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课件73张PPT。Turandot in BeijingZhang Yimou
Have you seen any of
ZhangYimou’s films?
Do you like them? Why or
why not?
What else has Zhang Yimou directed besides films? They are the ‘Bid for the 29th Olympic Games in Beijing’, which was shown in Moscow, a performance at the closing ceremony at Athens Olympic Games, an outdoor performance of Third Sister Liu in Guilin and Turandot in Beijing. the Forbidden CityGo through the passage as quickly as possible and try to find answers to the three questions in Part A on page 2. Answers
A 1 Turandot is an opera that tells the story of a cold-hearted Chinese princess, named Turandot, who lives in the Forbidden City. To avoid marriage, she says that any potential husband must answer three riddles correctly or die.
2 Giacomo Puccini wrote the opera. The final scene was completed by Franco Alfano, one of his students, based on Puccini’s notes after he died.
3 It was performed outdoors.(Turandot—a Chinese princess；
Calaf—a prince；Liu—Calaf’s father’s young slave)Beijing’s Forbidden CityThe story takes on the classic love triangle of the three main characters Turandot, Calaf and Liu. Liu loves Calaf, but Calaf has fallen in love with Turandot. Because Turandot does not want to get married, she declares that anyone who wants to marry her must answer her three questions. If the one cannot answer these questions, he will be killed.Zhang YimouZubin Mehta, an internationally famous conductor born in IndiaSharon Sweet—Turandot; Barbara Hendricks—Liu;
Kristjan Johannsson—Calaf; other singers and musicians from abroad and ChinaReading comprehension⑴ How many performances of Turandot were performed in the Forbidden City in Beijing?
A. eight B. seven
C. one
D. the text doesn’t mention it
⑵ Who wrote Turandot and when was it written?
A. Giacomo Puccini, in 1924
B. Giacomo Puccini’s former student,
in 1924
C. Zubin Mehta, in the 1990s
D. Sharon Sweet, in the 1990s ⑶ When was Turandot staged in
Beijing?
A. in 1924
B. in the twenty first century
C. in the 1990s
D. in 1998
⑷ How does the writer think of the
opera?
A. terrible B. moving
C. boring D. amazing Listen to the tape and then
finish Parts C1 and C2. Answers
C1 1 Because she felt that she could
almost feel the history.
2 She is cold-hearted.
3 He was killed.
4 She does not have to marry him.
5 He promised to allow Turandot
to choose her own husband.
6 Eight.
7 Turandot was played by Sharon Sweet
from the USA, Liu was played by
Barbara Hendricks from the USA and
Calaf was sung by Kristian
Johannsson from Iceland.
8 The bringing together of the group of
people from many countries, the music
and the setting.
C2 5 3 7 2 1 8 4 6 Parts D and E. Answers
D 1 e 2 b 3 d 4 f
5 a 6 h 7 c 8 g
E (1) performance (2) talents
(3) China (4) gold
(5) princess (6) riddles
(7) potential (8) marry
(9) setting (10) witnessedLanguage points 1. Jazz started in the USA at the end of the 19th century.
end n/v 结束
ending n. 结局
endless adj. 无止尽的
endlessly adv.
in the end 最后
We were thinking about going to Switzerland, but in the end we went to Austria.
come to an end 结束
Everyone wishes the war would come to an end soon.to this end 带着这个目的
He wanted science students to take an interest in the arts, and to this end he ran literature classes at his home on Sunday afternoons.
make sb’s hair stand on end
使极度恐惧
To be honest, the thought of jumping out of a moving aeroplane makes my hair stand on end.put an end to sth.: 使结束
How can we put an end to the fighting?
end up
They’re travelling across Europe by train and are planning to end up in Moscow.
Much of this meat will probably end up as dog food.
[+ ing form of verb] After working her way around the world, she ended up teaching English as a foreign language.高考链接At the end of the meeting, it was announced that an agreement ______. (2007江苏）
A. has been reached B. had been reached
C. has reached D. had reached2. A piano has strings inside, but it is part of the percussion family, along with drums.
part n. 零件,部分
Part of my steak isn’t cooked properly.
Part of this form seems to be missing.
