2018年“一师一优课、一课一名师”高二英语网上晒课资料M8U2Reading(课件）湖南省湘阴县左宗棠中学陈三术ZhangYimouHaveyouseenanyofZhangYimou’sfilms?Doyoulikethem?Whyorwhynot?WhatelsehasZhangYimoudirectedbesidesfilms?Theyarethe‘Bidforthe29thOlympicGamesinBeijing’,whichwasshowninMoscow,aperformanceattheclosingceremonyatAthensOlympicGames,anoutdoorperformanceofThirdSisterLiuinGuilinandTurandotinBeijing.GothroughthepassageasquicklyaspossibleandtrytofindanswerstothethreequestionsinPartAonpage2.AnswersA1.TurandotisanoperathattellsthestoryofastubbornandcruelChineseprincess,namedTurandot,wholivesintheForbiddenCity.Toavoidmarriage,shesaysthatanypotentialhusbandmustsolvethreeriddlesordie.2.CalaffallsinlovewithTurandotatfirstsightanddecidestosolvetheriddlessothathecanmarryher.3.Attheendofthestory,CalafandTurandotuniteinmarriage.MaincharactersofthestorySettingPlot(Turandot—aChineseprincess；Calaf—aprince；Liu—Calaf’sfather’syoungslave)Beijing’sForbiddenCityThestorytakesontheclassiclovetriangleofthethreemaincharactersTurandot,CalafandLiu.LiulovesCalaf,butCalafhasfalleninlovewithTurandot.BecauseTurandotdoesnotwanttogetmarried,shedeclaresthatanyonewhowantstomarryhermustsolveherthreeriddles.Ifonecannotsolvetheseriddles,hewillbekilled.DirectorConductorActorsandactressesZhangYimouZubinMehta,asuperbconductorborninIndiaSharonSweetfromtheUSA—Turandot;BarbaraHendricksfromtheUSA—Liu;KristjanJohannssonfromIceland—Calaf;othersingersandmusiciansfromabroadandChina⑴HowmanyperformancesofTurandotwereperformedintheForbiddenCityinBeijing?A.eightB.sevenC.oneD.thetextdoesn’tmentionit⑵WhowroteTurandotandwhenwasitwritten?A.GiacomoPuccini,in1924B.GiacomoPuccini’sformerstudent,in1924C.ZubinMehta,inthe1990sD.SharonSweet,inthe1990s⑶WhenwasTurandotstagedinBeijing?A.in1924B.inthetwentyfirstcenturyC.inthe1990sD.in1998⑷Howdoesthewriterthinkoftheopera?A.terribleB.movingC.boringD.amazingListentothetapeandthenfinishPartsC1andC2.AnswersC11.GiacomoPuccini,anItalian.2.BecauseTurandotisastorywhichhappenedintheForbiddenCity.3.Sheisstubbornandcruel.4.ShehaspromisedtoallowTurandottochooseherownhusband.5.Heiskilled.6.Shewillnothavetomarryhim.7.ToprotectCalafandhisfather,LiuclaimsthatshealoneknowsCalaf’sname,butresiststellingTurandot.Theshegrabsaswordfromaguardandkillsherslf.8.Thebringingtogetherofagroupofpeoplefrommanycountries,themusic,andthegrandsettingmaketheproductionamazing.C2()Calafmanagestoanswertheriddles.()However,Liu,theslavegirl,expressesherloveforCalaf.()TurandotseizesLiu,andLiukillsherself.()Calafseestheprinceandfallsinlovewithher.()Aprinceiskilledashecannotanswertheprincess’sriddles.54721()Calafwinstheprincess’sheartwithakiss.()CalafdecidesthatheshouldsolvetheriddlesandmarryTurandot.()PrincessTurandotissoupsetthatCalafsaysshedoesnothavetomarryhimifshecanguesshisname.846PartsDandE.AnswersD1.f2.c3.g4.a5.b6.d7.eE(1)stubborn(2)merciful(3)dare(4)fallinlove(5)demand(6)unwilling(7)butterflies(8)awesomeTalkaboutaWesternoraChineseoperathatyouareallfamiliarwith.Introducethemaincharacters,thesettingandtheplot.Let’scometoPartF.Workinpairsandshareyouropinionswitheachother.OperaThewordoperacomesfromItalian,sothefirstoperascameintobeinginItaly.Theoperaisaplayinwhichadramaticperformanceissettomusic,sotheactorsandactressessingsomeoralloftheirparts.Inthelate17thcentury,theoperawaspopularinsomeotherEuropeancountr...
