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Module 9 Life history
Unit 2 He decided to become an actor
Look and say
Who is this man
What do you know about him
New words and expressions
play n. 剧本;戏剧
poem n. 诗歌
marry v. 结婚
successful adj. 成功的
work n. 作品;著作
build v. 建造
on prep. 在……河边
fire n. 火;火灾
die v. 死;去世
rich adj. 富有的
language n. 语言
around the world 世界各地
Pre-reading
Look at the title and the picture, and predict (预测) what the passage may tell us.
Pre-reading: Read the title and guess.
Fast reading
Fast reading
Para. 1
Para. 2, 3, 4
Para. 5
b. Shakespeare’s experience
and the Globe Theatre
a. Shakespeare’s influence (影响)
c. Shakespeare’s works
Listen to the text and match the main ideas.
Work in pairs
1 Work in pairs. Read the passage and decide what
William Shakespeare wrote.
plays
poems
stories
What did William Shakespeare write
Work in pairs
2 Put the sentences in the correct order.
a) Shakespeare went to London.
b) Shakespeare’s company built the Globe Theatre.
c) Shakespeare married.
d) Shakespeare liked plays at school.
e) Shakespeare died at the age of fifty-two.
f) Shakespeare decided to be an actor.
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5
3
1
6
2
Careful reading
1. What was William Shakespeare
2. What are two of his famous plays
He was a famous English writer of plays and poems.
Hamlet and Romeo and Juliet.
Read paragraph 1 and answer the questions.
Careful reading
Shakespeare _________in 1564 in Stratford, England. He _____________ in 1578. He ________ in 1582. In about 1592, he ________ London and joined a theatre company. The company _____ the Globe Theatre in 1599.
was born
finished school
married
went to
built
Read paragraph 2, 3, 4 and fill in the blanks.
Careful reading
1. When did William Shakespeare die
A. In 1616. B. In 1606. C. In 1626.
2. Shakespeare was ______ all over the world.
A. rich B. famous C. popular
Read paragraph 5 and choose the best answer.
Careful reading
1564 1578 1582 About 1592 1599 1616
was born
3 Complete the timeline for Shakespeare with the
correct form of the words and expressions from the box.
be born build die finish school go to London marry
finished school
married
went to London
built the Globe Theatre
died
Let’s skim
A timetable of Shakespeare
1564 1578 1582 1592 1599 1616
Was born
Sentence–making:
e.g: He was born in 1564.
He … 1578.
He … 1582.
finished school
married
moved to London
opened
Globe
Theatre
died
Let’s skim
write a profile
Beginning
Body
Ending
Introduction(概况)
Experience(经历)
Fame/writer’s opinion
(声誉/作者观点)
The life of …
How to write a profile(简介) of famous person
Work in pairs
4 Work in pairs. Ask and answer questions about
Shakespeare. Use the information in Activity 3 to help you.
Was Shakespeare born in 1564
Yes, he was.
Did he leave school in 1582
No, he didn’t. He finished school in 1578.
Let’s skim
A timetable of Shakespeare
1564 1578 1582 1592 1599 1616
Was born
finished school
married
moved to London
opened
Globe
Theatre
died
Let’s skim
Did he finish school in 1578
Yes , he did
Did he marry in 1580
No , he didn't . He married in 1582
Let’s write
Year Age Things
1881 was born
1892
1898
1902
1906
1936
/
12
18
22
26
56
began study in Sanwei Shuwu
studied in Nanjing
moved to Japan
married and started writing
died
Let’s write
The life of Lu Xun
Exercises
5 Complete the passage with the correct form of the
words from the box.
