Unit 1

A trip to the theatre

Instruments:

drums, piano, guitar, violin, harp(竖琴 ), cello(大提琴 ), harmonica(口琴mouth organ), saxophone(萨克斯管 ), trumpet(圆号 ), flute(长笛 ), etc.

The types of music:jazz

rocksonata(奏鸣曲 )symphony(交响乐 )operapopfolk(民间音乐 )classical(古典音乐 )blues勃鲁斯歌曲 ( 一种伤感的黑人民歌 )…

Background:

The Phantom of the Opera is a Broadway

music drama composited by Andrew Lloyd

Webber( 安德鲁 · 洛伊 · 韦伯 ). Its original

form was written by Gaston Leroux( 加斯通 ·

勒鲁 ).

It was first performed in 1986, and then in

1988 it was awarded seven Tony Awards( 托尼奖 ), one of the greatest musicals in history.

Now there have been 16 different versions

around the globe.

音乐剧

版本

最初的

The Phantom of the Opera

could be seen as a work that

reflects the charm of

postmodernism. First of all, it

successfully adapted the original

novel: it not only retained the

original style but also made it

more suitable for stage

performance so that promoted

the watching enjoying.

后现代主义

保持

促使

Secondly, the crafty “drama in the drama”

set the audience wander between the reality

and the transience( 顷刻 ; 稍纵即逝 ),

especially the scene in which the actors ran

after the phantom was absolutely fantastic. All

through the opera echoed the voice of the

phantom, on and down the stage, and from all

directions, which made audience feel being

there. It’s really a great design!

想象中的 ; 荒诞的回荡

巧妙的

• extraordinary (a.) ① 非凡的extraordinary memory/achievement ② 离奇的extraordinary ideas

• tale (n.) 故事 (=story)fairy tale 童话

1. *adapt (v.) ① 使适应

----She hasn’t adapted (herself) to the climate. 他努力使自己适应新的环境。 (adapt)----He tried to adapt himself to the new

environment. ② 改编【 for 】----The author is going to adapt his play for

television.adaptation (n.)adaptable (a.)

adapt (sb/oneself) to sth 使某人适应…

作者将把他的剧本改编成电视剧。

2. On this lake was an island. On that island, one hundred years ago, lived the Phantom.

on this lake/on that island 是介词短语作地点状语置句首，全倒，即全部谓语位于主语前。

表地点的介词短语 , 置于句首 , 全倒。

----In the centre of the square stands a monument ( 纪念碑 ).

----On the back wall hangs a huge oil painting.

* 地点状语放句首，全倒，注意主谓一致。

2.----At the foot of the mountain _______ (lie) a

five-star hotel. -----Inside the pyramids _______ (be) the burial

rooms for the kings and queens.树下站着一位女孩。 ( 倒装 )

lies

are

* 地点状语放句首，全倒，注意主谓一致。

----Under the tree stood a girl.

3. at birth 出生时----The baby weighed 8 pounds at birth.----She gave birth to a fine healthy baby. give birth to 生育birth rate 出生率

4. 省 to 的不定式

Passive ？注意 :

*make sb do sth 使某人做…

have sb do sthlet sb do sth

get sb to do sth

5. voice (n.) 嗓音at the top of one’s voicein a low voiceraise one’s voicewith one voicecf: noise (n.) sound (n.)

以最大的嗓门低声地

提高某人的嗓音异口同声地

噪音自然界的各种声音

6. He often sang to her late at night, hiding behind a secret wall in her room because he

was afraid of letting her see his face.hiding behind a secret wall in her room现在分词作伴随状语，相当于hide hid hidden (vt./vi.) 藏----The pirates hid the treasure in a cave. 海盗将宝藏藏在一个山洞里。

and he hid… 。

6. ----My husband never hides anything from me.

hiding (a.) place hidden (a.) meaninghidden truth 隐瞒的真相hide-and-seek (n.) 捉迷藏

7. want sb/sth for oneself 想把…占为己有

藏身之处hide sth from sb 向某人隐

瞒…

隐藏的意思

8. They burst in, ready to kill him.此处 ready to kill him 是形容词短语作状语。----The girl was standing in the wind, cold

and hungry. ----To our relief, the child came back safe

and sound.令我们欣慰的是孩子安然无恙地回来了。

be ready/willing to help others 乐于助人

9. jump with joy 高兴地跳起来be wild with joy 欣喜若狂

10. 类似 : bring/send/rush sb to safetytake sb to safety 把某人送到安全的地方

cry with joy 喜极而泣

____ ____ ( 出生时 ), the Phantom was

so ugly that his mother made him _____

____ _____ ( 带面具 ). He ____ ____ _____

( 对…一见钟情 ) with Christine, a beautiful

young singer at the Opera, but he ____ ____

____ ( 害怕 ) letting her see his face.

However, the Phantom wanted Christine

_____ ______ ( 为他自己所有 ).

Fill in the blanks according to the text.

At birth

wear a

mask fell in love

was afraid of

for himself

He _________ ( 绑架 ) her from the stage.

Only Raoul was ______ ______ ( 够勇敢 ) to

rescue Christine, but the Phantom ___ him ____

______ ( 把他关了起来 ).

After Christine ______ _____ ( 撕下了 ) the

mask of the Phantom, she ____ _______ ___

( 感到震惊 ) his face at first, and then she ____

_____ _____ ( 同情 ) his suffering. She gently

kissed his face.

kidnapped

brave enough

put into

prison

pulled off

was shocked at

felt

sorry for

1. We looked down from the plane at the fields spread out b_______.

2. Her absence c________ my attention.3. The film will be r________ to all the theatres

next week.4. A group of people b_____ into the Phantom’s

house, ready to kill him.5. The Shanghai Concert Hall was completely

r________ after its being moved.

Complete the sentences with the first letter given.

eneathaptured

eleased

urst

estored

1. The beggar has no place to go and spends all days __________ in the street. (wander)

2. Our printing workshop was _________ very small. (original)

3. The firefighters took the residents to ______ , the moment they arrived on the scene. (safe)

Complete the sentences with a related form of the words in brackets.

wandering

originally

safety

4. Yo-Yo Ma, one of the world’s top ________,

played there. ( music)

5. On hearing the cry for help from the river,

he jumped into the river and saved the

________ man. (drown)

6. Our business has ________ from lack of

investment. (suffering)

musician

drowning

suffered