资料简介
Revision of Unit 1
1. Many people were g_______ enough to
donate enough money to the people in the
disaster regions.
2. The play is an a_________ of a short novel.
4. He was v_____ about his looks, spending
hours in the gym.
5. Prisoners reported being regularly
a_________ by their guards.
6. Keep a c_________ tongue in your head!
Don’t speak rudely.
enerous
daptation
ain
bused
ivil
8.Parts of this school are in d__________ need
of repair.
9.Mother Teresa, who won the Nobel Prize,
has earned her r________ for kind help to the
poor people in India.
10.The population in u________ area is getting
larger, with more people trying to move to the
city.
11.Jack was not allowed to leave the city until
he paid off his d________.
12.The government put up a large m________
to Lu Xun in front of the new library.
esperate
eputation
rban
ebts
onument
Reading :
Turandot in Beijing
the famous director,
Zhang Yimou
1.Have you seen any of Zhang Yimou’s films?
2.What else has Zhang Yimou directed besides
films?
Lead-in
Curse of the golden
flower
Raise the Red Lantern
Films directed by Zhang Yimou
The opening ceremony
of the 29th Beijing Olympics
Directed by Zhang Yimou
an opera named Turandot directed by
Zhang Yimou, set/performed in the
Forbidden City
The Forbidden City
A review is a report or an essay
giving some information as well
as some opinion or ideas about a
book, performance, a painting or
something similar.
Today we will read a review of the opera
Turandot.
What’s a review?
Prediction
What do you expect to read in a
review of an opera?
background information
characters
plot
opinion
…
Reading strategy:
Reading a review of an opera
What should we pay attention to while reading a
review of an opera?
1. A review of opera usually starts with
some ___________________________.
2. Talk about _____________---the characters
and the plot.
3.The review can give some __________
______________________about the opera such
as the actor’s names.
4. Finally _____________--- lots of words that
_________________.
brief background information
the story
other
important information
a comment
describe feelings
structure
The passage can be divided into four parts.
Part 1(Para _____)
Part 2(Para _____)
Part 3(Para __)
Part 4(Para __)
Background information
The story
Other information about the opera
Comment
1-2
3-7
8
9
Part 1. Background information:
(Para1-2)
Turandot is a world-famous __________
written by _______________, an ________.
It was performed in ___________________
___________.
opera
Giacomo Puccini
the Forbidden City
in Beijing
Detailed Reading
Italian
['dʒa:kɔ:mɔ: pu'tʃ:ni] (意大利歌剧作曲家)
Part 2. The story: (Para3-7)
1.Main characters:
Turandot:
Calaf [‘ka:la:f]卡拉夫 :
Liu柳儿:
2.The plot
a ___________ and _____ Chinese
__________ (L13)
a _________ who falls in love with Turandot (L22)
a young _________of Calaf’s father who loves
Calaf (L24)
stubborn cruel
princess
prince
slave
Read the plot of the story(Para3-7)and answer
the following questions.
1. What has Turandot’s father promised her?
2. What happens to the prince who cannot
answer the princess’s riddles?
3. What does Calaf say will happen if
Turandot can guess his name by sunrise?
4. What does Liu do to protect Calaf and
his father?
1. What has Turandot’s father promised her?
He has promised to allow Turandot to
choose her own husband. L15
2. What happens to the prince who cannot
answer the princess’s riddles?
He is killed. L19
3. What does Calaf say will happen
if Turandot can guess his name by sunrise?
She will not have to marry him,
but can have him killed. L30
4. What does Liu do to protect Calaf and
his father?
Liu claims that she alone knows Calaf’s
name, but resists telling Tuandot. L32-33
Let’s try to describe the plot!
The story _______ ____ the ________ love
___________ of the three main ___________
Turandot, Calaf and Liu. Liu _______ Calaf,
but Calaf has _______ ___ ______ _______
Turandot. Because Turandot does not want
to _____ _________, she says that anyone who
wants to ________ her must ________ three
________. If the one cannot _______ it, he
will be ________.
But Calaf ________ to answer the three
questions.
takes on
triangle
classic
characters
loves/adores
fallen in love with
get married
marry solve
riddles make
killed
manages
At last, Calaf wins Turandot’s
_______________.
The prince and princess ________ in
marriage.
affection/love
unite
Director
Conductor
Zhang Yimou
Zubin Mehta [' zu:bin' meitə]
(born in ______)
Part 3. Other important information
(Para8)
Actors and actresses:
India
Turandot
Liu
the USA
Calaf
--Barbara Hendricks[‘ba:brə ' hendriks]
(from ________)
--Sharon Sweet [‘ʃærən ' swi:t]
(from _________)
--Kristjan Johannsson(from__________)
' jəʊhænsn][‘krisdʒn
Iceland
the USA
* The performance was_____________. (L3)
* The could not be a more________ setting. (L9)
* The weather was also __________ for a
performance outdoors. (L10)
* The production combined the very ______ of
Western and Chinese talents. (L45)
Part 4. A general comment (Para9)
splendid
awesome
perfect
* The music was conducted by Zubin
Mehta, a _______conductor. (L46)
best
superb
* L50: They were________excellent
wonderful L52
amazing L55
What makes the production amazing?
The bringing together of a group
of people from many countries, the
music and the grand setting. L53-55
1. Recite the new words in the text.
2. Find the important words and
expressions in Reading.
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