TurandotinBeijing教學(xué)講解課件

Unit2TurandotinBeijing

Unit2TurandotinBeijing1Readthepassagequicklyandanswerthesequestions.

1.WhatisTurandot?2.WhowroteTurandot?3.Wastheperformance(演出)indoorsoroutdoors?Readthepassagequicklyanda2

WhatisTurandot?

Turandotisanoperathattellsthestoryofacold–heartedChineseprincess,namedTurandot,wholivesintheForbiddenCity.Toavoidmarriage,shesaysthatanypotentialhusbandmustanswerthreeriddlescorrectlyordie.WhatisTurandot?3WhowroteTurandot?

GiacomoPucciniwrotetheopera.ThefinalscenewascompletedbyFrancoAlfano,oneofhisstudents,basedonPuccini’snotesafterhedied.Wastheperformance(演出)indoorsoroutdoors?Outdoors.WhowroteTurandot?4Readthereviewagaintofindthebackgroundinformationoftheopera.Maincharactersofthestory:

Settings:

Plot:

Director:

Conductor:

Actorsandactresses:Readthereviewagaintofind5Maincharactersofthestory:

Turandot---aChineseprincessCalaf---aprinceLiu---calaf’sfather’sslaveSettings:Beijing’sForbiddenCity

Director:

ZhangYimou.

Conductor:

ZubinMehta,aninternationallyfamousconductorborninIndia.Maincharactersofthestory:6Plot:

ThestorytakesontheclassiclovetriangleofthethreemaincharactersTurandot,CalafandLiu.LiulovesCalaf,butCalafhasfalleninlovewithTurandot.BecauseTurandotdoesnotwanttogetmarried,shedeclaresthatanyonewhowantstomarryhermustanswerherthreequestions.Iftheonecannotanswerthequestions,hewillbekilled.Plot:7Actorsandactresses:SharonSweet----TurandotBarbaraHendricks----LiuKristjanJohannsson----CalafOthersingersandmusiciansfromabroadandchinaActorsandactresses:8ReadcarefullyandanswerthequestionsWhatkindofpersonisTurandot?Whathappenedtotheprincewhocouldnotanswertheprincess’sriddles?WhydoesthewriterthinkthattheForbiddenCityisagoodsettingforTurandot?WhathasTurandot’sfatherpromisedher?WhatdoesCalafsaywillhappenifTurandotcanguesshisnamebysunrise?HowmanytimeswillTurandotbestagedintheForbiddenCity?WhotookpartinthisperformanceofTurandot?Whatwerethekeyingredientsfortheproductionofthisopera?Readcarefullyandanswerthe9WhatkindofpersonisTurandot?Sheiscold-heated.Whathappenedtotheprincewhocouldnotanswertheprincess’sriddles?Hewaskilled.WhatkindofpersonisTurando10WhydoesthewriterthinkthattheForbiddenCityisagoodsettingforTurandot?Becauseshefeltthatshecanfeelthehistory.WhathasTurandot’sfatherpromisedher?HepromisedtoallowTurandottochooseherownhusband.Whydoesthewriterthinkthat11WhatdoesCalafsaywillhappenifTurandotcanguesshisnamebysunrise?Shedoesnothavetomarryhim.HowmanytimeswillTurandotbestagedintheForbiddenCity?Eight.WhatdoesCalafsaywillhappe12WhotookpartinthisperformanceofTurandot?

TurandotwasplayedbySharonSweet LiuwasplayedbyBarbaraHendricks CalafwassungbyKristjanJohannssonWhatwerethekeyingredientsfortheproductionofthisopera?

Thebringingtogetherofthegroupofpeoplefrommanycountries,themusicandsetting.Whotookpartinthisperforma13

LanguagepointsofthispassageLanguagepoints14Lastnight,IwitnessthefirstofonlyeightperformancesofGiacomoPuccini’sworld-famousopera,Turando,beingperformedintheForbiddenCityinBeijing,China.Witnessv.meaning“toseewithone’sowneyes”.Wecanallwitnessthisamazingscientificdevelopment.

