1．musical　　　 音乐的

　　2．scholarship 奖学金

　　3．violinist 小提琴家

　　4．compose 作(诗、曲)

　　5．lose one's sight 失明

　　6．create 创作

　　7．works 作品

　　8．composer 作曲家

　　9．discourage sb.from doing sth. 阻止某人做某事

　　10．keep on doing sth. 继续做某事

　　11．in the history of... 在......历史上

　　Ⅱ.巧用单元句式、语法

　　(一)完成句子

　　1．九岁时，他失去了母亲，第二年他的父亲去世了。(and连接并列句)

　　At the age of nine，he lost his mother，and the next year his father died．

　　2．小时候，他靠奖学金上学，1702年毕业。(when引导时间状语从句)

　　When he was young，he went to school on a scholarship and graduated in 1702.

　　3．不幸的是，晚年他双目失明。(it作形式主语)

　　It was unfortunate that he lost his sight completely in his later life.

　　4．然而，他仍坚持创作了很多作品。

　　However，he still kept on creating many works．

　　(二)句式升级

　　5．用状语从句的省略形式改写句2

　　When young，he went to school on a scholarship and graduated in 1702.

　　6．用unfortunately一词改写句3

　　Unfortunately，he lost his sight completely in his later life.