英语(外研版)
八年级上册
English
Module 5
Lao She Teahouse
Unit 2
It describes the changes in Chinese society.
act
show
common
twentieth
describe
society
college
novel
name
if
magic
n.(戏剧、歌剧或芭蕾舞的)一幕
v. 展示;显示 n. 演出;表演
adj. 普通的;一般的
num. 第二十
v. 描写;描述
n. 社会
n. 大学;学院
n.(长篇)小说
v. 给……取名;给……命名
conj. 如果;若
adj. 魔术的;戏法的
New words
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课堂导入
Enjoy some pictures
Pen Name
Lao She
Real Name
Shu Qingchun
He wrote many plays and novels.
He was named “the People’s Artist”.
Lao She’s famous play — Teahouse
They show the lives of common people in China.
Lao She wrote lots of novels.
Camel Xiangzi
Teahouse
Four Generations
enjoy some plays
drink tea
see Beijing Opera
eat delicious food
enjoy magic shows
enjoy traditional music
What can people do at the Teahouse?
What can people do at the Teahouse?
Reading and vocabulary
Work in pairs. Ask and answer the questions about Lao She.
1 What do you know about Lao She?
2 What are his most famous books and plays?
3 What’s special about Lao She’s Teahouse?
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课堂活动
Read the passage and match the headings with the paragraphs.
Para1: __
Para2: __
Para3: __
a) Lao She Teahouse
b) The story of Teahouse
c) Lao She
c
b
a
Learning to learn
When you read a passage, remember to look at its title, the paragraph headings and the photos if there are any. They will help you understand the main ideas.
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1. ______________________
Teahouse is one of Lao She’s most famous plays. He wrote it in 1957. The play has three acts and shows the lives of common people in China from the end of the nineteenth century to the middle of the twentieth century. It tells us the story of Wang Lifa and the customers of his teahouse in Beijing. lt describes the changes in Chinese society over fifty years.
a) The story of Teahouse
2. ____________________
Lao She was born in Beijing in 1899. His mother sent him to a teacher’s school in 1913. After finishing school in 1918, he became a head teacher of a primary school. In 1924, Lao She left home and went to England. He taught Chinese at a college in
c) Lao She
London and returned to China five years later. He wrote many plays, novels and short stories about people’s lives, and was named “the People’s Artist”. Lao She is one of the greatest Chinese writers of the twentieth century.
3. ____________________
At?Lao?She?Teahouse?today,?customers can?drink tea?and?eat? delicious?Beijing?food. If?you?like the?Beijing?Opera,?traditional music?or?magic?shows, you?can?enjoy?them at?the?teahouse.?Lao?She
Teahouse?gives?a warm?welcome?to?everyone?from all?over the?world.
a) Lao She Teahouse
1. Lao?She?wrote?Teahouse?in ______.
A. 1957 B. 1958 C. 1959
2. The?play?has ______ acts.
A. two B. three C. four
3.?It?describes?the?changes?in?Chinese?society over?fifty?years.
A. more?than B.?less?than C.?the?same?number
Read?and?choose.
When?does?the?story?take?place?(发生)??
It?takes?place?from?the?end?of?the?___________ century?to the?middle?of?the?________ century.
2.?Where?does?the?story?take?place?
It?takes?place?at?a?_________?in?Beijing.
Read?again?and?fill?in?the?blanks.
twentieth
nineteenth
teahouse
3.?What’s?the?story’s?main?idea?
It?tells?us?the?story?of?______________?and?the__________.
It?shows?us?the?lives?of?_________ ?people in?China.
Wang?Lifa
customers
common
Complete the timeline with information about Lao She.
finished the teacher’s school and became a head teacher of a primary school
LAO SHE
1957
1924
1918
1913
1899
wrote Teahouse
left home and went to England
went to a teacher’s school
born in Beijing
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Complete the passage with the words in the box.
Lao She’s play, Teahouse, has three acts. It describes the life of Wang Lifa and the changes to the lives of ________ people in Chinese ______ in the first half of the twentieth ______.
Lao She went to a teacher’s school in Beijing, taught in London and later returned to China. He is one of China’s greatest ________.