I think part of her problem is that she doesn’t listen carefully enough to what other people say. part ?? adjective 部分的
He’s (a) part owner of a racehorse (= he shares the ownership of it with other people).
part ?? adverb 部分地
He’s part African—his father was born in Somalia.
The exam is part spoken and part written.
partly ?? adverb 部分地
His attractiveness is partly due to his self-confidence.
The house is partly owned by her father.
in part 在某种程度上
The deadline for applications is being extended, in part because of the postal strike.
take part in 参与
She doesn’t usually take part in any of the class activities.
play a part in 起作用
My thanks to everyone who has played a part in saving the hospital.高考链接The most important thing about cotton
in history is ______ part that it played
in _______ Industrial Revolution.
(2004重庆)
A. 不填；不填 B. the；不填
C. the; the D. a; the2) along with
along with sb./sth. 以及
California, along with Florida and Hawaii, is among the most popular US tourist destinations.高考链接Professor Smith, along with his
assistants, ______ on the project day
and night to meet the deadline.
(2005 上海)
A. work B. working
C. is working D. are workingLanguage points1. It starred some of the world’s greatest opera singers. (P18) 几位世界顶级歌剧演唱家担当主演。
star n[C] 明星
a rock/movie/football star
Kids wanting to be stars come to Hollywood from all over America. star v [I + preposition; T] (-rr-) 主演
Fowles’s novel ‘The French Lieutenant’s Woman’ was turned into a film starring Meryl Streep.2. In order to avoid marriage, she says that any potential husband must answer three riddles correctly or die. (P18) 为了不出嫁，她说任何想要成为他的丈夫的人必须猜中三道谜语，否则就要被处死。
avoid ?? vt 避免
I try to avoid supermarkets on Saturdays—they’re always so busy.
[+ ing form of verb] I try to avoid going shopping on Saturdays.3. Just imagine performing such an opera in the Forbidden City —there could not be a better setting! (P18) 想想在紫禁城上演这出歌剧吧—不可能有比这更好的场景了！
1) imagine vt 想象 [+ (that)] Imagine (that) you’re eating an ice cream — try to feel how cold it is.
[+ question word] Can you imagine how it feels to be blind?
[+ ing form of verb] She imagined herself sitting in her favorite armchair back home. imaginable ? adj可想象的
The school offers courses in every subject imaginable.
ice cream of every imaginable flavour
imaginary ?? adj想象中的
As a child I had an imaginary friend called Polly.
The story is set in an imaginary world. imaginary fears1. — Look! He’s running so fast!
— Hard to _______ his legs were once broken. (2007浙江）
A. know B. imagine
C. realize D. find高考链接 2. You can’t imagine what difficulty we had ______ home in the snowstorm. （2007辽宁）
A. walked B. walk
C. to walk D. walking高考链接3. It is difficult to imagine his _______ the decision without any consideration. (2006 陕西)
A. to accept? B. accept???
C. accepting??? D. accepted高考链接4. —There is a story here in the paper about a 110-year-old man. —My goodness! I can’t imagine ________ that old. （2006江苏 ） ?? A. to be ?B. to have been?
C. being D. having been高考链接高考链接5. Never in my wildest dreams _____
these people are living in such poor
conditions.（2006安徽）
I could imagine
could I imagine
I couldn’t imagine
couldn’t I imagine 6. You can’t imagine that a well-behaved gentleman ________ be so rude to a lady. (2001上海）
A. might B. need
C. should D. would高考链接4. Shortly afterwards, another prince, Calaf sees Turandot for the first time and falls in love. (P18) 过后不久，另一位王子卡拉夫第一次见到图兰朵，并且爱上了她。
shortly ?? adv 很快
We will shortly be arriving in King’s Cross Station.
shortly after/before sth. 不久
Shortly after you left, a man came into the office looking for you.2) fall in love (with sb.)瞬间动作
I was 20 when I first fell in love.
be in love强调状态
I’m in love for the first time and it’s wonderful.
They’re still madly in love (with each other).高考链接 It is hard for me to imagine what I would be doing today if I __________ in love, at the age of seven, with the Melinda Cox Library in my hometown. (2002上海)
A. wouldn't have fallen??????
B. had not fallen
C. should fall??????????????????????
D. were to fall5. The story then takes on a classic love triangle featuring Calaf, Turandot, and Liu, whose love for Calaf is unconditional. (P18) 故事随后演绎了发生在卡拉夫、图兰朵和柳儿三人之间的经典三角恋情，其中，柳儿对卡拉夫的爱是无条件的。
1) take on 承担工作或责任等
She took too much on and made herself ill.
take on
雇佣某人 She was taken on as a laboratory assistant.
