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Module 9 Life history
Unit 2
He decided to be an actor.
Who is he/she
An English man
An actor
A famous writer
His/Her famous works
Born in 1564
Romeo and Juliet
罗密欧和朱丽叶
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
仲夏夜之梦
Hamlet
哈姆雷特
King Lear
李尔王
Macbeth
麦克白
Othello
奥赛罗
Who is he/she
William Shakespeare
威廉﹒莎士比亚
An English man
An actor
A famous writer
Was born in 1564
This class we will read a passage about the life of William Shakespeare.
Predict
Global Reading
2. How many paragraphs are there in the passage
3. What the structure of the passage
Five
A. ①
②③④
⑤
B. ①②
③④
⑤
C. ①
②③④⑤
1. What is the style of the passage
说明文 expository writing
4. What does each part talk about
Part1:
Part2:
Part3:
Shakespeare’s works
Shakespeare’s life experience
Shakespeare’s influence
Para2
Shake’s life before he
went to London
Para3
How Shake became
famous
Para4
The place Shake worked
in : The Globe Theatre
1
2
Detail reading
- Para 1
Translate the first sentence!
Detail reading
- Para 2
1
2
3
4
5
Did Shakespeare’s parents learn to read or write
No, they didn’t.
Detail reading
- Para 3
1
2
3
Did Shakespeare write plays and poems at first
No he didn’t. He became an actor at first and then began to write plays.
Detail reading
- Para 4
2
1
3
What happened to the old Globe Theatre
The was a fire in the old theatre. People rebuilt it in 1614 and in the 1990s.
Detail reading
- Para 5
1
What do you think of William Shakespeare
Why could he be successful
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.
2
Put the sentences in the correct order. (P 56)
3
1
5
4
6
2
1564 1578 1582 About 1592 1599 1616
was born
be born build die finish school go to London marry
finished school
married
went to London
built
the Globe
Theatre
died
3
Complete the timeline for Shakespeare with the correct form of the words and expressions from the box. (P 57 )
A:When did XX ..
B:XX ... in +年份.
Try to find out the past simple verbs in the passage.
Task 6
And then point out which ones are the past simple irregular verbs.
Grammar
Practise the past simple irregular verbs.
write become begin build enjoy die go decide marry join
1. Celia's grandpa ______ many years ago and she missed him a lot.
2. The workers ___________ the bridge in 2001.
3. Mrs Brown was happy because her son ________ the city football team.
4. The great man _________ lots of poems to remember his wife.
5. The little girl __________ a teacher like her mother at last.
6. Students __________ to write on paper after hearing what the teacher said.
7. The beautiful princess finally ___________ the handsome prince.
8. We __________ ourselves last summer holiday.
9. They ________ to America thirty years ago.
married
died
built
joined
wrote
became
began
enjoyed
went
die fire language marry
poem rich successful
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.
married
languages
poems
rich
successful
fire
died
Complete the passage with the correct form of the words from the box. (P 57 )
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Exercises
Do an interview about William Shakespeare
Use at least eight sentences to introduce William Shakespeare.
A: I am XX from CCTV international.Today, I
am honored to invite the professor of
literature, Beijing University.
B:
Basic information
works
jobs
influence
Shakespeare’s famous sayings
Fair is foul, and foul is fair.
美即是丑,丑即是美。 —《麦克白》
What’s done cannot be undone.
做过的事情不能逆转/覆水难收。
—《麦克白》
Nothing will come of nothing.
一无所有只能换来一无所有。
—《李尔王》
All that glisters is not gold.
闪光的并不都是金子。 —《威尼斯商人》
My only love sprung from my only hate!
我唯一的爱来自我唯一的恨。
—《罗密欧与朱丽叶》
To be or not to be: that is a question.
生存还是毁灭,这是个值得考虑的问题。
—《哈姆雷特》
There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.
世上之事物本无善恶之分,思想使然。
—《哈姆雷特》
Sweet are the uses of adversity.
逆境和厄运自有妙处。 —《皆大欢喜》
Writing
Now write sentences about events in
your life.
I was born…
At the age of…
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Look at the sentences. (P 57 )
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.
I was born in Shanghai.
At the age of six, I went to a primary school in Shanghai.
At the age of nine, I went to London with my parents and studied there.
At the age of twelve, we came back to China and we live in Beijing now.
1. Write a passage about the events in your life, using the patterns we’ve learnt today.
2.《优加》《教与学》M9U2.
HOMEWORK