1、Section_ Welcome to the unit & Reading Prereading原文呈现Turandot in Beijingby Jane JonesLast night, I witnessed the first of only eight performances of Giacomo Puccinis worldfamous opera, Turandot, being performed in the Forbidden City in Beijing, China. The performance was splendid . Some of the world
2、s greatest opera singers were cast in this production, and many great Chinese musicians also participated . Puccini, an Italian, wrote Turandot towards the end of his life, between 1920 and 1924. He liked East Asia very much and also wrote Madam Butterfly ， which is set in Japan .Just imagine perfor
3、ming such an opera in the Forbidden City there could not be a more awesome setting! You could almost feel the history. The weather was also perfect for a performance outdoors. Instead of a stage curtain, there were decorated screens covered with red and gold , and traditional Chinese drums were used
4、 to announce the start of the opera.Turandot is the story of a stubborn and cruel Chinese princess， named Turandot， who lives in the Forbidden City in Beijing.In the story, the emperor of China, Turandots father, has promised to allow her to choose her own husband. In order to avoid marriage, she sa
5、ys that any potential husband must solve three riddles if he wants to marry her. Those who cannot answer all three riddles, however, will be condemned to death. This means that few men would dareto ask for her hand in marriage. The story begins when a prince is killed for failing 21 to solve her rid
6、dles. The emperor finds the death disturbing .However, although he would like 22 to, he cannot break his promise and must allow Turandot to do as she wishes. 23 读文清障witness v目击，亲眼看见 n目击者，证人being performed . 是现在分词的被动式作定语，表示现阶段正在进行的动作。splendid adj.壮丽的，华丽的，辉煌的，灿烂的cast/kst/ vt.& vi.选派角色；投射 (光、影)cast sb.
7、 in a role/a part/the lead 让某人出演某角色/主角participate v参加，参与，常与介词 in 连用。butterfly/btflaI/n.蝴蝶which is set in Japan 是 which 引导的非限制性定语从句，修饰 Madam Butterfly。imagine doing . 想象做not .a more .否定词与比较级连用，表达最高级意义。awesome/sm/adj.极好的；令人惊叹的过去分词短语作后置定语，修饰 screens。stubborn/stbn/adj.固执的，顽固的princess/prInses/n.公主过去分词短语作
8、定语，修饰 princess。who 引导非限制性定语从句，修饰 princess。potential adj.潜在的，可能的solve riddles 猜谜语condemn/kndem/vt.判刑，宣判；指责，谴责be condemned to sth.被处以某种刑罚dare/de(r)/vt.& vi.& aux.敢于，胆敢句中 dare 用作实义动词，后接动词不定式时，to 既可以保留，也可以省略 (尤其在口语中) 。另外，dare 也常用作情态动词，后接不带 to 的动词不定式。ask for sb.s hand in marriage (向女方)求婚prince/prIns/n.王子
9、 21 disturbing/dIstbI/adj.令人不安的；引起恐慌的 22 break ones promise 食言 23 图兰朵在北京简琼斯第 13 段译文昨天晚上，我目睹了贾科莫普契尼闻名世界的歌剧图兰朵在中国北京紫禁城的首场演出，该歌剧在这里只演八场。演出异彩纷呈。几位世界级歌剧演唱家在演出中担任主演，而且许多杰出的中国音乐家也参与进来。普契尼是意大利人，1920 年至 1924 年期间，在他的生命快要走向终点之际，创作了图兰朵 。普契尼非常喜欢东亚，还创作了以日本为背景的蝴蝶夫人 。想象一下在紫禁城上演这样一出歌剧吧再也不可能有比这更令人叹为观止的场景了！你几乎可以感受到历史。
10、天气对于户外演出来说也是绝佳的。覆盖着红色和金色的经过装饰的屏风代替了舞台帷幕，传统的中国鼓被用来宣告歌剧的开场。图兰朵讲述的是一位顽固、冷酷的中国公主图兰朵的故事，她住在北京紫禁城里。故事中，中国的皇帝，即图兰朵的父亲，允诺女儿由她自己选择丈夫。为了逃避婚姻，她说任何想成为她丈夫的人要娶她必须猜中三道谜语。但是猜不出全部三道谜语的人将被处以死刑。这意味着几乎没人胆敢向她求婚。故事开始时，一位王子因为猜不中图兰朵的谜语被处死。皇上对这种杀戮焦虑不安。但是，虽然他很想收回这一允诺，但又不能食言，只能让图兰朵按照自己的意愿行事。Shortly afterwards, another prince,
11、 Calaf, falls in love with Turandot at first sight and 24 25 decides to solve the riddles so that he can marry her. Meanwhile ， Liu, a young slave of 26 Calafs father, expresses her love for Calaf. The story then takes on a classic love triangle 27 28 between Calaf, Turandot and Liu.Calaf goes to Tu
12、randot and without introducing himself or telling her his name answers the three questions.Turandot becomes very angry at this turn of events, as she is unwilling to get 29 married .Seeing this ， Calaf says that if she can guess his name by sunrise, she will not have 30 31 to marry him, but can have
