牛津译林版选修八Unit The universal language 全省一等奖

Module8Unit2

TheuniversallanguageReadingLead-inHaveyoueverseenanyofZhangYimou’sfilms?Besidesfilms,whatelsehasZhangYimoudirected?HaveyoueverseentheBeijingOpera?BesidestheBeijingOpera,haveyoueverenjoyedotherforeignoperas?Readingstrategy:ReadingareviewWhat’sthedefinitionofareview?A:Areviewisareportoranessaygivingsomeinformationaswellassomeopinionorideasaboutabook,performance,apaintingorsomethingsimilar.Readingstrategy:

ReadingareviewofanoperaWhatshouldwepayattentiontowhilereadingareviewofanopera?1.Areviewofoperausuallystartswithsomebackgroundinformation.2.Thereviewcanfivesomeimportantsuchastheactor’snamesandfinallyanevaluation.3.Thereviewmayincludelotsofverydescriptivewordsthatreflectfeelings.FastreadingWhatisTurandot?A:Itisanoperathattellsthestoryodacold-heartedChineseprincess,namedTurandot,wholivesintheForbiddenCity.Toavoidmarriage,shesaysthatanypotentialhusbandmustanswerthreeriddlescorrectlyordie.WhowroteTurandot?A:GiacomoUcciniwrotetheopera.ThefinalscenewascompletedbyFrancoAlfano,oneofhisstudents,basedonPuccini’snotesafterhedied.Wastheperformanceindoorsoroutdoors?A:Itwasperformedoutdoors.Listeningandcomprehension1.WhydoesthewriterthinkthattheForbiddenCityisagoodsettingforTurandot?A:Becauseshefeltthatshecouldalmostfeelthehistory.2.WhatkindofpersonisTurandot?A:Sheiscold-hearted.3.Whathappenedtotheprincewhocouldnotanswertheprincess’sriddles?A:Hewaskilled.4.WhatdoesCalafsaywillhappenifTurandotcanguesshisnamebysunset?A:Shedoesnothavetomarryhim.5.WhathasTurandot’sfatherpromisedher?A:HepromisedtoallowTurandottochooseherownhusband.6.HowmanytimeswillTurandotbestagedintheFobiddenCity?A:Eight.7.WhotookpartinthisperformanceofTurandot?A:TurandotwasplayedbySharonSweetfromtheUSA,LiuwasplayedbyBarbaraHendricksfromtheUSAandCalafwassungbyKristianJohannssonformIceland.8.Whatwerethekeyingredientsforehproductionofthisopera?A:Thebringingtogetherofthegroupofpeoplefrommanycountries,themusicandthesetting.Wordstudysplendidcastunconditionaldrunkdisturbingrecitesaffectioncomponentsa.troubling,worryingb.givenaroleinaperformancec.fondness,tenderness,warmnessd.Notbasedonlimitsorconditionse.Great,brilliant,verygoodf.veryexcitedbecauseofanemotiong.individualparts,elementsh.sayssomethingaloud,suchasalistorpoemLanguagepoints1.witnessn.apersonwhoseesaneventhappening,especiallyacrimeoranaccidente.g.Accordingto(eye)witnesses,therobberywascarriedoutbytwoteenageboys.witnessvttoseesomethinghappen,especiallyanaccidentorcrime:WitnessdoingsthHearrivedhomejustintimetowitnesshisbrotherbeingtakenawaybythepolice.2.settingn.thetimeandtheplaceinwhichtheactionofabook,film,play,etc.happense.g.Theplayhasitssettinginawartimeprison.besetin…e.g.ThestorywassetinBritainofthenineteenthcentury.3.takeon

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