译林牛津版高二英语M8U2词组讲义.doc

M8U2 The universal languageWelcome & Reading 1. the universal language共同语言It is universally/generally acknowledged that. 普遍认为.2. witness the first of only eight performances, being performed in the Forbidden City 观看在紫禁城演出的八场中的第一场; witness the accident目击事故; a witness to the accident事故目击者是发生（某事件）的时间或地点：Recent years have witnessed the collapse of the steel industry. 近几年钢铁产业崩溃了。3. be cast in the production在演出中担任主角【cast sb. as/in the role of 让扮演; cast a glance/look at 看一眼】 I cant bear young people casting away their youth.我无法忍受年轻人虚掷青春。4. decorated screens covered with red and gold 覆盖着红色和金色的经过装饰的屏风5. be used to announce the start of the opera被用来宣告歌剧的开场6. promise to allow her to choose her own husband 允诺准许她自己选择丈夫7. keep/break ones promise/word守/失信 make a promise做出承诺a boy full of promise = a promising boy有前途的男孩It promises to be fine this afternoon.今天下午可望转晴。8. be condemned /sentenced to death/three years in prison被判死刑/三年监禁 be condemned to be shot被判有罪，处以枪决 condemn sb as sth/for (doing) sth 指责，谴责 9. dare to ask for her hand in marriage胆敢向她求婚dont /doesnt / didnt dare (to) do sth (dare 实义动词) ; darent do sth（dare 是情态动词）如果你再敢那样和经理讲话，你会被解雇的。If you dare speak to the manager that way, you will be fired.（dare用在条件从句中）I dare say = I think；How dare you?你怎么敢？10. be killed for failing to solve her riddles 因猜不出她的谜语被处死 【fail to live up to ones expectations 辜负某人的期望；cause your liver to fail使你的肝衰竭】11. find the death disturbing 为死人的事感到不安 be greatly disturbed by the answers to his questions 对感到不安12. allow her to do as she wishes 让她按照自己的意愿行事13. fall/be in love (with sb) at first sight/glance一见钟情; lose ones heart to sb爱上某人14. express her love for Calaf 倾诉了她对卡拉夫的爱15. take on a classic love triangle呈现一个典型的三角恋; take on a new look呈现新面貌; take on new employees雇佣新员工 take on extra work 承担额外工作 16. be unwilling to get married 不愿意结婚17. have him killed 让人杀了他；I had my wallet stolen. 我的钱包被偷了。18. see sb accompanying Calaf 看到某人陪着卡拉夫 accompany sb. to 陪某人做/去; keep sb. company; in company with sb.陪伴某人19. demand /require that sb ( should) do . They demanded that the military government ( should) free all political prisoners. It is demanded that the military government ( should) free all political prisoners. 他们要求军事政府释放所有政治犯。 demand to do sth 要求做某事；【demand sth. of sb. ; demand of sb that对某人要求】 be in great demand/need (of ) 急需; a demanding job 一份高要求的工作20. grab a sword from a guard从一名卫兵手中夺过一把剑21. scold Turandot for not being more merciful 斥责图兰朵没有慈悲之心【scold sb for doing 】22. just before the dawn deadline就在黎明期限来临之前【meet/miss the deadline如期/超期】23. unite in marriage 喜结良缘； be united with sb 和某人团聚24. stage the opera 把歌剧搬上舞台25. combine A and/ with B 把A与B结合；have the two combined 将两者相结合combination n.结合，联合；in combination with26. be transformed into the spot for a beautiful and sad love story被转变成美丽而又令人心碎的爱情故事的发生地; be turned/changed into被变成27. be unwilling to be parted from him 不愿意和他分手Sentences in Reading28. Just imagine performing such an opera in the Forbidden Citythere could not be a more awesome setting.想想在紫禁城上演这出歌剧吧不可能有比这更好的场景了！【动词imagine意为“想象，幻想，猜测”，其后跟名词、-ing动名词或从句等。not be a more awesome setting =be the most awesome setting(否定+比较级=最高级)I havent seen a better one before.这是我所见过的最好的。】29. Instead of a stage curtain , there were decorated screens covered with red and gold , and traditional Chinese drums were used to announce the start of the opera.覆盖着红色和金色的经过装饰的屏风代替了舞台帷幕，传统的中国鼓被用来宣告歌剧的开场。30. Those who cant answer all three riddles , however , will be condemned to death. This means that few men would dare to ask for her hand in marriage.但是，猜不出全部三道谜的人将被处以死刑。这意味着几乎没人胆敢向她求婚。31. The story begins when a prince is killed for failing to solve her riddles. The emperor finds the death disturbing. However , although he would like to , he cant break his promise and must allow Turandot to do as she wishes.故事开始时，一位王子因为猜不出图兰朵的谜语被处死。