Unit2Theuniversallanguage-readinglanguagepoints(译林牛津版选修8）.ppt

Unit 2 ;1. Last 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. Lines1-3 昨天晚上，我去看了贾科莫普契尼闻名世界的歌剧《图兰朵》，那是正在中国北京紫禁城八场演出的首场。;witness vt. 1）目击，见证， I witnessed the traffic accident. 2）是发生…..的时间/地点/组织 The year 1849 witnessed a great war in Hungary. The retail trade is witnessing a sharp fall in sales.零售业的销售额正在急剧下降。 3）（为正式文件的签署）作证，连署 The two lawyers witnessed Mr. Smiths will.   ;witness n. 1) 目击者,见证人 2) (法庭上的）证人 [C] 3） 证词[U] 4） 证据,证明[C] [(+to)] ;2.Some of the world’s greatest opera singers were cast in this production.... L3-4;cast;3. Just imagine performing such an opera in the Forbidden City— there could not be a better setting! You could almost feel the history. L8-9 想想在紫禁城上演的这出歌剧吧—— 不可能有比这更好的场景了！你几乎可以感受到历史。;1) imagine 的用法 L8 — There is a story here in the paper about a 110-year-old man. — My goodness! I can’t imagine ________ that old. (江苏 2006) A. to be B. to have been C. being D. having been;[点拨] 1)imagine+n/pron/v-ing/that / wh-从句作宾语 2)imagine +宾语+ to be结构。由此可知A、B两项不符合imagine的用法；由句中时态判断，此处应用一般式而非完成式，故选C。;2) could not be a more awesome setting L8-9 ●英语中否定词与比较级连用时，常常有最高级的含义。 我们班没有人比约翰学习更用功。 No one in our class studies harder than John does.;3) setting n. ‘the time or the place in which a story, a film, or a play takes place’ e.g. The play has its setting in a wartime prison. 这个戏剧的背景是战时的监狱。 【拓展】be set in … 以……为背景 e.g. The story was set in the 19th century. 这个故事以19世纪为背景。;4. 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. (L10-12) [考点] 过去分词短语作后置定语。 句意为：覆盖着红色和金色的经过装饰的屏风代替了舞台的帷幕，传统的中国鼓被用来宣告歌剧的开场。;[考例] The Town Hall ____ in the 1800’s was the most distinguished building at the time.