Unit 2 of Module 8 Project –Making a Web Page

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Learning Aims:

1. Learn the meanings and usages of some key words and expressions.

2. Make a web page

Important and difficult points:

1. Improve the reading comprehension.

2. Master the meanings and usages of some words and phrases, such as cut short

Learning procedures:

第一部分：自主學習

I. Remember the following important phrases.

1. take a brief look at 簡要回顧 2. play an important role in 發揮重要的作用

3. be anchored in 扎根于 4. be seen as 被看成

5. be intended for 為…而精心準備的 6. racial discrimination 種族歧視

7. cut short 削減 8. shortly after 之后不久

9.break up 解散，解體；分手 10. be drafted into the army 被征召入伍

11. make a fortune 發財 12. achieve much fame 獲得很高的名聲

13. go on tours 去巡演 14. masses of 大量，許多，成群

15. mental illness 精神病 16. have (get) a haircut 理發

17. have almost universal appeal 受到普遍的歡迎

18 release the very first rock and roll song 發行第一首搖滾歌曲

II. Fast reading

1. What is this text mainly about?

2. How many periods can pop music be divided into according to the writer?

3. What is the difference between swing music and traditional jazz?

III. Enjoy the following sentences, fill in each blank with a proper word, and then translate them into Chinese orally.

1. From ________ ________ ________（20 世紀30 年代早期）to the early 1950s, traditional jazz went into a bit of a decline, and ________ ________（被取代）in popularity by a new kind of music __________ __________（稱為）swing.

2. He was a ________ ________ _________ (美國黑人歌手) who ________ ________ (開始演出) with swing bands in the 1930s, and then in 1951, ________ (發行) the very first rock and roll song, ________ was called ‘ Shake, Rattle and Roll’.

3. Today he ________ ________ ________ (被認為是) one of the pioneers of rock and roll, although he never achieved much fame ________ ________ ________ ________ (當他在世時) mainly because ________ ________ (有) still racial discrimination in the USA then.

4. The Beatles brought ________ ________ ________ (西方流行音樂) to audiences around the world as they ________ ________ ________ ________ (外出巡演) and ________ ________ (開音樂會) in many different countries.

5. ________ _________ ________ (無論什么地方) the Beatles went, ________ ________ (成群的歌迷) would welcome them at the airport in a phenomenon that was then called ‘Beatlemania’, ________ _________ (仿佛) it were some kind of ________ ________ (精神病)。

IV. Fill in the blanks according to the text

(1)________ From jazz to pop

Early jazz It came from the folk songs of American black (2)________ .

The trumpet was and still is one of the most important (3)________ used in jazz.

Solo performance became an (4)________ part of every jazz song.

From swing music to rock and roll Swing music is a kind of jazz for dancing.

It is (5)________ than traditional jazz music.

R & B is a kind of (6)________of jazz and swing.

Big Joe Turner, a black American singer, is thought to be one of the (7)________ of rock and roll.

1960s pop music The Beatles were the most (8)________ rock and roll band of the 1960s.

The Beatles (9)________ make Western pop music popular around the world.

Wherever the Beatles went, large (10)________ of fans would welcome them.

V. Self-study of important and difficult language points.

1.［原句回放］By 1949, the start of a new musical trend known as rhythm and blues, or R&B had arisen as a kind of mixture of jazz and swing. 句中劃線部分短語意思是 _________________ ；經濟/社會/政治趨勢 _______________________________ 。arise是______（vt./vi.），常用于arise from/out of 中，意思是 __________________ ；arise的過去式﹑過去分詞分別為 _________ 和 ____________ 。

［拓展］rise vi （太陽、月亮）升起，起來；（物價）上漲；（水）高漲；raise vt. 舉起；養育募款；提高；飼養； arouse vt. 通常表示情緒方面的“激發”。 小試牛刀！

1) Misunderstandings ______ from lack of social communication, unless ______ properly, may lead to serious problems.（C級）

A. arisen; handling B. arising; handled C. rising; handled D. risen; handling

2) 身體上的原因可以引起情緒和精神上的問題。（arise）

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2.［原句回放］Elvis’ musical life was cut short when he was drafted into the army in 1958.

