高二英语精品课件：UNIT2 THE UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE-PROJECT（牛津译林版选修8）.ppt

1、Unit 2The universal languageProjectMaking a web pageFast readingWhat kinds of music are mentioned in this passage?Five kinds of music are mentioned in the passage and they are early jazz,swing,rhythm and blues,rock and roll as well as pop music.Please go through the passage and complete the tablesty

2、lerepresentative instrumentearly jazzswingR&Brock and rollPop musicPlease go through the passage and complete the tablestylerepresentativeinstrumentearly jazzswingR&Brock androllPop musicimprovised solo performanceLouis Armstrongtrumpetstrong rhythmintended for dancingpiano,violin,bassmixture of jaz

3、z and swingsaxophone,guitarBig Joe TurnerElvis PresleyBeatlesLouis ArmstrongI see trees of green,red roses too I see them bloom for me and you and I think to myself what a wonderful world.I see skies of blue and clouds of white the bright blessed day,the dark sacred night and I think to myself what

4、a wonderful world.the colors of the rainbow so pretty in the sky are also on the faces of people going by I see friends shaking hands saying how do you do theyre really saying I love you.I hear babies cry,I watch them grow theyll learn much more than Ill never know and I think to myself what a wonde

5、rful world yes I think to myself what a wonderful world.What a wonderful worldBeatlesElvis PresleyDo you know the father of jazz in China?Cui JianSkim the information of Cui Jian:A lot has happened since 1986.His rendition in May of that year of Nothing To My Name at a packed Workers Stadium concert

6、 in Beijing is a moment many of those present will never forget.He was subsequently thrown out of the Beijing Symphony Orchestra,where he had been playing trumpet.His performance for demonstrators in Tiananmen Square in 1989 has long since become the stuff of legend in China and beyond.Hes been call

7、ed the Chinese Rock guru,The Father of Chinese Rock and Roll,even the Chinese Bob Dylan.And all because he picked up a guitar aged 19 and started to make music which,as he terms it,touched a part of me.Language points1.The origin of early jazz are anchored in the folk songs of black Americans from t

8、he period of slavery.anchor n.锚anchor v.下锚；停泊Early jazz originated from the folk songs of black Americans from the period of slavery2.The improvised solo performance became an essential part of every jazz song.improvise v.即席而作essential adj.基本的,必要的，不可少的The improvised solo performance played an comple

9、tely necessary role in every jazz song.3.A poor white boy named Elvis Presley turned out to be the answer to Philips prayers.prayer n.祈祷Finally,a poor white boy named Elvis Presley became the right person to meet Philips requirement.4.This left the way clear for a new frontier of pop music stars to come forward in the 1960s.frontier n.国界，边界This removed the obstacles for the rise of pop music stars in the 1960s.5.Beatles have almost universal appeal today.appeal n.1.恳请 2.上诉 3.吸引力Today,Beatles still have overwhelming charm throughout the world.