与某人竞争或打斗
The Government took on the unions and won.
呈现出
Her voice took on a troubled tone.take after sb. 长相遗传
He takes after his mother/his mother’s side of the family.
take sth. down 记下，写下
He took down my address and phone number and said he’d phone back.take sth. from sb. 选自, 摘自
The plot is taken from Shakespeare.
take sth. in 理解
I had to read the letter twice before I could take it all in.
It was an interesting exhibition, but there was too much to take in at once.(2) take in 吸收
The new town takes in three former villages.
(3) take in 观看,参观
I thought we might get something to eat and then take in a movie.
(4) take in欺骗
I can’t believe she was taken in by him.take sth. off 脱去
He took off his clothes and got into the bath. After the poisoning scare, the product was taken off the shelves/the market (= removed from sale).
(2) take off 起飞
The plane took off at 8.30 a.m.
(3) take off 休假
He took off two weeks in September.
(4) take off 成功
Her singing career had just begun to take off.take sth. out 拔去， 除去
I’ve had a tooth taken out.
take sb. out 带某人出去
Dad’s taking the whole family out to the cinema.
Our boss took us out for a meal.take sth. up
(1) 从事工作，活动等
He’s taken up the post of supervisor.
[+ ing form of verb] Have you ever thought of taking up acting? (2) 占据
This desk takes up too much room.
(3) 讨论某一话题
The school took the matter up with the police.
UK I’d like to take you up on your sales figures for June. 高考链接1. Helen always helps her mother even though going to school _____ most of her day. (2004 全国)
A. takes up B. makes up
C. save up D. puts up
2. His mother had thought it would be good for his character to? _____from home and earn some money on his own. (2002北京）
A. run away B. take away
C. keep away D. get away3. Ladies and gentlemen , please fasten your seat belts. The plane________. (2006福建) A. takes off B. is taking off
C. has taken off D. took off
4. — Four dollars a pair? I think it’s a bit too much．
— If you buy three pairs, the price for each will _______to three fifty．(2006安徽）
A. come down B. take down
C. turn over D. go over5. Look at the timetable. Hurry up! Flight 4026??_______? off at 18:20. (2006四川)
A. takes??? B. took?
C. will be taken? D. has taken
6. Don’t be _____ by products promising to make you lose weight quickly. (2007辽宁）
taken off B. taken out
C. taken away D. taken in6. In the story, Turandot is drunk with power. (P18)
故事中， 图兰朵醉心于权利。
be drunk with power 醉心于权利7. The emperor finds the deaths of so many men disturbing, and although he would like to, he cannot break his promise. (P18) 皇上为杀了这么多人而感到很不安，虽然他很想收回这一允诺，但又不能食言。
disturb vt打断,使心烦
Please don’t disturb Georgina—she’s trying to do her homework.
Some scenes are violent and may disturb younger viewers. disturbing ?? adj.心烦意乱的
The Home Secretary described the latest crime figures as ‘disturbing’.
The following programme contains scenes that may be disturbing to some viewers.
disturbingly ?? adv.
Pollution has reached disturbingly high levels in some urban areas. [+ two objects] Her parents promised her a new car if she passed her exams.2) promise v.承诺,允诺
promise to do sth
promise that 从句
promise sb sth
[+ to infinitive] He promised faithfully to call me every week.
[+ (that)] Promise me (that) you won’t tell him. promise to be good/exciting, etc. 可望
It promises to be a really exciting match.
promise n. 允诺, 诺言;希望, 前途
I’ll tidy my things away tonight—and that’s a promise!
His English teacher had written on his report that he showed great promise.promising ?? adj.有前途的, 有希望的
They won the award for the most promising new band of the year.
“How’s your new venture going?” “It’s looking quite promising.”
NOTE: The opposite is unpromising.
keep/break a promise 遵守/违背诺言
If I make a promise, I like to keep it.高考链接— Nancy is not coming tonight.
