课件20张PPT。The Universal Language
Project
Unit2Fast reading How many kinds of music are mentioned in the passage?
Jazz
Swing music
R & B
Rock & Roll
Pop music
Music developmentFolk songs of black AmericansTrumpet Louis Armstrong A kind of jazz intended for dancingPiano, violin, bassMixture of jazz & swingGuitar & saxophoneBig Joe Turner
/Elvis Presley Jazz Louis Armstrong is the ___________of jazz. His strength lies in that he could ___________ while he was playing it.founding fatherimprovise Swing music The difference between swing music & traditional jazz:
Intended for dancing
Faster
Strong rhythms
Swinging feel
Rock & roll Big Joe Turner was a ______American singer. He released his 1st R & R song called ___________________in _____.
He didn’t achieve fame mainly due to ___________.black Shake, rattle & roll1951racial discriminationWho discovered Elvis Presley?
A music promoter from Memphis, Tennessee.
Out of what purpose?
He could make a fortune if he could find a white man who could sing like a black man.
How do we understand “he turned out to be the answer to Philip's prayer”?
He is the best choice for Philip.
What was Elvis Presley good at?
Powerful live performance.Sam Philip King of Rock & RollThe Beatles
1.The Beatles broke up in 1970, but they are still very popular.
2. Beatlemania is actually some kind of mental illness.
3. In USA, it was fashionable for fans to follow its lead.True of False?TFFrule v. 治理，统制
Queen Victoria ruled England for 64 years.
维多利亚女王统制英国64年。
(情感或欲望)控制，支配
Don’t be ruled by your passion. 不可感情用事。
(尤指对法律问题)判定，裁定
The court will rule on the point.
法庭将就这一点做出判决。
n. 规则 作名词时注意与动词和介词的搭配。
Students must obey/ follow/ keep the rules of the school.
学生必须遵守校规。
There is a rule that people keep to the right.
根据规则，人们必须靠右行走。
单词积累：
ruler n. 统治者；直尺2. decline v. 拒绝，谢绝；变小/ 弱 / 少
I invited her to join us, but she declined.
我邀请她加入我们，可是她婉言拒绝了。
His health is declining. 他的健康状况越来越差。
His influence declined after he lost the election.
他落选以后影响力大为降低。
n. 力量、权利、数量的消减
the decline of the Roman Empire. 罗马帝国的衰亡
a decline in population/ prices/ popularity
人口/ 价格/ 声望的下降
There is a decline in population. 人口数量减少了。
拓展：
fall/ go into a decline 失去力量、影响等
on the decline 在消减，在衰退 3. trend n. (C) 趋势，趋向，倾向，动向
We often follow the latest trends in fashion.
我们常常追逐最新的流行趋势。
The current trend is towards more part-time employment.
现行的趋势是更多的人在兼职。
vi. 倾向，趋向；伸向，折向
His opinion trended towards yours. 他倾向与你的意见。
辨析： tendency & trend
tendency: 指“向某一方面移动或在确定的趋势中行动”,
如：show a tendency to improve 显示改善的倾向
She has a strong tendency to forget things. 她很容易忘事。
trend: 指“总的趋向或倾向”，如：a recent trend in
literature 文学的最新倾向
The fashion magazine shows the latest trends in women’s
clothes. 这本杂志显示了女性服装的最新潮流。alive, live & living
alive: 为表语形容词, 可指人或物, 用作表语 (可与living互
换)、宾语补足语或后置定语。
He is the only man alive in the accident.
他是这次事故的唯一幸存者。
live: 作定语，“活的，有生命的”，主要用来说明鸟或其他
动物，不修饰人，还可表示“现场直播的”。
a live fish 一条活鱼
It wasn’t a record show; it was live.
这不是录音表演，而是现场直播。
living: adj. 活的，健在的，现行的，现代的
Her grandfather is still living at the age of 93.
她爷爷93岁了，仍然健在。5. draft v. 草拟, 起草(文件); 选派, 抽调; 征召, 募集
draft a contract, treaty, ect. 起草一份合同、条约等
I’m still drafting the first chapter. 我还在草拟第一章。
Extra police are being drafted in to control the crowds.
正在额外抽调警察去控制人群。
n. 草稿，草案；特遣队，特别小组
This is only the draft of my speech, and what do you think
of it? 这仅仅是我演讲的草稿，你认为怎样？
We are sending a fresh draft of nurses to the worst hit area.
我们正派遣一个新的护士小组开赴受灾最严重的地区。
单词积累：
draftsman n. (法律文件或会议法案的) 起草人
draft n. 草稿, 草图; 汇票(与draw 同源, 是draw的结果)
drag v. 拖；拖着走(和draw同源) dragon n. 龙
拓展： be draft into 选拔，征集6. appeal v. 恳求, 呼吁; (对某人)有吸引力; 上诉
The police appealed to the crowd not to be panic.
警察呼吁群众不要惊慌。
She appealed to the high court against her sentence.
她不服判决而向高等法院上诉。
The idea appealed to Mary. 这个主意正合玛丽的心意。
n. 恳求, 呼吁; 吸引力, 兴趣; 上诉
These subjects have lost their appeal for most students.
对多数学生来说，这些学科已经失去吸引力。
Her eyes held a look of silent appeal.
她的眼中流露出无声的求助神情。
单词积累： appealing adj. 有吸引力的，有感染力的拓展：
appeal to
有吸引力, 投合某人的心意, 引起某人的兴趣
appeal to sb for sth
为某事而向某人呼吁
appeal to sb to do sth
呼吁某人做某事, 恳求某人做某事
appeal to the law
诉诸法律
appeal against
(对判决不服而)上诉
make appeal to sb
向某人提出呼吁
