M8U2READING(市公开课).doc

M8U2 Reading 1 Turandot in Beijing 连云港高级中学 倪荣业 learning goals: 1. to learn how to read and write a review of an opera. 2. to improve reading comprehension ability. 3. to retell and act out the opera. Step 1. Reading strategy and the structure of the text Part one: It usually starts with some______________________. para(______) Part two: It goes on to__________________. para(______) Part three: Then it gives some ___________________such as the actors’ names. para(_____) Part four: Finally it gives a______. It may include lots of words__________________. para(_____) Step 2. Fast reading : Literal (字面上的) understanding 1. Part one and three: background information of the opera components background information Writer Puccini, __ _______, who liked ____ ____ very much, wrote it ____ ____ ____ ____ his life. Unfortunately, he ____ without _____ the final scene, which is _____ ____ by Franco Alfano, one of his students. Setting In the Forbidden City, where ____ covered with red and gold took the place of a ____ ____. Meanwhile, ______ _____ _____ were used to announce the start of the opera. Conductor Zubin Mehta, a superb Indian conductor Director Zhang Yimou,a _____ _____ director. Turandot An ancient Chinese _______, played by _____ ____ from the USA. Liu Calafs fathers _____, played by _____ ______, another opera singer from the USA. Calaf A _____, sung by Kristjan johannsson from ________. 2. Part two: the plot of the opera beginning In order to______________, Turandot says that whoever can answer _______________will marry her, or________. development Calaf another _____, falls ___ ____ with Turandot and is determined _____ ________ ________. Liu a young _____ of Calaf’s father, also_____ Calaf. Relationship between them ____ _______ _____ ________ between Calaf, Liu and Turandot appears in face of audience. Climax(高潮) ____ dies for Calaf. Calaf kisses Turandot and her hea