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1、外研版 高二年级(选修6) Module 4,英语课件,Porgy And Bess,Porgy and Bess 波吉与贝丝 (乞丐与荡妇) start life 起源 put together 创造、建造 production cn.影视作品, 演出或广播节目 Broadway n. 百老汇(纽约市的主要戏院区,位 于百老汇大街及附近一带) put on 上演 The actor put on a fine performance. cast cn. (全体)演员 Afro-American adj. n.美国黑人(的) cowrite vt. 合著 cowriter n.合作者 hit
2、n. 成功、红极一时的人或物 miss n. 失败,deal with 处理, 对付; 论述, 涉及 The man is hard to deal with. It is becoming increasingly difficult to deal with the problems of traffic in big cities. His latest work deals with the Second World War. rhymes and rhythms 韵律和节奏 Negro n. 黑人 (-es) superstition /su:pstin/ n. 迷信, 盲目恐惧 r
3、eligious fervour /f:v/ 宗教虔诚, 宗教热诚 misery /mizri/ n. 痛苦, 不幸, 悲惨 high spirits 快乐, 欢欣,Porgy and Bess started life as a novel by Dubose Heyward called Porgy, about the life of African Americans in Charleston. 波吉与贝丝源于杜博斯海沃德关于查尔斯顿非裔美国人生活的小说波吉。 At first it wasnt easy to put on the production, because it ne
4、eded an all-black cast at a time when Afro-American actors were banned from performing. 起初，要上演这部作品并不容易。因为它需要在这样一个美国黑人被禁止演出的年代找一名纯黑人演员。,Porgy and Bess deals with the rhymes and rhythms of Negro life in America. It combines elements that have never before appeared as melodies. 波吉与贝丝讲述了美国黑人生活的旋律和节奏。它将以
5、前从没有作为旋律的形式出现的元素结合在了一起。 It soon became a classic of modern American music, and the songs have become standards. 它很快成为美国现代音乐经典，其歌曲已经成为标准曲目。,Listen and check your answers to Activity 1.,1. novel 2. composer 3. book 4. opera 5. Theatre 6. all-black 7. banned from performing 8. depressing 9. hit 10. mel
6、odies,Answer the questions.,1. What do you think porgy and Bess is about?,2. Do you think Porgy and Bess is opera, jazz or classical music?,It is about the ups and downs of black American life in the early 20th century.,jazz,3. What is a “classic of modern American music”?,4. Why do you think it too
7、k a long time to put on the show?,the opera Porgy and Bess,Because black actors were not allowed to perform and they had to use white actors.,5. What do you think porgy and Bess is about?,6. What was the effect of the reviews?,No, it received bad reviews at first.,Gershwin died without seeing the op
8、era become successful.,7. Do you think you would enjoy Porgy and Bess? Can you think of a similar Chinese Opera?,cathedral 大教堂 push ones way through a crowd 从人群中挤过去 a quartet of 四人一组的, 四件一套的 slide away 溜走 be grateful for/to/that 感激的, 感谢的 (=thankful) I am grateful to you for your help. brief adj. 短暂的