句中cut short意思是 _________________ ，相當于_________（及物／不及物）動詞短語，如果賓語是代詞，應放在中間。劃線部分單詞draft的意思是： ______________，它還有 ____________ 的意思。

［拓展］cut short 使停止，打斷，制止；cut away切除，剪去；cut down 砍倒；縮短，削減； cut in插嘴，插入；cut off 切掉，切斷；cut up 切碎； 小試牛刀！

1)請用cut的適當短語完成句子并翻譯其用法：

They ______________all the dead branches from the trees.

We need to ________ the article _______ to 1000 words.

They ______________ for not paying their phone bill.

He __________ the meat on his plate.

He kept __________________ our conversation.

2) The meeting was ______ when the chairman fell ill.（B級）

A. put down B. shut out C. taken off D. cut short

3.［原句回放］They continue to have almost universal appeal today, even though they broke up in1970. 句中even though引導的是 _______________ ，劃線部分單詞appeal的詞性是_______ ，意思是 __________ ；appeal還可作 _______ 詞，常用短語為appeal to, 意思有_____________________________________________________ 。劃線部分單詞break up的意思是 ___________________ 。

［拓展］break away (from sth) 突然逃脫；脫離（組織，政黨等）；break down （機器）失靈，停止運轉；失敗，崩潰；（身體）垮了；化學分解；break in 強行入室；打斷，插嘴；break into sth 強行闖入；突然…起；break off 停止講話；break out 突然發生；break through 突破；break up 解散；瓦解；（使）結束；強行驅散；小試牛刀！

1)-How did you like Nick’s performance last night?

-To be honest, his singing didn’t ______ to people’s emotions.

A. appeal B. belong C. refer D. occur

2) They often quarreled with each other and they decided to ______ the partnership.

A. break down B. break out C. break off D. break up

3) 政府呼吁每個人節約用水。______________________________________________________

第二部分：達標檢測

Ⅰ.完成句子。

1.雖然他在音樂界起著重要作用，但他的音樂生涯在1958年被中斷了。（cut, 復合句）

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2. 在會議十一點種解散后，他去理了個發。（break, 復合句）

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3. 他認為他能夠靠唱歌發財，對此我懷疑。(fortune, 復合句)

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４.他雖然得了某種精神病，但不久就恢復了健康。（regain, 簡單句）

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II. 單項填空

1. Refused by the classmates, he decided to ______ his teacher ______ assistance..

A. appeal for; to B. appeal to; for C. appeal to; of D. appeal for; in

2. There is a growing ______ earlier retirement.

A. trend towards B. tend towards C. trend for D. tend for

3. ______ the army, he garrisoned (駐守) Hong Kong for eight years.

A. Drafting in B. having drafted into

C. Having been drafted into D. Being drafted in

4. The film Not One Less by Zhang Yimou, ______ a village school, was well received.

A. set in B. based in C. based on D. came from

5.－The weather forecast says that it will rain tomorrow.

－_______, I will have to stay at home.

A. If it will B. If not C. If not so D. If so

6. The great artist says, “ Art should be ________ life. ”

A. root at B. anchored in C. reflected D. root of

7. After cooking, mother ______ making tea.

A. set out B. set about C. set off D. start out

8. Firefighters took two hours to _______ the drivers from the wreckage.

A. release B. benefit C. suffer D. freedom

9. This kind of metal ______ well, and therefore the metal stick ______ into halves easily.

A. is cut; is cut B. cuts; cuts C. is cut; cuts D. cuts; is cut

10. He needed all his ______ to persuade her that she should marry him.

A. charm B. interest C. fame D. content

11 .--- Shall I give you a ride as it is so late?

--- Thank you. ________.

A. It’s up to you B. It couldn’t be better C. It all depends D. If you prefer