13、 him killed . Calafs father and Liu have been seen accompanying 32 Calaf, so Turandot seizes Calafs father and Liu, and demands that they tell her Calafs name 33 34 or they will be beaten. Wanting to protect the father ， Liu claims that she alone knows the 35 name, but resists telling Turandot. Then
14、 Liu grabs a sword from a guard and kills herself. 36 fall in love (with) 相爱，坠入爱河 24 at first sight 初次见面；乍一看 25 meanwhile adv.与此同时 26 还可作名词，用于 in the meanwhile。take on 呈现 triangle n三角形 27 28 unwilling/nwIlI/adj.不情愿；勉强的 29 be unwilling to do sth. 不愿意做某事as 引导原因状语从句。 30 现在分词短语作状语，表示时间。 31 have him kill
15、ed 是“have 宾语宾补 ”结构，宾补用过去分词，与宾语之间是被动 32 关系。seize/siz/vt.逮捕，捉拿；抓住，捉住；夺取，攻占 33 demand/dImnd/vt.强烈要求，需要 n.要求 34 demand 后跟宾语从句时，从句要用虚拟语气，即谓语用“should动词原形”的形式，should 可以省略。现在分词短语 Wanting to protect the father 作原因状语，句子的主语和 want 之间是 35 主动关系。grab/rb/vt.(突然或用力 )抓住，夺取，攫取 36 第 46 段译文之后不久，另一位王子卡拉夫对图兰朵一见钟情，决心要解开谜底，
16、以便能迎娶图兰朵。这时，卡拉夫父亲的一个年轻奴隶柳儿倾诉了她对卡拉夫的爱。故事随后演绎了发生在卡拉夫、图兰朵和柳儿之间的经典三角恋情。卡拉夫来到图兰朵面前，回答出她的三个问题。他没有自我介绍，也没有告诉图兰朵自己的名字。对于事情的这一转折图兰朵非常恼火，因为她不愿意结婚。见此，卡拉夫说如果她能在太阳升起之前猜出他的名字，她不仅可以不嫁给他，还可以杀了他。有人曾看见卡拉夫的父亲和柳儿陪着卡拉夫，因此图兰朵把卡拉夫的父亲和柳儿抓了起来，命令他们说出卡拉夫的名字，否则就要拷打他们。想要保护卡拉夫的父亲，柳儿宣称只有她知道卡拉夫的名字，但她拒绝告诉图兰朵。然后柳儿从一名卫兵的手中夺过一把剑自刎。Whe
17、n it becomes evident what happened, Calaf scolds Turandot for not being more 37 38 merciful . However, though he is angry, he still loves her. Calaf kisses Turandot. Turandots 39 heart grows softer, but is still quite hard. She demands that he leave. Instead, he tells her his name just before the da
18、wn deadline and says that she can kill him if she wishes. At the end 40 41 of the story, the prince and princess unite in marriage, and the whole city celebrates their 42 happiness.Unfortunately, Puccini died of a heart attack before he completed this final scene, and it had to be completed by one o
19、f his former students, Franco Alfano. An opera company staged the 43 opera in Beijing in the 1990s, but the performance I saw was the first time Turandot was staged inside the Forbidden City. The production combined the very best of Western and Chinese talents.The music was conducted by Zubin Mehta,
20、 a superb conductor, who was born in India. The opera was directed by Zhang Yimou, a wellknown Chinese director. In the Beijing performance I saw, Turandot was played by Sharon Sweet from the USA, Liu was played by another opera singer from the USA, Barbara Hendricks, and Calaf was sung by Kristjan
21、Johannsson from Iceland. They were all excellent.The Forbidden City was once only accessible to the emperor, his family and senior 44 officials. However, in this wonderful production, it has been transformed into the spot for a 45 beautiful and sad love story. The bringing together of this group of
22、people from many countries, the music, and the grand setting are clearly the key components of this amazing production. 46 47 evident/evIdnt/adj.清楚的，显然的 37 It is evident that . 显然scold/skld/vt.训斥，责骂 38 scold sb.for (doing) sth.训斥某人(做了)某事merciful/msIfl/adj.仁慈的，慈悲的，宽大为怀的 39 dawn/dn/n.黎明，拂晓；开端，萌芽 40 de
23、adline/dedlaIn/n.最后期限，截止日期 41 unite/jnaIt/vi.& vt.联合，团结；统一 42 stage v组织，筹划 n.时期，阶段；舞台 43 be accessible to 可利用的；可到达的；对易接近的 44 transform . into . 把变成 45 grand/rnd/adj.宏大的，壮丽的，堂皇的，隆重的 46 key/major/important components 重要组成部分 47 第 79 段译文当真相大白后，卡拉夫斥责图兰朵毫无慈悲之心。然而，尽管卡拉夫非常愤怒，他依然爱着图兰朵。卡拉夫亲吻了图兰朵。图兰朵的心变得软些了，但仍
24、然相当冷酷。她强令卡拉夫离开。但是，卡拉夫告诉了图兰朵他的名字就在黎明的期限来临之前还说如果图兰朵愿意，她可以杀死他。在故事的结尾处，王子和公主喜结良缘，整座城市欢庆他们的幸福。不幸的是，普契尼还没有完成这最后一幕就因心脏病突发去世了，这一幕只好由他以前的一名学生佛朗哥阿尔法诺来完成。在 20 世纪 90 年代，一家歌剧公司将这出歌剧搬上了北京的舞台，但我观看的这场演出是图兰朵第一次在紫禁城里上演。这次演出结合了中西方最优秀的人才。乐队由生于印度的杰出指挥家祖宾 梅塔指挥。歌剧由中国著名导演张艺谋执导。我观看的这场在北京的演出中，图兰朵由美国的莎伦斯威特扮演，柳儿由美国另一名歌剧演唱家芭芭拉
