TurandotinBeijing.ppt

单击此处编辑母版标题样式,单击此处编辑母版文本样式,第二级,第三级,第四级,第五级,*,Unit 2,Turandot,in Beijing,Read the passage quickly and answer these questions,.,1.What is,Turandot,?,2.Who wrote,Turandot,?,3.Was the performance(,演 出,)indoors or outdoors?,What is,Turandot,?,Turandot,is an opera that tells the story of a cold hearted Chinese princess,named,Turandot,who lives in the Forbidden City.To avoid marriage,she says that any potential husband must answer three riddles correctly or die.,Who wrote,Turandot,?,Giacomo,Puccini wrote the opera.The final scene was completed by Franco,Alfano,one of his students,based on Puccinis notes after he died.,Was the performance(,演出,)indoors or outdoors?,Outdoors.,Read the review again to find the background information of the opera,.,Main characters of the story:,Settings:,Plot:,Director:,Conductor:,Actors and actresses,:,Main characters of the story:,Turandot,-a Chinese princess,Calafa prince,Liu-,calafs,fathers slave,Settings,:,Beijings Forbidden City,Director:,Zhang,Yimou,.,Conductor,:,Zubin,Mehta,an internationally,famous conductor born in India.,Plot:,The story takes on the classic love triangle of the three main characters,Turandot,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 can not answer the questions,he will be killed.,Actors and actresses:,Sharon Sweet-,Turandot,Barbara Hendricks-Liu,Kristjan,Johannsson,-,Calaf,Other singers and musicians from abroad and china,Read carefully and answer the questions,What kind of person is,Turandot,?,What happened to the prince who could not answer the princesss riddles?,Why does the writer think that the Forbidden City is a good setting for,Turandot,?,What has,Turandots,father promised her?,What does,Calaf,say will happen if,Turandot,can guess his name by sunrise?,How many times will,Turandot,be staged in the Forbidden City?,Who took part in this performance of,Turandot,?,What were the key ingredients for the production of this opera?,What kind of person is,Turandot,?,She is cold-heated.,What happened to the prince who could not answer the princesss riddles?,He was killed.,Why does the writer think that the Forbidden City is a good setting for,Turandot,?,Because she felt that she can feel the history.,What has,Turandots,father promised her?,He promised to allow,Turandot,to choose her own husband.,What does,Calaf,say will happen if,Turandot,can guess his name by sunrise?,She does not have to marry him.,How many times will,Turandot,be staged in the Forbidden City?,Eight.,Who took part in this performance of,Turandot,?,Turandot,was played by Sharon Sweet,Liu was played by Barbara Hendricks,Calaf,was sung by,Kristjan,Johannsson,What were the key ingredients for the production of this opera?,The bringing together of the group of people from many countries,the music and setting.,Language points,of,this passage,Last night,I witness the first of only eight performances of,Giacomo,Puccinis world-famous opera,Turando,being performed in the Forbidden City in Beijing,China,.,Witness v.meaning“to see with ones own eyes”.,We can all,witness,this amazing scientific development.,Did you really,witness,the car accident that happened near our school.,witness n.,meaning“a person who sees with his/her own eyes what has happened”.,My father was asked to act as a,witness,to the agreement between my two uncles.,The,witness,is a nine-line-year-old boy.,It starred some of the worlds greatest opera singers.Many great Chinese musicians,actors and singers were also cast.,Here,star,is a,vt,.with the meaning“,由,担任主角，由,主演”,eg,.,My,favourite,film,stars,Marilyn Monroe.,The director wanted to,star,Michael,Caine,in his new film.,Cast,vt,.meaning“choose actors to play parts in(a play,film,ect,.),挑选演员扮演某角色。,eg,.,He has,cast,her,as,a lawyer in his new film.,He,was cast as,Othello.=He was,cast,in the role of Othello.,The director decided not to,cast,his new film with famous actors.,He liked East Asia very much and also wrote,Madam Butterfly,which is set in Japan.,be set in,以,为背景,The film was set in World War I.,Which is set in Japan,是引导的非限制性定语从句修饰先行词madam Butterfly,which,不能省略。,Just imagine performing such an opera in the Forbidden City there could not be a better setting!,There could not be a better setting!,没有更好的背景了！,（,1,）,can/could not be+,比较级名词 “没有,更,”,意思是“最好”。否定词与形容词的比较级连用表达,最高级,的含义。,He can not be a better man!,他不可能是更好的人了（他是最好的人,.,）,Your story is perfect;Ive never heard _ before.,A.the better one,B.a better one,C.the best one,D.a good one.,(2)setting n.,环境，背景,The castle stands in a picturesque setting surrounded by hills.,Then,in a moving solo performance,a young slave of,Calafs,father,Liu,expressed her love for,Calaf,.,(1)in a moving solo performance,在一场令人感动的单人表演中,moving,令人感动的,This is a moving story.,He was moved by the moving story.,(2)express ones love for,sb,.,表达对,的爱慕之情,The students expressed their love for their motherland.,The story then,takes on,a classic love triangle featuring,Calaf,Turandot,，,and Liu,whose love for,Calaf,is unconditional,.,take on,meaning“to have a characteristic or appearance of”.With this meaning,the phrase cannot be used in the passive voice.,In the