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必修二 Unit 4 Stage and screen(1)
高一年级 英语
Lesson 1 Understanding ideas
When HAMLET meets PEKING OPERA
Reading
Learning Goals
To get the author’s purpose in writing the passage;
To find the author’s different feelings to Peking Opera
before, during and after the performance;
Learning Goals
To find out the reasons for the changes of the
author’s feelings;
To share the understanding of Peking Opera with a
friend from overseas.
Warming up
1. Watch a video about Peking Opera.
Warming up
1. What have you got from the video
Jingju, or Peking Opera is an ancient performance art with a history of 200 years. Jingju has four kinds of roles according to different identities and personalities. The lyrics of Jingju are performed with singing or rhythmic speaking, accompanied by dozens of musical instruments.
2. Look at the pictures of two performances and talk about their differences and similarities. Consider the following:
Orchestra(管弦乐队)
costumes and masks(服装和脸谱)
stage set(舞台布景)
performers’ movements(演员的动作)
Warming up
Warming up
1. It combines music, vocal performance, mime(手势), dance and acrobatics(杂技,杂耍);the instruments include jinghu and erhu.
Warming up
Facts about Peking Opera
2. Facial make-up(mask)is very important; the costumes are graceful, elegant (优雅的) and brilliant in color and design. They both tell a character’s sex(性别) and status(身份地位)at first glance.
Warming up
3. Stages are square platforms exposed to the audience on three sides with very few props(道具)on the stage.
4. Dance movements and acrobatic(杂技)movements are basic skills.
Warming up
1. Everything is sung instead of being spoken.
2. It combines a number of performing arts, such as acting, scenery, costume, and sometimes dance or ballet.
3. The singers are on the stage. The orchestra is in front of the stage but lower down in the pit(凹陷处).
Warming up
Facts about western opera
Read the title and predict what the passage is mainly about.
When HAMLET Meets PEKING OPERA
Prediction
Fast-reading
Task. Please read the passage to find what each paragraph
mainly talks about.
Main ideas
Para.1: I was confident I knew a lot about Hamlet.
Para.2: I went to see The Revenge of Prince Zidan—
the Peking Opera version of Hamlet.
Para.3: The performance of The Revenge of Prince
Zidan was wonderful.
Main ideas
Para.4: My favorite part of the show was the characters’ backflip.
Para.5: I felt the strong emotions of the performance.
Main ideas
Para.1: I was confident I knew a lot about Hamlet.
Para.2: I went to see The Revenge of Prince Zidan—
the Peking Opera version of Hamlet.
Main ideas
Para.3: The performance of The Revenge of Prince
Zidan was wonderful.
Para.4: My favorite part of the show was the characters’
backflip.
Main ideas
Para.5: I felt the strong emotions of the performance.
Fast-reading
before the performance
during the performance
after the performance
Para.1 & 2
Para.3 & 4
Para.5
Careful-reading
Read para. 1 and 2 to find:
Q1. What were the author’s feelings before the performance
Q2. Why did the author have those feelings
Careful-reading
I thought I knew a lot about Hamlet. As a high school student with English literature as one of my main subjects, I have to! Shakespeare’s Hamlet is probably the most important play by the most important writer in English.
Careful-reading
Almost everybody knows “To be, or not to be”, right Having seen quite a few productions of Hamlet and read the play many times, I was full of confidence —until the Peking Opera came to town!
Careful-reading
Dating back to(追溯到)the 18th century, Peking Opera has over two hundred years of history. Does this mean it’s easier than a Shakespeare play to understand To find out the answer, I just had to go and see The Revenge(报仇)of Prince Zidan — the Peking Opera version(版本)of Hamlet.
Careful-reading
Before the performance
full of confidence & curious
He thought he knew a lot about Hamlet.
He wondered if Peking Opera is easier than a Shakespeare play to understand.
Feelings
Reasons
Careful-reading
Read para. 3 and 4 to find:
Q1. What were the author’s feelings during the performance
Q2. Why did the author have those feelings
Careful-reading
Starting with an orchestra playing traditional Chinese instruments, the opera brought a completely new sound to my Western ears. At first, I thought what I heard was a violin, but later I learnt that it was an instrument with two strings (弦)called jinghu.