25、亨德里克斯扮演，卡拉夫则是由来自冰岛的克里斯蒂安 约翰松扮演。他们都很出色。紫禁城曾经只允许皇帝、皇室人员和高级官员进入，但是，在这次精彩的演出中，它变成了一个美丽而令人心碎的爱情故事的发生地。来自许多国家的这群人的联袂演出、音乐以及恢弘的场景显然是这场令人惊叹的演出的重要因素。PrereadingPlease match the words with their proper meanings.1universal Adetermined not to change your mind very strongly2awesome Bto say what sb.s punishment wi
26、ll be 3stubborn Cdone by or involving all the people in the world4condemn Dextremely serious or difficult and perhaps rather frightening5seize Eto angrily criticize someone6demand Feasily noticed or understood7evident Gto ask for something very firmly8scold Hto take hold of something suddenly15 _ 68
27、 _答案：15 CDABH 68 GFELeadinLook at the following pictures and decide what kind of music they belong to. APop music BChinese operaCRock and roll DOrchestra 答案：14 BCDAWhilereadingFastreading1Whats the main idea of the text?According to the title we can learn that the text is about the worlds greatest o
28、pera Turandot.2Skim the text and match the main idea with each part.Part 1(Paragraphs 12) A Other information about the operaPart 2(Paragraphs 37) BBackground informationPart 3(Paragraph 8) CThe plotPart 4(Paragraph 9) DEvaluationPart 1Part 4 _答案：Part 1Part 4 BCDACarefulreading()Choose the best answ
29、ers according to the text. 1Turandot was written by an Italian writer, which is set in _.AJapan BChinaCIndia DEngland2According to the text, the following statements are right EXCEPT that _.ATurandot is a worldfamous operaBTurandot was once performed in BeijingConly some great Chinese musicians part
30、icipated when Turandot was performed in ChinaDsome of the world greatest opera singers were cast in the production of Turandot3When Turandot was performed in the Forbidden City in Beijing, _.Athere was not an awesome settingBthe weather was uncomfortableCChinese drums were used to announce the finis
31、h of the operaDthere were decorated screens covered with red and gold4Few men would dare to ask for Turandots hand in marriage because _.Athose who cannot answer all her three riddles will be condemned to deathBthe riddles given by her are too difficult to solveConly princes can fall in love with he
32、rDTurandot is unwilling to get married5According to the story which statement is WRONG?AAt the end of the story, the prince and the princess unite in marriage.BLiu kills herself in order to protect Calaf and his father.CThe opera performed inside the Forbidden City was directed by Zhang Yimou.DThe m
33、usic was conducted by an American conductor.答案：15 BCDAD()Fill in each blank with only one word according to the text.Writer Giacomo PucciniMain1.characters Turandot, Calaf, LiuMain performersSharon Sweet TurandotKristjan Johannsson 2.CalafBarbara Hendricks Liu3.Conductor and director The music was c
34、onducted by Zubin Mehta and the opera 4.directed by Zhang Yimou.Setting The Forbidden City, BeijingPlotTo avoid marriage, Turandot, a stubborn and cruel Chinese princess, says that any 5.potential husband must solve three riddles or they will be 6.condemned to death. Calaf, a prince, falls in love w
35、ith her at first sight and decides to solve the riddles. Meanwhile, he meets Liu, who is a young slave of his father and is in love with Calaf. Calaf solves the riddles but Turandot doesnt want to keep her 7.word/promise. Seeing this, he says that if she can guess his name before 8.dawn/sunrise,_she
36、 will not have to marry him and even can have him killed. To get the answer, Turandot 9.threatens Calafs father and Liu. Liu kills herself to protect the father. But before the dawn 10.deadline,_Calaf tells Turandot his name and also wins her affections.StudyreadingAnalyze the following difficult se
