高二高二 年级年级 英语英语 学科学生自主学习材料学科学生自主学习材料课题 M8U2reading 主备人 温良超 备课时间 5 月 10 号 班级 学生姓名 学习材料学习材料学习笔记学习笔记M8 unit 2 reading （I） Turandot in Beijing 教学案备课人：温良超 Teaching aims：To help students appreciate an opera and its review.To improve students skills in reading a review of an opera.课前自主学习 task1:What does a review consist of ?(read the reading strategy)Task2: skim the review and answer the following questions 1 What is Turandot?2 What decision does Calaf make when he first sees Turandot?3What happens at the end of the story?Task3: Read the passage again and answer the following questions. 1 Who was the author of Turandot? 2 Why does the writer think that the Forbidden City is a good setting for Turandot? 3 What kind of person is Turandot ? 4 What has Turandots father promised her ? 5 What happens to the prince who can not answer the princesss riddles? 6 What does Calaf say will happen if Turandot can guess his name by sunrise ? 7 What does Liu do to protect Calaf and his father? 8 What makes the production amaz ing ? 8 What makes the production amazing ?Task4 Find out the characters mentioned in the text ,and tell us what they are doing?pay attention to the pronunciation of the names (on p85) For example: Jane Jones,a journalist for a UK magazine.当堂检测（practice） In order to check your further understanding of the text ,now do the following exercises,first do them by yourself,then check your answers in your groups,at last show them to the whole class. The passage can be divided into four parts. Part 1(Para _)background information Part 2(Para _)the story Part 3(Para _)some other information Part 4(Para _)a comment(circle the descriptive words for comment)Read the passage to decide whether the following sentences are true or false? 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. Do multiple choice 1. The writer think that the Forbidden City is a good setting for Turandot, because _.A. it was a palace B. it was beautifulC. she felt that she could almost feel the historyD. 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 home3. If Turandot can guess Calafs name by sunset, _.A. she does not have to marry himB. she has to marry him C. she has to kill himD. she does not have to kill Liu4. Turandots father promised that she could _.A. control the country B. kill men at willC. choose her own husband D. marry a wealthy man Fill in the blanks of the table展示表演（the time for performance） Read the paragraph 3-7 again,according to the relationship of the main characters,try to retell the story of Turandot with your own words. You can begin like this: The story tells us a classic love triangle of the three main characters Turandot,Calaf and Liu.Main characters of the storyTurandot:_ _ _ Calaf:_ _； Liu: _ _ _ _Setting_ _ _Plot*The story _ _ the c_ love t_ of the three main characters Turandot, Calaf and Liu. *Liu _ Calaf, but Calaf has _ _ _ _ Turandot. Because Turandot does not want to _ _, she says that anyone who wants to _ her must _ three _. If the one cannot _ it, he will be _.But Calaf _ to answer the three questions. *At last, Calaf wins Turandots_. The prince and princess _ in marriage.Director_ConductorZubin Mehta, an _ _ conductor bornin_Actors andactressesSharonSweet_ ;Barbara Hendricks_ ;Kristjan Johannsson_ Homework（巩固练习）: 1 read the passage again,finish the exercises on p24-26(凤凰学案)