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1、M8U2教学案一体化材料制卷人：张文审核人：蔡卫芹制卷日期：2014-2-13M8U2ReadingTurandotinBeijingLastnight,IwitnessedthefirstofonlyeightperformancesofGiacomoPuccini，sworld-famousopera,Turandot,beingperformedintheForbiddenCityinBeijing,China.Theperformancewassplendid.Someoftheworld，sgreatestoperasinger
2、swerecastvt/vi.选派角色；投射（光，影）；向…投以(视线，笑容）inthisproduction,andmanygreatChinesemusiciansalsoparticipated.Puccini,anItalian,wroteTurandottowardstheendofthislife,between1920and1924.HelikedEastAsiaverymuchandalsowroteMadamButterflyn.蝴蝶,whichissetin(以…为背景)Japan.Justimagineperform
3、ingsuchanoperaintheForbiddenCity——therecouldnotbeamoreawesomeadj.极好的；令人惊叹的，令人敬畏的setting(没有比这个更好的背景了)!Youcouldalmostfeelthehistory.Theweatherwasalsoperfectfor(绝配的，十分适合的)aperformanceoutdoors.Insteadofastagecurtain,thereweredecoratedscreenscoveredwithredandgold,andtraditiona
4、lChinesedrumswereusedtoannouncethestartoftheopera.Turandotisthestoryofastubbornadj.固执的，顽固的andcruelChineseprincessn.公主,namedTurandot,wholivesintheForbiddenCityinBeijing.Inthestory,theemperorofChina,Turandot，sfather,haspromisedtoallowhertochooseherownhusband.Inordertoavoidm
5、arriage,shesaysthatanypotentialhusbandmustsolvethreeriddles(猜谜)ifhewantstomarryher.Thosewhocannotanswerallthreeriddles,however,willbecondemnedvt.判刑，宣判；指责，谴责.todeath(被处以死刑).Thismeansthatfewmenwoulddarevt/vi.敢于，胆敢toaskforherhandinmarriage（向女方求婚）.Thestorybeginswhenaprincen.王
6、子iskilledforfailingto(未能做某事)solveherriddles.Theemperorfindsthedeathdisturbingadj.令人不安的；引起恐慌的.However,althoughhewouldliketo,hecannotbreakhispromise(食言)andmustallowTurandottodoasshewishes.Shortlyafterwards(不久以后),anotherprince,Calaf,fallsinlove(相爱，坠入爱河)withTurandotatfirstsig
7、ht(初次见面；乍一看)anddecidestosolvetheriddlessothathecanmarryher.Meanwhile,Liu,ayoungsalveofCalaf，sfather,expressesherloveforCalaf.Thestorythentakesonaclassiclovetriangle(呈现出经典的三角恋)betweenCalaf,TurandotandLiu.CalafgoestoTurandotand——withoutintroducinghimselfortellingherhisname—
8、—answersthethreequestions.Turandotbecomesveryangryatthisturnofevents,assheisunwillingadj.不情愿，不愿意
