Unit2TheuniversallanguageReadingUnit2TheuniversallanguageReadingCurseoftheGoldenFlowerHouseofFlyingDaggersZhangYimou.Haveyouseenanyofhisfilms?Doyoulikethem?WhatelsehasZhangYimoudirectedbesidesfilms?WhatelsehasZhangYimoudirectedbesidesfilms?operaIntroduction----AReview•What’sareview?Areviewisareportoranessaygivingsomeinformationaswellassomeideasaboutabook,performance,apaintingorsomethingsimilar.Readingstrategy:Readingareviewofanopera•Whatshouldwepayattentiontowhilereadingareviewofanopera?(3points)1.Areviewofoperausuallystartswithsomebackgroundinformation.2.Thereviewcangivesomeimportantinformationsuchastheactor’snamesandfinallyanevaluation.3.Thereviewmayincludelotsofverydescriptivewordsthatreflectfeelings.reading:•1.Readforthestructureofthereview.•2.Readforthebackgroundinformationoftheoperaandperformance.•3.Readfortheinformationaboutthestory•4.Readforthewriter’sevaluation.1.Readforthestructureofthereview.Reading:1.Backgroundinformationabouttheoperaandtheperformance.2.Abriefdescriptionofthestory.Paras.1,2,8,9Paras.3,4,5,6,7•Thewriter:•Thesetting:•Thedirector:•Theconductor:•Themainactorsandactresses:2.Readfortheinformationabouttheoperaandtheperformance.ItaliancomposerGiacomoPucciniandFrancoAlfanointheForbiddenCityinBeijingthewell-knownChinesedirectorZhangYimouZubinMeltaSharonSweetfromtheUSABarbaraHendricksfromtheUSAKristjanJohannssonfromIceland•Themaincharactersofthestory:•Theplacewherethestoryhappened:•Abriefplotofthestory:C23.Readfortheinformationofthestory.Turandot----aChineseprincessCalaf----aprinceLiu----Calaf’sfather’syoungslavecold-heartedinBeijing’sForbiddenCity5-3-7-2-1-8-4-6*Theperformancewassplendid.(line3)4.Readforthewriter’sevaluation:*However,inthiswonderfulproduction,…(line52)*…thekeycomponentsofthisamazingproduction(line55)Game:Story-makingForbiddenCityTurandot,riddlesbeunabletodo,becondemnedtodeathCalaffallinlovewith,solve,marryLiu,slave,express---lovefor,aclassiclovetrianglebeangryat…,beunwillingtobysunrisenothavetomarry…seize…demand…grabasword,killherselfscold…,love…kiss,winone’saffection.tellhisnamebefore…,unite…,celebrateTalkaboutaWesternoraChineseoperathatyouareallfamiliarwith.Introducethemaincharacters,thesettingandtheplot.1.目睹了八场表演中的一场2.想象在紫荆城表演这场歌剧3.被装饰了的红金屏幕4.传统的中国鼓5.一个顽固而残忍的中国公主6.逃避结婚7.任何可能的丈夫8.猜三个谜语9.敢向她求婚10.发现死令人恐慌11.第一眼爱上了某人12.呈现一个经典的三角爱情故事1.witnessthefirstoftheonlyeightperformances2.imagineperformingsuchanoperaintheForbiddenCity3.thedecoratedscreenscoveredwithredandgold4.traditionalChinesedrums5.astubbornandcruelChineseprincess6.avoidmarriage7.anypotentialhusband8.solvethreeriddles9.daretoaskforherhandinmarriage10.findthedeathdisturbing11.fallinlovewithsbatfirstsight12.takeonaclassiclovetriangle13.不愿意结婚14.从卫士那抓了一把剑15.王子公主联姻16.死于心脏病17.上演这部歌剧18.结合了中西方的才智19.只皇帝能进入20.被转变为一个凄美故事的场地21.这个令人惊讶的表演的关键组成部分13.beunwillingtogetmarried14.grabaswordfromaguard15.theprinceandprincessuniteinmarriage16.dieofaheartattack17.stagetheopera18.combinetheverybestofWesternandChinesetalent19.beonlyaccessibletotheemperor20.betransformedintothespotforabeautifulandsadlovestory21.thekeycomponentsofthisamazingproduction1.Iwitnessthefirstoftheonlyeightperformances,beingperfor...