1.俱乐部情况(名称、组建时间、口号、活动频率等);
2.俱乐部带来的好处;
注意:1.写作词数应为80左右;
2.开头和结尾均已给出,不计入总词数;
3.可以适当增加细节,以使行文连贯。
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Dear Tom,
I am pleased to share with you some information about my music club.﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍
Yours,
Li Hua
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Dear Tom,
I am pleased to share with you some information about my music club. My club, Dream Music Club, whose motto is “to sing for dreams”, was formed one year ago. To realize the goal, we've been practicing every Friday night ever since and we stick to the plan. Also, every four weeks we hold singing competitions, and we do have fun.
Actually, as a music lover, I get a lot from running the club, which not only helps me make friends but makes me get relaxed and hold a positive attitude toward life as well.
Looking forward to your early reply.
Yours,
Li Hu
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A
Russian Concert
The Shanghai Philharmonic Orchestra will put onP
some excellent
Russian choral (合唱的) works at 7:15 pm on September 26th and 27th at the Shanghai Concert Hall. They will sing Russian folk songs with a mass under a Russian conductor who is very famous for conductingW1 choirs and has given a successful choral concert in Beijing.
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Tickets: 6, 8, 10, 12 yuan RMB, availableW2 at the hall's ticket office
Address: 532 Yan'an Road M., Shanghai
Tel: 32275694
Korean Songs
The Song and Dance Troupe of the Republic of Korea will give a song and dance show at 7:30 pm tonight at the Shanghai Center Theatre.
Tickets: 10, 12, 30 yuan RMB, available at the theatre's ticket office
Address: 1376 Nanjing Road W., Shanghai
Tel: 29798663
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Leon's Show
Hong Kong pop star Leon Lai will give a personal performance at 7:30 pm from tomorrow through to September 21st at the Shanghai Gymnasium. The show is to celebrateW2 the opening of the Huangpu Tourism Festival (黄浦旅游节).
Tickets: 60, 90, 120, 180 yuan RMB, available at 66 Jiangning Road
Address: 1111 Caoxi Road N., Shanghai Gymnasium.
Tel: 29189188, 29171145, 49384952, 29197113
篇章导读:本文是一篇应用文。文章主要介绍了三场音乐表演的内容、时间、地点和票价等。
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1.________ will give a song and dance show at 7:30 pm tonight at Shanghai Center Theatre.
A.Leon Lai, a Hong Kong pop star
B.A Russian Philharmonic Orchestra
C.The Shanghai Philharmonic Orchestra
D.The Song and Dance Troupe of the Republic of Korea
答案:D 细节理解题。根据Korean Songs部分中的“The Song and Dance Troupe of the Republic of Korea will give a song and dance show at 7:30 pm tonight at the Shanghai Center Theatre.”可知,韩国歌舞团将于今晚7:30在上海中心剧场举行歌舞表演。故选D。
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2.The address of the Shanghai Center Theatre is ________.
A.1111 Caoxi Road N.
B.1376 Nanjing Road W.
C.523 Yan'an Road M.
D.66 Jiangning Road
答案: B 细节理解题。根据Korean Songs部分中的“a song and dance show at 7:30 pm tonight at the Shanghai Center Theatre”和“Address: 1376 Nanjing Road W., Shanghai”可知,上海中心剧场的地址是南京西路1376号。故选B。
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3.According to the advertisement, a sixyuan ticket is for the ________.
A.Russian Concert
B.Korean Songs
C.South Korean Films
D.Leon's Show
答案: A 细节理解题。根据Russian Concert部分中的“Tickets: 6, 8, 10, 12 yuan RMB, available at the hall's ticket office”可知,6元门票是Russian Concert的票。故选A。
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W重点单词
1.conduct v. __________________
2.available adj. _____________________
3.celebrate vt. ______
P重点短语
put on ___________________
指挥;指导;实施
可获得的,(人)有空的
庆祝
上演;穿上;播放
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B
As you move out of your teens and into your 20s and 30s, your musical tastes start to solidify and you likely quit keeping up with popular music. Now, research has found the average age at which your music library is unlikely to change: 33.
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The study’s author reached this conclusion W1 by analyzing data on US Spotify users and comparing it to artist popularity data from music intelligence company The Echo Nest.
To determine W2 the age at which we stop seeking out new tunes, the author gathered selfreported age data from Spotify and looked at users' “Taste Profiles”, which tracks how many times listeners have streamed individual artists. These artists were then matched to their popularity rank on The Echo Nest.
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The average teen listens almost only to music among the Billboard, the 200 highestranking albums in the country, but this music represents W3 a smaller part of their streaming as they age. In their teens, they listen to a lot of the same music, over and over again. Frank T. McAndrew, a professor of psychology at Knox College explains that's the “mere exposure effect” at work, and it basically means, the more we're exposed top1 something, the more we like it.
There are many reasons why a person may stop streaming the current top musical hits, and the author looked into p2 one by identifying Spotify listeners with large amounts of children's music and nursery rhymes in their libraries. In other words, when users may have become parents.
