(共28张PPT)
Unit 2
It’s a review of an opera.
By the end of this class, we
will be able to…
1.learn how to read a review of an opera.
2. Improve reading ability, especially skimming and scanning 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:
Reading a review of an opera
a review of an opera?
What should we pay attention to while reading
Go through the text as quickly as possible quietly 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 the story?
Skimming & scanning
1.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-L18
2.What decision does Calaf 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. L22-23
3. What happens at the end of the story?
At the end of the story, Calaf and Turandot unite in marriage.L39-L40
Please
divide the text into four parts.
Part 1(Para )
Part 2(Para )
Part 3(Para )
Part 4(Para )
Background information
The story
Other information about
Comment
Careful reading
1-2
9
8
3-7
the opera
Lucky!
1. What kind of person is Turandot?
She is stubborn and cruel.
L13
2.What has Turandot’s father promised her?
He has 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?
She will not have to marry him,
but can have him killed. L29
4. When was Turandot staged in Beijing?
A. in 1924
B. in the twenty first century
C. in the 1990s
D. in 1998
* The performance was_________. (L3)
* There could not be a more ________ setting. (L9)
splendid
awesome
* They were all _________. (L50)
excellent
5.Please read for the writer’s comment and try to fill in the blanks.
* However, in this __________ production, … (L52)
* … the key components of this________
production (L55)
wonderful
amazing
events of Part C2 on page 20
Answers:
6.How familiar are you with the
story of Turandot? Put the
in the correct order.
Italian composer Giacomo Puccini
and Franco Alfano
the Forbidden City in Beijing
the well-known Chinese director
Zubin Mehta
Sharon Sweet
Barbara Hendricks
Kristjan Johannsson
7.Fill in the blanks
Zhang Yimou
conductor
Turandot
Calaf
Liu
act as
The writer
The setting
The director
The
The main actors and actresses
张艺谋,中国著名电影导演, “第五代导演”的代表人物之一,是北京奥运会开幕式、闭幕式总导演,获得过美国波士顿大学、耶鲁大学荣誉博士学位。其拍摄的电影多次获得国际电影节大奖,是目前中国大陆最具国际影响力的导演。
祖宾·梅塔(Zubin Mehta,1936.04.29 - ),印度籍犹太人指挥家。身在乐坛40年,获得无数殊荣,如尼基什指环、维也纳爱乐乐团名誉指环、名誉团员、台拉维夫市名誉市民以及印度、意大利、法国颁授的勋衔等以及一大学授予的名誉音乐博士等。
Sharon Sweet
Barbara Hendricks
Kristjan Johannsson
Turandot
Calaf
Liu
Consolidation巩固
Task-based reading
任务型阅读
Comment
sight
princess
potential
expresses
keep
unless
celebrates
talents
amazing/wonderful
The 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 3 .
*At that moment a slave of Calaf's 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 commits 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 .
1. What 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 L2
2以...为背景 L6
3被处死 L17
4(向女方)求婚 L18
5不遵守承诺 L21
6不久 L22
7与某人坠入爱河 L22
8初次见面 L22
9雇佣/承担/接受/呈现L24
the Forbidden City
be set in
be condemned to death
ask for somebody's hand in marriage
break one's promise
shortly afterwards
fall in love with sb
at first sight
take on
useful phrases
10三角恋爱 L25
11结婚 L29
12因...而训斥某人 L35
13在黎明期限来临之前
L38
14在故事的结尾 L39
15喜结良缘 L40
16死于心脏病 L41
17易接近的 L51
18关键要素 L55
love triangle
get married
scold sb for...
before the dawn deadline
at the end of the story
unite in marriage
die of heart attack
be accessible to
a key component
useful phrases
Extension
Listening to music can make us calm and peaceful. We can know more about the world through it. What’s more, listening to music is both important and beneficial to our growth. It makes us understand life better. Few things can bring more joy and happiness than music. So keep listening to music, and we’ll achieve beyond ourselves.
Read the text again and again. Try to memorize the language points.
2. Do Parts A1 and A2 on page 107 of the Workbook.