Unit 2 of Module 8 Project –Making a Web Page
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Learning Aims:
1. Learn the meanings and usages of some key words and expressions.
2. Make a web page
Important and difficult points:
1. Improve the reading comprehension.
2. Master the meanings and usages of some words and phrases, such as cut short
Learning procedures:
第一部分：自主学习
I. Remember the following important phrases.
1. take a brief look at 简要回顾 2. play an important role in 发挥重要的作用
3. be anchored in 扎根于 4. be seen as 被看成
5. be intended for 为…而精心准备的 6. racial discrimination 种族歧视
7. cut short 削减 8. shortly after 之后不久
9.break up 解散，解体；分手 10. be drafted into the army 被征召入伍
11. make a fortune 发财 12. achieve much fame 获得很高的名声
13. go on tours 去巡演 14. masses of 大量，许多，成群
15. mental illness 精神病 16. have (get) a haircut 理发
17. have almost universal appeal 受到普遍的欢迎
18 release the very first rock and roll song 发行第一首摇滚歌曲
II. Fast reading
1. What is this text mainly about?
2. How many periods can pop music be divided into according to the writer?
3. What is the difference between swing music and traditional jazz?
III. Enjoy the following sentences, fill in each blank with a proper word, and then translate them into Chinese orally.
1. From ________ ________ ________（20 世纪30 年代早期）to the early 1950s, traditional jazz went into a bit of a decline, and ________ ________（被取代）in popularity by a new kind of music __________ __________（称为）swing.
2. He was a ________ ________ _________ (美国黑人歌手) who ________ ________ (开始演出) with swing bands in the 1930s, and then in 1951, ________ (发行) the very first rock and roll song, ________ was called ‘ Shake, Rattle and Roll’.
3. Today he ________ ________ ________ (被认为是) one of the pioneers of rock and roll, although he never achieved much fame ________ ________ ________ ________ (当他在世时) mainly because ________ ________ (有) still racial discrimination in the USA then.
4. The Beatles brought ________ ________ ________ (西方流行音乐) to audiences around the world as they ________ ________ ________ ________ (外出巡演) and ________ ________ (开音乐会) in many different countries.
5. ________ _________ ________ (无论什么地方) the Beatles went, ________ ________ (成群的歌迷) would welcome them at the airport in a phenomenon that was then called ‘Beatlemania’, ________ _________ (仿佛) it were some kind of ________ ________ (精神病)。
IV. Fill in the blanks according to the text
(1)________ From jazz to pop
Early jazz It came from the folk songs of American black (2)________ .
The trumpet was and still is one of the most important (3)________ used in jazz.
Solo performance became an (4)________ part of every jazz song.
From swing music to rock and roll Swing music is a kind of jazz for dancing.
It is (5)________ than traditional jazz music.
R & B is a kind of (6)________of jazz and swing.
Big Joe Turner, a black American singer, is thought to be one of the (7)________ of rock and roll.
1960s pop music The Beatles were the most (8)________ rock and roll band of the 1960s.
The Beatles (9)________ make Western pop music popular around the world.
Wherever the Beatles went, large (10)________ of fans would welcome them.
V. Self-study of important and difficult language points.
1.［原句回放］By 1949, the start of a new musical trend known as rhythm and blues, or R&B had arisen as a kind of mixture of jazz and swing. 句中划线部分短语意思是 _________________ ；经济/社会/政治趋势 _______________________________ 。arise是______（vt./vi.），常用于arise from/out of 中，意思是 __________________ ；arise的过去式﹑过去分词分别为 _________ 和 ____________ 。
［拓展］rise vi （太阳、月亮）升起，起来；（物价）上涨；（水）高涨；raise vt. 举起；养育募款；提高；饲养； arouse vt. 通常表示情绪方面的“激发”。 小试牛刀！
1) Misunderstandings ______ from lack of social communication, unless ______ properly, may lead to serious problems.（C级）
A. arisen; handling B. arising; handled C. rising; handled D. risen; handling
2) 身体上的原因可以引起情绪和精神上的问题。（arise）
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2.［原句回放］Elvis’ musical life was cut short when he was drafted into the army in 1958.
