(共36张PPT)
Understanding ideas
Unit 4 Stage and screen
目录页
contents
Pre-reading
I
Language points
Ⅳ
Fast reading
II
Homework
Ⅴ
Intensive reading
III
VI
Post-reading
Ⅰ
Pre-reading
Pre-reading
Look at the pictures and guess what the pictures are about
Romeo and Juliet
William Shakespeare
Look at the pictures and talk about their differences and similarities.
Pre-reading
Look at the pictures and guess what the passage is about.
Pre-reading
Ⅱ
Fast reading
Fast reading: Skim for gist / main idea
A. Hamlet is the most important play by Shakespeare.
B. Peking Opera is an art form that has a long history.
C. A brief introduction to the content of The Revenge of Prince Zidan.
D. Peking Opera uses different forms to convey
the same theme of Hamlet.
What is the main idea of the passage
Fast reading: Skim for gist / main idea
A. To prove that Peking Opera is a better way to perform Hamlet.
B. To inform the readers how to perform Hamlet through Peking Opera.
C. To share the unique experience of seeing a Peking Opera version of Hamlet.
D. To make a comparison between Eastern and Western cultures.
Choose the author’s purpose in writing the passage.
Fast reading: The structure of the text
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Before the performance (para 1-2)
During the performance (para 3-4)
After the performance (para 5)
III
Intensive reading
How the characters moved on the stage most impressed
the author.
Intensive reading: Find detailed information
Read the passage and find out what aspects of Peking Opera most impressed the author.
Complete the chart with words and expressions from the passage.
Intensive reading: Find detailed information
Before the performance
During the performance
After the performance
1 ____________
curious
3 ____________
impressed
He thought 2 ___________________.
He wondered if Peking Opera is easier than a Shakespeare play to understand.
4 ___________________ were amazing.
The voices 5 ___________________.
The stage 6 ___________________.
The movements of the characters were 7 ___________________.
He felt 8 ___________________.
Feelings
Reasons
Complete the chart with words and expressions from the passage.
Intensive reading: Find detailed information
Before the performance
1________
___________
curious
He thought 2 _______________________
He wondered if Peking Opera is easier than a Shakespeare play to understand.
full of confidence
he knew a lot about Hamlet
Feelings
Reasons
Complete the chart with words and expressions from the passage.
Intensive reading: Find detailed information
During the performance
3 ________
4 ______________________ were amazing.
The voices 5 ____________________.
The stage 6 ___________________.
The movements of the characters were 7 ___________________.
surprised
The costumes and masks
sounded (really) unique
was (really) simple
(simply) incredible
Feelings
Reasons
Complete the chart with words and expressions from the passage.
Intensive reading: Find detailed information
After the performance
impressed
He felt ____________________ ___________________________
________________.
the strong emotions of love, anger, fear and grief in the performance
Feelings
Reasons
Ⅳ
Post-reading
1. Why does the author say “The Revenge of Prince Zidan ticks all the right boxes”
Post-reading: Think and share
2. How could you help a friend from overseas understand Peking Opera
Post-reading: Think and share
Language points
Ⅴ
1) transform A into B 把A转换成B
be transformed into … 被转变为……
transform from … into … 从……转变成……
2) transformation n. 改变;改革
1. transform vt. 使改观, 使变形, 使转化
Language points: Important words
1) Using such techniques, the opera had transformed a
small stage into the whole universe.
2) Technology transformed the world.
译:
Language points: Important words
运用这些技巧, 京剧把一个小舞台变成了整个宇宙。
科技改变了世界。
energy n. 能量,能源,活力
2. energetic adj. 精力充沛的,充满活力的
Language points: Important words
译:
It was so dazzling and energetic that I wasn’t sure if the characters were performers or athletes!
它是如此令人眼花缭乱和充满活力, 以至于我不确定这些角色是演员还是运动员!
用energy / energetic填空
1) He is talented, clever, and ________.
2) Playing football can make me _____________.
踢足球使我充满活力。
Language points: Important words
energetic
full of energy
1) combine ... with ... 把……与……结合起来
2) combination n. 结合;联合;化合(物)
in combination with… 与……联合起来
a combination of… 一种……的结合(物)
3. combine v. (使)结合,(使)组合
Language points: Important words
1) The hotel combines comfort with convenience.
2) We can get this to work in combination with another part.
译:
Language points: Important words
这家旅馆既舒适又方便。
利用和另一个零件的组合, 我们能让这东西发挥功用。
1. full of confidence _____________________
2. date back to _____________________
3. find out _____________________
4. start with _____________________
5. on stage _____________________
充满自信
追溯到
弄清楚;查明真相
从……开始
在舞台上
Language points: Important lexical chunks
6. get ... across __________________________
7. transform ... into __________________________
8. on the edge of… __________________________
9. combine ... into __________________________
使……被理解;把……讲清楚
把……转变成
在……的边缘
Language points: Important lexical chunks
把……和……结合起来
date back to / date from
“始于 (过去某个时候);追溯到”
1. Dating back to the 18th century, Peking Opera has
over two hundred years of history.
京剧可以追溯到18世纪,至今已有200多年的历史。
Language points: Important sentences
译:这所学院创办于中世纪。
The college dates back to medieval times.
Dating ... 现在分词短语作状语
Nobody knows what will happen next.
2. At first, I thought what I heard was a violin, but later I
learnt that it was an instrument with two strings
called jinghu.
起初,我以为我听到的是小提琴,但后来我才知道,
这是一种有两根弦的乐器,叫做京胡。
Language points: Important sentences
1) 没有人知道接下来将会发生什么事。
2) 我仅有的一点儿时间都和家人在一起度过了。
I spent what little time I had with my family.
what引导宾语从句
1) 一位红发女孩
2) 一件带风帽的短上衣
3. At first, I thought what I heard was a violin, but later I
learnt that it was an instrument with two strings called
jinghu.
起初,我以为我听到的是小提琴,但后来我才知道,
这是一种有两根弦的乐器,叫做京胡。
Language points: Important sentences
with 为介词,意为“具有,带有”
a girl with (= who has) red hair
a jacket with a hood
4. Using such techniques, the opera had transformed a
small stage into the whole universe.
利用这些技巧,京剧把一个小舞台变成了整个宇宙。
Language points: Important sentences
Using ... 现在分词作状语
译:这次活动做了精心安排,因此每位参与者都没有怨言。
5. It was so dazzling and energetic that I wasn’t sure if
the characters were performers or athletes!
它是如此令人眼花缭乱和充满活力,以至于我不确定这些角色是演员还是运动员!
Language points: Important sentences
The activity has been so organised that none of the participants complains.
so ... that ... 引导状语从句
6. So, if you want to see a show that combines music,
singing, drama, poetry and costume design with
explosive effect, The Revenge of Prince Zidan ticks
all the right boxes!
所以,如果你想看一场集音乐、歌唱、戏剧、诗歌
和服装设计于一体的具有爆炸性效果的演出,《王
子复仇记》可谓应有尽有!
Language points: Important sentences
tick all the right boxes“事情发展如人所愿,一切顺利”
VI
Homework
Homework
Write an email to introduce Beijing Opera within 80-100 words in English.