高中英语模块八 Turandot in Beinjing

1、,Turandot in Beijing,The structure of an opera review,Reading strategy:,* introduction,* the story,*information about the opera,* an evaluation,Turandot is the story of The story begins when In the story, At the end of the story,set in conducted by directed by acted by sung by,The story,The world-fa

2、mous opera, Turandot, is the story of a cold-hearted Chinese(1)p_, named Turandot. In order to avoid(2)m_, she says that any(3)p_ husband must answer three(4)r_ correctly or die. A handsome prince, named Calaf, says that he will(5)s_ the problem and marry her. But a young slave of his father, Liu, b

3、egins to love him, then the story takes on a classic love(6)t_ featuring Calaf, Turandot, and Liu, whose love for Calaf is(7)u_.,rincess,arriage,otential,iddles,olve,riangle,nconditional,Although Calaf recites the answers to the Turandots questions correctly, she is greatly(8)u_ by this. Seeing this

4、, Calaf says that she can guess his name by(9)s_, she does not have to marry him. In order to learn his name, she tortures Liu, asking for the name. Unfortunately, Liu kills herself. But at the end of the story, the prince and Turandot marry and the whole city(10)c_ their happiness.,pset,unrise,eleb

5、rates,Language points:,1.Be drunk with power 醉心于权术,Wu Zetian _,was/is drunk with power,Wen qiang, who was drunk with power, was sentenced to death finally.,醉心于权术的文强最终被判了死刑,Be drunk with 陶醉于；沉醉于；沉迷于,Dont be drunk with computer games. Make me drunk with your smile! Drunk with the joy of singing I forg

6、et myself .,不要沉迷于电脑游戏 让我陶醉在你的笑颜里！ 我沉醉于歌唱的喜悦中，忘了自己。,drunken只能作定语 drunken只能作定语，不能作表语 adrunkensailor醉酒的水兵 drunkenwords酒后之言 adrunkenquarrel酒后争吵,drunk作表语，也可以作定语 drunk作表语 Heisdrunk.他喝醉了。 bedrunkwithjoy欣喜若狂 togetdrunk醉酒,drunk现在也可以作定语 drunkdriving酒驾 adrunkdriver醉酒的司机,Drunken和drunk作定语时de区别 drunken指醉酒的程度较重 dr

7、unk醉酒的程度较轻 adrunkensailor醉酒的水兵（醉酒的程度较重） adrunkdriver醉酒的司机（醉酒的程度较轻）,You have promised to allow me to choose my own husband.,Although Id like to, I cannot break my promise.,2.promise,*promise 可用作名词和动词。主要义项有：诺言；约定；前途；希望；答应；允诺；有（）希望；预示。 n. go back on ones promise= break a promise keep ones (或 a) promise

8、 make (或 give) a promise the Land of Promise of great (或 high) promise,食言，违约，违背诺言 守约，遵守诺言 许诺，答应 【圣经】上帝给亚伯拉罕的地方(即迦南)；福地；想望中的幸福之地 亦作the Promised Land 前途远大的，大有前途的，大有希望的,Vt. 其搭配形式为：promise Do you promise to answer everything? 你允诺回答所有的问题吗? They promised that the work would all be finished by next week. 他们保证到下星期完成全部工作。,sth. sb. sth. (sb) to do that+clause,在A promise B to do sth.结构中，不定式to do sth.作直接宾语，该动作是由主语A发出的，而不是作宾补。 You promised me to allow me