译林版高中英语选修8学案Unit2

Section ⅡWelcome to the unit & Reading－Language pointscast vt. & vi.选派角色；投射(光、影)；向……投以(视线、笑容) (教材P18)Some of the world's greatest opera singers were cast in this production，and many great Chinese musicians also participated.几位世界顶级歌剧演唱家在制片中担任角色，许多杰出的中国音乐家也参加了演出。

cast sb. as.../cast sb. for the part of...选派某人演……角色cast one's mind back to... 回顾，回想cast about/around for... 苦苦思索；四处寻找cast aside 抛弃；丢弃cast away 漂流cast down 沮丧；不愉快cast off 抛弃；丢弃①He has cast her as an ambition lawyer in his latest movie.他已经选定她在他最新的影片中扮演一个雄心勃勃的律师。

②He was much cast when he heard of his failure at the examination.他听到他考试不及格时，心情极为沮丧。

③If you were cast on a deserted island，what would you miss most?如果你漂流到荒岛上，你最想念的是什么？【答案】②down③awaycondemn vt.判刑，宣判；指责，谴责(教材P18)Those who cannot answer all three riddles, however, will be condemned to death.然而，不能回答这三个谜语的人将被处死。

I have to say that music really has a strong attractiveness to me. Naturally, everyone can choose suitable music to listen to. However, when you find a kind of music which can bring happiness to you, you will be surprised and become excited. Music has a magical energy, and it can help people gain good mood to a great extent. When you feel sad, you can have a try to listen to soothing music. At first, soothing music will let you calm down. You will find that you will pay much attention to the music, and then your sadness can be decreased. You will enter music ocean. You can experience a baptism of your heart. It does not matter that when you listen to soothing music and you want to cry, you should just follow your feeling to have a thorough release. Music will give you enough encouragement to overcome difficulties.Music also can double your happiness and arouse the fighting. For instance, when you solve some very difficult situations and gain success eventually, you will have a great mood. At this time, exciting music will witness your success. You will feel satisfied. Music lets you remember the glorious moment and cherish your success. Music can give you unlimited motivation to achieve goals, because you still want to listen to glorious music.In addition, music includes a lot of useful knowledge. People can learn precious knowledge from music. Because there is different music, we can find out that different nations have different music thoughts to express. And from music, we can listen to music culture. Music culture will give you a deeper understanding to learnforeign culture, such as foreign language, foreign history and foreign traditionalcustoms and so on. In a word, music has an important effect on promoting society development.Music indeed has a magical power to help people and society develop. I believe that music will still continue to bring us many surprises. As the development of society, great music will become more important. ,[阅读障碍词]1．soothing adj.舒缓的2．baptism n．洗礼3．promote v．促进，推动Please match the words with their proper meanings.1．universal A．determined not to change your mind very strongly 2．awesome B．to say what sb.'s punishment will be3．stubborn C．done by or involving all the people in the world 4．condemn D．extremely serious or difficult and perhaps rather frightening 5．seize E．to angrily criticize someone6．demand F．easily noticed or understood7．evident G．to ask for something very firmly8．scold H．to take hold of something suddenly答案：1～5CDABH6～8GFELook at the following pictures and decide what kind of music they belong to.A．Pop music B．Chinese operaC．Rock and roll D．Orchestra答案：1.B 2.C 3.D 4.AⅠ.Fast-reading1．What's the main idea of the text?According to the title we can learn that the passage is about the world's greatest opera Turandot.2．Skim the text and match the main idea with each part.Part 1(Paragraphs 1－2)A．Other information about the operaPart 2(Paragraphs 3－7) B．Background informationPart 3(Paragraph 8) C．The plotPart 4(Paragraph 9) D．Evaluation答案：Part_1～Part_4__BCDAⅡ.Careful-reading(Ⅰ)Choose the best answer according to the text.1．How many performances of Turandot were performed in the Forbidden City in Beijing?A．Eight.B．Seven.C．One. D．Two.2．Why doesn't the emperor stop Turandot's killings?A．Because he doesn't want her daughter to marry.B．Because he dare not control her daughter.C．Because Turandot has controlled him.D．Because he cannot break his promise.3．Which of the following about the play in Beijing is TRUE?A．It starts with a Chinese traditional song.B．It is the best performance ever in Beijing.C．It tells a story about love which happened in China.D．It consists of actors from countries except America.4．We can infer from the text that ________.A．Turandot in Beijing made it to please the audienceB．Giacomo Puccini's former students attended the play in BeijingC．the performance was a success because the composer is quite famousD．there were eight performances in the Forbidden City in Beijing every day答案：1～4ADCA(Ⅱ) Fill in each blank with no more than three words according to the text.Analyze the following difficult sentences in the text.1．Seeing this, Calaf says that if she can guess his name by sunrise, she will not have to marry him, but can have him killed.[句式分析][尝试翻译] 见此情景，卡拉夫说如果她能在太阳升起之前猜出他的名字，她不仅可以不嫁给他，还可以杀了他。