— But she_____! (1998全国)
A. promises?? B. promised??
C. will promise??? D. had promised8. Seeing this, Calaf says that if she can guess his name by sunrise, she does not have to marry him. (P19) 见此, 卡拉夫说如果她能在太阳升起之前猜出他的名字，她就可以不嫁给他。
现在分词作时间状语,表五种感觉的词放句首作状语强用V-ing 形式marry v. 结婚,举办结婚仪式
Men tend to marry later than women.
Paul married Lucy four years ago.
The couple were married by the Archbishop of Canterbury . married ? adj.已婚的
a married couple
We’ve been happily married for five years.
Please state whether you are single, cohabiting, married, separated, divorced or widowed.
get married (to sb)结婚
When are you getting married?
Chris and Debbie got married last summer.
Jamie’s getting married to Laura. 高考链接
My uncle ____ until he was forty-five.
(2000上海）
A. married B. didn’t marry
C. was not marrying D. would marry There could not be a better setting!
There can’t be a better….不可能有比这更好的,这里用比较级表最高级
否定词never, not , nothing比较级连用表达最高级含义
threaten sb/sth
~ to do sth
~that 从句 威胁说
~sb with sth 用…威胁某人
1.Terrorists threaten world peace.
2.They threaten to withdraw the army from Iraq.
3. That government threatens that they will make war upon us.
4. The boss threatened her with the loss of the job.
guard against 提防,防止
go on guard上班
come off guard下班
keep guard站岗
direct sb/sth指挥
~sb to do sth指挥
~ that 指示 虚拟语气
~ sb to sth指路
General Yang directed the battle.
The head teacher directed the students to clean the hall.
The government directed that a new hospital (should) be built in the city.
Will you direct me to the nearest hospital?dare(行为动词)后接不定式,dare有人称和数的变化，否定式和疑问式要用do,does和did等助动词,否定式中也可省略不定式to
He dares to swim in the river.
I didn’t dare (to) say anything to him at that time.
dare(情态动词)后接动词原形,疑问式为dare…do…,否定式为daren’t do.
How dare you say that?
I daren’t go home at such a dark night.Thank you!
Have you seen any of
ZhangYimou’s films?
Do you like them? Why or
why not?
What else has Zhang Yimou directed besides films? They are the ‘Bid for the 29th Olympic Games in Beijing’, which was shown in Moscow, a performance at the closing ceremony at Athens Olympic Games, an outdoor performance of Third Sister Liu in Guilin and Turandot in Beijing. the Forbidden CityGo through the passage as quickly as possible and try to find answers to the three questions in Part A on page 2. Answers
A 1 Turandot is an opera that tells the story of a cold-hearted Chinese princess, named Turandot, who lives in the Forbidden City. To avoid marriage, she says that any potential husband must answer three riddles correctly or die.
2 Giacomo Puccini wrote the opera. The final scene was completed by Franco Alfano, one of his students, based on Puccini’s notes after he died.
3 It was performed outdoors.(Turandot—a Chinese princess；
Calaf—a prince；Liu—Calaf’s father’s young slave)Beijing’s Forbidden CityThe story takes on the classic love triangle of the three main characters Turandot, Calaf and Liu. Liu loves Calaf, but Calaf has fallen in love with Turandot. Because Turandot does not want to get married, she declares that anyone who wants to marry her must answer her three questions. If the one cannot answer these questions, he will be killed.Zhang YimouZubin Mehta, an internationally famous conductor born in IndiaSharon Sweet—Turandot; Barbara Hendricks—Liu;
Kristjan Johannsson—Calaf; other singers and musicians from abroad and ChinaReading comprehension⑴ How many performances of Turandot were performed in the Forbidden City in Beijing?
A. eight B. seven
C. one
D. the text doesn’t mention it
⑵ Who wrote Turandot and when was it written?
A. Giacomo Puccini, in 1924
B. Giacomo Puccini’s former student,
in 1924
C. Zubin Mehta, in the 1990s
D. Sharon Sweet, in the 1990s ⑶ When was Turandot staged in
Beijing?
A. in 1924
B. in the twenty first century
C. in the 1990s
D. in 1998
⑷ How does the writer think of the
opera?
