文档介绍：M8U2 Reading
Turandot in Beijing
A _______ written by _________, who is
a journalist for a ______ music magazine.
review
Jane Jones
UK
第一页，共24页。
第二页，共24页。
the background information
The writer:
The main characters of the story:
The place where the story happened:
Italian composer Giacomo Puccini
Turandot
Calaf
Liu
in Beijing’s Forbidden City
第三页，共24页。
Sharon Sweet
Barbara Hendricks
Kristjan Johannsson
Turandot
Calaf
Liu
第四页，共24页。
The plot of Turandot:
Main characters: Turandot- a _____ _____
Calaf- a ______
Liu- Calaf’s father’s _____ ______
Plot:the classic ______ ______ of the three main characters; Calaf has _______
____ ___ ____ Turandot; Turandot does not want to get _______; She declares anyone who wants to marry her must answer her three ______ or _____.
Chinese princess
prince
young slave
love triangle
fallen
in love with
married
riddles
die
第五页，共24页。
Three riddles
is born each night and dies each dawn?
2. What flickers (闪烁) red and warm like a flame, but not fire?
3. What is like ice, but burns like fire?
Hope, blood& Turandot
第六页，共24页。
1. Puccini wrote Turandot towards the end of his life.
2. Madam Butterfly is also set in China.
3. Turandot was performed in the Forbidden City in Beijing only once.
4. Liu grabs a sword and kills Turandot.
5. The opera finishes with a beautifully-sung duet.
Practice
第七页，共24页。
1. The writer think that the Forbidden City is a good setting for Turandot, because _____.
A. it was a palace
B. it was beautiful
C. she felt that she could almost feel the history
D. the actors liked it
2. If the prince could not answer the princess’ riddles, he would be _______
A. killed B. condemned
C. become her servant D. back