(共46张PPT)
unit 2
He decided to be an actor
Life history
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/pleI/
/'p uIm/
/'m ri/
/s k'sesful/
/w :k/
/bIld/
剧本；戏剧 n.
play
诗歌 n.
poem
结婚 v.
marry
Words and expressions
成功的 adj.
successful
work
build
作品；著作 n.
建造 v.
/ n/
/'faI /
/daI/
/rIt /
/'l ɡwId /
/j /
在…河边 prep.
on
火；火灾 n.
fire
死；死去 v.
die
年轻的 adj.
rich
language
around the world
语言 n.
世界各地
young
Mark Twain was a successful man
/s k'sesfl/成功的
His works are famous around the world
作品 世界各地
She was married to him.
/‘m rid/结婚
be married to sb
表示与某人结婚
Many peopple died in the fire. /fai / 火灾
die – died /daid/去世
She is a young woman and has so much money.
So she is rich. /rit /富有的
/j /（年轻的）
company 公司
join the army
加入军队，参军
Read the passage and decide what William Shakespeare wrote.
威廉. 莎士比亚
plays poems stories
√
√
154 short poems
William Shakespeare
a famous English writer
of plays and poems.
(1564 )
(戏剧)
(诗歌)
-1616
38
a few long poems
Stratford, England
斯特拉特福
莎士比亚四大悲剧包括《哈姆雷特》、《奥赛罗》、《李尔王》、《麦克白》,是其悲剧作品中最著名的四部。故事均取自欧洲的历史传说。
《哈姆雷特》剧写的是丹麦王子哈姆雷特回国奔丧，父王鬼魂诉冤，嘱其报仇。王子装疯，安排“戏中戏”，证实了新王杀兄的罪行。错杀大臣后，王子被打发出国，他洞察新王阴谋，中途折回。新王备下毒酒毒剑，挑唆大臣之子与王子决斗，欲置之于死地，最后三人同归于尽，母后也误饮毒酒而死。
Background knowledge
《奥赛罗》剧写的是威尼斯大将、摩尔人奥赛罗与元老之女苔丝狄蒙娜倾心相爱，冲破家庭阻力结为夫妻并一同出征。旗官伊阿古，因个人私怨而设计诬陷台丝狄蒙娜有私情。奥赛罗轻信中计，亲手将妻子掐死，最后真相大白，奥赛罗悔恨交加，拔剑自刎。
Background knowledge
《李尔王》剧叙述不列颠王李尔将国土全分给了花言巧语的两个大女儿，而将秉性耿直的小女儿远嫁法国。最终遭到长女次女百般虐待，流落荒野，疯癫而死。《麦克白》剧写苏格兰大将麦克白受女巫诱惑，在野心和夫人的驱使下，杀君自立，后终日被噩梦纠缠，神思恍惚。其妻也发狂自杀而死。最后王子率兵讨伐，麦克白兵败而死。
Background knowledge
《Othello 》
奥赛罗
《Macbeth 》
麦克白
《Hamlet》
哈姆雷特
《King Lear》
李尔王
Read the passage and choose the main idea.
A. The family of Shakespeare.
B. The life of Shakespeare.
C. The plays of Shakespeare.
Read and put the sentences in the correct order.
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.
4
5
3
1
6
2
Read Paragraph 1 and answer the questions.
Who was William Shakespeare
2. How many works did he write
He was a writer of plays and poems.
He wrote about 38 plays, 154 short poems and a few long poems.
《 Hamlet 》
《Romeo and Juliet》
Two of his famous plays are Hamlet and Romeo and Juliet
Read Paragraph 2 and choose the best answer.
1 --When and where was he born
1582, London, England B.1564, New York, America
C. 1564, Stratford, England
2 --When did Shakespeare finish school
--He finished school in ____.
A. 1576 B. 1577 C. 1578
3--When did he marry
--He married at the age of _____.
A. 17 B. 18 C. 19
in Stratford, England in 1564
Read Paragraph 3 and choose T or F .
He went to Cambridge and joined a theatre company in about 1592.
2. He became a successful actor.
3. Queen Elizabeth I didn’t enjoy his work.
London
F
enjoyed
F
T
1.When did the company build the Globe Theatre ___.
A. 1592 B. 1564 C. 1582 D.1599
(2) There was a _____in the old theatre.
A. fire B. play C. poem D. river
(3) How old was he when he died
A. 50 B. 51 C.52 D.l53
(4)Shakespeare was______ all over the world.
A. good B. famous C.rich
D
A
C
B
Read Paragraph 4 and 5 and choose T or F .
Shakespeare Globe Theatre
on the River Thames in London
莎士比亚环球剧场
1564 1578 1582 About
1592 1599 1616
was born
be born, build, die, finish school, go to London,marry
Sentence–making:
e.g: He was born in 1564.
He … 1578.
He … 1582.
finished school
married
went to London
built the
Globe
Theatre
died
Read again and complete the timeline for Shakespeare with the correct from of the words and expressions in the box.
Work in pairs. Ask and answer questions about Shakespeare. Use the information in Activity 3 to help you.
— Was Shakespeare born in 1564
— Yes, he was.
— Did he leave school in 1582
— No, he didn’t. He finished school in 1578.
Complete the passage with the correct from of the words in the box.
die fire language marry poem rich successful
Shakespeare(1) _____ in 1582 and they 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 see can 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.
languages
successful / rich
fire
poems
rich / successful
married
died
Then work in pairs .Read the passage
and decide what William Shakespeare.