37、ntences in the text. 1Seeing this, Calaf says that if she can guess his name by sunrise, she will not have to marry him, but can have him killed.句式分析尝试翻译 见此，卡拉夫说如果她能在太阳升起之前猜出他的名字，她不仅可以不嫁给他，还可以杀了他。2Instead, he tells her his name just before the dawn deadline and says that she can kill him if she wish
38、es.句式分析尝试翻译 但是，卡拉夫告诉了图兰朵他的名字就在黎明的期限来临之前还说如果图兰朵愿意，她可以杀死他。3An opera company staged the opera in Beijing in the 1990s, but the performance I saw was the first time Turandot was staged inside the Forbidden City.句式分析尝试翻译 在 20 世纪 90 年代，一家歌剧公司将这出歌剧搬上了北京的舞台，但我观看的这场演出是图兰朵第一次在紫禁城里上演。.阅读理解ABack to three years
39、before, the hit song Call Me Maybe was on everyones lips, and Carly Rae Jepsen had risen to pop status. But many critics wondered whether the Canadian singersongwriter was a onehit wonder.Jepsen admits that she felt a sudden increase of pressure after the singles unexpected popularity. To do with th
40、e stress, Jepsen threw herself into creating new songs every single day. It was as if Jepsen disappeared at least by the standard of pop stars. She had vanished from music charts and gossip columns as she got down to work.Over the next three years, the singer wrote over 200 songs and selected 17 of
41、them to showcase in her new album Emotion, released last month.The 29yearold Jepsen found herself with another hit when the albums lead single, I Really Like You, started to top the charts.Some people have made fun of the song for repeating“really” five times in a row and 67 times throughout the who
42、le song.“But its also an example of how more simple music can be art， ” The Atlantic commented.The appealing, energetic Emotion proves that Jepsen will be a chief support in the music industry for the long journey. But her success is more than just bright and attractive earworms (上口曲调) Yes, its true
43、 that I Really Like You is a kind of 2015 version of Call Me Maybe.But in the albums other singles, Jepsen gets adventurous, experimenting with deeper material.Emotion is not all pop. Jepsen reveals a few musical styles that weve never heard from her before.Run Away With Me, a song filled with cryin
44、g saxophones, opens the album. In Boy Problems, Jepsen shows unexpected fierceness. And Jepsens personal favorite, All That, is a hot ballad that talks about the desire for intimacy (亲密) “I hope that Im always changing, and that with every album Im kind of reinventing what excites me and reinventing
45、 sort of where I want to go musically， ” Jepsen said.语篇解读：本文讲述了加拿大的创作型歌手卡莉蕾 吉普森是如何通过自己的努力在音乐界获得成功的。1What did Jepsen do with her pressure from the hit song Call Me Maybe?AShe stopped working and studied further.BShe made friends with many famous singers.CShe set about performing in different occasion
46、s.DShe actively set out to create new songs every day.解析：选 D 细节理解题。根据第二段中的 “To do with the stress, Jepsen threw herself into creating new songs every single day.”可知，为了应对压力，卡莉 蕾吉普森每天创作新歌曲。故选 D 项。2Which of the songs is as popular as Call Me Maybe?ARun A way With Me. BBoy Problems.CI Really Like You. D
47、All That.解析：选 C 细节理解题。根据第七段中的 “Yes, its true that I Really Like You is a kind of 2015 version of Call Me Maybe.”可知，歌曲 I Really Like You 就是 2015 版的 Call Me Maybe。再根据文章第一段的第一句可知，选 C 项。3According to the text, Jepsen is likely to be _.Alearned and good at changingBbrave and popular with the youngChumoro
48、us and willing to help othersDproductive and willing to try new things解析：选 D 推理判断题。根据第七段中的 “Jepsen gets adventurous, experimenting with deeper material”和第八段中的“Jepsen reveals a few musical styles that weve never heard from her before.”可知，卡莉蕾吉普森勇于尝试新事物；根据第三段中的“Over the next three years, the singer wrote over 200 songs”可知，她是一位多产的歌手。故选 D