Come to Lao She Teahouse in Beijng __ you like the Beijing Opera, traditional music or ______ shows.
common
society
century
writers
if
magic
century common if magic society writers
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Language points
1. … and was named “the People’s Artist”.
name 在这里是动词,表示“命名”。
name 还有“任命”的意思。
e.g.李丽被任命为我们学习小组的组长。
Lili was named as captain of our studying team.
2. Lao She Teahouse gives a warm welcome to everyone from all over the world.
give (sb.) a … welcome 对(某人)表示……欢迎
e.g. 北京热情地欢迎来自世界各地的人们。
Beijing gives a warm welcome to people from all over the world.
3.“one of+the或其他限定词+形容词最高级+名词复数”指在某一范围内“最……之一”,该结构做主语时,谓语动词要用 形式。如:
①长江是世界上最长的河流之一。
The Changjiang River is ___ __ ___ ______ _____
in the world.
②他是我们班最优秀的学生之一。
He ___ __ ___ ____ _______ ________ in our class
单数
one of the longest rivers
one of the most excellent students
4. The play has three acts and shows the lives of common people.
【拓展】:
show 作动词,意为“给(某人)看”,其后可以跟双宾语,常用搭配:show sb sth=show sth to sb,意为“给某人看某物”。
show sb around
带领某人参观
show up
出现
show off
炫耀
be on show
在展览,在展出
5. ……from the end of the nineteenth century to the middle of the twentieth century.
【century】: n. 世纪
常用表达:
XX世纪 the XXth century
XX世纪初 at the beginnning of the -th century
XX世纪中叶 in the middle of the -th century
XX世纪末 at the end of the -th century
Writing
Complete the table.
Teahouse
Your favourite play or film
Where does the story take place?
When does the story take place?
What is the story’s main idea?
Why is it good?
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In Beijing.
It starts at the end of the 19th century and finishes over 50 years later.
Where does the story take place?
When does the story take place?
It tells the changes in Chinese society over 50 years.
It shows the lives of common people in China.
What is the story’s main idea?
Why is it good?
Write sentences about Teahouse with the information in Activity 5. Use the passage in Activity 2 to help you.
The story of Teahouse takes place in Beijing.
Now join the sentences. Write a passage about Teahouse.
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Possible?answers
The?story?starts?at?the?end?of the?19th?century and finishes?over?50?years?later.
The?story?tells the?changes?in?Chinese society?over
50?years.
It?is?a?good?play?because?it?shows?the?lives of
common?people?in?China.
Write a passage about your favourite play or film. Use Activities 5 and 6 to help you.
Possible?answer
My?favourite?film?is?Star?Wars.?It?takes?place in the future when? people?travel?into?space from?earth?to?other?planets.?The?main?idea?of the film?is?a?war?between?good and?bad people, so in many?ways it?is quite?a traditional story.?Some dangerous?things happen,?but?in?the?end?the?good
people?win. There?are?a?lot?of?famous?actors?in
the?film and?the?music?is?also?very?exciting.?George Lucas?wrote?Star?Wars?in?1977,?but?millions of?people?still?like?to?watch?it.
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课堂小结
1. We have learned to find the main idea of the paragraphs with the help of certain reading strategies
2.we have learned to describe a story;
3.we have learned to write a short passage about your favorite film or story.
1. Today is my sister’s t_________ birthday and she is twenty.
2. Our team is the best and we have never l____ a football match.
3. Have you read her new n_____?
4. She is a c______ student now.
5. He is dangerous to s_______.
wentieth
ost
ovel
ollege
ociety
一、根据句意及首字母或汉语提示,完成下列句子。
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课堂训练
1. 理查德派他妹妹去拿包。(send to)
______________________________________
2. 我们给女儿取名萨拉。(name)
______________________________________
Richard sent his sister to take the bag.
We named our daughter Sarah.
二、根据所给汉语及提示,完成下列句子。
3. 汤姆的妈妈每天从早工作到晚。(from…to…)
_______________________________________
4. 他不知道为什么朋友们对他(的到来)反应冷淡。
______________________________________________________
Tom’s mom works from morning to night.
He didn’t know why his friends gave him a cold welcome.
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