江苏省涟水县第一中学高中英语 Unit2 Reading教案1 牛津译林版选修8

Unit 2 The universal language
Reading 1
Teaching aims:
After this lesson, students will be able to read a review of an opera. Teaching procedures:
Step 1 Lead-in (PPT4-8)
1. Show the students a picture of Zhang Yimou. And ask them the following questions. Who is the person in the picture? What does he do? (Zhang Yimou. He is a famous director in China and also in the world.)
What has he directed? (Bid for the 29th Olympic Games in Beijing, the opening ceremony and the closing ceremony of the 29th Olympic Games, for which he won the title of “The figures that move China in 2008”.)
Can you name some of his movies? (Raise the red lantern; Curse of the golden flower…)
Who played in his movie Curse of the golden flower?(Gong Li, Jay Chou, Chou Runfa starred in the movie. Or we can also say that Zhang Yimou cast them in the movie. ) 2. Introduce the style of writing to the student.
If you want to watch one of Zhang’s movies and you d on’t know if it is a good one or not, where can you find the information you want? (Ask your friends for opinions or you can also read a film rev iew.)
What is a review? (A revi ew is a report in a newspaper or magazine in which sb. gives their opinion of a book, play, film, etc.)
So what do you expect to read in an opera review? (Some background information, the plot of a n opera, who stars in the opera and what people think of the opera …) Step 2 Skimming (PPT 9)
Read the opera as quickly as possible and find out what it is about. What aspect s of information can you find in the review? Were your gu esses right?
(It is an opera review about Turandot staged in the Forbidden City. We can find some background information, the plot of an opera, who stars in the opera and what people think of the opera in the reading.)
Step 3 Reading aloud (PPT 10)
Divide the passage into 4 parts and find out the main idea of each part.
Part 1 (Para 1): Background information
Part 2 (Para 2-7): The plot
Part 3 (Para 8): Other information about the opera
Part 4 (Para 9): Evaluation
Step 4 Scanning (PPT 11-13)
Read the passage again to find out some detailed information.
Writer: Giacomo Puccini
Main characters: Turandot— a Chinese princess; Calaf— prince; Liu—Calaf’s father’s young slave
Setting: the Forbidden City
Plot: The story takes on the classic love triangle of the three main characters Turan dot, Calaf and Liu. Liu loves Calaf, but Calaf has fallen in love with Turandot. Because Turandot does not want to get married, she declares that anyone who wants to marry her must answer her three questions. If the one cannot answer these questions, he will be killed.
Director: Zhang Yimou
Conductor: Zubin Mehta
Actors a nd actresses: Sharon Sweet; Barbara Hendricks; Kristjan Johannsson
Step 5 Careful reading (PPT 14-15)
Read Paragraphs 4-6 and put the events of the story in the correct order.
( ) Prince Calaf manages to answer the riddles.
( ) However, Liu, the slave girl, expresses her love for Calaf.
( ) Princess Turandot has Liu beaten, and Liu kills herself.
( ) Prince Calaf sees the prince and falls in l ove with her.
( ) A prince is killed as he cannot answer the princess’s riddles.
( ) The prince wins the princess’s heart with a kiss.
( ) Calaf says he will solve the riddles and marry Turandot.
( ) Princess Turandot is so upset that Prince Calaf says she does not have to marry him if she can guess his name.
Key: 5 3 7 2 1 8 4 6
Find out the words that reflect the writer’s opinion about the opera. splendid; greatest; beautifully-sung; excellent; wonderful; amazing
Step 6 Homework (PPT 16)
Work in pair s.
Suppose one of you have watched Turandot. Your partner is asking you about the basic information about the opera. Make up a dialogue between the two.。