高二英語Turandot in BeijingPPT課件

Its a review of an opera.第1頁/共29頁By the end of this class, wewill be able to 1. 1.learn how to read a review of learn how to read a review of an opera.an opera. 2. Improve reading ability, 2. Improve reading ability, especially skimming and especially skimming and scanning ability.scanning ability.第2頁/共29頁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 operaa review of an opera?What should we pay attention to while reading 第3頁/共29頁Go through the text as quickly as possible 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第4頁/共29頁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第5頁/共29頁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第6頁/共29頁3. What happens at the end of the story? At the end of the story, Calaf and Turandot unite in marriage.L39-L40 第7頁/共29頁Please read after the tape and try todivide the text into four parts.Part 1(Para )Part 2(Para )Part 3(Para )Part 4(Para )Background informationThe story Other information about CommentCareful reading1-298 3-7the opera第8頁/共29頁第9頁/共29頁第10頁/共29頁Lucky!第11頁/共29頁2. What kind of person is Turandot? She is stubborn and cruel. L13第12頁/共29頁4.What has Turandots father promised her? He has promised to allow Turandot to choose her own husband. L15第13頁/共29頁5.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第14頁/共29頁3. When was Turandot staged in Beijing? A. in 1924 B. in the twenty first century C. in the 1990s D. in 1998第15頁/共29頁* The performance was_. (L3)* There could not be a more _ setting. (L9)splendidawesome* They were all _. (L50)excellent6.Please read for the writers comment and try to fill in the blanks.* However, in this _ production, (L52)* the key components of this_ production (L55)wonderfulamazing第16頁/共29頁events of Part C2 on page 20 Answers:7.How familiar are you with the story of Turandot? Put the in the correct order.第17頁/共29頁The writerThe settingThe directorThe The main actors and actressesItalian composer Giacomo Puccini and Franco Alfanothe Forbidden City in Beijingthe well-known Chinese director Zubin MehtaSharon Sweet Barbara Hendricks Kristjan Johannsson 8.Fill in the blanks Zhang YimouconductorTurandotCalafLiuact as第18頁/共29頁 張藝謀，中國著名電影導(dǎo)演, “第五代導(dǎo)演”的代表人物之一，是北京奧運會開幕式、閉幕式總導(dǎo)演，獲得過美國波士頓大學(xué)、耶魯大學(xué)榮譽博士學(xué)位。其拍攝的電影多次獲得國際電影節(jié)大獎，是目前中國大陸最具國際影響力的導(dǎo)演。第19頁/共29頁 第20頁/共29頁Sharon Sweet Barbara Hendricks Kristjan Johannsson TurandotCalafLiu第21頁/共29頁 Consolidation Task-based reading第22頁/共29頁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 Calafs 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 . CommentCommentsightsightprincessprincesspotentialpotentialexpressesexpresseskeepkeepunlessunlesscelebratescelebratestalentstalentsamazing/wonderfulamazing/wonderful第23頁/共29頁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?第24頁/共29頁1紫禁城紫禁城 L22以以.為背景為背景 L63被處死被處死 L17 4(向女方向女方)求婚求婚 L18 5不遵守承諾不遵守承諾 L216不久不久 L227與某人墜入愛河與某人墜入愛河 L228初次見面初次見面 L229雇傭、承擔、呈現(xiàn)雇傭、承擔、呈現(xiàn) L24the Forbidden Citybe set inbe condemned to deathask for somebodys hand in marriagebreak ones promiseshortly afterwardsfall in love with sbat first sighttake onuseful phrases第25頁/共29頁10三角戀愛三角戀愛 L2511結(jié)婚結(jié)婚 L2912因因.而訓(xùn)斥某人而訓(xùn)斥某人 L3513在黎明期限來臨之前在黎明期限來臨之前 L3814在故事的結(jié)尾在故事的結(jié)尾 L3915喜結(jié)良緣喜結(jié)良緣 L4016死于心臟病死于心臟病 L4117易接近的易接近的 L5118關(guān)鍵要素關(guān)鍵要素 L55love triangleget marriedscold sb for.before the dawn deadlineat the end of the storyunite in marriagedie of heart attackbe accessible toa key componentuseful phrases第26頁/共29頁ExtensionListening to music can make us calm and peaceful. We can know more about the world through it. Whats 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 well achieve beyond ourselves. 第27頁/共29頁1. Read the text again and again. Try to memorize the language points.2. Do Parts A1 and A2 on page 107 of the Workbook.第28頁/共29頁感謝您的觀看。感謝您的觀看。第29頁/共29頁