小组成员崔彩彩王艳解振谢向向王小兵.ppt

1、小组成员： 崔彩彩 王 艳 解 振 谢向向 王小兵,勇敢的芭蕾舞星,Brave Ballerina,On the fateful night in 1930 when the first Ger-man bombs fell on Poland , young Nina Novak , one of Polands most promising dancers , was perform-ing in the Opera House in Warsaw . Two days later the Opera House was destroyed by bombs .Ninas whole li

2、fe had been devoted to ballet . Now her wor-ld collapsed around he.In the dark years that follow-ed , it seemed that she would never dance again , much less become one of the worlds leading balle-rinas .But Nina had courage and a dream that be-gan when she was very young,Translation,Nina was born in

3、 Warsaw and spent the early years of her childhood there.Her first school-teacher noticed little Ninas grace and told her she should study dancing .Nina delightedly reported the teach-ers words at home, but her mother fought the idea , saying that no daughter of hers was going to be a dancer. Nina,

4、however, was a determined child .She had made up her mind to be a really great ballerina no matter what the cost, and she worked toward th-is goal with her whole being. She coaxed and raged until her mother finally gave in and let her enroll at the Polish Opera Ballet School,Translation,Her first ap

5、pearance on stage came three years later, when she was allowed to dance the part of a slave girl in the opera Aida . Shortly after this , Nina became a real professional , dancing for two years as prima ballerina of the Childrens Ballet of Warsaw,Translation,When she was thirteen , she was taken int

6、o the Polish Opera Company . She was the youngest dancer ever to become a member of its corps de ballet . The follow-ing year, she started out with the company on a long European tour . She spent two exciting years dancing in the capitals of Europe , and she rose from her humble place in the corps d

7、e ballet all the way to soloist,Translation,She had just returned to Warsaw after this tour when the Polish State Ballet was invited to dance at the Worlds Fair in New- York early in 1929. But while she was danc-ing gaily in New York , war clouds were darkening over her native country . Nina had bee

8、n home for only a month when Hitler marched into Poland,Translation,The invading Germans decreed that anyone who did not have a job would be sent to a work camp . At great risk , Nina refused to dance at the large theater that the Germans had taken over. Instead , she joined a group of Polish dancer

9、s in a small, ill-equipped theater where they gave per-formances only for their own countrymen,Translation,The dark years of World War wore on, One by one, the members of Ninas large and wealthy family were arrested and sent to concentration camps . Her adored older brother was taken first , then he

10、r father , then Nina and her other brothers and sisters . They were separated and sent to di-fferent camps . Nina frantically asked for news of her family from each new prisoner who came to her camp . Dreary months dragged by before the tragic news reached her that her beloved brother had been kille

11、d for anti-Nazi activities . Her father, too, was dead - of starvation,Translation,Dazed with grief , she no long-er cared whether she lived or died. Six months later , when liberating troops arrived and threw open the prison gates , she was so thin that she could hardly walk,Translation,Barely awar

12、e that the war was over , Nina listlessly began to pick up the threads of her life . She was re-united with what was left of her fa-mily , and they tried to make some sort of life for themselves in war-torn Poland,Translation,She began to feel vague stirrings of the old, fami-liar desire to dance, b

13、ut she was still too depressed and weak to practice . her younger brother tried to encourage her . He began to practice with her, and soon they had built up a charming little dance rou-tine of their own . Together they found dancing en-gagements in many Warsaw night spots . The fami-ly decided that

14、the best future for Nina as a dancer was in the United States , and they started saving money for her to make the trip,Translation,Nina arrived in New York in 1947 a slight girl whose tragic dark eyes held the only hint of the heartbreak she had been through. She set about learning to speaking Engli

15、sh and took intensive ballet lessons to retrain her still-frail body . She applied for a position in the corps de ballet of the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo in 1948 , and was accepted . She worked hard , determined to rise to the top . Four years later , she had made the grade she was the top-ranking

16、 ballerina with the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo,Translation,The bitter war had brought Nina heartbreak and had driven her to the verge of physical co-llapse , But in spite of this , she says today , ” Always in life , I have luck I really have luck .” She insists that it was luck that brought her tw

17、o of her greatest roles . The first was Swanilda in Coppelia . Nina danced that role on three days notice when the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo was in Chicago. Replacing Danilova, who was ill, she danced so well that she got rave notices from the Chicago critics,Translation,It was luck again , accord

18、ing to Nina , that brought her the role in Mute Wife for which she is best known. The leading ballerina had an argument with the choreographer and walked out . Nina stepped in,Translation,She has won a leading role in almost every ballet of the Ballet Russe. Still dri-ven by ambition , she is so ded