Shakespeare (1) _______ in 1582 and had three children. He became famous around the world for his plays and you can see them in many different (2) _________. Shakespeare also wrote (3) ________ as well. He was also a (4) _________ and (5) _________ actor. You can see his Globe Theatre in London today, but it’s not the same building. There was a (6) _________in the old theatre and they built it again. He (7) _________ at the age of fifty-two.
die fire language marry poem rich successful
married
languages
poems
rich
successful
fire
died
Language points
1. He married in 1582 and had three children.
marry作动词,意为“结婚”。常见搭配:
marry sb. 嫁给某人;娶某人;和……结婚
marry sb. to sb. 把某人嫁给某人
get married (to sb.) 和某人结婚(强调动作)
be married (to sb.) 和某人结婚(强调状态)
方案一
Language points
根据汉语意思完成英语句子。
(1)他把女儿嫁给了一个医生。
He _______ his daughter ______ a doctor.
(2)比尔在两年前结婚了。
Bill ____________ two years ago.
(3)彼得下个月将要与玛丽结婚。
Peter will ________ Mary next month.
married
to
got married
marry
Language points
2. He became a successful actor and began to write plays.
successful是由名词success加后缀 ful构成的形容词,意为“成功
的”。在句中可作表语、定语。
success是名词形式,作不可数名词,意为“成功,胜利”。作
可数名词,意为“成功的人或事”。
succeed是动词形式,意为“成功”。
succeed in doing sth. 成功地做成某事
successfully是副词形式,意为“成功地”。
Language points
根据句意用success的适当形式填空。
(1) He is happy that his plan _________.
(2) Mary thinks that the man is a _________ actor.
(3) Failure is the mother of ________.
(4) He finished the work __________.
success
successful
successfully
succeeded
Language points
3. Queen Elizabeth I enjoyed his works very much.
work 在这里作可数名词,意为“作品;著作 ”。
1) work 表示“工作”时,是不可数名词。
2)表示“作品”时,有时可数有时不可数。
其区别是:
a. 若表示人们的手工制作品,如工艺品、刺绣
品等,是不可数名词。
b. 若表示文学家、艺术家、音乐家等的“作品”、
“著作” 等,则是可数名词。
Language points
4. William Shakespeare died at the age of fifty-two.
die 是动词,意为“死,去世”。
die名词形式是 death,意为“死,死亡”
die形容词形式是 dead 和 dying 。
dead 意为“死的”,
dying 意为“奄奄一息的,濒临死亡的”。
Language points
方案二
Retell the passage
Retell the passage.
Let’s try to retell the passage.
Writing
6 Look at the sentences.
Wang Dong was born in Guangzhou.
At the age of three, he went to Shenzhen
with his parents.
At the age of six, he started school.
Writing
Work in group and tell others events in your life.
I was born...
At the age of...
… …
Now write sentences about events in your life.
Do the exercises
一、用所给词的适当形式填空。
1. Most people know Jackie Chan is an ______ (act).
2. What do you decide ______(be) when you grow up
3. ______ you ______ (watch ) Shakespeare’s play yesterday
4. Workers ______ (build) the pyramid (金字塔) 4, 600 years ago.
5. Deng Yaping began ______ (play) table tennis when she
______ (be) young.
actor
to be
Did
watch
built
to play
was
Do the exercises
二、根据句意从方框中选出恰当的单词填空,每词限用一次。
1. He is reading a beautiful ______ in the classroom.
2. They will ______ in a big church near our house.
3. Tom is playing with ______. It’s dangerous.
4. Tom Sawyer is Mark Twain’s ______.
5. There was a beautiful theatre ______ the river.
fire poem marry on work
poem
marry
work
on
fire
Do the exercises
Words and expressions:
successful, build, on , fire, die, rich, around the world.
Sentence patterns:
1) He wrote thirty-eight plays, 154 short poems and a few long
poems in his life.
2) He became a successful actor and began to write plays.
3) In 1599 the company built the Globe Theatre on the River
Thames in London.
Let’s sum up what we have learned.
方案一
Do the exercises
Let’s sum up what we have learned.
方案二
Homework
1. Review the useful words and sentences
in the unit.
2. Read the passage again and write more
about Shakespeare’s life.
谢 谢!