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1、VOCABULARY AND LISTENING Porgy and BessPorgy and BessI. Words Learning:start life = come into being 始于始于 Charleston t:lstnn. misery n. 痛苦痛苦查爾斯頓查爾斯頓(美國(guó)西弗吉尼亞州首府美國(guó)西弗吉尼亞州首府 )libretto libret n.(歌劇等的歌劇等的)劇本劇本 lyrics n. 歌詞歌詞melody n. 旋律旋律 superstition n. 迷信迷信 cast n. = all actors and actresses Negro = blac

2、k peoplefervor n. 熱情；熱切熱情；熱切 put on 上演上演 element n. 要素要素 Porgy and Bess is an opera, first performed in 1935, with music by George Gershwin, libretto by DuBose Heyward, and lyrics by Ira Gershwin and DuBose Heyward. Read the passage on page 47 and finish Activity 1.vocabulary and listening.mp3 Check

3、 the answers: novel/ folk song soloist/ composer book/ play opera/ concert theatre/ conservatory all-black/ all-white allowed to perform/ banned from performing excellent/ depressing reviews hit/ miss melodies/ poetry1. Choose the best words to complete the passage.2. Listen and check your answers t

4、o Activity 1.3. ANSWER THE QUESTIONS:1. Whats Porgy and Bess about?2. Why did it take a long time to put on the show?The life of African Americans in Charleston.Because black actors were not allowed to perform and they had to use white actors.3. Was the show an immediate success?4. Whats the effect

5、of the review? Gershwin died without seeing the opera became successful.No. It received bad reviews at first.SUMMARY OF THE PASSAGE: Porgy and Bess, a _ by Dubose,started_ about the life of African Americans in Charleston. George Gershwin, a_,together with his brother and the writer made it a good o

6、pera. It soon became aclassic, especially “Summertime” and “I Got Plenty of Nothing” have become _,particularly for the jazz repertoire.novellifecomposerstandards At first it wasnt easy to put on the _because Afro-American actors were _from performing and Gershwin didnt want itdone with white actors

7、 _ _ like blacks. At first the opera received depressing _ but it became an extraordinary _. Porgy and Bess combines elements that have never before appeared as _ and it shows the misery and the high spirits of black Americans in the early 2oth century.productionbannedmade upreviewshitmelodiesENJOY THE SONGS Summertime I Got Plenty of Nothing