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1、ConcertforDiana纪念戴安娜音乐会1ConcertforDiana纪念戴安娜音乐会ThePrincesPayTributetotheirMother两位王子登台致词Readthetextbelowanddotheactivitythatfollows.阅读下面的短文,然后完成练习:stth1July,2007wouldhavebeenthe46birthdayofDiana,PrincessofWales.th2007alsoseesthe10anniversaryofheruntimelydea
2、thinacaraccident.HertwosonsPrinceWilliamandPrinceHarrywereverykeentomarkthesetwooccasionsinsomeway,sotheycameupwiththeideaofaconcert.Theywantedahappyeventtocelebrateherlifeandaspecialconcertinmemoryoftheirmother,featuringherfavouritebands,seemedtherightwayt
3、odoit.stTheconcerttookplaceon1JulyatthebrandnewWembleyStadium.63,000peopleturneduptoseethesix-hourshow,whichwasbroadcastto140countriesaroundtheworld.14.8millionpeopleintheUKalonetunedintowatchtheextravaganza.EltonJohn,whoalsoplayedatDiana'sfuneral,openedthe
4、showwithhishitYourSong.AhostofotherstarsappearedincludingRodStewart,PDiddy,NellyFurtadoandTakeThattonamebutafew.TherewasalsoaperformancefromtheEnglishNationalBalletandstarsalsoperformedsongsfromfamousAndrewLloydWebbermusicals.Theprinceswatchedtheconcertwith
5、theirfriendsandtheywereseenontheirfeetdancing,clappingandsingingthroughouttheshow.PrinceWilliamandHarrytooktothestagetowardsthebeginningoftheshowtointroducewhatwastheirmother'sfavouriteband,1980sstarsDuranDuran.Theyalsocamebackattheendoftheconcerttothankeve
6、ryonewhohelpedtocelebrateDiana'slifewiththem.Williamtoldthecrowdithadbeen"themostperfectwaytorememberher,andthisishowshewouldwanttoberemembered."NelsonMandela,formerBritishPrimeMinisterTonyBlairandothersrecordedvideotributesandtheconcertendedwithvideofootag
7、efromDiana'schildhood.ProceedsfromtheconcertwillgotocharitiesthePrincesssupportedwhenshewasalive.2Glossary词汇表untimelydeath–过早地过世tomark–纪念cameupwiththeidea–提出这一inmemoryof–为了纪念……想法brandnew–崭新的turnedup–到场broadcast–转播tunedin–收视extravaganza–盛事hit–成功曲目ahostofothe
8、rstars–众多明星tonamebutafew–(在众多明星中)简单地列举几个ontheirfeet–站着tooktothestage–登台crowd–观众,众人former–前任PrimeMinister–首相videotributes–致词录像footage–录像proceeds–收益1.ReadingQuiz阅读测验Arethesesentencestrueorfalse?Circlethe