【正文】 e fell silent. (P19) 歌劇在一段美妙的終曲二重唱中結(jié)束。 1) shortly adverb soon: 很快 We will shortly be arriving in King?s Cross Station. shortly after/before sth. a short time after or before something: Shortly after you left, a man came into the office looking for you. 2) fall in love to be very attracted to someone and begin to love them: They met and fell madly in love. He fell in love with a young German student. I thought I was falling in love. fall in love (with sb.) to start to love someone romantically and sexually: I was 20 when I first fell in love. be in love to love someone in a romantic and sexual way: I?m in love for the first time and it?s wonderful. They?re still madly in love (with each other). It is hard for me to imagine what I would be doing today if I __________ in love, at the age of seven, with the Melinda Cox Library in my hometown. (2020 上海 ) A. wouldn39。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 Go through the passage as quickly as possible and try to find answers to the three questions in part A on page 2. Answers A 1 Turandot is an opera that tells the story of a coldhearted Chinese princess, named Turandot, who lives in the Forbidden City. To avoid marriage, she says that any potential husband must answer three riddles correctly or die. 2 Giao Puccini wrote the opera. The final scene was pleted by Franco Alfano, one of his students, based on Puccini’s notes after he died. 3 It was performed outdoors. 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 answer her three questions. If the one cannot answer these questions, he will be killed. Director Conductor Actors and actresses Zhang Yimou Zubin Mehta, an internationally famous conductor born in India Sharon Sweet— Turandot。 that is not real: 想象中的 As a child I had an imaginary friend called Polly. The story is set in an imaginary world. imaginary fears 1. It is difficult to imagine his _______ the decision without any consideration. (2020 陜西 ) A. to accept B. accept C. accepting D. accepted 2. — There is a story here in the paper about a 110yearold man. — My goodness! I can’t imagine ________ that old. （ 2020江蘇 ） A. to be B. to have been C. being D. having been 3. Never in my wildest dreams _____ these people are living in such poor conditions.（ 2020安徽） A. I could imagine B. could I imagine C. I couldn’t imagine D. couldn’t I imagine 4. You can’t imagine that a wellbehaved gentleman ________be so rude to a lady. (2020上海） A. might B. need C. should D. would 4. Shortly afterwards, another prince, Calaf sees Turandot for the first time and falls in love. (P18) 過(guò)后不久，另一位王子卡拉夫第一次見到圖蘭朵，并且愛上了她。 leave The verb leave can be followed by an object and an object plement, which means ‘to let somebody do something or be in a state’ or ‘to let something be in a state’. leave verb [I or T] left, left to go away from someone or something, for a short time or permanently: 離開 I’ll be leaving at five o’clock tomorrow. He left the house by the back door. She left the group of people she was with and came over to speak to us. The bus leaves in five minutes. [T] to not take something or someone with you when you go, either intentionally or by accident: 落下， 遺忘 Hey, you?ve left your keys on the table. Can I leave a message for Sue? Why don?t you leave the kids with me on Friday? If something leaves something else, a part or effect of it stays after it has gone or been used: 留下， 剩下 His shoes left muddy marks on the floor. There?s some food left over from the party. [+ two objects] If I give you 163。 fell 11. However, in this wonderful production, it has been transformed into the location for a beautiful and heartbreaking love story. (P19) 但是，在這次精彩演出中，它變成了一個(gè)美麗而令人心碎的愛情故事的發(fā)生地。 L] fell, fallen to change to a particular condition from a different one: 成為 …… 的狀態(tài) He always falls