牛津英语高一(上) chapter one.pdf

Chapter One

The Phantom of the Opera

Period 1

Background Note

The Paris Opera House was built between 1861 and 1875., and it does have a lake of water underneath it.

The French writer Gaston Leroux wrote his novel The Phantom of the Opera in 1911. This story of a mad musical genius and an innocent girl became very popular, and has inspired at least four film versions. The excellent stage musical (music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, Lyrics by Charles Hart) was first performed in London in 1986 and has now appeared in many other big cities.

Skimming and Scanning

Period 2~3

Reading

Words and Expressions

1.phantom n.---a mysterious figure; a spirit 幽灵，鬼魂

a phantom ship

2.opera house n.--- a big theatre especially for opera, which is a form of art in which

there is a play but all the words are sun，not spoken 歌剧院

3.ugly adj.--- unpleasant to look at; extremely unattractive 丑陋 (anti. Beautiful)

(plain: female’s not good-looking face)

ugly smell/ sky/ duckling (丑小鸭)/ customer

4.mask n.---something which covers most of your face 面具

The robbers all wore masks so that no one could recognize them.

5.force v. ---make (someone do something, against their will) 迫使，强迫

force sb. to do sth.=force sb. into doing

force/ get/ expect/ want sb. to do sth.

make/ let/ have sb. do sth.

forced landing紧急迫降

n．[U] by force凭暴力

[C] forces军队武装

the forces of a country； the air forces

the Royal Air Forces of Great Britain

6.Strong enough to kill with his hands, and yet he loved music and sang with a wonderful voice.

强壮得足以徒手杀戮, 然而他还酷爱音乐,并能用美秒的嗓音歌唱.

But/ and yet表示转折 He is old, and yet he he jogs every day.

Though he was strong enough to kill with his hands, he loves music and sang with a wonderful voice. Unable to work out the problem, John turned to his teacher for help. (形容词短语作状语)

7.power: n. ability to control to control sb. or sth.

能力: the power of hearing/ to imitate human words

out of/beyond one’s power 力所不及

权利, 支配力: come into power执政; political power政权;

fight for powder争权; power politics

强国: Japan is among the great economic powers in the world.

有影响的人: He is a power in this town.

动力: electric power, water power

gain/ get/ lose power over

gain one’s respect/ wealth/ experience/

8.role n. a part in a play or film

Charles Liang played the role of Harmlet in our school play.

a leading role; the main role