Unit2TheuniversallanguageWelcometotheunitReading课件（牛津译林版选修8）.ppt

Unit 2 The universal language 世界通用语言 Welcome to the unit Reading;Ⅰ. 下面是本部分的重点词汇，你能准确填出内容吗？ 1. 根据词性和汉语意思填空 (1)________ (adj. )共同的，普遍的，全体的，全世界的 (2) ________ (adj. )极好的；令人惊叹的，令人敬畏的 (3) ____ (vt. vi. aux. )敢于，胆敢 (4) ____ (vt. )逮捕，捉拿；抓住，捉住；夺取，攻占;(5) _____ (vt. )训斥，责骂 (6) _________ (adj. )令人不安的；引起恐慌的→disturbed( adj. )心乱的；心理不正常的 (7) unwilling (adj. )不情愿，不愿意；勉强的，无奈的→______ (adj. )乐意的, 心甘情愿的, 自愿的 (8)evident (adj. )清楚的，显然的→________ (n.) 证据，迹象 (9)merciful( adj. )仁慈的，慈悲的；宽大为怀的→______ (n. )仁慈，慈悲; 宽恕 (10)_____ (vt. ＆ vi.) 联合，团结；统一→unity( n. )团结，结合，一致;2. 短语互译 (1)be cast in _______________________ _____ (2)instead of _____________ (3) ________________________ 被处以某种刑罚 (4)ask for somebody’s hand in marriage ____________;(5) ___________ 结婚 (6) _________ 相爱，坠入爱河 (7) ___________ 初次见面；乍一看 (8)take on ___________ (9) ___________________ 不情愿做某事 (10)be accessible to _______________________;Ⅱ. 阅读文章内容，回答下列问题;Main 4. ____of the story ; Other information of the opera ;【读·悟·思】 阅读文章内容，思考下列问题 Do you agree that music is an international language? Why or why not? ___________________________________________________________________________;Ⅰ. 词汇知识 1. witness n. 目击者，见证人；证人，证词 vt. 目击，证明，表明;①Last night, I witnessed the first of only eight performances of Giacomo Puccini’s world-famous opera, Turandot, being performed in the Forbidden City in Beijing, China. 昨天晚上，我在中国北京的紫禁城观看了贾科莫·普契尼的世界著名的歌剧《图兰朵》的八场演出中的首场。 ②Witnesses to the plane crash say they saw an explosion just before the disaster. 空难目击者称，就在灾难发生之前他们看见飞机发生了爆炸。 ③India has witnessed many political changes in recent years. 印度近年来经历了很多政治变动。;【拓展】bear witness to sth. 证明某事物；为某事作证 witness to sth. /doing sth. (在法庭上)作证 ④Many of these poems bear witness to his years spent in India and China. 这些诗中有很多见证了他在印度和中国度过的岁月。;【助记】 图记多意的witness;【即学即练】—Recent years have _______ rapid changes of my hometown. —Yes, I could hardly recognize it when I arrived yesterday. A. watched B. witnessed