Lastnight,Iwitnessthefirs15Didyoureallywitnessthecaraccidentthathappenednearourschool.witnessn.meaning“apersonwhoseeswithhis/herowneyeswhathashappened”.Myfatherwasaskedtoactasawitnesstotheagreementbetweenmytwouncles.Thewitnessisanine-line-year-oldboy.Didyoureallywitnessthe16Itstarredsomeoftheworld’sgreatestoperasingers.ManygreatChinesemusicians,actorsandsingerswerealsocast.Herestar

isavt.withthemeaning“由…擔(dān)任主角，由…主演”eg.

MyfavouritefilmstarsMarilynMonroe.ThedirectorwantedtostarMichaelCaineinhisnewfilm.Itstarredsomeoftheworld’s17Castvt.meaning“chooseactorstoplaypartsin(aplay,film,ect.)挑選演員扮演某角色。eg.Hehascastherasalawyerinhisnewfilm.HewascastasOthello.==HewascastintheroleofOthello.Thedirectordecidednottocasthisnewfilmwithfamousactors.Castvt.meaning“chooseactor18HelikedEastAsiaverymuchandalsowrote,MadamButterfly,whichissetinJapan.besetin以…為背景ThefilmwassetinWorldWarI.WhichissetinJapan是引導(dǎo)的非限制性定語從句修飾先行詞madamButterfly,which不能省略。HelikedEastAsiaverymucha19JustimagineperformingsuchanoperaintheForbiddenCity–therecouldnotbeabettersetting!Therecouldnotbeabettersetting!沒有更好的背景了！（1）can/couldnotbe+比較級＋名詞“沒有…更…”意思是“最好”。否定詞與形容詞的比較級連用表達(dá)最高級的含義。Hecannotbeabetterman!他不可能是更好的人了（他是最好的人.）Justimagineperformingsucha20Yourstoryisperfect;I’veneverheard_________before.A.thebetteroneB.abetteroneC.thebestoneD.agoodone.(2)settingn.環(huán)境，背景Thecastlestandsinapicturesquesettingsurroundedbyhills.Yourstoryisperfect;I’vene21Then,inamovingsoloperformance,ayoungslaveofCalaf’sfather,Liu,expressedherloveforCalaf.(1)inamovingsoloperformance在一場令人感動的單人表演中moving令人感動的Thisisamovingstory.Hewasmovedbythemovingstory.(2)expressone’sloveforsb.表達(dá)對…的愛慕之情Thestudentsexpressedtheirlovefortheirmotherland.

Then,inamovingsoloperfor22ThestorythentakesonaclassiclovetrianglefeaturingCalaf,Turandot，andLiu,whoseloveforCalaf,isunconditional.takeonmeaning“tohaveacharacteristicorappearanceof”.Withthismeaning,thephrasecannotbeusedinthepassivevoice.Intheplay,myfriendLiuYongtakesontheformofanoldking.Thetemplestakeonagoldencolourwhenthesunsinksinthewest.Thestorythentakesonac23

Greatchangeshavetakenplaceinthepastfewyears,andnowthecityhastakenonacompletelynewlook.

Takeonhassomeotherdifferentmeanings:Thecompanyisgoingtotakeonsomenewworkers.(toemployorhire)Sheisnotingoodhealththesedays,andcannottakeonmorework.(todoworkoracceptresponsibility)Greatchangeshavetakenpla24Sheevendarestotryandexercisecontroloverherfather,theemperorofchina,whohaspromisedtoallowhertochooseherownhusband.Here

