牛津上海高一版 下学期

Module 1 Unit 1 A trip to the theatre

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New words concert hall lift tone originally musician cellist violinist elevated elevate road drown out

New words machinery restore seat rail orchestra charm bring back to life the British Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

The concert hall which moved Look at the title and answer the questions: Do you know any concert halls or theatres? Do you know of any concert hall which was moved? Where did it move from and to? Why did it move? How was it move?

The concert hall which moved Read this cutting from a city guide for Shanghai to see how one concert hall was kept from destruction.

Answer the following questions using the information in the city guide. What was originally shown at the Shanghai Concert Hall? _________________________________________ 2. When did it first become a concert hall? 3. What had been built near the Shanghai Concert Hall? ___________________________________ ___________________ Films were shown there. It was changed into a concert hall in 1959. An elevated road had been built near the Shanghai Concert Hall.

4. Why was the Shanghai Concert Hall moved? ____________________________________ ___________________________________ 5. What was done to the Shanghai Concert Hall after it was moved? _______________________________________ 6. When did the Shanghai Concert Hall reopen? _________________ It was moved because the concerts were being drowned out by the noise of traffic. It was completely restored and made larger. On 1 October 2004.

Find words in the city guide to replace the italicized words in the sentences below. Write the words in the blanks. He could not hear his mother calling because the music was so loud that it was impossible to hear her voice. drowned out

originally rails charm 2. In the beginning, this restaurant was someone’s house. 3. Most trains travel on metal bars that are linked together. 4. Many people visit this city because of its attractive qualities. originally rails charm

5. He is one of the best people who play on instrument as their job in China. 6. The workers are using large machines to build the theatre. 7. The painting has been completely made to look the same as it looked before. musicians machinery restored

Discuss these questions with your classmates. Moving old buildings like the Shanghai Concert Hall can be very expensive. Do you think this is a good use of money? Why or why not? Think of some other famous buildings. Why are they unique or interesting? Should old buildings be preserved or are modern buildings better? Why?

Language points The building was old and needed repair. 音乐厅的建筑太旧，需要修缮。 句中的repair为名词，need后也可加动名词，即：need repairing 相当于need to be repaired : The building was old and needed repairing.

2. The noise of the traffic from the road drowned out the concerts. 道路交通的噪音压过了音乐会上的声音。 drown out 意思是“（其他声音）压过，淹没”如： The noise of karaoke from next door drowned out the little girl’s cry for help. 隔壁卡拉OK的声音淹没了小女孩的呼救声。

3. It was also made larger to seat more people. 它也被扩建以便容纳更多人。 seat “可坐…人”，如：The biggest stadium in this city can seat 80,000 people. seat “使（某人）就座”，如：He seated me in the front row. 他安排我在前排就座。

4. With new paint and a new location, the charm of the concert hall was brought back to life. 经过重新油漆和迁址，上海音乐厅重现了 往日的风采。 bring…back to life “使…恢复活力”, 如： The beautiful flowers brought the little room back to life. 美丽的鲜花使小房间恢复了生气。

Exercise The thief who had stolen my car was put into ____ prison last week. A. a B. the C. \ D. other 2. When Yao Ming was playing in the basketball match, a _____ audience cheered up for him. A. big B. large C. small D. number

3. The patient could no longer ____ the caner. He killed himself at last. A. suffer B. suffer from C. offer D. suffering 4. The shy girl are afraid ____ in class because she is afraid ____ laughed at. A. to sing, of being B. of singing, to be C. to sing, to be D. of singing, of being 5. Tom wasn’t willing to share the toy car with others. He wanted to keep it ____. A. for himself B. of himself C. by himself D. in himself