皇上为死人的事而感到不安，虽然他很想收回这一允诺，但又不能食言，只能让图兰朵按照自己的意愿行事32. Seeing this , Calaf says that if she can guess his name by sunrise , she will not to marry him , but can have him killed.见此， 卡拉夫说如果她能在太阳升起之前猜出他的名字，他不仅可以不嫁给他，还可以杀了他。33. Wanting 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。34. When it becomes evident what happened, Calaf scolds Turandot for not being more merciful. 当所发生的一切已显而易见时，卡拉夫斥责图兰朵没有慈悲之心。35. The bringing together of this group of people from many countries , the music and the grand setting are clearly the key components of this amazing production. 来自许多国家的这群人的联袂演出，音乐以及恢弘的场景显然是这场令人惊叹的演出的重要因素。Word power, Grammar &Task36. see a poster put up 看见张贴了一张海报 （put up a poster张贴海报）put sb. up for the night留某人过夜；put up with / tolerate /bear/stand ones doing sth. 忍受某人做某事37. try out for a part in the chorus 参加合唱角色的选拔 try sth. out on 在上试验Project38. take a brief look at sth简要地回顾39. progress from to develop/ evolve from to 从发展到；make rapid/ much progress in sth 在某方面取得进步 【progress 为不可数名词】40. have ones roots in sth 扎根于 be rooted/anchored in sth扎根于41. have a tendency to do sth 有做的趋势（:tend to do sth）【There is a (growing) tendency for sb to do sth. 】42. dance to music 随着音乐起舞 sing to the piano 和着钢琴唱歌(sth.) be too sad and slow to dance to 太伤感，节奏太慢，不适合跳舞时伴奏43. spring up（= come into existence suddenly） 突然出现44. reflect ones feelings反映某人的感情 reflect on sth沉思/思忆（往事），思考反射；照出,映出：The still water reflected the full moon.平静的水面映出了满月。 思考，反省：He reflected that he had no right to do this.他深思后明白他无权做这件事。 反映，表现：That choice reflects your good taste.那选择反映了你的高雅品味。45. the ability to adapt the music 改编音乐的能力 (the film) be adapted from sth ( a novel)46. go into a gradual decline 逐渐没落 【fall/go into a decline；on the decline 在减少 on the increase在增加】；decline to do sth/an invitation 婉言拒绝做某事/邀请 47. be replaced by a new musical trend known as rhythm and blues 被R&B的新音乐趋势取代48. be thought of as=be considered as/to be 被认为是49. become a hit on the pop charts 成了流行音乐排行榜的热门节目50. make it popular around the world 使它在全世界流行起来51. seek to do sth 设法、试图做 (seek-sought-sought) seek ones fortune寻找致富及成功之路seek ones advice/advice from sb征询某人的意见52. because of the prejudice and racial discrimination of the time 由于当时的偏见和种族歧视have a prejudice against sth. / be prejudiced against sth. 对有偏见53. the supreme rock and roll band of the 1960s二十世纪60年代首屈一指的摇滚乐队54. go crazy发疯 drive sb. crazy/mad 把某人逼疯 be crazy about sth 对热衷 work like crazy 拼命工作 55. break up 分手，结束；放学，放假；解散，散会；粉碎（break up the soil）Their marriage is breaking up. 他们的婚姻即将破裂。Police is called in to break up the meeting. 出动警察将集会驱散。When do you break up for Christmas? 你们什么时候放圣诞假?56. come/be close to sth./doing 接近/差点就【come close to getting married差点结婚】Sentences in Project57. Today I will take a brief look at how Western music progressed from the blues to pop. 今天我将简要地回顾了一下西方音乐是如何从蓝调音乐发展到流行音乐的。58. Thus, from the blues, there sprung up a faster, livelier kind of music called jazz. 【there开头的全部倒装; there go/come/exist/live/appear/stand/lie etc. 】e.g. There goes the bell. 铃响了。There stands a bridge across the river. 河上有座桥。59. From the early 1930s to the early 1950s, traditional jazz went into a gradual decline, and was replaced by a new musical trend known as rhythm and blues , or R&B. 从20世纪30年代早期到20世纪50年代早期，传统的爵士乐渐渐走向没落，被一种叫作节奏蓝调或的新音乐趋势所取代。 e.g. The company went/fell into a decline because it could not meet the customers demands. 由于不能满足顾客需求，这家公司的生意每况愈下。60. While the blues was popular, as a musical format it lacked variety and was too sad and too slow to dance to. 【lack sth=be lacking in sth. 缺少 for lack of sth.由于缺少】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。61. Unlike most musicians who played the music as it was written, he would change the music as he was playing it to reflect his feelings at the time.与其他大部分按照写好的乐谱演奏的音乐家不同，他会在演奏时即时改变原来的曲子以反映演奏时的心情。The ability to adapt the music while it is being played is one of the major characteristics of jazz. 在演奏时即兴改编音乐成为爵士乐的主要特征之一。62. In many, many ways, the Beatles were pioneers for what was to