Reading(1)：TurandotinBeijing
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musicians?
Picture 2
• What is Chinese opera? • What does Chinese opera sound
like? • Who is your favorite Chinese opera
actor?
Picture 3
• What is the girl doing in this picture? • What do you know about violin? • Do you know any famous violinists?
• The main characters of the story:
Turandot ---- a Chinese princess
Calaf ---- a prince
Liu
---- a young slave of Calaf’s father
• The place where the story happened:
III. (Paras.8-9) Other information about Turandot
Director: Z__h_a_n_g_Y__im__o_u_ Conductor: _Z__u_b_in__M__e_h_t_a_, a superb conductor born in _I_n_d_i_a__ Actors and actresses: _S_h_a_r_o_n__S_w_e_e_t__-Turandot; _B__a_rb__a_ra__H_e_n_d__ri_c_k_s_ -Liu; _K__r_is_t_ja_n__J_o_h_a_n_n_s_s_o_n_-Calaf.
1. Do you agree that music is an international language? Why or why not?
2. Have you been to any musical events or seen any on TV? If you have, what do you think of them?
5. What happens to the prince who cannot answer the princess’s riddles?
He is killed.
6. What does Calaf say will happen if Turandot can guess his name by sunrise?
Some famous sayings on music
Music produces a kind of pleasure which Human nature cannot do without.
~Confucius Music is the medicine of the breaking heart.
Picture 4
• What is the boy doing in this picture? • What do you know about piano? • Do you know any famous pianists?
What kind of music are they?
Jazz opera Hip-hop Classical Chinese opera country music
She will not have to marry him.
7. What does Liu do to protect Calaf and his father?
To protect Calaf and his father, Liu claims that she alone knows Calaf’s name, but resists telling Turandot. Then she grabs a sword from a guard and kills herself.
What do you think about Chinese opera? How can we make more people interested in Chinese opera?
Ask your partner what kind of music he / she likes best and why he / she likes about it.
Chinese opera is a kind of music with a long history. But some young Chinese don’t like it at all. Some even think that it is noisy. So please have a discussion:
a desert.
Look at the four pictures in the textbook, and then answer the questions.
Picture 1
• What are the people doing in the picture?
• What do you know about jazz? • Do you know any famous jazz
Read the sentences below about music. Do you agree or disagree?
• Music means a lot to human beings. • Music is fun and for your spirit. • Without music, life is a journey through
You may start your dialogue like this:
A: Hello! I heard that you like music very much. Could you tell me what kind of music you like? B: Sure. I like … A: Why do you like it? B: I think the reason why I like this kind of music is …
~Leigh Huntht of life.
~Jean Paul Richter Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.
~Berthold Auerbach
II. (Paras. 3-7) The plot of Turandot
Main characters: Turandot- a _C_h__in_e_s_e p_r_i_n_c_e_ss Calaf- a p_r_i_n_c_e_ Liu- Calaf’s father’s _y_o_u_n_g _sl_a_v_e__ Plot: the classic _lo_v_e_t_r_ia_n_g_l_e of the three main characters; Calaf has _fa_l_le_n_ i_n_ _lo_v_e_w_i_t_h Turandot; Turandot does not want to get _m__a_rr_i_e_d; she declares anyone who wants to marry her must answer her three _r_id_d_l_e_s or __d_i_e_.
What decision does Calaf make when he first sees Turandot?
Calaf falls in love with Turandot at first sight and decides to solve the riddles so that he can marry her.
What happens at the end of the story?
At the end of the story, Calaf and Turandot unite in marriage.
Detailed-reading
• The writer: Italian composer Giacomo Puccini
(Paras.3-7)
Part III: Other information (Paras.8-9) about Turandot.
Read in details and then fill in the blanks.
I. (Paras. 1-2) Background information
Setting: in _th_e_F__o_r_b_id_d_e_n_ C__it_y__ Writer: G__i_a_co_m__o _P_u_c_c_in_i_’_s ——a world-fa mous opera writer What: Turandot is the story of a _s_tu_b__b_o_r_n and _c_r_u_e_l_ Chinese p_r_i_n_c_e_s_s.
Because Turandot is a story which happened in the Forbidden City.
3. What kind of person is Turandot? She is stubborn and cruel.
4. What has Turandot’s father promised her? He has promised to allow Turandot to choose her own husband.
in Beijing’s Forbidden City
Turandot in Beijing
Read for the outline
Part I: Background information (Paras.1-2) about Turandot.
Part II: The plot of Turandot.
Listen carefully and answer the questions.
1. Who was the author of Turandot? Giacomo Puccini, an Italian.
2. Why does the writer think that the Forbidden City is a good setting for Turandot?
What do you think “a universal language” is?
Music
Do you like music? How does music make you feel?
Listen to a piece of music and write down your feeling.
Fast-reading
What is Turandot?
Turandot is an opera that tells the story of a stubborn and cruel Chinese princess, named Turandot, who lives in the Forbidden City. To avoid marriage, she says that any potential husband must solve three riddles or die.
8. What makes the production amazing?
The bringing together of a group of people from many countries, the music, and the grand setting make the production amazing.
