新风尚大学实用英语第四册课后练习答案for__Unit_2..doc

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 English singer whose career flourished during World War II, when she was nicknamed The Forces Sweetheart. The songs most associated with her are Well Meet Again and The White Cliffs of Dover. She was appointed an Officer (OBE) of the 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 Breast Cancer Research Trust was founded, with Lynn its chairperson and later its president. Dame Vera Lynn,?DBE?(born?Vera Margaret Welch?on 20 March 1917)?[1]?is an English singer and actress whose musical recordings and performances were enormously popular during?World War II. During the war she toured?Egypt,?Indiaand?Burma, giving outdoor concerts for the troops. She was called The Forces Sweetheart; the songs most associated with her are Well Meet Again and The White Cliffs of Dover. She remained popular after the war, appearing on radio and television in the UK and the United States and recording such hits as Auf Wiedersehn Sweetheart and My Son, My Son. In 2009 she became the oldest living artist to make it to No. 1 on the?British?album chart, at the age of 92.[2]?She has devoted much time and energy to charity work connected with ex-servicemen, disabled children and breast cancer. She is still held in great affection by veterans of the?Second World War?and in 2000 was named the Briton who best exemplified the spirit of the twentieth century.[3] 2. The Beatles The Beatles were an English rock band, formed in Liverpool in 1960 and one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music. From 1962 the group consisted of John Lennon (rhythm guitar, vocals), Paul McCartney (bass guitar, vocals), George Harrison (lead guitar, vocals)