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Unit2 He decided to be an actor.
Who is he
He was a famous English writer of plays and poems.
William Shakespeare
n. 剧本，戏剧
n. 诗歌
What his works do you know
Romeo and Juliet
罗密欧与朱丽叶
Hamlet
哈姆雷特
The Merchant of Venice
威尼斯商人
Work in pairs. Read the passage and decide what William Shakespeare wrote.
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plays
poems
stories
Complete the table.
Works (quantity)
plays poems
about thirty-eight plays
154 short poems and a few long poems.
Put the sentences in the correct order.
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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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3
1
6
2
5
v. 建造
v. 结婚
v. 死，去世
Complete the timeline for Shakespeare with the correct from of the words and expressions from the box.
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be born build die finish school go to London marry
1564 1578 1582 1592 About 1599 1616
was born
finished school
married
died
went to
London
built the
Globe Theatre
Work in pairs. Ask and answer questions about Shakespeare. Use the information in Activity 3 to help you.
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—Was Shakespeare born in 1564
—Yes, he was.
—Did he leave school in 1582
—No, he didn’t. He finished school in 1578.
True or false.
( )1.In his life, Shakespeare wrote about 154 plays, 38 poems and lots of long poems.
( )2.Shakespeare married in 1582 and had three children.
( )3.The company built the Globe Theatre in 1614.
( )4.Shakespeare was a rich and successful writer.
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[观察1] He married in 1582 and had three children.
他于1582年结婚，并且有三个孩子。
Aunt Mary is going to marry Uncle John.
玛丽阿姨就要和约翰叔叔结婚了。
He married his daughter to a doctor. 他把女儿嫁给了一名医生。
[探究] marry作动词，意为“结婚；娶；嫁”。其常用搭配： ____________ 嫁给某人，娶某人；__________________ 把某人嫁给某人
[拓展] be/get married to sb.意为“与某人结婚”。marry不能与with连用。例如：
Rose got married to a teacher. 罗斯和一位教师结婚了。
marry sb.
marry sb. to sb.
活学活用
(1)根据句意及汉语提示完成句子
My brother________ (结婚) in 2008.
(2)用所给单词的适当形式填空
The young man and the young woman got________ (marry) in the church.
married
married
[观察2] He became a successful actor and began to write plays.
他成了一名成功的演员并且开始写剧本。
He was very successful in his studies. 他在学业上很成功。
[探究] successful 是形容词， 意为“成功的”，可以直接修饰________或作________。
名词
表语
[拓展]
success n. 成功
successfully adv. 成功地
succeed v. 成功； succeed in doing sth. 成功做成某事
活学活用
2．用所给单词的适当形式填空
(1)She became a_________(success) writer after writing the novel.
(2)Brazil held the World Cup___________(success) in 2014.
successful
successfully
[观察3] There was a fire in the old theatre. 老剧院发生了一场火灾。
Don't play with fire! 不要玩火！
[探究] fire作________名词时，意为“火灾”；作________名词时，意为“火”。
[拓展] fire表示“炉火，灶火”时，也是可数名词。
可数
不可数
活学活用
3．一场森林大火使数百人无家可归。
A big forest ________ left hundreds of people ________.
fire
homeless
[观察4] William Shakespeare died at the age of fifty- two.
威廉·莎士比亚在52岁时去世了。
[探究] die强调死的动作，为短暂性动词，故其后________(能/不能)接表示一段时间的状语。
不能
[拓展] die的过去式为died，形容词形式为dead。dead可以和表示一段时间的状语连用，表示死亡的状态。die的名词形式为death，意为“死亡；逝世”。例如：
My father has been dead for ten years. 我父亲已经去世十年了。
The death of her mother was very sudden. 她母亲的死很突然。
活学活用
4．用die的适当形式填空
(1)We all feel very sad about his ________．
(2)His grandpa ________ yesterday morning.
(3)When we got there, she was ________ already.
death
died
dead
[观察5] Like many people 400 years ago, Shakespeare’s parents didn’t learn to read or write.
像400年前的很多人一样，莎士比亚的父母没有学过读书和写字。
[探究]并列连词or用在否定句中时，意为“和；与”。例如：
Diana doesn't have an apple or a banana.
戴安娜没有苹果和香蕉。
[拓展] (1)or还可用在选择疑问句中，意为“或者，还是”。例如：
Is your friend a boy or a girl 你的朋友是一个男孩儿还是一个女孩儿？
(2)or还可译为“否则”，常引出一个结果状语从句。例如：
Hurry up, or we may be late again.
快点儿，否则我们可能又要迟到了。
活学活用
1．(1)2017·孝感Be careful！Don't walk on the grass, ________ it will “cry”．
A．and B．but
C．or D．so
C
(2)2017·武汉—I don't like reading ________ watching TV. What about you
—I don't like reading all day, ________ I like watching TV news.
A．and; or B．and; and
C．or; and D．or; but
D
[观察6] At school he liked plays, so he decided to be an actor when he finished school at fourteen.
他在上学时就喜欢戏剧，所以他在14岁完成学业时决定当一名演员。
[探究] when在该句中是从属连词，引导时间状语从句，意为“当……时”。当从句在前时，与主句常用逗号隔开。例如：
When I was six years old, I could play tennis.
当我六岁时，我就会打网球了。
活学活用
2．2018·沈阳 My grand parents wrote letters to keep in touch with others ________ they were young.
A．when B．since
C．after D．before
A
Complete the passage with the correct form of the words from the box.
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Shakespeare ________ in 1582 and had three children. He became famous around the world for his plays and you can see them in many different _________. Shakespeare also wrote _____ as well. He was also a ____ and_________ actor. You can see his Globe Theatre in London today, but it’s not the same building. There was a ____ in the old theatre and they built it again. He ____ at the age of fifty-two.
die fire language marry poem rich successful
married
languages
poems
rich
successful
fire
died
The life of William Shakespeare
▲Date of birth and death:1564—1616
▲A famous writer: about 38 1._______,154 short poems and a few long poems
▲His dream: to be an 2. after finishing school
▲His family: 3. in 1582 and had 3 children
▲His work experience: joined a 4. ______ company in about 1592,became a 5.________ actor and began to write plays
plays
actor
married
theatre
successful
Summary
GOOD JOB
