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Reading (2)
Unit 7
You are an interviewer. You want to interview your classmate about Audrey Hepburn. Work in pairs, try to ask at least five questions about her.
Interview
A: Where and when was she born
What was her dream before she entered…
Which film made her famous
How many Oscars did she win
… (as many questions as you can)
B: …
Hollywood's
All-time best-
Audrey Hepburn
Do you admire Audrey Hepburn
What makes her so great
What can make a person
great
Knowledge is always important.
Always work hard.
Always be ready to catch the chance.
Understand the meaning of difficulty.
Always use your brain.
Always have some helpful friends.
Try to be different.
Try to stand at a higher situation.
Suggestions
chance + effort + kindness
achievement=
Put these sentences in the correct order.
1 Hepburn met Colette in France
2 Hepburn had four more Oscar
nominations
3 Roman Holiday was a big success
4 Hepburn won the Oscar for Best
Actress
5 Always ––Audrey Hepburn’s last
appearance in a film
6 Hepburn played the lead role in the
play Gigi
Read the text and complete the passage.
Audrey Hepburn was one of Hollywood’s greatest actresses. She worked as a model before she became an (1)__________. Her successful (2)_________ lasted for about 40 years. In 1951, while acting in France, she met Colette, a famous French writer. Hepburn’s beauty and charm caught the writer’s (3)
____________. She (4) _________ that Hepburn was the right person for the lead
(5) ___________in the play Gigi.
actress
career
insisted
attention
role
Two years later, Hepburn was chosen to play the lead role in Roman Holiday, and won the (6) ________ for Best Actress that year. During her (7)__________, Hepburn had four more Oscar nominations. She made her final appearance in the film Always in 1989 and played the role of an (8) _____________.
Oscar
lifetime
angel
1. Audrey Hepburn is one of Hollywood’s all-time greatest actresses.
one of + _____________________ 最…… 之一
最可爱的孩子之一
______________________________
最美丽的国家之一
______________________________
Shanghai is ____________________________
(中国最大的城市之一).
one of the most lovely children
最高级 + 复数名词
one of the biggest cities in China
one of the most beautiful countries
Language points
1. Sydney is one of ______ cities in the world.
A. beautiful B. more beautiful
C. most beautiful D. the most beautiful
.2. China is one of ______ in the world.
A. the oldest country
B. the oldest countries
C. much older country
D. much older countries
D
B
2. … dream of becoming a successful ballet dancer.
dream of 梦见;渴望(后跟动名词)
Many boys dream of becoming pilots.
许多男孩梦想成为飞行员。
successful adj. 成功的
He aims to be a successful writer.
他的目标是成为一个成功的作家。
succeed vi. 成功
If you work hard you will succeed.
如果你努力工作,你就会成功。
succeed (in) doing sth. 成功地做某事
He is certain to succeed in doing his experiment.
他做试验一定会成功。
拓展
success n. 成功
His new book was a great success. 他的新书获得了巨大的成功。
successfully adv. 成功地,圆满地
At last he successfully solved the problem.
最后他终于成功地解决了这个问题。
1. I wish you ___________.
2.The show was a great ____________.
3. He was a ___________ in business.
4. The performance was ______________.
5. We are sure of ______________.
6. Failure is the mother of _____________.
7. The meeting was a _______________.
8. He is a great ____________ as a teacher.
9. He ______________ in inviting some
pop stars to the show.
success / successful / successfully / succeed
succeed
success
success
successful
success
success
success
success
succeeded
3. Hepburn’s beauty and charm caught the writer’s attention.
catch one’s attention 吸引某人的注意
He waved his hand to catch my attention.
他挥手以吸引我的注意力。
The new toy caught the child's attention.
新玩具吸引了孩子的注意力。
一般来说,要表达引起某人对某事的注意时,用call / draw / attract (one’s) attention to.
He wants to call her attention to the matter.
他想要把她的注意力吸引到这件事情上。
She can draw attention to herself.
她能吸引人们注意她。
Mary tried not to attract attention to herself.
玛丽设法不引起别人注意她。
拓展
pay attention to 固定搭配,后加名词或动名词。如:
You must pay attention to your study.
你必须专心学习。
Everyone should pay attention to protecting his own eyesight.
每个人都应注意保护视力.
The chemistry teacher required the
students ________ more attention
________ the lab clean.
A. to pay, to keep
B. to paying, to keeping
C. to pay, to keeping
D. paying, keeping
1.请注意我下面要说的话。
2. (荆州中考) After that, her teacher _____________________ (更多地
关注) her. (pay)
Please pay attention to what I am going to say.
paid more attention to
4. Colette insisted that Hepburn was the perfect girl for the lead …
insist + that clause. 坚持要求, 强调…
He insisted that ____________ (他是对的).
insist on/upon (doing) sth. 坚持干某事
She _________________________ (坚持帮我).
he was right
insists/insisted on helping me
Dick insisted on coming.
迪克坚持要来。
We insisted upon his staying with us for another week.
我们坚持要求他在这里和我们再待一周。
She insisted that I didn’t return the money.
她坚持认为我没有还钱。
5. During her lifetime, Hepburn had four more Oscar nominations.
one more = another one
two more = another two
three more = another three
four more = another four再/更多…
She stayed in Shanghai for _____________ (又两天).
