Unit 2　The universal language

词汇 cast vt.&vi. 选派角色；投射(光、影)；向......投以(视线、笑容)　dare vt.&vi.&aux. 敢于，胆敢　ask for somebody's hand in marriage (向女方)求婚　fall in love 相爱，坠入爱河　demand vt. 强烈要求；需要　n. 要求；需求scold vt. 训斥，责骂　opportunity n. 机遇，时机　personnel n. 人事部门；职员，全体人员　department n. 部，司，局，处，系　throat n. 咽喉，喉咙　motherland n. 祖国　bachelor n. 单身汉，未婚男子；学士　liberty n．自由　seek vt.&vi.试图，设法；寻找，寻求　prejudice n. 歧视　scream vi.尖叫，高声喊；呼啸　n．尖叫，尖锐刺耳的声音　break up 破裂，解散；破碎 句型 1.no，not，never等否定词与比较级连用，表达最高级含义

2．in order to do等作目的状语

3．并列复合句

4．while引导让步状语从句

5．be being done

6．过去分词短语作定语

7．wherever引导地点状语从句 语法 省略 写作 写一个人的生平 考向 否定词与比较级连用表达最高级；in order that；dare；leave；while；be being done；过去分词短语作定语；wherever；省略等 　　

　　YES，it's true：Pianist Lang Lang's successful career began with a Tom and Jerry cartoon.

　　"I was 2 years old，"Lang Lang told The Seattle Times in an interview in October."I was amazed that Tom could extend his fingers so much on the keys.He was playing Liszt's Hungarian Rhapsody，which I like to play now."

　　Celebrated as one of the great pianists of the time，Lang Lang,27，has become a classical music superstar.Last summer，he played for billions of TV viewers during the Olympics' Opening Ceremony in Beijing.

　　Lang was recently named Grammy Cultural Ambassador to China by the American Recording Academy to promote music education and cultural understanding between the two countries.

　　According to Gary Graffman，who tutored(指导)Lang at the Curtis Institute in Philadelphia，Lang Lang"has an ability to color music，to draw something out of the black notes on the page"．

　　"Watching him draw sound from a piano is like watching a sculptor(雕刻家)carving from stone a figure he knows is in there，"Graffman said.

　　Lang Lang is known for his wildly emotional stage style.Some love it，but it's not to the taste of those who think art should be understated(不夸张的)．

Lang insists there is no calculation(深思熟虑)in the way he plays."If you are determined to