高中英语译林牛津版高二模块8unit2 reading.ppt

Turandot in Beijing
Wordlist
Zhang Yimou
Have you seen any of
ZhangYimou’s films?
Do you like them? Why or
why not?
What else has Zhang Yimou directed besides films?
They are the ‘Bid for the 29th Olympic Games in Beijing’, which was shown in Moscow, a performance at the closing ceremony at Athens Olympic Games, an outdoor performance of Third Sister Liu in Guilin and Turandot in Beijing.
the Forbidden City
Go through the passage as quickly as possible and try to find answers to the three questions in Part A on page 18.
Answers
A is an opera that tells the story of a stubborn and cruel Chinese princess, named Turandot, who lives in the Forbidden City. To avoid marriage, she says that any potential husband must solve three riddles or die.
falls in love withTurandot at first sight and decides to solve the riddles so that he can marry her.
the end of the story, Calaf and Turandot unite in marriage.
Main
characters
of the story
Setting
Plot
(Turandot—a Chinese princess;
Calaf—a prince;Liu—Calaf’s father’s young slave)
Beijing’s Forbidden City
The story takes on the classic love triangle of the three main characters Turandot, Calaf and Liu. Liu loves Calaf, but Calaf has fallen in love with Turandot. Because Turandot does not want to get married, she declares that anyone who wants to marry her must solve her three riddles. If one cannot solve these riddles, he will be killed.
Director
Conductor
Actors and
actresses
Zhang Yimou
Zubin Mehta, a superb conductor born in India
Sharon Sweet from the USA—Turandot;
Barbara Hendricks from the USA—Liu;
Kristjan Johannsson from Iceland—Calaf; other singers and musicians from abroad and China
prehension