牛津英语模块八unit2教案Teachingaims:(1)Studentsareexpectedtoretellthestoryortalkabouttheoperaandtheperformancetoreinforcetheirspeakingability.(2)Getstudentstolearnthelanguagepointsappearinginthetextandgraspthem.Teachingprocedures:Step1Revision－FinishthepassageaccordingtothetextTurandot,a________operasetin________,waswrittenbyan________composercalledGiacomoPuccinitowardstheendofhislife.Healsowrote_________,whichissetin________.JaneJoneswasluckyenoughto________thefirstofonlyeightperformancesin________inBeijing.Shewrotea________afterwatchingtheopera.Inheropinion,theperformancewas________and________.Themusicandthe________weretwoofthekey__________oftheopera.Besides,it_______manyWesternandChinesetalents.Forexample,theorchestrawas________byZubinMehta,afamousconductorbornin________.Thewell-knownChinese________ZhangYimoudirectedtheopera.Someoftheworld’sgreatestoperasingersaswellasmanygreatChinese________,actorsandsingerswerecast.Step2Languagepoints(Learnanduse)1.Lastnight,IwitnessedthefirstofonlyeightperformancesofGiacomoPuccini’sworld-famousopera,Turandot,beingperformedintheForbiddenCityinBeijing,China.(page18,lines1-3)昨天晚上，我去看了贾科莫·普契尼闻名世界的歌剧《图兰朵》，那是在中国北京紫禁城八场演出的首场。⑴.Herethewordwitnessisaverb,meaning“toseesomethinghappen,forexampleacrimeoranaccident,withone’sowneyes”.你确实目击了发生在我们学校附近的事故了吗？Didyoureallywitnesstheaccidentthathappenednearourschool?Severaljournalistswitnessedtheincidentinwhicheightpeoplewereinjured.⑵.Witnesscanalsobeusedasanounmeaning“apersonwhoseeswithhis/herowneyeswhathashappened”.Mr.Greenwasaskedtoactasawitnesstotheagreementbetweenhistwofriends.他告诉警方他是那起事故的目击者。Hetoldthepolicethathewasawitnesstothecaraccident.2.JustimagineperformingsuchanoperaintheForbiddenCity－therecouldnotbeabettersetting!(page18,lines10-11)Therecouldnotbeabettersetting!的意思是“不可能有比这更好的场景了。”否定词never/no/not/nothing等与比较级连用，往往表达最高级含义。世上没有比那些书更有价值的东西了。Nothingintheworldismorevaluablethanthosebooks.=Thosebooksarethemostvaluableintheworld.Hesaidhehadneverwatchedamoreexcitinggamebefore.=Hesaidthegamewasthemostexcitingonehehadeverwatched.3.Insteadofastagecurtain,thereweredecoratedpanelscoveredwithredandgold,andtraditionalChinesedrumswereusedtoannouncethestartoftheopera.(page18,lines12-13)覆盖着红色和金色的装饰镶板代替了舞台帷幕，传统的中国鼓敲响，宣告了歌剧的开场。decorate…with…用（装饰物）装饰/修饰……bedecoratedwithfurnish…with…为（房间或房屋）配备（家具）befurnishedwithequip…with…用（仪器、设备等）装备（工厂、车间、实验室等）beequippedwithHerliving-roomisfurnishedwithacomfortablenewsofa.Theworkshopisequippedwithmanymodernmachines.(Itisawellequippedworkshop.)TheyalwaysdecoratetheirclassroomwithballoonsandflowerswhenChristmascomes.对应名词分别为decoration(装饰，装饰品);furniture(家具);equipment（装备，设备，器材）4．ThestorythentakesonaclassiclovetrianglefeaturingCalaf,Turandot,andLiu,whoseloveforCalafisunconditional.(page18,lines19-20)故事随后演绎成了发生在卡拉夫、图兰朵和柳儿三人之间的经典三角恋情，其中柳儿对卡拉夫的爱是无条件的。Theverbphrasetakeonheremeans“tohave/developaparticularcharacterorappearance”.Withthismeaning,thephrasecannotbeusedinthepassivevoice.Thetemplestakeonagoldencolourwhenthesunsinksinthewest.**Whatdoestakeonmeanineachsentence?...
