M8U2 Reading

A11.Turandotisanoperathattellsthestoryofacold-heartedChineseprincess,namedTurandot.2.GiacomoPucciniwrotetheopera.ThefinalscenewascompletedbyFrancoAlfano,oneofhisstudents.3.Itwasperformedoutdoors.MaincharactersofthestorySettingPlot(Turandot—aChineseprincess；Calaf—aprince；Liu—Calaf’sfather’syoungslave)theForbiddenCityThestorytakesontheclassiclovetriangleofthethreemaincharacters.LiulovesCalaf,butCalafhasfalleninlovewithTurandot.BecauseTurandotdoesnotwanttogetmarried,shedeclaresthatanyonewhowantstomarryhermustanswerherthreequestions.Ifhecannotanswerthesequestions,hewillbekilled.DirectorConductorActorsandactressesZhangYimouZubinMehta,aninternationallyfamousconductorborninIndiaTurandot--SharonSweetLiu--BarbaraHendricksCalaf--KristjanJohannsson⑴HowmanyperformancesofTurandotwereperformedintheForbiddenCityinBeijing?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.amazingQuestion1•Inthedarknightfliesamany-huedphantom.Itsoarsandspreadsitswingsabovehumanity.Thewholeworldinvokesandimploresit.Eachmorningitvanishes,toberenewedinmen'shearts.Everynight,itisreborn;everymorning,itdies.Question2Itburnslikeaflame,butisnotaflame.Attimes,itisadelirium,afever,apassion.Inertiamakesitlanguish,ifyouloseheartordieitturnscold,butdreamsofglorycauseittoflareup.Youheeditsvoiceintrepidation;itglowslikethesettingsun.Question3Icewhichsetsyouaflame,andwhichyourflamefreezesstillmore.Whiteandyetdark,ifitfreesyou,itmakesyouaslave;ifitacceptsyouasaslave,itmakesyouaKing!ListentothetapeandthenfinishPartsC1andC2.AnswersC11Becauseshefeltthatshecouldalmostfeelthehistory.2Sheiscold-hearted.3Hewaskilled.4Shedoesnothavetomarryhim.5HepromisedtoallowTurandottochooseherownhusband.6Eight.7SharonSweetfromtheUSA,BarbaraHendricksfromtheUSAandKristianJohannssonfromIceland.8Thebringingtogetherofthegroupofpeoplefrommanycountries,themusicandthesetting.C254271836PartsDandE.AnswersD1e2b3d4f5a6h7c8gE(1)performance(2)talents(3)China(4)gold(5)princess(6)riddles(7)potential(8)marry(9)setting(10)witnessedReadingstrategy–areviewofanopera1.Startwith_____________________2.Otherimportantinformation:___________________________________3.Thereviewmayinclude__________________________________4.______________________________________________________________________canalsobeused.backgroundinformationtheactors’namesandanevaluationdescriptivewordsthatreflectfeelingsSpecialwordsthatdescribehowmanypeoplewereinvolvedinsingingapieceStructure-AreviewofanoperaPart1(Para1-3):BackgroundinformationPart2(Para4-6):IntroductiontothestoryPart3(Para7-8):OtherinformationincludingactorsandactressesPart4(Para9):KeycomponentsRevisionTurandot,a___________operasetin________,waswrittenbyan________composercalledGiacomoPuccinitowardstheendofhislife.Healsowrote_____________,whichissetin________.JaneJoneswasluckyenoughto________thefirstofonlyeightperformancesin__________________inBeijing.Shewrotea________afterwatchingtheopera.Inheropinion,theperformancewas________and________.world-famousChinaItalianMadamButterflyJapanwitnesstheForbiddenCityreviewsplendidamazingThemusicandthe________weretwoofthekey__________oftheopera.Besides,it________manyWesternandChinesetalents.Forexample,theorchestrawas________byZubinMehta,afamousconductorbornin________.Thewell-knownChinese________ZhangYimoudirectedtheopera.Someoftheworld’sgreatestoperasingersaswellasmanygreatChinese________,actorsandsingerswerecast.settingcomponentscombinedconductedIndiadirectormusiciansSentencesLastnight,I________thefirstofonlyeightperformancesofGiacomoPuccini’sworld-famousopera,Turandot,____________intheForbiddenCityinBeijing,China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。witnessedbeingperformedwitness1.bepresentandseesth.目击，见证我们亲眼看到本世纪最重要的科学进展。Wearewitnessingthemostimportantscientificdevelopmentofthecentury.witnessamurder/anaccident/aquarreln.awitnessto/ofanaccident目击者2.Itstarredsomeoftheworld’sgreatestoperasingers.(P18)几位世界顶级歌剧演唱家担当主演。Thefilmstars/featuressb.=sb.starinafilmthestarrednames标星号的名字对比：ManyChinesesingerswerecast.(Seenotes)castsbas…/castsb.inafilm选派联想：cast:throwdeliberatelyorwithforce扔，投•Ican'tbearyoungpeoplecastingawaytheiryouth.我无法忍受年轻人虚掷青春。3.ThestorythentakesonaclassiclovetrianglefeaturingCalaf,Turandot,andLiu,whoseloveforCalafisunconditional.(P18)故事随后演绎了发生在卡拉夫、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。1)takeonsth:呈现出takeonanewlookHereyestookonahurtexpression.•takesthon:~aparticularjoborresponsibilityDon’ttakeonmorethanyoucancopewith.takesbon:~foreignstudentsfeature:v.1）以…为主，以…为特点anartexhibitionfeaturingpaintingsThisweek’sbroadcastfeaturesareportonvictimsofdomesticviolence.本周特别播放有关家庭暴力受害者的报道。2）=star由…主演：n.特点thedesigningfeaturesoftheproduct4.Theemperorfindsthedeathsofsomanymendisturbing,andalthoughhewouldliketo,hecannotbreakhispromise.皇上为杀了这么多人而感到很不安，虽然他很想收回这一允诺