1、牛津高中英语牛津高中英语 ( (模块八模块八 高二下学期高二下学期) ) Reading 2 板块：教学设计板块：教学设计课件课件 Unit 2 Turandot in Beijing 精品PPT Unit 2 课件描述：课件描述： To help review the content of the text. To help students grasp some of the important new words and expressions. Revision 1. Where does the story happen? 2. Who are the main characters
2、? 3. What is Calaf like? 4. What is Turandot like? 5. How does Turandots father find the deaths of many men? 6. What happens when Calaf recites the answers to Turandots questions correctly? Language learning 1. Some of the worlds opera singers were cast in this production, and many great Chinese mus
3、icians also participated. Castto choose which people will act particular parts in a play, film etc. Peter was expected to be cast alongside Douglas in the new film. 2. He liked East Asia very much and also wrote Madam Butterfly, which is set in Japan. be set inif a film, play, story etc. is set in a
4、 particular place or period, the action takes place there. The novel is set in France. 3. Those who cannot answer all three riddles, however, will be condemned to death. be condemned to deathto give someone a severe punishment after deciding they are guilty of a crime He was found guilty and condemn
5、ed to death. 4. This means that few men would dare to ask for her hand in marriage. ask for ones hand in marriageask sb. to get married After they fell in love with each other for nine years, John asked for Marys hand in marriage. 5. However, although he would like to, he cannot break his promise an
6、d must allow Turandot to do as she wishes. break ones promisenot keep ones promise The government failed to keep its promise of lower taxes. = The government broke its promise. Have you ever broken your promise? When was that? 6-7. Shortly afterwards, another prince, Calaf, falls in love with Turand
7、ot at first sight and decides to solve the riddles so that he can marry her. The report claims that when women fall in love, they tend to eat more. They meet and fall in love with each other during the second world war. At first sight these deals might not appear to have much to do with each other.
8、8. The story then takes on a classic love triangle between Calaf, Turandot and Liu. take onto begin to have a particular quality, appearance, etc. After years of reform and opening-up policy, our country _. When the Prime Minister began to talk about the economic situations in the country, his voice
9、 _. took on a more serious tone. took on a new look 9. so Turandot seizes Calafs father and Liu, and demands that they tell her Calafs name or they will be beaten. demand to know/see/have etc. something I demand to know whats going on. demand that They demanded that the military government free all
10、political prisoners. demand something of somebody It seemed that no matter what she did, more was demanded of her. “Where are you going?” she demanded angrily. 10. Liu claims that she alone knows the name, but resists telling her because she loves him. Resistto stop yourself from having something th
11、at you like very much cannot resist (doing) something I just cant resist chocolate. She can never resist buying new shoes. It is hard/difficult/impossible to resist something. Its hard to resist an invitation like that. resist the temptation/urge to do something She resisted the temptation to laugh.
12、 11. Calaf scolds Turandot for not being more merciful. scold sb. for doing sth. Dont scold her for being silly. 12. it has been transformed into the spot for a beautiful and sad love story. Transformto completely change the appearance or character of sth., esp. so that it is better The company has
13、been transformed from a family business to a multi-million-pound one. Is there an event that has transformed your life? Pieces of Titanic were transformed into luxury watches. Follow-up Activity Write a short story within 80 words, using five of the words and expressions you have learned today. Homework 1. Review what has been learned in todays class. 2. Finish the exercises on Page108.
