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UnitTwoZhangYimou.HaveyouseenanyofZhangYimou’sfilms?Doyoulikethem?Whyorwhynot?WhatelsehasZhangYimoudirectedbesidesfilms?Theyarethe‘Bidforthe29thOlympicGamesinBeijing’,whichwasshowninMoscow,aperformanceattheclosingceremonyatAthensOlympicGames,anoutdoorperformanceofThirdSisterLiuinGuilinandTurandotinBeijing•What’sareview?Areviewisareportoranessaygivingsomeinformationaswellassomeopinionorideasaboutabook,performance,apaintingorsomethingsimilar.Readingstrategy:Readingareviewofanopera•Whatshouldwepayattentiontowhilereadingareviewofanopera?1.Areviewofoperausuallystartswithsomebackgroundinformation.2.Thereviewcangivesomeimportantsuchastheactor’snamesandfinallyanevaluation.3.Thereviewmayincludelotsofverydescriptivewordsthatreflectfeelings.ListeningforthedetailsWriterMaincharactersSettingPlotDirectorConductorActorsandactressesGiacomoPuccinitheForbiddenCityZhangYimouZubinMehtaSharonSweet;BarbaraHendricks;KristjanJohannssonCharactersTurandot—aChineseprincessCalaf—princeLiu—Calaf’sfather’syoungslavePlotThestorytakesontheclassiclovetriangleofthethreemaincharactersTurandot,CalafandLiu.LiulovesCalaf,butCalafhasfalleninlovewithTurandot.BecauseTurandotdoesnotwanttogetmarried,shedeclaresthatanyonewhowantstomarryhermustanswerherthreequestions.Iftheonecannotanswerthesequestions,hewillbekilled.CarefulReading•1.WhydoesthewriterthinkthattheForbiddenCityisagoodsettingforTurandot?A:Becauseshefeltthatshecouldalmostfeelthehistory.•2.WhatkindofpersonisTurandot?A:Sheisstubbornandcruel.•3.Whathappenedtotheprincewhocouldnotanswertheprincess’sriddles?A:Hewaskilled.•4.WhatdoesCalafsaywillhappenifTurandotcanguesshisnamebysunrise?A:Shedoesnothavetomarryhim.•5.WhathasTurandot’sfatherpromisedher?A:HepromisedtoallowTurandottochooseherownhusband.•6.WhotookpartinthisperformanceofTurandot?A:TurandotwasplayedbySharonSweetfromtheUSA,LiuwasplayedbyBarbaraHendricksfromtheUSAandCalafwassungbyKristianJohannssonformIceland.•7.Whatwerethekeycomponentsfortheproductionofthisopera?A:Thebringingtogetherofthegroupofpeoplefrommanycountries,themusicandthesetting.ConsolidationItisastoryofacold-heartedChinese(1)p______,namedTurandot.Inordertoavoid(2)m_______,shesaysthatany(3)p_______husbandmustanswerthree(4)r______correctlyordie.Ahandsomeprince,namedCalaf,fallsinlovewithherandsaysthathewill(5)s_______theproblemandmarryher.Butayoungslaveofhisfather,Liu,beginstolovehim,thenthestorytakesonaclassiclove(6)t_______featuringprince,princess,andslave,whoseloveforCalafis(7)u_________.AlthoughprinceCalafrecitestheanswerstotheTurandot’squestionscorrectly,sheisgreatly(8)u______bythis.Seeingthis,princeCalafsaysthatifshecanguesshisnameby(9)s______,shedoesnothavetomarryhim.PricessTurandotisdesperatetoknowthat,shetorturesLiu,askingforthename.Liukillsherself.Attheendofthestory,princeCalafandprincessTurandotmarryandthewholecity(10)c________theirhappiness.rincessarriageotentialiddlesolverianglenconditionalpsetunriseelebrates