William Shakespeare was a famous English writer of plays and poems. He wrote about thirty-eight plays, 154 short poems and a few long poems in his life. Two of his famous plays are Hamlet and Romeo and Juliet.
Shakespeare was born in 1564 in Stratford, England. Like many people 400 years ago, Shakespeare’s parents didn’t learn to read or write. At school he liked plays, so he decided to be an actor when he finished school at fourteen. He married in 1582 and had three children.
The life of William Shakespeare
Shakespeare went to London and joined a theatre company in about 1592. He became a successful actor and began to write plays. Queen Elizabeth I enjoyed his works very much.
In 1599 the company built the Globe Theatre on the River Thames in London. You can visit the theatre today, but it isn’t the same building. There was a fire in the old theatre. They built it again in 1614 and in the 1990s.
William Shakespeare died at the age of fifty-two. He was rich and successful. You can still see his plays in English and in many other languages. He’ famous around the world.
Language points
1. decide to do 决定做……
e.g. He decided to study hard.他下定决心好好学习
I decided to be a doctor when I was 20.
我二十岁时决定做一名医生。
2. at the age of … 在……岁时(=when … was …)
e.g. He died at the age of sixty. 他六十岁的时候死了
=He died when he was sixty.
3. finish school 毕业
e.g. The boy finished school in 2008.
4. marry 结婚
1)marry sb 与……结婚
e.g. Mary married Jim last year.
2) get married 结婚
e.g. They got married in April, 2009.
3) marry sb to sb 把……嫁给……
e.g. Her father married her to Tony.
4) be married to sb. 与……结婚
e.g. She was married to her husband in 2003.
4. go to 搬往……
e.g. The Smiths went to New York last year.
5. join 加入
e.g. We’ll go fishing. Do you want to join us
我们将会去钓鱼，你要加入我们吗？
The man joined the Party last month.
这个男的上个月加入了党。
The life of
Shakespeare
marry(1582)
went to London
join a theatre company
become a successful
actor
start writing plays
die(52)
be born(1564,England)
decide to be an actor
finish school (14)
According to the following and retell the life
of Shakespeare.
(1592)
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.
Now write sentences about events in
your life.
I was born…
At the age of…
Writing
Look at the sentences.
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.
finish school
2. have three children
3. begin to write plays
4. become a successful actor
5. decide to do
6. at the age of…
7. begin to do sth.
8. a writer of plays and poems
9. join a theatre company
翻译下列词组。
1. 毕业
2. 有三个小孩
3. 开始写剧本
4. 成为一名成功的演员
5.决定做．．．
6.在．．．几岁时
7.开始做．．．
8.一名剧作家兼诗人
9. 加入剧院公司
语法点：
行为动词一般过去时的肯定句和否定句。
肯定形式在动词后加-ed,
She visited Beijing last summer.
否定形式用：didn’t+动词原形。
she didn’t visited Shanghai last summer.
一般疑问句要用：Did +主语+原形……
其答语用：Yes,主语+did. /No,主语+didn’t.
Did she visited Beijing last summer
Yes ,she did. / No, she didn’t.
1. My mother played the piano.
（变为一般疑问句并做肯定回答）
_____________________________
_____________________________
2. There were many people in the village.
（变为一般疑问句并做否定回答）
__________________________
__________________________
__________________
Did your mother play the piano
Yes, she did.
Were there many people in
the village
No, there weren’t.
按要求变换下面的句型。
3. They played football on the play-
ground yesterday afternoon.
（变为一般疑问句并做否定回答）
____________________________
____________________________
______________
Did they play football on the playground yesterday afternoon
No, they didn’t.
4. The money was in one of my pockets.
（变为一般疑问句并做肯定回答）
____________________________
____________________________
____________________________
Was the money in one of your pockets
Yes, it was.
句型转换
1.He started to work when he was twelve years old.(同义句)
He started to work ___ __ ___ ___ twelve.
2. He used a computer at school.(一般疑问句)
___ ___ use a computer at school
3. He rode a bike to school when he was a boy.
(对划线部分提问)
____ ____ he____ a bike to school
at
age
the
of
Did
he
when
did
ride
4.Tony started school in October , 1999. (对划线部分提问)
____ ____ Tony ____ school
5.He made up his mind to be an actor. (同义句)
He ______ _____ _____ an actor.
6.He married a young woman (同义句)
He ____ _____ _____a young
7. She was a member(成员) of League for two years.
She ______ the League two years ago. (同义句)
8.It was August 12nd，2006.(对划线部分提问)
____ ______ the_____ yesterday
when
did
start
decided
to
be
was
married
to
joined
what
was
date
Beginning
Body
Ending
Introduction(概况）
Experience（经历）
Fame/writer’s opinion
(声誉/作者观点）
The life of …
How to write a profile(简介) of famous person
Year Age Things
1881 was born
1892
1898
1902
1906
1936
/
12
18
22
26
56
Began to study in Sanwei Shuwu
studied in Nanjing
moved to Japan
married and started writing
died
Let’s write
The life of Lu Xun
Lu Xun was a great ______.Some of his famous works are _________. He was born________.
He began study __________ and then he studied ________....
…
He died ______. You still see his works _______. He is one of the …
标题
The life of Lu Xun
开头
结尾
1. you watch it at the theatre _______
2. having lots of money ________
3. being good at your job __________
4. become part of _________
Match the words with their meanings.
join play rich successful theatre
play
rich
successful
练习：
join
