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牛津高中英语 (模块八 ·高二下学期) Reading 1 板块：教学设计—课件 Unit 2 Turandot in Beijing Unit 2 课件描述： To help students appreciate an opera review. To improve students’ skills in reading a review of an opera. the famous director, Zhang Yimou The opening ceremony of the 29th Olympics Raise The Red Lantern Curse of the golden flower The movie starred some of the best actors in China, for example, Chou Runfa, Gong Li and Jay Chou. Or we can also say that Zhang Yimo cast these great stars in this movie. PredictionWhat do you expect to read in a review of an opera? background information characters plot opinion … Skimming for the gist The passage is an ____________ of __________ which was staged in _______________. opera review Turandot the Forbidden City Reading aloud  The passage can be divided into four parts. Find out the main idea of each part. Part 1(Para 1) Part 2(Para 2-7) Part 3(Para 8) Part 4(Para 9) Background information The plot Other information about the opera Evaluation Scanning for the details Writer Main characters Setting Plot Director Conductor Actors and actresses Giacomo Puccini the Forbidden City Zhang Yimou Zubin Mehta Sharon Sweet; Barbara Hendricks; Kristjan Johannsson Characters Turandot—a Chinese princess Calaf—prince Liu—Calaf’s father’s young slave Plot The story takes on the classic love triangle of the three main characters Turandot, Calaf and Liu. Liu loves Calaf, but Calaf has fallen in love with Turandot. Because Turandot does not want to get married, she declares that anyone who wants to marry her must answer her three questions. If the one cannot answer these questions, he will be killed. Read Paragraphs 4-6 and put the events of the story in the correct order. ( ) Prince Calaf manages to answer the riddles. ( ) However, Liu, the slave girl, expresses her love for Calaf. ( ) Princess Turandot has Liu beaten, and Liu kills herself. ( ) Prince Calaf sees the prince and falls in love with her. ( ) A prince is killed as he cannot