Reading(1)：TurandotinBeijing.doc

英语示范课教案Model 8 Unit 2Reading Turandot in BeijingTeaching aims:(1) Students are expected to gain some knowledge about the opera Turandot and the performance of the opera to reforce their reading comprehension.(2) Get students to master the reading strategy of how to read a review of an opera and to apply it to their future study.(3) Stimulate students interest in Western operas as well as Chinese operas.Teaching Important and difficult Points:1. Learn to read the review 2. Train the students reading ability.Teaching Methods:1. Fast reading to get a general idea of the text.2. Careful reading to get the detailed information.3. Pair or group work to make every student work in class.Teaching procedures:Step 1 Lead-inShow some pictures about Zhangyimou and his films Questions :1. Can you name some of Zhang Yimous films?(Raise the red lantern ,the story of Qiuju , The Road home, Hero -) 2. What else has Zhang Yimou directed besides films?3. Have you ever seen or heard of an opera called Turandot? Show a video about Turandot and make the student know what Turandot is and the plot of the story Question :What is Turandot ?Step 2 Fast-readingRead the article quickly and answer the following question 1. Where is Turandot set in ?(It is set in the Forbidden City , Beijing )2. Who wrote Turandot? (Giacomo Puccini )3. was the performance indoors or outdoors? (The performance was outdoors )Step 3 Reading strategy1. what is the definition of the review ? A review is a report or an essay giving some information as well as some opinion or ideas a bout a book, performance, a painting or something similar.2. How is a review of an opera usually organized?l It usually starts with some background information.l It goes on to talk about the story.l Then it gives some other important information.l Finally it gives an evaluation.Step4 Detailed-reading(1) Read for the structure of the review.and get the outline of the review Part 1 (para1-3 ): some background information Part 2 (para4-6): the plot of the story Part 3 (para7-9):other important information (2) read the three parts one by one and know some information about the article Read for the background information of the opera. Questions :1.How many times will Turandot staged in Beijing?(Eight times )2.When did Puccini write Turandot ?(He wrote Turandot towards the end of his life 3.Why does the author think that the Forbidden City is a good setting for Turandot ? (She thinks that she can feel the history) Read for the information about the story Main charactersof the story Turandota Chinese princess； a prince；Liu _ Setting _ PlotThe story takes on the _ of the three main characters Turandot, Calaf and Liu. Liu loves Calaf, but Calaf _with Turandot. Because Turandot does not want to _, she declares that _ Read for Other information about Turandot:Franco Alfano- Puccinis _ _ ; _ the final sceneDirector: _Conductor:_, an internationally famous conductor born in _Actors and actresses: _-Turandot; _-Liu; _-Calaf;Step 5 Discussion What are descriptive words and specail words ?descriptive words: amazing, splendid, moving, heartbreaking, beautifully-sung, excellentspecail words: solo(独唱的), duet（二重唱）Step 6 ConsolidationComplete the passage according to the text:set; avoid; potential; fall in love; take on;be drunk with; exercise control over;break ones promise;be desperate to; kill; celebrate; cast; witness The story is _in The Forbidden City. To _marriage,Turandot says her _ husband must answer three of her riddles or die. Calaf sees Turandot for the first time and _ with her . But a slave of Calafs fathers ,Liu, also expresses her love for him. The story becomes a triangle love and it _amazing colours. Turandot is _power and tries to _ her father,who cant _although he sees many deaths disturbing .Turandot is _to know his name and terrifies and even threatens Liu, who kills herself. Finally the w