高二英語Turandot in Beijing課件

1、( (模塊八模塊八 高二下學(xué)期高二下學(xué)期) )Its a review of an opera.By the end of this class, wewill be able to 1. 1.learn how to read a review of learn how to read a review of an opera.an opera. 2. Improve reading ability, 2. Improve reading ability, especially skimming and especially skimming and scanning ability.sca

2、nning ability.1. A review of an opera usually starts with some brief background information.2.It goes on to talk about the story.3.The review can give some other important information such as the actors names. 4. Finally a comment.It may include lots of words that describe feelings.Reading strategy:

3、 Reading a review of an operaa review of an opera?What should we pay attention to while reading Go through the text as quickly as possible and try to find answers to the questions in part A. 1.What is Turandot? 2.What decision does Calaf make when he first sees Turandot?3. What happens at the end of

4、 the story?Skimming & scanning1.What is Turandot? Turandot is an opera that tells the story of a stubborn and cruel Chinese princess,named Turandot,who lives in the Forbidden City.To avoid marriage,she says that any potential husband must solve three riddles or die. L13-L182.What decision does C

5、alaf make when he first sees Turandot? Calaf falls in love with Turandot at first sight and decides to solve the riddles so that he can marry her. L22-233. What happens at the end of the story? At the end of the story, Calaf and Turandot unite in marriage.L39-L40 Please read after the tape and try t

6、odivide the text into four parts.Part 1(Para )Part 2(Para )Part 3(Para )Part 4(Para )Background informationThe story Other information about CommentCareful reading1-298 3-7the operaLucky!2. What kind of person is Turandot? She is stubborn and cruel. L134.What has Turandots father promised her? He ha

7、s promised to allow Turandot to choose her own husband. L155.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. L293. When was Turandot staged in Beijing? A. in 1924 B. in the twenty first century C. in the 1990s D. in

8、1998* The performance was_. (L3)* There could not be a more _ setting. (L9)splendidawesome* They were all _. (L50)excellent6.Please read for the writers comment and try to fill in the blanks.* However, in this _ production, (L52)* the key components of this_ production (L55)wonderfulamazingevents of

9、 Part C2 on page 20 Answers:7.How familiar are you with the story of Turandot? Put the in the correct order.The writerThe settingThe directorThe The main actors and actressesItalian composer Giacomo Puccini and Franco Alfanothe Forbidden City in Beijingthe well-known Chinese director Zubin MehtaShar

10、on Sweet Barbara Hendricks Kristjan Johannsson 8.Fill in the blanks Zhang YimouconductorTurandotCalafLiuact as 張藝謀，中國著名電影導(dǎo)演, “第五代導(dǎo)演”的代表人物之一，是北京奧運(yùn)會開幕式、閉幕式總導(dǎo)演，獲得過美國波士頓大學(xué)、耶魯大學(xué)榮譽(yù)博士學(xué)位。其拍攝的電影多次獲得國際電影節(jié)大獎，是目前中國大陸最具國際影響力的導(dǎo)演。 祖賓梅塔（Zubin Mehta，1936.04.29 - ），印度籍猶太人指揮家。身在樂壇40年，獲得無數(shù)殊榮，如尼基什指環(huán)、維也納愛樂樂團(tuán)名譽(yù)指環(huán)、名譽(yù)團(tuán)員、臺拉維

11、夫市名譽(yù)市民以及印度、意大利、法國頒授的勛銜等以及一大學(xué)授予的名譽(yù)音樂博士等。Sharon Sweet Barbara Hendricks Kristjan Johannsson TurandotCalafLiu Consolidation Task-based readingThe plot of the opera *A Chinese 1 Turandot requires that any 2 husband answer three riddles correctly or die.*A prince Calaf falls in love with her at the first

12、 3 .*At that moment a slave of Calafs father,Liu, 4 her love for Calaf.*The emperor must 5 his promise and can do nothing when seeing the deaths of so many men.*Calaf answers the riddles correctly,which upset Thurndot.So Calafa says she has to marry him 6 she can guess his name by sunrise.Then Liu c

13、ommits suicide while tortured by Thurndot.*Finally they get married and the whole city 7 their happiness. 8_ With the very best of western and Chinese 9 in music,staging and directing,the performance was splendid and 10 . CommentCommentsightsightprincessprincesspotentialpotentialexpressesexpresseske

14、epkeepunlessunlesscelebratescelebratestalentstalentsamazing/wonderfulamazing/wonderfulWhat do you think of the opera? Who do you like best, Turandot , Calaf or Liu? Why ?2. Do you agree that music is an international language? Why or why not?1紫禁城紫禁城 L22以以.為背景為背景 L63被處死被處死 L17 4(向女方向女方)求婚求婚 L18 5不遵守承

15、諾不遵守承諾 L216不久不久 L227與某人墜入愛河與某人墜入愛河 L228初次見面初次見面 L229雇傭、承擔(dān)、呈現(xiàn)雇傭、承擔(dān)、呈現(xiàn) L24the Forbidden Citybe set inbe condemned to deathask for somebodys hand in marriagebreak ones promiseshortly afterwardsfall in love with sbat first sighttake onuseful phrases10三角戀愛三角戀愛 L2511結(jié)婚結(jié)婚 L2912因因.而訓(xùn)斥某人而訓(xùn)斥某人 L3513在黎明期限來臨之前在

16、黎明期限來臨之前 L3814在故事的結(jié)尾在故事的結(jié)尾 L3915喜結(jié)良緣喜結(jié)良緣 L4016死于心臟病死于心臟病 L4117易接近的易接近的 L5118關(guān)鍵要素關(guān)鍵要素 L55love triangleget marriedscold sb for.before the dawn deadlineat the end of the storyunite in marriagedie of heart attackbe accessible toa key componentuseful phrasesExtensionListening to music can make us calm and peaceful. We can know more about the world through it. Whats more, listening to music is both important and beneficial to our growth. It makes us