福建省长乐第一中学高中英语《Unit 5 Music 知识点总结》新人教版必修2

Unit five

1．form 1) n. the pattern or nature of anything; sth. that gives the shape (to sth.)

2) v. give shape to; develop by instruction; to construct, make or produce

Churches are often built in the form of a cross.

To apply for a job, you must fill out a form.

The design is formed with triangles

He forms the habit of getting up early.

We formed a club.

2. attractive adj. able to attract; exciting interest or pleasure; good looking The girl has attractive eyes.

The picture drawn by Xu Beihong is very attractive to the visitors.

3. perform v. to do or carry out; to act in a play; to play music before public

The young doctor performed the heart operation.

The students will perform an opera next Friday.

The soloist had never performed in London before.

Our team performed well in the match yesterday.

4. ability n. skill; capability or power to do sth.

She did the work to the best of her ab ility.

He is a man of great ability.

The acting abilities of both are well-known.

5. advertisement n. public note (esp. in newspaper or TV) to arouse the public’s

attention about a product or idea

Advertisement helps to sell goods.

You can always see a lot of advertisements in the newspaper.

Your job is dealing with advertisements.

6. musician n. someone who is talented at composing or performing music

He wants to be a great musician in the future.

Her mother’s friend, Miss Chen, is a well- known musician.

It seems that musicians always keep long hair.

7. re putation n. great opini on about a person’s character; state of being respected

The store has an excellent reputation for fair dealing.

This restaurant has a fine reputation.

Cheating in the game ruined that player's reputation.

8. sort 1) n. kind; person or specified personality

2) v. arrange according to different categories such as class, kind or size

All sorts of lamps are available in that shop.

That's j ust the sort of thing I want.

They sort apples by size.

Can't you sort the good from the bad?

9. clap 1) n. the action or sound of hands-clapping; a high-pitch noise of thunder 2) v. to strike together with hands

They gave the speaker a clap.

A clap of thunder reverberated through the house.

The audience clapped the pianist heartily.

10. roll 1) n. sth rolled up, such as paper; things with this shape; list of names 2) v. to move by turning over and over; to form into cylindrical or spherical

shape; (of earth) to extend as in a wave; (to cause to) sound with long,

vibrating tone; to sway

Please buy a roll of film for me.

The roll of thunder was deafening.

She rolled up her sleeves and began to prepare for supper.

The truck rolled on at full speed.

The coin rolled under the bed.

The boat rolled badly.

11. saying

a well-known wise statement

“There is no smoke without fire”, as the saying goes.

Read some of the following sayings, then write your own famous quote about music and what it means to you.

Useful expressions

dream of \ about (doing) sth

imagine sth would come true

Have you ever dreamt of being in front of thousands of people at a concert, w ith everyone clapping and enjoyi ng your s inging?

He dreams of becoming a sailor.

He got the first place this time, but he never dreamt about that.

1.be honest with

tell what exactly what one thinks

to be frank with

If we are honest with ourselves, most of us have dreamed of being famous.

I shall be quite honest with you.

If you are honest with others, they will help you a lot.

2.play a joke on \ with sb = play jokes on \ with sb

The musician of whom the bank was formed played jokes on each other as well as played music.

They were playing jokes on each other while drinking.

Take it easy, he is only playing a joke with you.

3.or so

It'll only cost 15 dollars or so.

There were twenty or so.

Our manager will be back in a month or so.

4.break up

go away in different directions

However, the bank broke up in about 1970, but reunited in the mid-1980s.

The police tried to break up the crowd.