What 引导的宾语从句,表示“……的事物”
Careful-reading
Then, seeing the main characters come on stage, I was surprised! The costumes and masks were amazing. The performers of course sang in Chinese, but the music, exaggerated(声音或动作夸张的)movements and mime helped get the meanings across to the audience.
Careful-reading
The voices themselves sounded really unique — some of the female(女性的)voices were so high that I was sure they could break glass! And the stage was really simple: a decorated whip(鞭子)represented a horse, and a screen with Chinese characters, a study.
Careful-reading
Using such techniques(技巧), the opera had transformed a small stage into the whole universe.
Easily my favourite part of the show was how the characters moved on stage.
Careful-reading
I had never seen Prince Hamlet do a backflip(直体后空翻)before! That was simply incredible(难以置信的). It was so dazzling(特别吸引人的)and energetic that I wasn’t sure if the characters were performers or athletes! Everyone was clapping.
Careful-reading
During the performance
Feelings
Reasons
surprised
The costumes and masks were amazing.
The voice sounded really unique.
The stage was really simple.
The movements of the characters were incredible.
Careful-reading
Read para. 5 to find:
Q1. What were the author’s feelings after the performance
Q2. Why did the author have those feelings
Careful-reading
Before experiencing The Revenge of Prince Zidan, I wasn’t sure if I would enjoy it. But, in fact, I was on the edge of my seat! Feeling the strong emotions of love, anger, fear and grief in the performance, I could easily recognise the theme of Hamlet.
Careful-reading
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!
Careful-reading
After the performance
Feelings
Reasons
impressed
He felt the strong emotions of love, anger, fear and grief in the performance.
Before the performance
During the performance
After the performance
full of confidence &curious
surprised
impressed
Feelings
Reasons
THE REVENGE OF PRINCE ZIDAN
knew a lot
costume and masks, voice
strong emotions
Careful-reading
Careful-reading
What’s the author’s purpose in writing this passage
Careful-reading
1 To prove that Peking Opera is a better way to perform Hamlet.
2 To inform the readers how to perform Hamlet through Peking Opera.
Careful-reading
3 To share the unique experience of seeing a Peking Opera version of Hamlet.
4 To make a comparison between Eastern and Western cultures.
Deep-reading
Q. Why does the author say “The Revenge of Prince Zidan ticks all the right boxes”
Because this show combines music, singing, drama, poetry and costume design with explosive effect. In the author’s opinion, this show is perfect and meets all his requirements.
Application
Task: Read the passage again while listening to the tape and get ready to make an interview.
Application
Before the performance
During the performance
After the performance
full of confidence &curious
surprised
impressed
Feelings
Reasons
THE REVENGE OF PRINCE ZIDAN
knew a lot
costume and masks, voice
strong emotions
Think and Share
Q. How could you help a friend from overseas understand Peking Opera
Sample answer:
Jingju, or Peking Opera is an ancient performance art with a history of 200 years. Through a period of more than half a century of combination of various kinds of opera there evolved the present Peking Opera, the biggest kind of opera in China.
Think and Share
Think and Share
Sample answer:
Peking Opera has four kinds of roles according to different identities and personalities. Actors play one of four roles: sheng, male roles; dan, female roles; chou, clown roles and jing roles with brightly-painted face masks. Each role has its own singing and acting styles.
Sample answer:
The lyrics of Jingju are performed with singing or rhythmic speaking, accompanied by dozens of musical instruments.
Different from the orchestra in western opera, traditional Chinese instruments are played in Peking Opera, such as jinghu and erhu.
Think and Share
Sample answer:
The costumes and masks are brilliant and amazing. They tell a character’s sex and status at first glance. The performers’ movements and mime could help get the meanings across to the audience. Their voices sound unique. Although the stage is simple, it can represent the whole world.
Think and Share
Choose one of the following homework to do.
1. Write a summary of the passage.
2. Write a short passage to introduce Peking Opera.
3. Invite a foreign friend to watch a Peking Opera and talk with each other about your feelings.
Homework
Thank you !