牛津版选修8Unit2 Grammar教案Period Four Grammar and UsageTeaching Aim:Introduce the ellipsis.Teaching Important Point:The basic usage of the ellipsis and learn to use it in different situations.Teaching Difficult Point:How to help the students learn when to use ellipsis and how to use it correctly. Teaching Methods:Teaching and practicing.Individual or pair work.Teaching Aid:Multimedia.Teaching procedures:Step1: Introduction to ellipsisEllipsis means leaving out words of a sentence when the meaning can still be understood. Ellipsis is used when you do not want to repeat words or phrases that are obvious. You’re to learn when to use ellipsis and how to use it correctly.Step 2: PresentationSentences on the blackboard— How is your cousin today? ---(She is )Much better.(You) Open the the window, please!(It) Sounds fine to me.(It is a ) Pity our teacher couldn’t come.(Is there) Anything wrong?(Have you) Found your pencil?Read these sentences and point put the words that have been left out in each sentence. Step 3: Instructions1. Go over Part 1& Part 2Ellipsis is often used in imperative sentences, in short responses, in infinitive phrasesand in informal English. Ellipsis is also used after hence, some prepositions or than. You should pay attention to the case in which ellipsis is used when two clauses with the same pattern and the same verb are used in a sentence.Read the examples in Point 2 and get to know that in some special styles, words are left out just to save space and time. When it comes to signs and labels, newspaper headlines, instructions, postcards, diaries and notes, ellipsis is often used.2. More examplesStep 4: Practices1.Read Part A carefully and find out the words that can be left out.2.Read the instructions in Part B and finish the part individually.Answers:1 b2 c3 a4 d5 e1 Bob James, the pop star dies of drug abusing.2 This is the door to the stage.3 The performance last night was not as good as usual.4 Please handle this with care.5 Turandot is really a wonderful performance, and the setting is fantastic too.3. Do Part C1 and C2 on page110 of the Workbook. After doing the two exercises, they will know more clearly how to use ellipsis correctly.Step 5: Exercises1. — Are there any English story books for us students in the library?— There are only a few, ___________.A. if anyB. if there2. — Would you like to go with us?— Yes, _____________.A. I'dB. I'd likeC. I'd like toD. I'd like to do3. — Would you like to have a try once again?— ________________.A. Yes, I likeB. No, I don’t like itC. Yes, I want very muchD. Yes, I’d like to4. — What do you think made Mary so upset?— ___________ her bicycle.A. As she lostB. LostC. LosingD. Because of losing5. — When did they get down to the job?— _______________.A. Until they leftB. Till they arrivedC. Since they finished itD. Not until they turned to me6. — Are you angry?— Yes. He should at least answer when _____________.A. speakingB. spoken toC. spokenD. speaking to7. Be careful while _________ the street.A. to crossB. crossingC. he crossesD. being cross8. _______ us for a dinner, don’t you?A. Don’t you joinB. JoinC. Have to joinD. Let’s join9. I promise we’ll be there at 6, _________.A. rainy or shineB. rains or shiningC. rain or shineD. rain or shining10. In the car accident the child was hurt, but ___________.A. the mother is killedB. the mother killedC. the mother being killedD. the mother has killed11. __________ I don’t remember where I met him.A. Fact is whichB. what the fact is thatC. The fact is whatD. Fact is12. He raised his hand __________ silence.A. as if to commandB. as though he going to commandC. as though to commandD. as of he commanding13. Francis Preston Blair, Jr., _________ born in Kentucky, lived and practiced law in Missouri.A. wasB. he wasC. althoughD. who he was14. We are to install this instrument ____________.A. as originally plannedB. as it originally plannedC. as was originally plannedD. as it being originally planned15. __________, people and objects are presented in a flat, often angular, abstract manner in JacobLawrence’s paintings.A. Always able to recognizeB. The ability to recognize alwaysC. While always recognizableD. Always can be recognizedAnswers:1-5 ACDCD 6-10 BBBCB 11-15 DCCAC。

Unit 2The universal languageYES，it’s true:Pianist Lang Lang'ssuccessful career began with aTom and Jerry cartoon。

“I was 2 years old，”Lang Lang told The Seattle Times in an interview in October.“I was amazed that Tom could extend his fingers so much on the keys.He was playing Liszt’s Hungarian Rhapsody，which I like to play now.”Celebrated as one of the great pianists of the time,Lang Lang，27，has become a classical music st summer，he played for billions of TV viewers during the Olympics’ Opening Ceremony in Beijing.Lang was recently named Grammy Cultural Ambassador to China by the American Recording Academy to promote music education and cultural understanding between the two countries。

According to Gary Graffman，who tutored（指导)Lang at the Curtis Institute in Philadelphia，Lang Lang“has an ability to color music，to draw something out of the black notes on the page”．“Watching him draw sound from a piano is like watching a sculptor （雕刻家)carving from stone a figure he knows is in there，”Graffman said。