A. terrible B. moving
C. boring D. amazing Listen to the tape and then
finish Parts C1 and C2. Answers
C1 1 Because she felt that she could
almost feel the history.
2 She is cold-hearted.
3 He was killed.
4 She does not have to marry him.
5 He promised to allow Turandot
to choose her own husband.
6 Eight.
7 Turandot was played by Sharon Sweet
from the USA, Liu was played by
Barbara Hendricks from the USA and
Calaf was sung by Kristian
Johannsson from Iceland.
8 The bringing together of the group of
people from many countries, the music
and the setting.
C2 5 3 7 2 1 8 4 6 Parts D and E. Answers
D 1 e 2 b 3 d 4 f
5 a 6 h 7 c 8 g
E (1) performance (2) talents
(3) China (4) gold
(5) princess (6) riddles
(7) potential (8) marry
(9) setting (10) witnessedLanguage points 1. Jazz started in the USA at the end of the 19th century.
end n/v 结束
ending n. 结局
endless adj. 无止尽的
endlessly adv.
in the end 最后
We were thinking about going to Switzerland, but in the end we went to Austria.
come to an end 结束
Everyone wishes the war would come to an end soon.to this end 带着这个目的
He wanted science students to take an interest in the arts, and to this end he ran literature classes at his home on Sunday afternoons.
make sb’s hair stand on end
使极度恐惧
To be honest, the thought of jumping out of a moving aeroplane makes my hair stand on end.put an end to sth.: 使结束
How can we put an end to the fighting?
end up
They’re travelling across Europe by train and are planning to end up in Moscow.
Much of this meat will probably end up as dog food.
[+ ing form of verb] After working her way around the world, she ended up teaching English as a foreign language.高考链接At the end of the meeting, it was announced that an agreement ______. (2007江苏）
A. has been reached B. had been reached
C. has reached D. had reached2. A piano has strings inside, but it is part of the percussion family, along with drums.
part n. 零件,部分
Part of my steak isn’t cooked properly.
Part of this form seems to be missing.
I think part of her problem is that she doesn’t listen carefully enough to what other people say. part ?? adjective 部分的
He’s (a) part owner of a racehorse (= he shares the ownership of it with other people).
part ?? adverb 部分地
He’s part African—his father was born in Somalia.
The exam is part spoken and part written.
partly ?? adverb 部分地
His attractiveness is partly due to his self-confidence.
The house is partly owned by her father.
in part 在某种程度上
The deadline for applications is being extended, in part because of the postal strike.
take part in 参与
She doesn’t usually take part in any of the class activities.
play a part in 起作用
My thanks to everyone who has played a part in saving the hospital.高考链接The most important thing about cotton
in history is ______ part that it played
in _______ Industrial Revolution.
(2004重庆)
A. 不填；不填 B. the；不填
C. the; the D. a; the2) along with
along with sb./sth. 以及
California, along with Florida and Hawaii, is among the most popular US tourist destinations.高考链接Professor Smith, along with his
assistants, ______ on the project day
and night to meet the deadline.
(2005 上海)
A. work B. working
C. is working D. are workingLanguage points1. It starred some of the world’s greatest opera singers. (P18) 几位世界顶级歌剧演唱家担当主演。
star n[C] 明星
a rock/movie/football star
Kids wanting to be stars come to Hollywood from all over America. star v [I + preposition; T] (-rr-) 主演
Fowles’s novel ‘The French Lieutenant’s Woman’ was turned into a film starring Meryl Streep.2. In order to avoid marriage, she says that any potential husband must answer three riddles correctly or die. (P18) 为了不出嫁，她说任何想要成为他的丈夫的人必须猜中三道谜语，否则就要被处死。
avoid ?? vt 避免
I try to avoid supermarkets on Saturdays—they’re always so busy.
[+ ing form of verb] I try to avoid going shopping on Saturdays.3. Just imagine performing such an opera in the Forbidden City —there could not be a better setting! (P18) 想想在紫禁城上演这出歌剧吧—不可能有比这更好的场景了！
1) imagine vt 想象 [+ (that)] Imagine (that) you’re eating an ice cream — try to feel how cold it is.
[+ question word] Can you imagine how it feels to be blind?
