Unit 6 Lesson 35
教学目标
1.掌握单词:handsome
2.接触单词:playwright,tragedy,teahouse
3.短语:in order to
核心素养
实践创新
1.劳动意识:了解莎士比亚和老舍、曹禺。
2.技术运用:能够写有关戏剧或剧作家的短文。
教学重点
掌握本课节的生词短语,了解莎士比亚和老舍、曹禺。
教学难点
能够用英语谈论戏剧表演;能够写有关戏剧或剧作家的短文。
教学过程
一、导入新知
词汇听写
同学们,上一课学习的单词你们都掌握了吗?现在大家来检验一下,点击下面的音频开始听写吧!
What kinds of plays do you like Why
Lead in
1. What theater did we learn in the last lesson
The Fisherman and the Goldfish.
2. Which characters in the play do you like
which do you dislike
Reading tasks
1. How many works are mentioned in the lesson
What are they
Four works.
The Fisherman and the Goldfish,Hamlet,Thunderstorm and Teahouse.
2. Do you know who wrote them
Hamlet is from William Shakespeare.
Thunderstorm is from Cao Yu.
Teahouse is from Lao She.
二、合作探究
THINK ABOUT IT
Can you name some famous playwrights Who are they
What kinds of plays do you like Why
It's Saturday evening. Li Ming is talking to Jenny and Danny online.
Li Ming:Guess what I saw a big poster for the new Kung Fu Dinosaur movie on my way home. Kung Fu Dinosaur really looks like Danny.
Jenny:Did you know that Danny is a good actor,Li Ming We performed a play in class. ① It was so much fun!
Li Ming:Really What play did you perform
Danny:The Fisherman and the Goldfish. I played the poor but handsome fisherman,and Jenny was the fisherman's wife. ② I will send you the photos we took in class later. ③
Li Ming:Please do! I can't wait to see them. ④
Jenny:Everyone in our group did a good job. Some research was done in order to make the play. ⑤ We learned about some good plays and famous playwrights!
Li Ming:I know William Shakespeare is a great playwright. I watched his Hamlet last year.
Jenny:Yes,many famous works in English were written by him.
Li Ming:Are his works all tragedies I prefer comedies.
Jenny:Actually,his early plays were mainly comedies and historical pieces. But most of his famous works are tragedies. They are well known around the world.
Li Ming:We have some excellent playwrights and famous plays in China. Cao Yu's Thunderstorm and Lao She's Teahouse have been on stage for many years—and still are today.
Danny:Interesting! I would love to go to the teahouse one day.
Jenny:I guess Teahouse is a play,not a place.
Li Ming:You are right,Jenny. But we do have a Lao She Teahouse in Beijing. ⑥ People can have tea and watch plays or operas there.
Jenny:What a wonderful theatre! People can enjoy tea and plays at the same time.
Danny:Great! I hope to go to the Teahouse and watch Teahouse.
三、语言点
We performed a play in class.
perform/p 'f m/ v.表演,演出
e.g. When will the play be performed
那出戏将何时上演?
How does he perform on the piano
他的钢琴演奏得怎样?
perform的派生词:
performance n.表演,演出
e.g. The performance starts at seven.
演出七点开始。
performer n.表演者,演出者
e.g. Do you know the performer of the piano?
你认识这位钢琴表演者吗?
e.g. He looks handsome and healthy.
他看上去英俊而健康。
She has a beautiful face.
她有一张漂亮的脸。
She's such a pretty girl.
她是一个如此漂亮的女孩。
Mary is a good looking girl.
玛丽是一个漂亮的姑娘。
I can’t wait to see them. 我迫不及待地要见到他们。
can’t wait to do… 迫不及待做某事
类似句式还有can’t help doing…情不自禁做某事
e.g. The children couldn’t wait to run out of the room.
孩子们迫不及待地从房间里跑了出来。
Some research was done in order to make the play.
为了演好这部戏做了一下研究。
当强调不定式所表示的目的时,可用in order to或so as to,这时,in order to 可用于句首,也可用于句中;so as to则只用于句中。
e.g. In order to master English we must work hard at it.
= We must work hard at English in order to master it.
= We must work hard at English so as to master it.
为了掌握英语,我们必须努力学习它。
Extension
Do you know whose sayings these are
No matter how long night, the arrival of daylight Association. 黑夜无论怎样悠长,白昼总会到来。
Better a witty fool than a foolish wit.
宁为聪明的愚夫,不作愚蠢的才子。
The time of life is short; to spend that shortness basely, it would be too long .
人生苦短,若虚度年华,则短暂的人生就太长了。
Do not, for one repulse, give up the purpose that you resolved to effect.
不要只因一次失败,就放弃你原来决心想达到的目的。
四、摘要
handsome playwright tragedy teahouse
in order to William Shakespeare Hamlet
Guess what
I will send you the photos we took in class later.
I can't wait to see them.
Some research was done in order to make the play.
Cao Yu's Thunderstorm and Lao She's Teahouse have been on stage for many years—and still are today.
But we do have a Lao She Teahouse in Beijing.