1 Unit 1
● Some new words and expressions
• Perpetuate vt. 使永存, 使不朽
• Perpetuate the treaty
• Lasting, eternal 永远的：永远持续的
• continual, constant love, continuous support ,
everlasting, interminable – intermittent --- terminate
• unremitting efforts
beset 困扰
• He is beset by worries 忧虑重重
• besetting adj. (obsessive) 不时发生的，持续的（坏事）
besetting problems
sensuous
• adj.感觉上的, 给人美感的
• Sensory adj. 感觉的, 感官的 sensory system
• Sensual adj. 肉欲的, 色情的, 世俗的
• deficient in moral, spiritual, or intellectual
interests ,esp. irreligious
commonplaces
• n.平凡的事, 平常话 adj.平凡的
• banality/banal, cliche,
• adj.陈词滥调, 陈腐的
appendage
附加物, 附属肢体
Appendage refers to an adjunct to something larger or
more important or a subordinate or derivative body
part
E.g. He has become a mere appendage to his wife.
The elephant‘s trunk is a form of appendage
Unit 4 Learning efficiently
(Workbook)
USING WORDS AND EXPRESSIONS
1 Use the visual cues to guess the words. Then draw picture clues for five other
new words and ask your partner to write out the words.
r ______ c ______ a ______ c ______
m ______
2 Unscramble the letters to make words, then write some sentences using the
words.
1 egaectnird _____ 6 sessas ______
2 ncreyurc ______ 7 onsclut ______
3 isamenr ______ 8 rola ______
4 elsremeb ______ 9 cerontec ______
5 oertsiem ______
10 tepmcnnoo ______
3 Complete the sentences with words that you have learned in this unit. They need
to have the same sound at the end of the word as those in brackets.
1 You can't meet the president wearing that coat. It is too _______. (messy)
2 They put a ______ under the photo to explain where it was taken. (position)
unit4beautyandbeast美女与野兽
Unit4 Beauty and the Beast
Part1 Movie Exploration
Section A Movie Story
Task 1: Retell the story with the help of the hints given blow.
1.the transformation of the prince
2.Maurice’s trespassing on the castle and imprisonment
3.Belle’s coming to her father’s re scure
4.the change of the beast and his relationship with Belle
5.Gaston’s plot to force Belle to marry and his attack on the
castle
6.the break of the spell
Section B Character Analysis
Task 2: Work in groups. Focus on the most impressive scenes
in the movie and discuss the symbolic meaning of the characters.
Beast: in the castle; in the woods; in the west wing
Belle: in the town; in the castle; in the dining room
Gaston: in Belle’s house; in the tavern; in his house
Task 3: Work in groups and answer the following questions.
Words and expressions in cross – culture course
Unit 1 Performing Arts
1. Beijing Opera performance 京剧表演
2. Musical instrument 乐器
3. Traditional Chinese musical instruments 民乐乐器
4. Facial paintings 脸谱
5. 4种表演形式：唱、念、做、打
4 performing methods: singing, recitation, facial and body
posturing and acting, martial arts
6. 4 类演员角色：生、旦、净、丑
4 roles: male role (sheng), female role (dan), male roles with
facial paintings(jing), clown (chou)
7. stringed instrument 弦乐
8. percussion instrument打击乐
9. “Song of a Pipa Player”琵琶行
10. a great treasure of Chinese culture
11. dance of Kerchief 巾舞，Dance of Sleeve 长袖舞
12. Dances in the Han Dynasty freed themselves from the restriction
of “rituals”.汉舞摆脱了宗教仪式的束缚。
13. Zhao Feiyan “was light as a swallow and could dance on another
one’s palm ”.
14. stage props 道具
15. excavate 出土