[+ ing form of verb] She imagined herself sitting in her favorite armchair back home. imaginable ? adj可想象的
The school offers courses in every subject imaginable.
ice cream of every imaginable flavour
imaginary ?? adj想象中的
As a child I had an imaginary friend called Polly.
The story is set in an imaginary world. imaginary fears1. — Look! He’s running so fast!
— Hard to _______ his legs were once broken. (2007浙江）
A. know B. imagine
C. realize D. find高考链接 2. You can’t imagine what difficulty we had ______ home in the snowstorm. （2007辽宁）
A. walked B. walk
C. to walk D. walking高考链接3. It is difficult to imagine his _______ the decision without any consideration. (2006 陕西)
A. to accept? B. accept???
C. accepting??? D. accepted高考链接4. —There is a story here in the paper about a 110-year-old man. —My goodness! I can’t imagine ________ that old. （2006江苏 ） ?? A. to be ?B. to have been?
C. being D. having been高考链接高考链接5. Never in my wildest dreams _____
these people are living in such poor
conditions.（2006安徽）
I could imagine
could I imagine
I couldn’t imagine
couldn’t I imagine 6. You can’t imagine that a well-behaved gentleman ________ be so rude to a lady. (2001上海）
A. might B. need
C. should D. would高考链接4. Shortly afterwards, another prince, Calaf sees Turandot for the first time and falls in love. (P18) 过后不久，另一位王子卡拉夫第一次见到图兰朵，并且爱上了她。
shortly ?? adv 很快
We will shortly be arriving in King’s Cross Station.
shortly after/before sth. 不久
Shortly after you left, a man came into the office looking for you.2) fall in love (with sb.)瞬间动作
I was 20 when I first fell in love.
be in love强调状态
I’m in love for the first time and it’s wonderful.
They’re still madly in love (with each other).高考链接 It is hard for me to imagine what I would be doing today if I __________ in love, at the age of seven, with the Melinda Cox Library in my hometown. (2002上海)
A. wouldn't have fallen??????
B. had not fallen
C. should fall??????????????????????
D. were to fall5. The story then takes on a classic love triangle featuring Calaf, Turandot, and Liu, whose love for Calaf is unconditional. (P18) 故事随后演绎了发生在卡拉夫、图兰朵和柳儿三人之间的经典三角恋情，其中，柳儿对卡拉夫的爱是无条件的。
1) take on 承担工作或责任等
She took too much on and made herself ill.
take on
雇佣某人 She was taken on as a laboratory assistant.
与某人竞争或打斗
The Government took on the unions and won.
呈现出
Her voice took on a troubled tone.take after sb. 长相遗传
He takes after his mother/his mother’s side of the family.
take sth. down 记下，写下
He took down my address and phone number and said he’d phone back.take sth. from sb. 选自, 摘自
The plot is taken from Shakespeare.
take sth. in 理解
I had to read the letter twice before I could take it all in.
It was an interesting exhibition, but there was too much to take in at once.(2) take in 吸收
The new town takes in three former villages.
(3) take in 观看,参观
I thought we might get something to eat and then take in a movie.
(4) take in欺骗
I can’t believe she was taken in by him.take sth. off 脱去
He took off his clothes and got into the bath. After the poisoning scare, the product was taken off the shelves/the market (= removed from sale).
(2) take off 起飞
The plane took off at 8.30 a.m.
(3) take off 休假
He took off two weeks in September.
(4) take off 成功
Her singing career had just begun to take off.take sth. out 拔去， 除去
I’ve had a tooth taken out.
take sb. out 带某人出去
Dad’s taking the whole family out to the cinema.
Our boss took us out for a meal.take sth. up
(1) 从事工作，活动等
He’s taken up the post of supervisor.
[+ ing form of verb] Have you ever thought of taking up acting? (2) 占据
This desk takes up too much room.
(3) 讨论某一话题
The school took the matter up with the police.