play,my friend Liu Yong,takes on,the form of an old king.,The temples,take on,a golden,colour,when the sun sinks in the west.,Great changes have taken place in the past few years,and now the city has,taken on,a completely new look.,Take on,has some other different meanings:,The company is going to,take on,some new workers.,(to employ or hire),She is not in good health these days,and cannot,take on,more work.,(to do work or accept responsibility),She even dares to try and exercise control over her father,the emperor of china,who has promised to allow her to choose her own husband.,Here,exercise,is used as a verb with the meaning,“,to use ones power,right or influence”(,运用权力和影响,),The young employer simply does not know how to,exercise his power over,his employees.,Since you are a citizen of our country,you should,exercise your right to,vote.,(2)a classic love triangle,经典的三角恋爱,(3)featuring,Calaf,Tuandot,and,Liu,由卡拉夫，图兰朵和柳儿主演的，现在分词短语作定语修饰,a classic love triangle,表主动关系。,Let us see the film featuring Liu,Xiaoqing,.,The emperor finds the deaths of so many men disturbing,and although he would like to,he can not break his promise.,(1)find,sth,.disturbing,感到,令人烦恼,I found their quarrel disturbing.,(2)although he would like to,是一个省略句，意思是,although he would like to(prevent the death of so many men).,Although I would like to(go there),I have no time.,(3)break ones promise“,食言”,.,Turandot,is desperate to learn his name and threatens and terrifies Liu because she knows his name,.,The phrase,be desperate to do something,in this sentence means“,to be eager or in great need to do something,”.We can also use the phrase,be desperate for,something,.,The old man,was desperate to,see his son,who had left home to study abroad.,They,are desperate to,make money,though they are not that poor.,The boy,is desperate for,a new pair of football shoes.,desperate,can also be used with the meaning“,不顾一切的，亡命的，情急拼命的”,.,The,desperate,thief shot at the police,.,make desperate efforts to do something,拼命的努力去做某事,Then,Calaf,says his own name aloud,leaving his future in,Turandots,hands,.,The verb,leave,can be followed by an object and an object complement,which means“,to let somebody do something or be in a state,”or“,to let something be in a state,”.My grandma is over 80 years old,so we do not want to,leave,her alone at home.,The poor farmer died,leaving,his wife and three children in poorer conditions.,When the couple went on holiday,they,left,their dog in the care of a friend.,(,2)leave,sth,.in ones hands,把某物交给某人。,The lady loves his husband very much,leaving all she has in his hands.,分词短语做结果状语，表示必然的结果。动词不定式作结果状语，表示出乎意料的结果。,The fish can eat a person in five minutes,leaving only bones.,We went to the station,only to find that the train had gone.,The opera finishes with a beautifully-sung final duet,which was so moving that the audience fell silent.,finish with,以,而结束,(end with),The party finished with a speech,.,a beautifully-sung final duet,一首优美的终曲二重唱,which,引导的定语从句，修饰名词“,duet”.,fall silent,陷入沉默,the audience,做主语时既可以用第三人称单数形式，也可以用第三人称复数形式，,如：,The audience is/are quite moved by their performance.,Unfortunately,Puccini died before he completed this final scene,but he left notes for the final duet,which was completed by one of his former students,Franco,Alfano,.,final scene,终场，最后一场。,leave notes for,sth,.,留下,的注释,former,以前的，其反义词是：,latter,以后的。,The production combined the very best of the Western and Chinese talents in music,staging and directing.,(1)combine the best of,将,进行最佳结合。,If you want to do well in study,you should combine the best of your energy and time.,(2)talents in,sth,.,在某方面的人才。,We need talents in planning and designing.,However,in this wonderful production,it has been transformed into the location for a beautiful and heartbreaking love story.,The word,transform,means“to make a complete change of the appearance or character of”.,使改变（外观，性质，机能等）,常用结构“,transform+n.+into/to+n.”,Plenty of rain might,transform,the area from a desert,into,a place full of plants.,In only twenty years,what was once a small fishing village,has been transformed into,a modern city with a population of a million.,It is said that the old railway station built about 100 years ago will soon,be transformed into,a railway museum.,of,the reading part,exercise,请根据括号内的提示翻译下列句子。,昨天我们看了一部由卓别林主演的电影。,(star),Yesterday we saw a film starring Charlie Chaplin.,导演选派我扮演科学家。,(cast),The director cast me as a scientist,.,约翰对她一见钟情。,(fall in love),John fell in love with her at first sight.,丽莎同一位医生结了婚。,(marry),Lisa married a doctor.,她的脸上露出激动的神情。,(take on),Her face took on an excited expression,.,他沉醉在成功当中。,(be drunk with),He is drunk with success.,他掌控了他爸爸的公司。,(exercise control over),He exercised control over his fathers company.,他答应给我这本书。,(promise),He promised me the book.,我不允许发生这样的事。,(allow),I cant allow such a thing.,他威胁着要见警察。,(threaten),He threatened to call the police.,这件事现在正由我的律师处理。,(in the hands of),The matter is now in the hands of my lawyer.,他的话不是针对你的。,(be directed at),His remarks were not directed at you.,不要把窗户开着。,(leave),Dont leave the window open.,任何严刑拷打都不能使他开口。,(torture),No torture would make him speak.,