牛津譯林版選修八Unit The universal language 優(yōu)秀獎

Unit2Theuniversallanguage

ProjectDetailedreadingWhatisthistextmainlyabout?Howmanyperiodscanpopmusicbedividedintoaccordingtothewriter?Itisaboutthehistoryanddevelopmentofpopmusic.Fiveperiods.Earlyjazz,swingmusic,R&B,rockandroll,and1960spopmusic.Pleasegothroughthepassageandcompletethetable.stylerepresentativeinstrumentearlyjazzswingR&BrockandrollpopmusicimprovisedsoloperformanceLouisArmstrongtrumpetstrongrhythmintendedfordancingpiano,violin,bassmixtureofjazzandswingsaxophone,

guitarBigJoeTurnerElvisPresleyBeatlesAnswerthequestionsaboutEarlyjazz.Whatwasthemostimportantinstrumentsusedinjazz?Whoisconsideredasoneofthefoundingfathersofjazz?Thetrumpetisoneofthemostimportantinstrumentsusedinjazz.LouisArmstrong.Completetheoutlineofthispart.1.Jazzbeganin_________.2.After___________,jazzwasthemostpopulartypeofmusic.3.Itcamefromthefolksongsof________________.4.The________wasandstillisoneofthemostimportantinstrumentsusedinjazz.5.________________isseenasoneofthefoundingfathersofjazz.5._________________becameanessentialpartofeveryjazzsong.

theUSAWorldWarIAmericanblackslavestrumpetLouisArmstrongSoloperformanceTrumpetLouisArmstrongAnswerthequestionsabout

Fromswingmusictorockandroll.Whatisthedifferencebetweenswingmusicandtraditionaljazz?Whatareincludedin“bigbands”?Swingmusicisfasterthantraditionaljazzandhasasortofswingingfeeltothemusic.Apianist,aviolinistandabassist,aswellasothers.BigbandsFindouttheeventsthatarerelatedtothefollowingtimeperiods.fromtheearly1930stotheearly1950sinthe1930sduringthe1950sby1949in1951in1954

Fromtheearly1930stotheearly1950sTraditionaljazzwentintoabitofdeclineandwasreplacebyswing.

Duringthe1950sR&Bchangedmodernmusicfurtherandledtowhatweknowasrockandroll.

Inthe1930sBigJoeTurnerstartedoutperformingwithswingbands.

In1951BigJoeTurnerreleasedtheveryfirstrockandrollsongcalled“Shake,RattleandRoll”.

In1954

ElvisPresleymadehisfirstmusicrecordingforPhilips’recordcompany.

By1949Thestartofanewmusicaltrendknownasrhythmandblues,orR&B,hadarisenasakindofmixtureofjazzandswing.

BigJoeTurnerSwingmusicisakindofjazzfor________.Swingmusicis_____thantraditionaljazzmusic.Swingmusicwasusuallyplayedindancehallsby“__________”,includingapianist,aviolinistandabassist,aswellasothers.Completetheoutlineofthispartdancingfasterbigbands_____isakindofmixtureofjazzandswing.R&Bincludedboth________andsaxophonesolos.R&Bdevelopedintowhatweknowas_____________.R&Bguitarrockandroll______________,ablackAmericansinger,isthoughttobeoneofthepioneersofrockandroll.SamPhilips,amusicpromoterfromMemphis,Tennessee,foundthatawhitemannamed____________couldsinglikeablackman.ElvisPresleyBigJoeTurnerElvisPresleyAnswerthequestionsabout

1960spopmusic.Whichbandwasthemostsuccessfulrockandrollbandofthe1960s?Whatis“Beatlemania”?TheBeatles.ThephenomenonthatmassesoffansoftheBeatleswelcomethisbandattheairport.

___________werethemostpopularrockandrollbandofthe1960s.TheBeatleshelpedmake________________populararoundtheworld.Completetheoutlineofthispart.TheBeatlesWesternpopmusicTheBeatles1.declinedecline可用作動詞和名詞。1)用作動詞時，有兩種含義。一是作不及物動詞，意為“下降，減少，衰落，接近尾聲”等；二是作及物或不及物動詞，意為“婉言拒絕”。Languagepoints如：Unemploymentdeclinedto4percentlastmonth.上個月失業(yè)率降至百分之四。Thisshowstheireconomyisdeclining.這說明他們的經濟正在衰退。Thedayisdeclining.時近黃昏。Shedeclinedtheirinvitation.她謝絕了他們的邀請。2)用作名詞，意為“下降，減少，衰落”等。如：Thereisadeclineinrealwages.實際工資有所減少。WearestudyingthedeclineofancientRome.我們在研究古羅馬的衰落。fallinto(a)decline開始衰落onthedecline/indecline走下坡路,在衰退中請用decline翻譯下面的句子。公司報告其利潤有所減少。Thecompanyreportedasmalldeclineinitsprofits.2.歐洲一些國家的人口正在減少。ThepopulationinsomeEuropeancountriesisonthe/indecline.2.draftdraft可以用作名詞和動詞。1)作名詞，意為“草稿，草圖，草案；匯票；征兵”等。如：Itismyspeechdraft.這是我的演講草稿。Hewenttothebanktocashadraft.他去銀行兌現(xiàn)一張匯票。Whenhewas18,hehadtoregisterforthedraft.當他18歲的時候，他不得不應征入伍。2.作動詞，意為“起草，草擬；征兵”等。如：Hedraftedaspeechforme.他給我起草了一篇演講稿。Herbrotherwasdraftedintothearmy.她哥哥應征入伍。請用decline翻譯下面的句子。你要我起草這個報告嗎?Wouldyoulikemetodraftthereport?2.他們起草了一份開幕詞。Theymadeoutadraftoftheopeningaddress.3.咱們把這篇稿子再過一遍。Let’sgooverthedraftonceagain.1.HewasablackAmericansingerwhohadstartedoutperformingwithswingbandsinthe1930s,andthenin1951,releasedtheveryfirstrockandrollsong,whichwascalled‘Shake,RattleandRoll’.(P30-31)1）句子結構分析：此句中，HewasablackAmericansinger是主句；難句解析whohadstartedout...and...released...是定語從句，其中第一個and連接定語從句中的兩個謂語部分，而后面的whichwascalled...又是定語從句中的非限制性定語從句，說明song的情況。2)語言知識分析：startout意為“開始從事，著手（某工作）”，后面接名詞、代詞、V-ing形式或動詞不定式作賓語；也可意為“最初想要，起初打算”，后面接動詞不定式作賓語。swingbands意為“搖擺樂樂隊”。句意為：他是一名美國黑人歌手，20世紀30年代開始在搖擺樂樂隊中演出。1951年，他發(fā)行了第一首真正的搖滾樂曲唱片《晃動、吵鬧和搖滾》。2.IntheUK,itwasfashionableforfanstowearthesameclothingastheBeatlesdid,andtogethaircutsthatmatchedtheirstyleaswell.(P31)1）句子結構分析：此句中，由and連接的兩個不定式短語作真正的主語；it是形式主語。在第一個不定式短語中，astheBeatlesdid是定語從句；在第二個不定式短語中，thatmatchedtheirstyleaswell是定語從句。2)語言知識分析：thesame...as...意為“和……一樣(同樣)”；match指“與……相同，相似，相一致”；a