课件24张PPT。Unit 2
HOME ALONEHome AlonePlease go through the Reading strategy and answer:
1. What are the characteristics(特点) of a play?
2. How to read a play?1. What are the characteristics of a play? a. Most plays are in the form of a
dialogue to be spoken aloud.
b. Writers use different styles of
speech. Casual (informal) speech is used, often with incomplete sentences.2. How to read a play?b. Pay attention to instruction旁白.
dialogue对白a. Read dialogue对白 aloud with your emotion.instruction旁白Elements(要素) of a playCharacter角色
Act幕
Scene场景
Dialogue对话
Instruction旁白
Stage舞台
Stage props道具
…1.Who are the main characters in the play?
Eric, Daniel, Mum and Dad.Task 1 Fast-reading2. The structure(结构)of the play Home Alone? actsAct OneAct TwoScene One Scene Two Two Task 2 Detailed-readingAct One1. Mom and Dad return from vocation a day earlier
____ _______ to ________ the boys. than expected 2. What are the boys doing when their parents come home?They are playing soccer ball.surprise3. Why do the parents get angry?the dog SpotHe is tired and hungry. He looks like he is starving. the moneyThe money for dog food is_______. gonethe roomIt is ___ ___ ___.in a mess4.What does the room exactly look like? Line16---20: pizza boxes, dirty dishes, garbage, waste paper…… 5. After seeing the room is in a mess, the parents blame Daniel angrily, they think that they left Daniel ___ _______ ___ the house and they thought that he could act like an _ ___ , but he didn’t. The parents won’t _______ such behavior.
6. What happens after Dad and Mom blame Daniel ?
in charge ofadulttolerateDaniel shouts at his parents, runs into his bedroom and shuts the door angrily. Act TwoScene One 1. The main reason for their quarrel is that ______.
A. Daniel is too rude.
B. Eric didn’t tell his parents what happened.
C. the parents blame Daniel without giving him a
chance to explain
D. Daniel and Eric behave well at home.2. What is the emergency that Eric wants to tell his parents about?Spot was sick, and they had to take him to the clinic.3.Daniel and Eric stay in their bedroom. Daniel has his arms_________, looking ________. He thinks that his parents never gave him a chance to _______ himself.
Eric wants to tell the parents they had an ___________. But Daniel thinks they don’t ________ an explanation. In fact, they used the money for dog food to take Spot to the ______ and they spent all of yesterday waiting for Spot, so they had no time to clean the house. crossedupsetdefendemergencydeserveclinic2.Mom thinks that they are too _______on Daniel, but Dad insists that they should give Daniel a punishment, because he has been so _____ to them. Mom ______ and wonders how they can solve it.rudesighsAct two Scene Two1. What does the father want to do with Daniel? The father feels like they have to punish
Daniel or Daniel won’t respect them.hardACT ONE
3.Mom! Dad! You’re back early!(looking around room, sounding frightened) But, but…you weren’t supposed to come home until tomorrow!
ACT TWO SCENE ONE
2.You don’t hate them. I can tell them we had an emergency. Then they won’t be mad any more.
4.But Daniel, if they knew that Spot was sick and that we used the money to take him to the clinic…
surprised?frightenedsorrysorryERICTask 3 Feel Emotion(情绪)ACT ONE
1.It’s so nice to be home!
5.And look at this room---garbage all over the place! Where is your brother?(shouting angrily) Daniel!
7.(sounding very angry)Listen to me, young man—we left you in charge! We thought you could act like an adult, but look at the mess! I don’t know why the house is so dirty…
9.How can we trust you any more? We won’t tolerate such behavior in our house!
ACT TWO SCENE TWO
2.Maybe, but now that he has been so rude to us, I feel like we have to punish him or he won’t respect us.
excited/niceangryangryangryangryDADACT ONE
2.Yes, I can’t wait to surprise the boys!
4.(bending to touch dog)Eric, he’s so tired and hungry!(looking at table) The money for dog food is gone, but Spot looks like he is starving! What did you do with the cash we left?
8.Daniel, we thought you were an adult, a person who would make good decisions…
ACT TWO SCENE TWO
1.Do you think we were too hard on Daniel? Perhaps there is a reason why the house is a mess…
3.Oh, why does this have to be so difficult?(Mom sighs)
excitedangrysorrydisappointedupsetMOMACT ONE
6.(running into room)Mom, Dad, I can explain…
10.(shouting)Stop shouting at me. I’m still a teenager! Why is everything always my fault?
(Daniel runs into his bedroom and shut the door angrily.)
ACT TWO SCENE ONE
1.They never even gave me a chance to defend myself. I hate them!
3.No, don’t tell them anything. Anyhow, they didn’t trust me. They don’t deserve an explanation. Let them think what they want.
4.And that we spent all of yesterday waiting there for him, and that is why we had no time to clean the house…but no, Eric, why didn’t they ask me what happened instead of shouting at me?
sorryangryangrysorry?angryangryDANIELangryEmotion changes of the main charactersnice/excited surprised /frightened sorryconflict
冲突/矛盾nice/excitedangry disappointedsorry sorryangryDADMOMDANIELERICBODY LANGUAGESPEECH(语气)Speech helps to express, too.Task 4 SHOW TIMEDad: It’s so nice to be home!
Mom: Yes, I can’t wait to surprise the boys!
Eric: Mom! Dad! You’re back early! But, but… you weren’t supposed to come home until tomorrow!
Mom: Eric, he’s so tired and hungry! The money for dog food is gone, but Spot looks like he is staving! What did you do with the cash we left?
Dad: And look at this room---garbage all over the place! Where is your brother? Daniel!
Daniel: Mom, Dad, I can explain…
Dad: Listen to me, young man---we left you in charge! We thought you could act like an adult, but look at the mess! I don’t know why the house is so dirty…If you were one of them, what would you like to do next to solve the problem?Task 5 DiscussionDADMOMDANIELERICA: If I were…, I would….
B: If I were…, I would….HomeworkWork in a group and act the whole play. Show us tomorrow.THANK YOU