Unit 5 Music1. Have you ever dreamed of playing in front of thousands of people at a concert ……dream of sth. / doing sth. 梦想做某事dream of a better future 梦想一个美好的未来go like a dream 容易的，完美的E.g. When she was young, she dreamed of being a doctor in the future.2.Do you sing karaoke and pretend you are a famous singer like Song Zuying or Liu Huan?pretend to do sth. 假装做某事pretend to be doing sth. 假装正在做某事pretend to have done sth. 假装已经做了某事E.g. I pretend to give him the cold shoulder (冷落)我故意假装冷落他。
He pretended to be reading an important when the boss entered.3. To be honest, a lot of people attach great importance to becoming rich and famous.Ⅰ. be honest with sb. 对某人说实话，对…诚实to be honest= honestly speaking = honestly说实在,实话说quite honest about it (插入语)老实说E.g. I shall be quite honest with you.我会跟你说实话的.to make a long sentence short 长话短说to tell (you) the truth 说实话to begin withto make matters worseⅡ.attach… to…认为…有(重要性,意义等); 附上,连接,贴上E.g. I attached great importance to this research.我认为这项研究十分重要.She attached a stamp to the envelop.她在信封上贴上一枚邮票.attach A to B A附属于Bthe High school attached to Zhejiang University 浙大附中help with non conation attached 无附加条件的帮助4. But just how do people form a band?A) n.in the form of…以……形式in good/fine/great form 状态很好fill in the form 填表格B) vt. & vi.form into 组成,排成form a habit of 养成…的习惯5. Sometimes they may play to passers-by in the street or subway ……复合名词变复数规则:A) 将主体名词即中心词变复数passer-by→passers-by 路人looker-on →lookers-on 旁观者son-in-law →sons-in-law 女婿editor-in-chief →editors-in-chief 主编good-for-nothing →goods-for-nothing 无用之人B) 若无主体名词,则只在最后一个词加复数词尾go-between →go-betweens 中间人grown-up →grown-ups 成年人C) 由man, woman构成的复合名词变复数时,两个都要变woman servant→women servants 女仆人6. ……so that they can earn some extra money for themselves ... …A) vt.earn one’s living (by…)= make a living (by…)=live on sth靠…谋生/生活B) adj. 剩余的，特别的adv 剩余地，特别地I bought this picture at an extra high price.7. Later they may give performances in pubs or clubs, for which they are paid in cash.Put on performances 上演8. The musicians were to play jokes on each other as well as play music, most of which was based loosely on the Beatles.play jokes on sb. : speak highly of or amusingly about sb. / sth.拿某人开玩笑，与某人开玩笑play jokes on sb. 开某人的玩笑have a joke with sb. 与某人说笑话make a joke about 以…为笑柄just for/as a joke 只是(为了)开玩笑make fool of 愚弄，戏弄It’s no joke. 这可不是开玩笑的E.g. He is a serious, don’t play jokes on him.9. As some of these actors could not sing well enough, they had to rely on other musicians to help them.rely on/upon sb. /sth. 依赖某人/某物rely on one’s own effort 自力更生rely on sb. to do sth. 依赖某人做某事10. They were so popular that their fans formed clubs in order to get more familiar with them.sb. be familiar with sb./sth. 熟悉，与……熟悉sth. be familiar to sb. 某物被某人所知A be familiar withB = B be familiar to AI’m familiar with the West LakeThe West Lake be familiar to me11. The band broke up about 1970, but happily they reunited ......break up 打碎,分裂,解体; 分手break out 爆发break in vi. 闯入,打断break into vt. 闯入; 突然…起来break down 破除,压倒break off 使断开,中断,休息一下摆脱,脱离break through 突破,突围E.g. The crowd started to break up when the night fellTheir marriage broke up a few years later.12. However, after a year or so in which they became more serious about their work, ......about The total is about 8,000 dollars.about 在数词之前or so He is 35 or so years old.or so 在数词之后13. Not long after Freddy and the band became famous, they visitedBritain on a brief tour ... ...E.g. I’ll be brief and to the point我将开门见山地说。