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篇章导读:本文是一篇说明文。研究表明,人的音乐品味会随着年龄的增长逐渐稳定。
But the study concludes with some good news for parents: “If you're getting older and can't find yourself staying as relevant as you used to, have no fear—just wait for your kids to become teenagers, and you'll get exposed to all the popular music of the day once again!”
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4.What happens after teens grow older?
A.They quit listening to music.
B.Their interest in music fades.
C.Their musical tastes become stable.
D.They change their music libraries.
答案: C 细节理解题。根据第一段第一句“As you move out of your teens and into your 20s and 30s, your musical tastes start to solidify and you likely quit keeping up with popular music.”可知,青少年长大之后,音乐品味逐渐稳定。故选C。
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5.How do teens develop their musical tastes?
A.They act like their favorite popular stars.
B.They listen to what they like repeatedly.
C.They experience different styles of music.
D.They like highranking music worldwide.
答案: B 细节理解题。根据第四段第二句“In their teens, they listen to a lot of the same music, over and over again.”可知,青少年通过反复地听相同的音乐从而形成自己的音乐品味。故选B。
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6.What's the good news for parents in the last paragraph?
A.Parents will regain their faith in music.
B.Parents will influence their teens in music.
C.Parents will hear their favorite music again.
D.Parents will enjoy the music for teens again.
答案: D 推理判断题。根据最后一段第一句中的“If you're getting older and can't find yourself staying as relevant as you used to, have no fear—just wait for your kids to become teenagers, and you'll get exposed to all the popular music of the day once again!”可推知,家长们会跟着长大的孩子一起再次享受青少年的音乐。故选D。
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W重点单词
1.conclusion n. ___________ 2.determine v. ____________
3.represent v. ______
P重点短语
1.be exposed to _____________ 2.look into ______
结论,推断
确定;查明
代表
调查
接触到;暴露
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C
A study of 500,000 songs released in the UK between 1985 and 2015 showed that pop music had decreased in happiness and increased in sadness.
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In a report published in the journal Royal Society Open Science, researchers at the University of California examined hundreds of thousands of songs and classified them by their mood. “‘Happiness’ is going down, ‘sadness’ is going up, and at the same time, the songs are becoming more ‘danceable’ and more ‘partylike’,” coauthor Natalia L. Komarova told The Associated Press.
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The study found songs in 2014 like Stay With Me by Sam Smith, Whispers by Passenger and Unmissable by Gorgon City have a “low happiness” trend. However, tracks from 1984 like Glory Days by Bruce Springsteen, Would I Lie To You? by Eurythmics and Freedom by Wham had a “high happiness” trend. “The public seems to prefer happier songs, even though more and more unhappy songs are being released each year,” the researchers wrote.
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Apart from the emotional trends, researchers discovered that dances and pop were the most successful styles of music and that there was a “clear downward” trend, with the popularity of rock beginning in the early 2000s. “So it looks like, while the overall mood is becoming less happy, people seem to want to forget it all and dance,” Komarova wrote in an email.
It was also found that the “maleness” of songs—the frequency of male singers in popular music—had decreased during the last 30 years. “Successful songs are characterised by a larger percentage of female artists compared to all songs,” they wrote.
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篇章导读:本文是一篇说明文。一项针对1985年至2015年间英国发行的50万首歌曲的研究表明,流行音乐的快乐感减少,悲伤感增加。文章主要介绍了这项研究的开展过程以及研究发现。
This discovery appears at a time when the conversation around sex equality in the music industry is at its height, with more male artists and songwriters.
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7.The researchers examined lots of songs to ________.
A.find songs for dances and parties
B.choose songs for a journal
C.know better about songs
D.release more songs
答案:C 推理判断题。根据第二段内容可推知,研究人员检查了许多歌曲是为了更好地了解歌曲。故选C。
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8.Which song tends to bring you more happiness?
A.Whispers. B.Freedom.
C.Stay With Me. D.Unmissable.
答案: B 细节理解题。根据第三段第二句“However, tracks from 1984 like Glory Days by Bruce Springsteen, Would I Lie To You? by Eurythmics and Freedom by Wham had a ‘high happiness’ trend.”可知,Freedom《自由》这首歌会给你带来更多的快乐。故选B。
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9.From this passage, we can know that ________.
A.rock became popular in the early 2000s
B.fewer unhappy songs came to light every year
C.female artists were less skilled in writing songs
D.male singers were better at performing pop music
答案: A 细节理解题。根据第四段第一句中的“with the popularity of rock beginning in the early 2000s”可知,摇滚在21世纪初开始流行。故选A。
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10.What can be a suitable title for the text?
A.Music Calls for Sex Equality
B.Music Industry Is Going Down
C.Pop Music Has a Long History
D.Pop Music Is Getting Sadder
答案:D 标题判断题。通读全文并根据第一段“A study of 500,000 songs released in the UK between 1985 and 2015 showed that pop music had decreased in happiness and increased in sadness.”可知,文章主要介绍了流行音乐的悲伤感增加,并对此进行了研究。由此可知,D项(流行音乐越来越悲伤)适合作本文标题。故选D。
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W重点单词
1.classify v. ______
2.prefer v. ________
3.frequency n. _______________
P重点短语
apart from ____________
分类
更喜欢
出现率;发生率
除……之外
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