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Lessons in Life
Unit 2
Starting out & Understanding ideas
Developing ides
The Blue Bird
Do you know the symbolic meaning of the Blue Bird in Chinese and Western cultures
Activity 1
Read the introduction to The Blue Bird (《青鸟》) and answer the questions:
1. What is The Blue Bird
2. Who are the main characters
3. What is the main plot?
v. 上演,举办
It’s a 1908 Nobel Prize winning play by Belgian play wright Maurice Maeterlinck and the first foreign play staged in China.
Tyltyl and Myteyl, bother and sister.
Tyltyl and Myteyl travel magical places to find the Blue Bird of Happiness.
Viewing
Look at the play script and identify its elements.
title
setting
stage directions
characters
dialogues
幕
场
落幕
Reading
Read the play script and underline the following information.
ACT Ⅳ SCENE Ⅱ
Characters
Setting
Plot
The children come to the Palace of Happiness and are welcomed by a troop of Happiness …
ACT Ⅵ SCENE Ⅱ
Characters
Setting
Plot
The children return home without finding the Blue Bird…
ACT IV SCENE II—The Palace of Happiness
Setting
the Palace of Happiness
Characters
Tyltyl, (Mytyl) , Mummy Tyl, the neighbour Berlingot, the little girl
Plot
The children _________________ a troop of Happinesses, but the children ______________them. The (chief) Happinesses tell them that ______________________. Tyltyl wonders whether there are happinesses in his home, and all the Happinesses _______________. The (chief) Happinesses tell him that his home is filled with Happinesses: the Happiness of________________________________________________
___________________. But Tyltyl just wants to ask the Happinesses one thing: _____________________________.
are welcomed by
do not recognise
they are all around them
burst out laughing
Being Well, of Pure Air, of Loving One’s Parents, of the Blue Sky and of the Forest
the whereabouts of theBlue Bird
ACT VI SCENE II—The Awakening
Setting
Tyltyl’s home
Characters
Tyltyl, (Mytyl) , a troop of Happinesses, the (chief) Happiness
Plot
The neighbour Berlingot is telling Mummy Tyltyl that _____________________
_________________________________. Tyltyl then sees that _________________________________________________________. Tyltyl gives his bird to his neighbour’s daughter. The little girl _________________________. But as Tyltyl goes to take the bird to show the little girl how to feed it, ________________. The little girl lets out a cry of despair. Tyltyl comforts her and turns to the audience. He asks the people in the audience to return the Blue Bird if they see him, because _________________________________________.
Tyltyl’s bird is the one thing that will cure her sick daughter
his bird is blue – much bluer than when he left on his adventures
the bird flies away
the bird is needed for their future happiness
is cured and feels delighted
Thinking and sharing
1. Why do the Happinesses keep laughing at Tyltyl
Because he doesn’t realise the fact that the Happinesses and the Blue Bird are all around him in his home.
2. What does the author want to express by making the Blue Bird fly away at the end of the play
By making the Blue Bird fly away at the end of the play, the author wants to express a simple truth that happiness, just like the Blue Bird, can be found but hard to keep.
3. In addition to the Happinesses of Being Well, of Pure Air, of Loving One’s Parents, of the Blue Sky and of the Forest, what other Happinesses can you think of
Learning to learn
The Blue Bird is a typical full-length play, which means it has several acts and each act is composed of several scenes. The whole play depicts actions that take place over a long period of time. Various characters appear in different acts and scenes, and the settings and costumes change accordingly. The running time of a full-length play can last for several hours, even days.
Read the summary of The Blue Bird and answer the questions.
Activity 4
1 Which paragraph introduces the main characters, setting and start of the play
2 What is the climax of the play
3 What is the theme of the play
1 The first paragraph.
2 The play’s climax of the play happens when Tyltyl discovers the Blue Bird has been there right in his home all the time.
3 The theme of the play is that happiness is not found in material objects, but in simple things, such as family life, and acts of friendship and kindness.
Smart Expressions
寻找
到达
一群
冲进大厅
似乎
走近
突然大笑起来
search for
arrive at/in
a troop of
rush into the hall
appear to be
go up to sb
burst out laughing
= burst into laughter
Smart Expressions
挤满了
穿着蓝色衣服
嘲笑……
大多数
不情愿做
倚在棍子上
最终
be crammed with
be dressed in blue
laugh at
the majority of
be reluctant to do
lean on a stick
at last
Smart Expressions
寻找
一直以来
立刻,马上
对……感到高兴
无论怎么做
犹豫
一声绝望的叫喊
不用在意
对观众说道
look for
all the time
straight away
be pleased with
be pleased that…
be pleased to do…
do what you will
in one’s hesitation
hesitate about sth/ to do…
be hesitant about sth/ to do…
a cry of despair
Never mind.
address the audience
Sentences
你听听他在说些什么呀!他家里是不是有很多幸福?!哎呀,幸福多的都要挤不下了!
You heard him! Are there Happinesses in his home! Why, it is crammed with Happinesses!
文中多次出现 why 这个词,用以表示惊讶或突然意识到某事,意思是“哎呀,嘿”。
作者连用三个感叹句来表达一种强烈的感情,寓意深刻。另外陈述句式的疑问句和疑问句式的感叹句,这些在文学作品中,尤其是戏剧中比较常见。
Sentences
Paraphrase: If it might be possible for any of you to find him, would you be so kind enough as to return him to us
If any of you should find him, would you be so very kind as to give him back to us
本句中的 should 是正式和礼貌的用法,尤其用在英式英语中。这里的 should 意为“假如,万一”,用于表示某事可能会发生或属实。
翻译:万一我生病无法工作的话怎么办?
What if I should fall sick and not be able to work