2. Unit 1 A trip to the theatre Module 1

3. Reading

4. New words

5. Warm up Look at the picture of an opera house, what can you see in it? orchestra audience conductor stage singer

6. phantom opera house mask Guess work

7. monster kidnap audience Guess work

8. rescue suffering beneathforcewander fall in love withrolecapture pull offbe shocked at feel sorry for burst in release

9. Ask and answer 1.Have you ever been to an opera house? 2.What can you see in an opera house?

10. Sydney Opera House Lincoln Center-Metropolitan Opera House Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre Do you know them?

11. Before reading the text, answer these questions to get the main idea. 1.Who wrote it? 2.When and where did the story happen? 3.What did the Phantom look like? 4.What is the story probably about?

12. Listen and think about the text:

13. The Pairs Opera House was a huge building. Beneath the building there was a strange, dark lake. On this lake was an island. On that island, one hundred yeas ago, lived the Phantom. Read the two paragraph quickly and finish the exercises.

14. No woman had never touched the Phantom before. Christine’s kiss made him cry with joy. He released Raoul, and told him to take Christine to safety. By now, a group of people had reached the Phantom’s house. They hurst in, ready to kill him. At that moment the Phantom disappeared and was never seen again.

15. 1.When did the story happen? 2. This story is probable ________. a. true b. not true 3. The Phantom is probably _________. a. an animal b. a man c. a young woman 4. What happened to the Phantom in the end? One hundred years ago. b b He disappeared and was never seen again.

16. Scan the story to see whether these statements are true. For true statements circle T, and for false statements circle T. 1.The Phantom was born on an island on a lake under the Pairs Opera House. 2.The Phantom’s mother was cruel to him. 3.At first, the Phantom was kind to Christine and helped her. 4.Raoul saved Christine from the Phantom. F T F T

17. Look at these pictures and try to retell the story.

18. Find the words and phases in the story, and use them to complete the conversations. Change the form of the verbs as necessary. fall in love with, be shocked at, cry with joy, opera haouse, audience, pull off

19. 1. Tom: That story was really strange. Mary: Yes. I can’t believe the girl ______________ the horrible man. 2. Jane: Can you tell me how to get to the museum? Paul: Turn left and go up the road. The museum is next to the _____________. fell in love with opera haouse

20. 3. Robert: The ________ seemed to really enjoy that film. Joe ： Yes, many people____________ when the hero returned at the end. 4.Claire: Did you hear what happened? Our holiday has been cancelled because of the bad weather. Alice: Yes. I _______________ the news. 5. David: We have been walking for more than five hours! Joy: I know. I can’t wait to get home and ________ these shoes. pull off was shocked at audiences cried with joy

21. Use the words in the box to complete the newpaper article below. Change the form of the verbs as necessary. take…to safety, burst in, beneath, capture, wander, kidnap, rescue, force

22. Police Free Boy Police announced that John Wilson, aged 9, is now safe. Wilson was _________ two days ago. He was last seen _________ near Bakers Hill. Three men held Wilson in a secret room _______ the floor of an empty house, and ______ him to write a letter to his parents asking for $ 100, 000. However, the police found out where the men were and made a plan to _______ John. Soon, lots of armed police ________ and freed him. They _________ all three of the men, and _______ John _________. kidnapped wandering beneath forced rescue burst in captured to safety took

23. Important sentences

24. 1. On this lake was an island. On that island, one hundred years ago, lived the Phantom. 湖上有一个小岛。在一百年前，岛上住着一个幽灵。 on this lake, on that island 是表示地点的介 词短语，在句中作状语，置于句首时，引 起倒装，即谓语动词位于主语前。 eg: On the ground lay a boy. 地上躺着一个男孩。

25. 2. At birth he was so ugly that his own mother made him wear a mask. 因为他出生时长得太难看，他的亲生母亲 只得给他戴上面具。 so...that… 是引导结果状语从句的连接词， 表示因什么的原因，产生了什么样的后果： eg: It is so cold outside that we can’t go to school without thick coat. 外面的天气实在是太冷了，没有厚厚的大衣 我们都不敢去上学。

26. 3. He often sang to her late at night, hiding behind a secret wall in her room because he was afraid of letting her see his face. (2) letting 为动名词，作介词 of 的宾语。如： She is good at painting. (1) hiding behind a secret wall in her room 现在分词短语在句中作伴随状语。

27. 4. Only one man was brave to follow. brave enough to…“ 足够勇敢去（做某事） ” a: enough 为形容词， “ 足够的 ” ， enough + 名词 to… I have enough time to do this work. b: 形容词或副词＋ enough to… He was old enough to make his own living.

28. What does each of the six paragraphs in the story describe? Write the letter of the correct statement in each blank.

29. Paragraph 1. ______ Paragraph 2. ______ Paragraph 3. ______ Paragraph 4. ______ Paragraph 5. ______ Paragraph 6. ______ a describes how Christine learnt to feel sorry for the Phantom. b describes how the Phantom kidnapped Christine and captured Raoul c describes the Phantom letting Christine and Raoul go d talks about the Phantom and his life e tells us where the Phantom lived f talks about what the Phantom did for Christine e d f b a c

30. The sentences below are about the Phantom. Arrange them in the correct order by numbering them from 1 to 9.

31. a He disappeared. b He fell in love with Christine. c He was kissed by Christine. d His mother forced him to leave home. e He kidnapped Christine. f He sang to Christine. g He captured Raoul. h He released Raoul. i He went to live on the island. ( ) 9 3 7 1 5 4 6 8 2

32. Read the statements below. For true statements circle T, and for false statement circle F. F F T T F F T F

33. Exercise

34. 1.B________ the building there was a strange, dark lake. 2.Her absence c________ my attention. 3.The film will be r_________ to all the theatres next week. 4.A group of people b______ into the Phantom’s house, ready to kill him. 5.The Shanghai Concert Hall was completely r________ after its being moved. Complete the sentences with the first letter given. eneath aptured oled urst eleased

35. 1.The beggar has no place to go and spends all days __________ in the street. (wander) 2.Our printing workshop was _________ very small. (original) 3.The firefighters took the residents to ______, the moment they arrived on the scene. (safe) Complete the sentences with a related form of the words in brackets. wandering originally safety

36. 4. Yo-Yo Ma, one of the world’s top ________, played there. ( music) 5. On hearing the cry for help from the river, he jumped into the river and saved the ________ man. (drown) 6. Our business has _______ from lack of investment. (suffering) musician drowning suffered

37. ____ ____ ( 出生时 ), the Phantom was so ugly that his mother made him ____ _____ ____( 带面具 ). He ___ ___ _____ ( 对 …… 一 见钟情 ) with Christine, a beautiful young singer at the Opera, but he ___ ____ ____( 害怕 ) letting her see his face. However, the Phantom wanted Christine___ _______( 为他自己所有 ). Fill in the blanks according to the text. Atbirth weara maskfellinlove wasafraidof for himself

38. He _________( 绑架 ) her from the stage. Only Raoul was ____ ______ ( 够勇敢 ) to rescue Christine, but the Phantom ___ him ____ ____ ( 把 他关了起来 ). After Christine _____ _____( 撕下了 ) the mask of the Phantom, she ___ ________ ___( 感到震 惊 ) his face at first, and then she ___ ___ ____( 同 情 ) his suffering. She gentaly kissed his face. kidnapped brave enough put into prison pulled off wasshockedat felt for sorry