[中学联盟]江苏省常州市西夏墅中学高中英语选修八：Book 8_U2_Reading 2 课件.pptVIP

Revision Where does the story happen? 2. Who are the main characters? What is Calaf like? 4. What is Turandot like? 5. How does Turandot’s father find the deaths of many men? 6. What happens when Calaf recites the answers to Turandot’s questions correctly? Language learning 1. Some of the world’s opera singers were cast in this production, and many great Chinese musicians also participated. Cast—to choose which people will act particular parts in a play, film etc. Peter was expected to be cast alongside Douglas in the new film. 2. He liked East Asia very much and also wrote Madam Butterfly, which is set in Japan. be set in—if a film, play, story etc. is set in a particular place or period, the action takes place there. The novel is set in France. 3. Those who cannot answer all three riddles, however, will be condemned to death. be condemned to death—to give someone a severe punishment after deciding they are guilty of a crime He was found guilty and condemned to death. 4. This means that few men would dare to ask for her hand in marriage. ask for one’s hand in marriage—ask sb. to get married After they fell in love with each other for nine years, John asked for Mary’s hand in marriage. 5. However, although he would like to, he cannot break his promise and must allow Turandot to do as she wishes. break one’s promise—not keep one’s promise The government failed to keep its promise of lower taxes. = The government broke its promise. Have you ever broken your promise? When was that? 6-7. Shortly afterwards, another prince, Calaf, falls in love with Turandot at first sight and decides to solve the riddles so that he can marry her. The report claims that when women fall in love, they tend to eat more. They meet and fall in love with each other during the second world war. At first sight these deals might not appear to have much to do with each other. 8. The story then takes on a classic love triangle between C