句中cut short意思是 _________________ ，相当于_________（及物／不及物）动词短语，如果宾语是代词，应放在中间。划线部分单词draft的意思是： ______________，它还有 ____________ 的意思。
［拓展］cut short 使停止，打断，制止；cut away切除，剪去；cut down 砍倒；缩短，削减； cut in插嘴，插入；cut off 切掉，切断；cut up 切碎； 小试牛刀！
1)请用cut的适当短语完成句子并翻译其用法：
They ______________all the dead branches from the trees.
We need to ________ the article _______ to 1000 words.
They ______________ for not paying their phone bill.
He __________ the meat on his plate.
He kept __________________ our conversation.
2) The meeting was ______ when the chairman fell ill.（B级）
A. put down B. shut out C. taken off D. cut short
3.［原句回放］They continue to have almost universal appeal today, even though they broke up in1970. 句中even though引导的是 _______________ ，划线部分单词appeal的词性是_______ ，意思是 __________ ；appeal还可作 _______ 词，常用短语为appeal to, 意思有_____________________________________________________ 。划线部分单词break up的意思是 ___________________ 。
［拓展］break away (from sth) 突然逃脱；脱离（组织，政党等）；break down （机器）失灵，停止运转；失败，崩溃；（身体）垮了；化学分解；break in 强行入室；打断，插嘴；break into sth 强行闯入；突然…起；break off 停止讲话；break out 突然发生；break through 突破；break up 解散；瓦解；（使）结束；强行驱散；小试牛刀！
1)-How did you like Nick’s performance last night?
-To be honest, his singing didn’t ______ to people’s emotions.
A. appeal B. belong C. refer D. occur
2) They often quarreled with each other and they decided to ______ the partnership.
A. break down B. break out C. break off D. break up
3) 政府呼吁每个人节约用水。______________________________________________________
第二部分：达标检测
Ⅰ.完成句子。
1.虽然他在音乐界起着重要作用，但他的音乐生涯在1958年被中断了。（cut, 复合句）
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2. 在会议十一点种解散后，他去理了个发。（break, 复合句）
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3. 他认为他能够靠唱歌发财，对此我怀疑。(fortune, 复合句)
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４.他虽然得了某种精神病，但不久就恢复了健康。（regain, 简单句）
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II. 单项填空
1. Refused by the classmates, he decided to ______ his teacher ______ assistance..
A. appeal for; to B. appeal to; for C. appeal to; of D. appeal for; in
2. There is a growing ______ earlier retirement.
A. trend towards B. tend towards C. trend for D. tend for
3. ______ the army, he garrisoned (驻守) Hong Kong for eight years.
A. Drafting in B. having drafted into
C. Having been drafted into D. Being drafted in
4. The film Not One Less by Zhang Yimou, ______ a village school, was well received.
A. set in B. based in C. based on D. came from
5.－The weather forecast says that it will rain tomorrow.
－_______, I will have to stay at home.
A. If it will B. If not C. If not so D. If so
6. The great artist says, “ Art should be ________ life. ”
A. root at B. anchored in C. reflected D. root of
7. After cooking, mother ______ making tea.
A. set out B. set about C. set off D. start out
8. Firefighters took two hours to _______ the drivers from the wreckage.
A. release B. benefit C. suffer D. freedom
9. This kind of metal ______ well, and therefore the metal stick ______ into halves easily.
A. is cut; is cut B. cuts; cuts C. is cut; cuts D. cuts; is cut
10. He needed all his ______ to persuade her that she should marry him.
A. charm B. interest C. fame D. content
11 .--- Shall I give you a ride as it is so late?
--- Thank you. ________.
A. It’s up to you B. It couldn’t be better C. It all depends D. If you prefer