Reading(1)：TurandotinBeijing.ppt

Turandot period2 Reading briefintroductionofGiacomoPuccini anItaliancomposerwhowrotemany12operas includingTosca MadamButterflyTurandot whichishislastuncompletedopera 今夜无人入眠 asuperbconductor whowasborninafamilyofmusiciansinIndia ZubinMehta awell knownChinesedirector besidesmovies healsodirectedtheopeningandclosingceremoniesofThe2018OlypicGamesinBeiJing 戴玉强 专辑 我爱我的祖国 歌剧 乡村骑士 托斯卡 弄臣 图兰多 Whatistherelationshipbetweenthem 1 Whatisthetextabout 2 Whatisthestructureofthetext areviewofworld famousoperaTurandotwhichwasperformedintheForbiddenCityinBeijing Part1 Paragraphs1 2 Part2 Paragraphs3 7 Part3 Paragraph8 Part4 Paragraph9 Readingstrategy Readingareviewofanopera briefbackgroundinformation thestoryoftheopera otherimportantinformationabouttheopera acomment 1 WhowastheauthorofTurandot 2 Whatwasthesettingoftheopera Whatmadeitspecialordifferentfromnormalopera GiacomoPuccini ItwasheldintheForbiddenCity Thereweredecoratedscreenscoveredwithredandgold andtraditionaldrumswereusedtoannouncethestartoftheopera 3 WhatkindofpersonistheTurandot Whatmakesyouthinkso 4 Whataretherelationsbetweenthecharacters 5 Whatdoes deadline meaninline38 Sheisstubbornandcruel Inordertoavoidmarriage AprinceCalaf fallsinlovewithTurandotatfirstsightLiu ayoungslaveofCalaf sfather expressesherloveforCalaf 对 一见钟情 atimebywhichsomethingmustbedone 6 DoesCalafstillloveTurandot Whenitbecomesevidentwhathappened CalafscoldsTurandotfornotbeingmoremerciful buthestilllovesher clearoreasytosee speakinangertowardssomeonebecausetheyhavedonesomethingwrong 1 HowmanyperformancesofTurandotwereperformedintheForbiddenCityinBeijing A Eight B Seven C One D Two 2 Accordingtothetext thefollowingstatementsarerightEXCEPTthat A Turandotisaworld famousoperaB TurandotwasonceperformedinBeijingC onlysomegreatChinesemusiciansparticipatedwhenTurandotwasperformedinChinaD someoftheworldgreatestoperasingerswerecastintheproductionofTurandot A c Iwitnessedthefirstofonlyeightperformances werecast giveactorsparticularrolesinaperformance 3 FewmenwoulddaretoaskforTurandot shandinmarriagebecause A theriddlesgivenbyheraretoodifficulttosolveB thosewhocannotanswerallherthreeriddleswillbecondemnedtodeathC onlyprincescanfallinlovewithherD Turandotisunwillingtogetmarried4 Whydidn ttheemperorstopTurandotkillings Becausehedoesn twantherdaughtertomarry Becausehedarenotcontrolhisdaughter BecauseTurandotcontrolledhim Becausehecannotbreakhispromisealthoughhefindsthedeathdisturbing B D becondemnedtodeath saywhatsomeone spunishmentwillbe disturbing makepeoplefeelworriedorupset 5 WhichofthefollowingabouttheplayinBeijingisTRUE A ItstartswithaChinesetraditionalsong B ItisthebestperformanceeverinBeijing C IttellsastoryaboutlovewhichhappenedinChina D ItconsistsofactorsfromcountriesexceptAmerica C 6 Wecaninferfromthetextthat A TurandotinBeijingmadeittopleasetheaudienceB GiacomoPuccini sformerstudentsattendedtheplayinBeijingC theperformancewasasuccessbecausethecomposerisquitefamousD therewereeightperformancesintheForbiddenCityinBeijingeveryday A makeit成功 LastnightTurandot 1 perform intheForbiddenCityinBeijing TurandotisthestoryofastubbornandcruelChineseprincess 2 name Turandot wholivesinBeijing sForbiddenCity Shesaysanypotentialhusbandmustsolvethreeriddlesorwillbecondemned 3 death wasperformed named to Thestorybeginswhenaprinceiskilledforfailing 4 solve theriddles Shortlyafterwards CalafseesTurandotandfalls 5 lovewithher Meanwhile ayoungslaveofCalaf sfather Liu lovesCalaf Calafanswerstheriddleswithoutanymistake 6 Turandotisunwillingtogetmarried Calafsaysthat 7 shecanguesshisnamebysunrise shedoesn thavetomarryhim tosolve in but if TurandotthreatensandterrifiesLiu Liukills 8 her In