新风尚大学实用英语第四册课后练习答案for__Unit_2.doc

PAGE PAGE 1 Unit 2 Art and Youth Passage A Dame Vera Lynn, 92, Has UK’s No. 1 Album Background Knowledge 1. Dame Vera Lynn Dame Vera Lynn (born Vera Margaret Welch on 20 March 1917) is an HYPERLINK /wiki/United_Kingdom \o United Kingdom English HYPERLINK /wiki/Singer \o Singer singer whose career flourished during HYPERLINK /wiki/World_War_II \o World War II World War II, when she was. Nnicknamed HYPERLINK /wiki/Forces_Sweetheart \o Forces Sweetheart The Forces Sweetheart. , tThe songs most associated with her are HYPERLINK /wiki/We%27ll_Meet_Again_(1939_song) \o Well Meet Again (1939 song) Well Meet Again and HYPERLINK /wiki/(There%27ll_Be_Bluebirds_Over)_The_White_Cliffs_of_Dover \o (Therell Be Bluebirds Over) The White Cliffs of Dover The White Cliffs of Dover. She was appointed an Officer (OBE) of the HYPERLINK /wiki/Order_of_the_British_Empire \o Order of the British Empire Order of the British Empire in 1959, and a Dame Commander of the Order (DBE) in 1975. In 2000, she received a special Spirit of the 20th Century Award. In 1976, the Vera Lynn Charity HYPERLINK /w/index.php?title=Breast_Cancer_Research_Trustaction=editredlink=1 \o Breast Cancer Research Trust (page does not exist) Breast Cancer Research Trust, was founded, with Lynn its chairperson and later its president. Dame Vera Lynn,? HYPERLINK /wiki/Order_of_the_British_Empire \o Order of the British Empire DBE?(born?Vera Margaret Welch?on 20 March 1917)? HYPERLINK /wiki/Vera_Lynn \l cite_note-0 [1]?is an English singer and actress whose musical recordings and performances were enormously popular during? HYPERLINK /wiki/World_War_II World War II. During the war she toured? HYPERLINK /wiki/Egypt Egypt,? HYPERLINK /wiki/British_Raj \o British Raj Indiaand? HYPERLINK /wiki/British_rule_in_Burma \o British rule in Burma Burma, giving outdoor concerts for the troops. She was called The Forces Sweetheart; the songs most associated with her are HYPERLINK /wiki/We%27ll_Meet_Again_(1939_song) \