19、icated to her profession that nothing else matters to her . Nina Novak has taken for her creed the words of her teacher of long ago : “ If people tell you that you cannot dance , do not believe them , for you can. But if they say that you are wonderful , do not believe them either , for you must al-

20、ways improve .,Translation,coax kuks 1.哄, 用好话劝说vt. She coaxed her son into going to school. 她哄儿子上学。 2.巧言骗取 He coaxed extra money from his father. 他用甜言蜜语骗他父亲额外给他钱,Back,decree dikri: 1.命令, 法令, 政令,判决n. They had to obey the decree that beards be shaved off. 他们只得服从剃光胡须的法令。 2.命令, 裁决; 颁布为法令vt. The Queen ha

21、s decreed her order. 女王已经颁布了她的命令,Back,dreary driri 阴沉的, 忧郁的；令人厌烦的; 单调的; 枯燥的adj. It was the dreariest job I had ever done. 那是我所做过的最沉闷的工作,Back,vague vei 1.模糊的adj. He had a vague idea of finding Anne and explaining it all to her. 他隐约觉得要去找安妮, 向她解释所发生的一切。 2.不具体的; 不精确的 Our holiday plans are still rather v

22、ague. 我们的度假计划仍然没有明确,Back,wear on 基本释义:(时间)慢慢过去 wear away 1.磨损, 磨掉, 侵蚀 The inscription has worn away and can no longer be read. 铭F文已磨损, 无法辨认了。 2.消逝; 衰退 The year is wearing away,Back,set about 1.开始做(某事) We set about our task at once with great enthusiasm. 我们立刻兴致勃勃地干起来。 2.攻击, 抨击(某人) He would certainly

23、defend himself if anybody sets about him. 要是有谁攻击他, 他当然会进行自卫的,Back,step in 干涉, 介入 The police are reluctant to step in. 警察不愿插手干预,Back,1930年，在德国的第一颗炸弹投向波兰的那个决定性的夜晚，年轻的妮娜诺瓦克正在华沙歌剧院演出，她是波兰最具潜力的舞蹈家之一，两天后歌剧院被炸毁。妮娜的一生都致力于芭蕾舞事业，现在她的事业处于低谷。在接下来那黑暗的几年中，似乎她再也不能跳舞了，更不用说成为世界上顶尖的芭蕾舞演员。但是妮娜很勇敢，并且在幼年时就开始了她的梦想之旅,Back

24、,妮娜生于华沙，在那里度过了她的童年。她的第一个教师发现她有跳舞的天赋，并且说她应该学舞蹈。回家后妮娜欣喜地宣告了老师的话，但她母亲反对这个想法，说她的女儿不能做舞者。然而，妮娜是一个有决心的孩子，她已经下定决心不惜一切代价成为一个真正的芭蕾舞星，她的整个人生都在朝着这个目标努力。她软硬兼施直到她母亲让步，终于让她进入波兰歌剧芭蕾舞学校学习,Back,三年后，她在歌剧阿伊达中饰演的一个奴隶女孩是她首次在舞台上亮相。之后不久，妮娜成为一个专业舞者，作为首席女演员，她在华沙儿童芭蕾舞团工作了两年。 十三岁那年，她成为波兰歌剧团伴舞队中年龄最小的演员。第二年，她开始跟随公司在欧洲进行长期巡回演出。她

25、在欧洲的各个首都度过的两年愉快的舞蹈生活，使她从伴舞队的卑微地位中脱颖而出，成为一个独立的舞者,Back,Back,1929年初，就在波兰国家芭蕾舞团被邀请到纽约，在世界博览会上演出时，她刚刚演出结束回到华沙。然而，战争的乌云正笼罩着她的祖国的时候，她正在纽约全情演出。当希特勒进军波兰时，妮娜刚回到家一个月。 入侵的德国军队法令，任何没有工作的人都将被送到一个劳动基地。妮娜冒着极大的风险，拒绝了在德国军队控制的大剧院里跳舞。相反，她却加入一个规模小，且设施简陋的波兰舞队，在这里他们仅给自己的同胞演出,Back,Back,二战的黑暗年代慢慢过去，妮娜原本富有的家族成员一个接一个的被逮捕，并发配到集中营。首先被逮捕的是她最喜欢的哥哥，然后她父亲，接下来是妮娜和其他的兄弟姐妹。他们被分开，发送到不同的营地。妮娜疯狂地向每个新囚犯询问有关她家庭的消息。在她得知心爱的哥哥因