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1、高二英语备课组 M8U2 ReadingLearning objectives:Know some information about the review of Turandot.Develop students speaking, reading skillsImprove students team work ability.Translation1.仅想想在紫禁城上演这出歌剧吧不可能有比这更好的场景了。2.来自许多国家的人员联袂演出，加上音乐和宏伟的场景，这些显然是构成这一令人惊叹的演出的关键要素。1. What happened to the prince who could not

2、 answer the princesss riddles? He was killed2. What does Calaf say will happen if Turandot can guess his name by sunset? She does not have to marry him。3. What has Turandots father promised her? He promised to allow Turandot to choose her own husbandAnswers to fast readingCurse of the Golden FlowerH

3、ouse of Flying DaggersWhat else has Zhang Yimou directed besides films? M8U2 Reading: Turandot in BeijingI _ the first of eight performances of Turandot, being performed in _.2. There were red and gold _ and _ Chinese drums.Careful readingTask1: Part 1 Read Para.1-2 and fill in the blanks.witnessedt

4、he Forbidden Cityscreenstraditional Main idea of part 1(Para.1-2) _ _ of the opera .backgroundinformation1.What kind of person is Turandot?2.What has Turandots father promised her? 3.What does Calaf say will happen if Turandot canguess his name by sunrise?Task2: Part 2 Read Para.3-7 and answer the q

5、uestions.1. What kind of person is Turandot? A: She is stubborn and cruel. (L13)2. What has Turandots father promised her? A: He promised to allow Turandot to choose her own husband. (L15)3.What does Calaf say will happen if Turandot can guess his name by sunrise?A: She does not have to marry him bu

6、t can kill him. (L30)Put the events of the story in the correct order.Answers:5 4 7 2 1 8 3 6_ Calaf manages to answer the riddles._ However, Liu, the slave girl, expresses her love for Calaf._ Turandot seizes Liu, and Liu kills herself._ Calaf sees the princess and falls in love with her._ A prince

7、 is killed as he cannot answer the princesss riddles._ Calaf wins the princesss heart with a kiss._ Calaf decides that he should solve the riddles and marry Turandot._ Princess Turandot is so angry that Calaf says she does not have to marry him if she can guess his name. Main idea of part 2 (Para.3-

8、7) The _ of the opera.plot(1) Who is the conductor of the opera “Turando”?Zhang Yimou Zubin, MethaGiacomo Puccini Kristjan JohannssonTask3: Part 3 Read Para. 8 and choose the right answers. (2) When was Turandot staged in Beijing? A. in 1924 B. in the twenty first century C. in the 1990s D. in 1998

9、Main idea of part3 (Para.8)Other _ about the operainformationDescriptive wordsexcellentTask4: Part4Read Para.9 and find out some adjectives（形容词）that express the writers opinion about the opera.Descriptive wordsamazing beautifully-sungsplendidmovingexcellentwonderfulheartbreakingFind out some adjecti

10、ves（形容词）that express the writers opinion about the opera.awesomeMain idea of part4 (Para.9)The authors_ on the operacomment1.Why does the writer think that the Forbidden City is a good setting for Turandot?3.What were the key ingredients for theproduction of this opera?Reading and comprehension. Bec

11、ause you could almost feel the historyThe bringing together of this group of peoplefrom many countries, the music, and the grandsetting are clearly the key components of this amazing production. 4 Which of the following about the play in Beijing is True?A It starts with a Chinese traditional song.B

12、It is the best performance ever in Beijing.C It tells a story about love which happened in China.D It consists of actors from countries except America.5 We can infer from the text that _A Turandot in Beijing made it to please the audienceB Giacomo Puccinis former students attended the play in Beijin

13、gC the performance was a success because the composer is quite famousD there were eight performance in theForbidden City in Beijing every day Task based Reading Fill in the blanks according to the text.Turandot took on in Beijing I witnessed the opera, Turandot, being performed in the Forbidden City

14、 in Beijing. World-famous opera singers were (1)_in the performance.The stage was full of Chinese (2)_and history. The beginning of the story Turandot, the princess (3)_to get married put three riddles for the prince to marry her.A prince was condemned to death for (4)_to solve her riddles, making f

15、ew men would dare.The high point A prince Calaf solved the riddles and let the princess (5)_his name.Calaf told Turandot the answer, giving his own (6)_to the princess. casttraditionunwillingfailingguesslifeThe end Calaf and Turandot got married with the whole city(7) _ their happiness. Other information about Turandot Giacomo Puccini, the (8)_of Turandot , had died before completing the final scene, which was complet