9、, 简短的 Lets keep this conversation brief; I have a plane to catch. In brief, your work is bad. (简而言之),affair 公事, 政事; 个人私事, 财政问题(常用复数); 事务, 事情; 事件, 丑闻 the Watergate Affair I am not prepared to discuss my financial affairs with the press. We must try to forget this sad affair. love affairs 恋爱, 风流韵事 con
10、sciously ad. 有意识地, 自觉地 pavement (Br.E) = sidewalk (Am.E)人行道 gang n. 帮, 伙, 群 a gang of 一帮, 一伙, 一群,ignore /ign:/ vt. 不顾, 忽视, 不理睬 I tried to tell her but she ignored me. Prague /prg/ 布拉格(捷克共和国首都) Milan / miln/ 米兰 (意大利北部城市) the Andes /ndi:z/ 安第斯山脉 regulate vt. 控制, 管理, 调整, 调节 The prices are regulated by
11、demand and supply. care n. 烦恼, 忧虑 context n.语境, 上下文,All contributions are voluntary, no one has to pay, but the crowd shrinks as some people slide away. 所有捐助都是出于自愿，没有人非掏钱不可。但是，随着一些人悄悄走开，人群缩小了。 In downtown Tokyo, young couples eat popcorn and dance to the music of a rockabilly band, which plays Ameri
12、can music from the Fifties. 在东京市中心，年轻的情侣们一边吃着爆米花，一边随着一个乡村摇滚乐团演奏的五十年的美国音乐翩翩起舞。,The street musician is keeping alive a culture which has almost disappeared in our busy, organised, and regulated lives: the sound of music when you least expect it. 街头音乐家保持了一种在我们的紧张忙碌、组织有序和一成不变的生活中已近乎消失的文化的生机：在你最意想不到的时候听到
13、的音乐的声音。 It only exists in the present, it only has meaning in the context. It needs space. 它只存在于当前，也只有在情境中才具有意义。它需要存活的空间。,如果说音乐剧是雅俗共赏的音乐形 式，那么歌剧则是阳春白雪。但这一 部Gershwin的经典作品，应该属于哪 种类型，确实让人迷惑。它产生之初 是在百老汇剧院上演的，其中优美的 黑人民谣、蓝调、爵士乐，使它成为,波吉和贝丝 Porgy and Bess,当代音乐剧的不朽佳作。但剧中壮丽 的乐队及合唱队、代替对白的宣叙 调，以及你去买该剧的唱片时，恐怕 得在
14、古典音乐或歌剧柜台才买得到 它，又使它象一部歌剧。而且确实它 也常被称为美国第一部正宗的歌剧。,这个迷没有答案，Gershwin他的本 意恐怕就是如此。比如他的另几部 著名作品：1924年的“蓝色狂想 曲”、1928年的“一个美国人在巴 黎”，就既是严肃音乐，又创造性 地运用了爵士风情和黑人音乐文化。 没有答案有什么关系呢？,正是他，这位思想解放、始终关注 黑人文的音乐天才，将黑人民谣及 其综合产物：拉格泰姆、摇滚、蓝 调、爵士正式提升到了美国音乐的 象征的地位。,“波吉和贝丝”的故事发生在鲶鱼镇，黑人们在这里生活。一开始在酒馆中，几对黑人男女在蓝调钢琴的伴奏下激情起舞。这时，克拉拉在家里唱起
15、著名的摇篮曲“夏令时光”(Summertime)，院子里，黑人们边赌钱，边唱起美妙的民谣,“Oh, nobody knows when the lawd is goin to call“。稍后醉醺醺的克劳恩带着贝丝进来，也参加赌钱，并发生争斗，克劳恩失手杀了人逃走。只有瘸子波吉愿收留贝丝。第二天葬礼上，贝丝唱起了优美的“走向天国”，由于贝丝的,到来，波吉变化很多，他幸福地唱起 “噢，我得到了许多。”。但逃到小 岛上的克劳恩在台风中又回来找贝 丝，波吉杀死了他。当被警察带走的 波吉因证据不足被释放回来时，发现,贝丝已经被卖毒品的彼得带到纽约去 了。波吉不知道纽约在哪里，但他相 信只要她活着，他一
16、定可以找回她， 于是，他唱着“噢，上帝，我上路 了”，开始了漫长的寻找之路。,Language points in Listening:,spread (v.) 过去式spread 过去分词spread 做动词时, 经常跟介词through搭配 e.g.: 大火很快蔓延了全城。 The fire spread through the whole of the town.,消息很快传遍了全城。 The news spread through the town. spread (n.) 扩展，扩张，伸展 做名词时，经常跟介词of搭配 e.g.: 翅膀的伸展 the spread of wings 流行感冒的蔓延 the spread of influenza,2. rob (vt. / vi.) (1) (vt.) 抢劫，盗窃 e.g.: 抢银行 rob a bank (2) 用于 rob sb. of sth. 抢走/剥夺 某 人的某样东西,e.g.: 小偷偷了我的