exercise

isusedasaverbwiththemeaning“

touseone’spower,rightorinfluence”(運(yùn)用權(quán)力和影響)Theyoungemployersimplydoesnotknowhowtoexercisehispoweroverhisemployees.Sinceyouareacitizenofourcountry,youshouldexerciseyourrighttovote.Sheevendarestotryandexer25(2)aclassiclovetriangle經(jīng)典的三角戀愛(3)featuringCalaf,Tuandot,andLiu由卡拉夫，圖蘭朵和柳兒主演的，現(xiàn)在分詞短語作定語修飾aclassiclovetriangle,表主動關(guān)系。LetusseethefilmfeaturingLiuXiaoqing.(2)aclassiclovetriangle經(jīng)典26Theemperorfindsthedeathsofsomanymendisturbing,andalthoughhewouldliketo,hecannotbreakhispromise.(1)findsth.disturbing感到…令人煩惱Ifoundtheirquarreldisturbing.(2)althoughhewouldliketo是一個省略句，意思是althoughhewouldliketo(preventthedeathofsomanymen).AlthoughIwouldliketo(gothere),Ihavenotime.(3)breakone’spromise“食言”.Theemperorfindsthedeathso27TurandotisdesperatetolearnhisnameandthreatensandterrifiesLiubecausesheknowshisname.Thephrasebedesperatetodosomethinginthissentencemeans“tobeeageroringreatneedtodosomething”.Wecanalsousethephrasebedesperateforsomething.Theoldmanwasdesperatetoseehisson,whohadlefthometostudyabroad.Turandotisdesperatetolearn28Theyaredesperatetomakemoney,thoughtheyarenotthatpoor.Theboyisdesperateforanewpairoffootballshoes.desperate

canalsobeusedwiththemeaning“不顧一切的，亡命的，情急拼命的”.Thedesperatethiefshotatthepolice.makedesperateeffortstodosomething拼命的努力去做某事Theyaredesperatetomakemon29ThenCalafsayshisownnamealoud,leavinghisfutureinTurandot’shands.Theverbleavecanbefollowedbyanobjectandanobjectcomplement,whichmeans“toletsomebodydosomethingorbeinastate”or“toletsomethingbeinastate”.ThenCalafsayshisownnamea30Mygrandmaisover80yearsold,sowedonotwanttoleaveheraloneathome.Thepoorfarmerdied,leaving

hiswifeandthreechildreninpoorerconditions.Whenthecouplewentonholiday,theylefttheirdoginthecareofafriend.TurandotinBeijing教學(xué)講解課件31(2)leavesth.inone’shands把某物交給某人。Theladyloveshishusbandverymuch,leavingallshehasinhishands.分詞短語做結(jié)果狀語，表示必然的結(jié)果。動詞不定式作結(jié)果狀語，表示出乎意料的結(jié)果。Thefishcaneatapersoninfiveminutes,leavingonlybones.Wewenttothestation,onlytofindthatthetrainhadgone.(2)leavesth.inone’shands把32Theoperafinisheswithabeautifully-sungfinalduet,whichwassomovingthattheaudiencefellsilent.finishwith以…而結(jié)束(endwith)Thepartyfinishedwithaspeech.abeautifully-sungfinalduet一首優(yōu)美的終曲二重唱which引導(dǎo)的定語從句，修飾名詞“duet”.fallsilent陷入沉默theaudience做主語時(shí)既可以用第三人稱單數(shù)形式，也可以用第三人稱復(fù)數(shù)形式，如：Theaudienceis/arequitemovedbytheirperformance.Theoperafinisheswithabeau33Unfortunately,Puccinidiedbeforehecompletedthisfinalscene,butheleftnotesforthefinalduet,whichwascompletedbyoneofhisformerstudents,FrancoAlfano.finalscene終場，最后一場。leavenotesforsth.留下…的注釋former以前的，其反義詞是：latter以后的。Unfortunately,Puccinidiedbe34TheproductioncombinedtheverybestoftheWesternandChinesetalentsinmusic,staginganddirecting.(1)combinethebestof將…進(jìn)行最佳結(jié)合。Ifyouwanttodowellinstudy,youshouldcombinethebestofyourenergyandtime.(2)talentsinsth.在某方面的人才。Weneedtalentsinplanninganddesigning.Theproductioncombinedtheve35However,inthiswonderfulproduction,ithasbeentransformedintothelocationforabeautifulandheartbreakinglovestory.Thewordtransformmeans“tomakeacompletechangeoftheappearanceorcharacterof”.使改變（外觀，性質(zhì)，機(jī)能等）常用結(jié)構(gòu)“transform+n.+into/to+n.”However,inthiswonderfulpro36Plentyofrainmighttransformtheareafromadesertintoaplacefullofplants.Inonlytwentyyears,whatwasonceasmallfishingvillagehasbeentransformedintoamoderncitywitha