Picture 2
• What is Chinese opera? • What does Chinese opera sound
like? • Who is your favorite Chinese opera
actor?
Picture 3
• What is the girl doing in this picture? • What do you know about violin? • Do you know any famous violinists?
• The main characters of the story:
Turandot ---- a Chinese princess
Calaf ---- a prince
Liu
---- a young slave of Calaf’s father
• The place where the story happened:
III. (Paras.8-9) Other information about Turandot
Director: Z__h_a_n_g_Y__im__o_u_ Conductor: _Z__u_b_in__M__e_h_t_a_, a superb conductor born in _I_n_d_i_a__ Actors and actresses: _S_h_a_r_o_n__S_w_e_e_t__-Turandot; _B__a_rb__a_ra__H_e_n_d__ri_c_k_s_ -Liu; _K__r_is_t_ja_n__J_o_h_a_n_n_s_s_o_n_-Calaf.
1. Do you agree that music is an international language? Why or why not?
2. Have you been to any musical events or seen any on TV? If you have, what do you think of them?
5. What happens to the prince who cannot answer the princess’s riddles?
He is killed.
6. What does Calaf say will happen if Turandot can guess his name by sunrise?
Some famous sayings on music
Music produces a kind of pleasure which Human nature cannot do without.
~Confucius Music is the medicine of the breaking heart.
Picture 4
• What is the boy doing in this picture? • What do you know about piano? • Do you know any famous pianists?
What kind of music are they?
Jazz opera Hip-hop Classical Chinese opera country music
She will not have to marry him.
7. What does Liu do to protect Calaf and his father?
To protect Calaf and his father, Liu claims that she alone knows Calaf’s name, but resists telling Turandot. Then she grabs a sword from a guard and kills herself.
What do you think about Chinese opera? How can we make more people interested in Chinese opera?
Ask your partner what kind of music he / she likes best and why he / she likes about it.
Chinese opera is a kind of music with a long history. But some young Chinese don’t like it at all. Some even think that it is noisy. So please have a discussion:
a desert.
Look at the four pictures in the textbook, and then answer the questions.
Picture 1
• What are the people doing in the picture?
• What do you know about jazz? • Do you know any famous jazz
Read the sentences below about music. Do you agree or disagree?
• Music means a lot to human beings. • Music is fun and for your spirit. • Without music, life is a journey through
You may start your dialogue like this:
A: Hello! I heard that you like music very much. Could you tell me what kind of music you like? B: Sure. I like … A: Why do you like it? B: I think the reason why I like this kind of music is …
~Leigh Huntht of life.
~Jean Paul Richter Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.
~Berthold Auerbach
II. (Paras. 3-7) The plot of Turandot
Main characters: Turandot- a _C_h__in_e_s_e p_r_i_n_c_e_ss Calaf- a p_r_i_n_c_e_ Liu- Calaf’s father’s _y_o_u_n_g _sl_a_v_e__ Plot: the classic _lo_v_e_t_r_ia_n_g_l_e of the three main characters; Calaf has _fa_l_le_n_ i_n_ _lo_v_e_w_i_t_h Turandot; Turandot does not want to get _m__a_rr_i_e_d; she declares anyone who wants to marry her must answer her three _r_id_d_l_e_s or __d_i_e_.
What decision does Calaf make when he first sees Turandot?
Calaf falls in love with Turandot at first sight and decides to solve the riddles so that he can marry her.
What happens at the end of the story?
At the end of the story, Calaf and Turandot unite in marriage.
Detailed-reading
• The writer: Italian composer Giacomo Puccini
(Paras.3-7)
Part III: Other information (Paras.8-9) about Turandot.
Read in details and then fill in the blanks.
I. (Paras. 1-2) Background information
Setting: in _th_e_F__o_r_b_id_d_e_n_ C__it_y__ Writer: G__i_a_co_m__o _P_u_c_c_in_i_’_s ——a world-fa mous opera writer What: Turandot is the story of a _s_tu_b__b_o_r_n and _c_r_u_e_l_ Chinese p_r_i_n_c_e_s_s.
Because Turandot is a story which happened in the Forbidden City.
3. What kind of person is Turandot? She is stubborn and cruel.
4. What has Turandot’s father promised her? He has promised to allow Turandot to choose her own husband.
in Beijing’s Forbidden City
Turandot in Beijing
Read for the outline
Part I: Background information (Paras.1-2) about Turandot.
Part II: The plot of Turandot.
Listen carefully and answer the questions.
1. Who was the author of Turandot? Giacomo Puccini, an Italian.
2. Why does the writer think that the Forbidden City is a good setting for Turandot?
What do you think “a universal language” is?
Music
Do you like music? How does music make you feel?
Listen to a piece of music and write down your feeling.
Fast-reading
What is Turandot?
Turandot is an opera that tells the story of a stubborn and cruel Chinese princess, named Turandot, who lives in the Forbidden City. To avoid marriage, she says that any potential husband must solve three riddles or die.
8. What makes the production amazing?
The bringing together of a group of people from many countries, the music, and the grand setting make the production amazing.