Teaching Aims:
1. Learn and master the following words and expressions:
Cast; fall in love; feature; unconditional; be drunk with; exercise control over; break one’s promise; terrify; conduct
2. Train the students’ reading ability.
3. Get the students to learn about the Turandot.. Teaching Important Points:
1. Learn to use the following useful phrases:
Cast; fall in love; feature; unconditional; be drunk with; exercise control over; break one’s promise; terrify; conduct
2. Train the students’ reading ability. Teaching Methods:
1. Fast reading to get a general idea of the text. 2. Careful reading to get the detailed information.
3. Asking-and-answering to help the students understand the text exactly. 4. Pair or group work to make every student work in class. Teaching Aids: The multimedia Teaching Procedure Step 1 Greetings
Step 2 Lead-in
To start the lesson by asking the students some questions
1. Have you ever seen any of Zhang Yimou’s films? Besides films, what else has Zhang Yimou directed?
2. Have you ever seen the Beijing Opera?
3. Besides the Beijing Opera, have you ever enjoyed other foreign operas?
Ask the students to talk freely in order to create an easy atmosphere to encourage the students to practise their spoken language. Ask the students to prepare some information in advance. Get the student to have a general idea of the opera. Step 3 Reading Strategy
Explain the definition of a review to the students since different types of article have various ways of reading.
1. What’s the definition of a review?
A review is a report or an essay giving some information as well as some opinion or ideas about a book, performance, a painting or something similar.
2. What should we pay attention to while reading a review of an opera? a. A review of opera usually starts with some background information.
b. The review can five some important such as the actor’s names and finally an evaluation. c. The review may include lots of very descriptive words that reflect feelings. Step 4 Fast reading
Ask the student to scan the text to finish the exercises in Part A 1. What is Turandot?
A: It is an opera that tells the story od 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. 2. Who wrote Turandot?
A: Giacomo Uccini wrote the opera. The final scene was completed by Franco Alfano, one of his students, based on Puccini’s notes after he died. 3. Was the performance indoors or outdoors? A: It was performed outdoors. Step 5 Listening and comprehension
Listen to the recording and ask the students to finish the exercises on P 20 Part C1 1. Why does the writer think that the Forbidden City is a good setting for Turandot? A: Because she felt that she could almost feel the history. 2. What kind of person is Turandot? A: She is cold-hearted.
3. What happened to the prince who could not answer the princess’s riddles? A: He was killed.
4. What does Calaf say will happen if Turandot can guess his name by sunset? A: She does not have to marry him. 5. What has Turandot’s father promised her?
A: He promised to allow Turandot to choose her own husband. 6. How many times will Turandot be staged in the Fobidden City? A: Eight.
7. Who took part in this performance of Turandot?
A: Turandot was played by Sharon Sweet from the USA, Liu was played by Barbara Hendricks from the USA and Calaf was sung by Kristian Johannsson form Iceland. 8. What were the key ingredients for eh production of this opera?
A: The bringing together of the group of people from many countries, the music and the setting. Step VI Post-reading
In order to have a accurate understanding of the text, ask the students to finish Part D on P 20. And explain some more language points to the students. 1. witness n.
a person who sees an event happening, especially a crime or an accident
e.g. According to (eye) witnesses, the robbery was carried out by two teenage boys. witness vt
to see something happen, especially an accident or crime: Witness doing sth
e.g. He arrived home just in time to witness his brother being taken away by the police. 2. setting n.
the time and the place in which the action of a book, film, play, etc. happens e.g. The play has its setting in a wartime prison. be set in …
e.g. The story was set in Britain of the nineteenth century. 3. take on
a. to accept a particular job or responsibility:
e.g. She took too much on and made herself ill. b. to employ someone:
e.g. She was taken on as a laboratory assistant. c. to compete against or fight someone:
e.g. The Government took on the unions and won. d. to begin to have a particular quality: e.g. Her voice took on a troubled tone.
Step IX Homework Preview the text.
Finish Exercise E on Page 21.
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