Would you like _________________ (还要些咖啡)
two more days
some more coffee
6. Hepburn made her final appearance in the film Always and played the role of an angel.
play a role of 扮演…角色 (当特指某个角色时,用the.)
Now China ________________________
_________ (在世界上扮演重要角色).
Gong Li ___________________________
(扮演主角) in many films.
is playing an important role in
played / has played lead roles
the world
play the role of 也可意为“发挥作用”。如:
中国应该在对世界作贡献方面发挥自己大国的作用。
China should play its role of power to make a contribution to the world.
[拓展]
1. play the role of ... 后面可加一个与电影或电视角色有关的名词。如果是要表示在那部电影或电视里扮演角色的话,可以用play the role in ...。
2. role是一个名词,前面还可加一个形容词, 如play the lead role of ...意为 "扮演……的主角"。
[Practice]
翻译下面的句子。
1. 那位著名的男演员扮演了一名商人,是主角。 ____________________________________ ____________________________________
2. 他在剧中扮演国王这个主角。____________________________________ ____________________________________
That famous actor played the lead role of a business man.
He played the lead role of the king in the play.
7. Hepburn’s achievements went beyond the film industry.
beyond prep. 超出…外,为…不能及
The house was beyond what we could afford. ____________________________________
He is such a naughty boy and is beyond my control. ______________________________________
这房子已超出了我们的购买能力.
他是个十分淘气的/顽皮的男孩,不受我的控制。
get beyond 超越
go beyond 超越
see beyond 看得比……远
beyond doubt / question 毫无疑问
beyond one’s reach 鞭长莫及
beyond one’s control 无法控
beyond belief / dream 出乎意料
拓展
This new model of car is so expensive that it is _______ the reach of those with average income. A. over B. within C. beyond D. below
解析:正确答案为C, 表超过了一般收入家庭的承受能力。
Sorry, Madam. You’d better come tomorrow because it’s _______ the visiting hours. A. during B. at C. beyond D. before
解析:正确答案为C, 表“超过”。
“above +名词” 表示(品质、行为、能力等) 超过……、高于……。
His honest character is above all praise.
= His honest character cannot be praised enough.
知识链接
Liu Xiang’s performance in the 11th National Games was _______ expectation. After all, he has just recovered from injury. A. beyond B. above
C. across D. after A fight broke out among the strikers and the policemen and soon it went _______ control. A. over B. above C. beyond D. under
8. She won many awards because of her efforts in this area.
because of “由于”。其后可接名词或代词,动名词以及由关系代词型的所what 引导的从句等(但不能接that从句)。如:
He lost his job because of his age.
由于年龄关系他失去工作。
I said nothing about it, because of his wife’s being there.
因为他妻子在那儿,我对此事一字未提。
He cannot go to school because of sickness.
He cannot go to school because he is sick.
He cannot go to school because of that he is sick.
Do True or False.
T
T
F
\
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_____________ his bad leg, he couldn't
walk so fast as others.
2. They didn't go swimming _________ it was raining hard.
3. — Why can't you do it now
— _________ I'm too busy.
4. He didn't come today __________ his illness.
用because, because of 填空。
Because of
because
Because
because of
We were late for class ____ the heavy rain. A. because B. because of C. so I didn't come to school yesterday ____ I had to look after my grandmother at home. A. because B. because of C. since
由because of 构成的介词短语一般只用作状语,而不用作表语。作表语时可用due to。如:
误:Tom’s absence was because of the rain.
正:Tom’s absence was due to the rain.
汤姆因下雨不能到场。
拓 展
effort
词性 中文释义 词组
不可数名词 努力,尽力 put effort into sth.对某事付出很大力气
spare no effort 不遗余力
without effort 不费力
a waste of time and effort时间和精力的浪费
可数名词 努力的事;
努力的结果 make an effort 努力
make every effort 竭尽全力
翻译句子
他为音乐会付出了很大力气。
He put a lot of effort into the concert.
2. 他们没费劲就把那块沉重的石头抬起来了。
They lifted the heavy rock without effort.
3. 我将尽一切努力准时到达。
I will make every effort to arrive on time.
8. On 20 January 1993, she passed away peacefully in her sleep.
passed away是一种婉转的说法, 意为"去世,逝世";也可表示"(时间)过去, 消磨(时间)"。
I am sorry to hear that he passed away last month. 听说他上个月逝世了,我很难过。
Ten days passed away and still there was no news about them.
十天过去了, 但仍然没有他们的消息。
Though Robin himself ________,his name lived on.,
A. died out B. died away
C. passed away D. passed by
与pass有关的动词词组有:
pass by 通过, 经过
pass into 融入, 纳入
pass on 转交, 递交
pass through 经过, 路过
pass out 失去知觉
pass to 传给, 转到, 通到
pass sth. down 把某物一代一代传下去
[拓展]
完成句子
①去年他母亲去世了。
His mother _________ __________ last year.
②这戒指是我家传来来的。
This ring _________ __________ _________ ________ in my family.
passed away
has been passed
down
③那本书你看完了给我。
_________ the book _________ _______ me when you’ve finished it.
④那个年轻人听到这个消息,由于震惊昏了过去。
When the young man heard the news. He ________ _________ with the shock.
on to
Pass
passed out