UK I’d like to take you up on your sales figures for June. 高考链接1. Helen always helps her mother even though going to school _____ most of her day. (2004 全国)
A. takes up B. makes up
C. save up D. puts up
2. His mother had thought it would be good for his character to? _____from home and earn some money on his own. (2002北京）
A. run away B. take away
C. keep away D. get away3. Ladies and gentlemen , please fasten your seat belts. The plane________. (2006福建) A. takes off B. is taking off
C. has taken off D. took off
4. — Four dollars a pair? I think it’s a bit too much．
— If you buy three pairs, the price for each will _______to three fifty．(2006安徽）
A. come down B. take down
C. turn over D. go over5. Look at the timetable. Hurry up! Flight 4026??_______? off at 18:20. (2006四川)
A. takes??? B. took?
C. will be taken? D. has taken
6. Don’t be _____ by products promising to make you lose weight quickly. (2007辽宁）
taken off B. taken out
C. taken away D. taken in6. In the story, Turandot is drunk with power. (P18)
故事中， 图兰朵醉心于权利。
be drunk with power 醉心于权利7. The emperor finds the deaths of so many men disturbing, and although he would like to, he cannot break his promise. (P18) 皇上为杀了这么多人而感到很不安，虽然他很想收回这一允诺，但又不能食言。
disturb vt打断,使心烦
Please don’t disturb Georgina—she’s trying to do her homework.
Some scenes are violent and may disturb younger viewers. disturbing ?? adj.心烦意乱的
The Home Secretary described the latest crime figures as ‘disturbing’.
The following programme contains scenes that may be disturbing to some viewers.
disturbingly ?? adv.
Pollution has reached disturbingly high levels in some urban areas. [+ two objects] Her parents promised her a new car if she passed her exams.2) promise v.承诺,允诺
promise to do sth
promise that 从句
promise sb sth
[+ to infinitive] He promised faithfully to call me every week.
[+ (that)] Promise me (that) you won’t tell him. promise to be good/exciting, etc. 可望
It promises to be a really exciting match.
promise n. 允诺, 诺言;希望, 前途
I’ll tidy my things away tonight—and that’s a promise!
His English teacher had written on his report that he showed great promise.promising ?? adj.有前途的, 有希望的
They won the award for the most promising new band of the year.
“How’s your new venture going?” “It’s looking quite promising.”
NOTE: The opposite is unpromising.
keep/break a promise 遵守/违背诺言
If I make a promise, I like to keep it.高考链接— Nancy is not coming tonight.
— But she_____! (1998全国)
A. promises?? B. promised??
C. will promise??? D. had promised8. Seeing this, Calaf says that if she can guess his name by sunrise, she does not have to marry him. (P19) 见此, 卡拉夫说如果她能在太阳升起之前猜出他的名字，她就可以不嫁给他。
现在分词作时间状语,表五种感觉的词放句首作状语强用V-ing 形式marry v. 结婚,举办结婚仪式
Men tend to marry later than women.
Paul married Lucy four years ago.
The couple were married by the Archbishop of Canterbury . married ? adj.已婚的
a married couple
We’ve been happily married for five years.
Please state whether you are single, cohabiting, married, separated, divorced or widowed.
get married (to sb)结婚
When are you getting married?
Chris and Debbie got married last summer.
Jamie’s getting married to Laura. 高考链接
My uncle ____ until he was forty-five.
(2000上海）
A. married B. didn’t marry
C. was not marrying D. would marry There could not be a better setting!
There can’t be a better….不可能有比这更好的,这里用比较级表最高级
否定词never, not , nothing比较级连用表达最高级含义
threaten sb/sth
~ to do sth
~that 从句 威胁说
~sb with sth 用…威胁某人
1.Terrorists threaten world peace.
2.They threaten to withdraw the army from Iraq.
3. That government threatens that they will make war upon us.
4. The boss threatened her with the loss of the job.
guard against 提防,防止
go on guard上班
come off guard下班
keep guard站岗
direct sb/sth指挥
~sb to do sth指挥
~ that 指示 虚拟语气
~ sb to sth指路
General Yang directed the battle.
The head teacher directed the students to clean the hall.
The government directed that a new hospital (should) be built in the city.
Will you direct me to the nearest hospital?dare(行为动词)后接不定式,dare有人称和数的变化，否定式和疑问式要用do,does和did等助动词,否定式中也可省略不定式to
He dares to swim in the river.
I didn’t dare (to) say anything to him at that time.
dare(情态动词)后接动词原形,疑问式为dare…do…,否定式为daren’t do.
How dare you say that?
I daren’t go home at such a dark night.Thank you!