M8U2 The universal language
一、课前自主预习——课文重建
根据本单元reading 课文在下面短文空格中填入所缺单词(每空一词)。
The story is(1)_______ in the Forbidden City. To(2)_______marriage, Turandot says her (3)_______ husband must answer three of her riddles or die.
Calaf sees Torandot for the first time and (4)______ in love with her. But a slave of Calaf’s father’s, Liu, also expresses her love for him. The story becomes a triangle love and it (5) ________ on amazing colours. Turandot is (6)_________ and cruel, and tries to exercise (7) ________ over her father, the emperor of China, who can’t break his (8) ________although he finds the deaths of so many men disturbing .
Turandot is (9) ________to know his name and terrifies and even threatens Liu, who kills herself. Finally the whole city (10) ________ their happiness.