课题：M8 U2 The universal language -----Reading知识技能与目标：Students are expected to gain some knowledge about the opera Turandot and the performance of the opera to reinforce their reading comprehension教学重点：Stimulate students’ interest in Western operas 教学难点：Get students to master the reading strategy of how to read a review of an opera【教学过程】Teaching procedures:I. Fast reading（Read the text quickly and answer the following questions）1. What is Turandot?_________________________________________________________________2. What decision does Calaf make when he first sees Turandot?_________________________________________________________________3. What happens at the end of the story? ___________________________________________________ ______________II. T rue or False 1. Puccini wrote Turandot towards the end of his life.( ) 2. Turandot and Madam Butterfly written by Giacomo Puccini are set in China.( ) 3. Turandot says that any potential husband must answer three riddles or die in order to choose her own husband. ( ) 4. Liu grabs a sword and kills Turandot.( ) 5. Thanks to the great talents, music and the setting, the opera is a great success.( ) III. Task-based reading（Read the text and fill in each blank with a proper word） (1___________: Turandot in BeijingPerformances of Turandot in Beijing◆I witnessed the opera, Turandot, being performed in the Forbidden City in Beijing. ◆World-famous opera singers were cast 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, which meant that few men w...
