Reading(4)：Appreciatingliterature

BeijingOlympicsopeningToLiveNotOneLessASimpleNoodleStoryRidingAloneforThousandsofMilesTheStoryofQiujuHeroCominghome,Bidforthe29thOlympicGamesinBeijingin2001aperformanceattheclosingceremonyatAthensOlympicGamesin2004AnoutdoorperformanceofThirdSisterLiuinGuilinin2003TurandotinBeijingin1998,turandot,turandot,turandot,turandot,DifferenteditionsofTurandot,ar_oftheoperaTurandot,Reading:,eview,TurandotinBeijing,Operaisaformoftheatreinwhichthedramaisperformedthroughmusicandsinging,whichappearedinItalyaroundtheyear1600.Itusesmanyelementsofspokentheatresuchasscenes,costumesandacting.,whatisanopera?,Areviewisareportoranessaygivingsomeinformationaswellassomeopinionsorideasaboutabook,aperformance,apaintingorsomethingsimilar.,Whatsareview?,ReadingStrategy,Howisareviewofanoperausuallyorganized?,Itusuallystartswithsome_.,backgroundinformation,Itgoesonto_.,talkaboutthestory,Thenitgivessomeotherimportantinformationsuchas_.,theactorsnames,Finallyitgivesa_.Itmayincludelotsof_.,comment,wordsthatdescribefeelings,thebackgroundinformationoftheopera,thebriefdescriptionofthestory,theinformationabouttheperformance,thewriterscomment,Discussion,Basicinformationoftheoperaanditsperformance,author/creatordirectorconductoractorsandactressescharacterssettingplottheme,WhowroteTurandot?,Scanning:,WhowroteTurandot?,GiacomoPucciniwrotetheopera.ThefinalscenewascompletedbyFrancoAlfano,oneofhisformerstudents,basedonPuccinisnotesafterhedied.,GiacomoPuccini,FrancoALfano,Scanning:,PucciniwasoneofthegreatestItaliancomposers,someofwhoseoperas,suchasMadamButterfly,Turandot,arestilllovedbypeopleindifferentcountriestoday.,TurandotaChineseprincess；Calafaprince；LiuCalafsfathersyoungslave,BeijingsForbiddenCity,ZhangYimou,Completethecolumn,1,2,BarbaraHendricksLiu;KristjanJohannssonCalaf;othersingersandmusiciansfromthewestandChina,Completethecolumn,Paras1,2,&8,HeconductedtheNewYearsConcertheldinViennafourtimes,in1990,1995,1998and2007respectively.,descriptivewords:*Theperformancewassplendid.(line3)Therecouldnotbeamoreawesomesetting.(line89)However,inthiswonderfulproduction,ithasbeentransformedintothespotforabeautifulandsadlovestory.(line52-53),Janescomment-descriptivewords,Whatdoyouthinkarethekeycomponentsofthisexcellentproduction?classicp_andclassict_theawesome/grands_anamazing_oftheverybesttalentsinmusic,staging,performinganddirecting.,etting,combination,lot,heme,ListeningthestoryParas(3-7),Mainplot,ListeningthestoryParas(3-7),Mainplot?,Turandot,Calaf,Liu,lovetriangle,Thestorytakesonaclassic_.,loveandsacrifice,Thedevelopmentoftheplot,T,F,2.CalafseesTurandotforthefirsttimeandfallsinlove.,1.Turandotisthestoryofawarm-heartedChineseprincess.,3.AnyonewhowantstomarryTurandotmustanswerthreeriddlesorbedrivenaway.,4.TurandotisgladwhenCalafanswersthequestionscorrectly.,5.TurandotdoesnothavetomarryCalafifshecanguesshisnamebysunrise.,6.LiuisthreatenedandterrifiedbyCalafbecausesheknowshisname.,7.Liukillsherselfbyusingherownsword.,F,T,F,F,T,F,F,Finishthesummaryoftheopera:,Turandotisac_princesswhois_onavoidingmarriage.Therefore,shemakesarulethat_wantstomarryhermustanswerthreeriddles.Ifhe_,heshallbeputtodeath.QuiteafewmenhavebeenkilledbeforePrinceCalaffallsinlovewithTurandotatfirst_.He_inansweringherquestions.However,Turandotattemptsto_herpromisetomarryhim,_istosay,shehasno_ofgettingmarriedtohim.,old-hearted,bent,whoever,fails,sight,succeeds,break,that,intention,ThenCalafrespondsbypromisingtoc_themarriageonlyonc_thatshecanguesshisnamebythenextmorning.D_toknowhisname,TurandottorturesLiu,whoisadevotedslavegirlofcalafsfatherand_loveforCalafisunconditional.When_(threaten)withforceifsherefusestogivehisname,Liucommits_.Towardstheendofthestory,_(realize)thepoweroflove,TurandothastogiveinandmarriesCalaf.,ancel,ondition,whose,threatened,suicide,realizing,esperate,Readthesummary:,Turandotisacold-heartedprincesswhoisbentonavoidingmarriage.Therefore,shemakesarulethatwhoeverwantstomarryhermustanswerthreeriddles.Ifhefails,heshallbeputtodeath.QuiteafewmenhavebeenkilledbeforePrinceCalaffallsinlovewithTurandotatfirstsight.Hesucceedsinansweringherquestions.However,Turandotattemptstobreakherpromisetomarryhim,thatistosay,shehasnointentionofgettingmarriedtohim.,ThenCalafrespondsbypromisingtocancelthemarriageonlyonconditionthatshecanguesshisnamebythenextmorning.Desperatetoknowhisname,TurandottorturesLiu,whoisadevotedslavegirlofCalafsfatherandwhoseloveforCalafisunconditional.Whenthreatenedwithforceifsherefusestogivehisname,Liucommitssuicide.Towardstheendofthestory,realizingthepoweroflove,TurandothastogiveinandmarriesCalaf.,turandot,turandot,turandot,turandot,DifferenteditionsofTurandot,in1997inFlorence,ItalyinSeptember1998inBeijing,ChinainApril2003inSeoul,SouthKoreaonMay28th,2005inParis,FranceonJune25th,2005inMunich,Germa