1、单击此处编辑母版文本样式,第二级,第三级,第四级,第五级,*,单击此处编辑母版标题样式,William Shakespeare:his life and works,1.dram,play,poem,sonnet,tragedies,comedies,histories,tragic comedies(romances),masterpiece,first night,performance,presentation,folklore,story,action,religious play,theatrical event,2.words or expressions for activit
2、ies in relation to performing/working:,Play,acting,performing,singing,dancing,monologue,dialouge,rehearsal,premiere(v.)writng,collaborating,plots,repertoire,manuscript,popular,rage,3.actor,player,performer,director,assistant,singer,playwright,poet,dramatist,musician,playing company,writer,playgoer,t
3、heatergoer,audience,ticket gatherer,theatrical company,amateur,professional player,repertory,patron,4.,Scene,scenery,setting,costume,backdrop,stage,curtain,lights,prompt,screen,seats,gallery,balcony,backdoor,upstairs,hall,backstage,playhouse,prop,script,manuscript,exit,entry,ticket,admission,(script
4、戏剧,广播等的,),脚本,底稿,;,【印】书写体,(,铅字,)You cant have good acting without a decent script.,没有像样的剧本是不可能有好的表演的。,manuscript,手写本,手稿,;,打字稿,;,原稿,C(,强调是真迹,)Some ancient manuscripts were discovered in the temple.,在寺院里发现了一些古代的手稿。,Listening:,1.His works have become highly regarded since the 19th century when Romanti
5、cism was at its peak.Since then people have studied them,put them on the stages,turned them into movies and other forms of pop culture because of beaut,ful,language and deep thought in his plays and poems,2.He was born and raised in Stratford-upon Avon,a small town in England,on the bank of river Av
6、on.Between 1585 and,1592,he began to act in London,and he was also a writer,part owner of a playing company.He,produced most of his known works between 1590 and 1613.,3.Shakespeare was the writer and shareholder of the first playing company called Chamberlains Men.This company was later renamed as K
7、ings Men.They were both famous thanks to the popularity of Shakespeares productions.The,new globe Theater is a new replica on the expertise of historical advisor and 20 years of careful planning and designing.,4.Shakespeare borrowed the idea of Hamlet from a Danish story.Yet,the Danish one has no di
8、alogue,no depth in thought.In spite of several challenges on,Shakespeares originality for this play,Shakespeares,Hamlet has been acclaimed to be a work of genius.,Group A,1.A little pot and soon hot:a small person is easily roused to anger or passion,2.There is the rub:That is the problem,3.Cowards
9、die many times before their deaths:Cowards are often afraid that they are going to die,so they often feel what it is like to die,while brave people only feel the fear of death when they are really about to die.,Group B:,1.Its a wise father that knows his own child:Every father should remember that o
10、ne day his son will follow his example instead of his.,2.My salad days when I was green in judgment:my youthful time characterized by inexperience,excitement,idealism,innocence or discretion.,3.Neither a borrower nor a lender be:Loan often loses itself and friends,Group C,1.Play fast and loose:to be
11、have in a clever and dishonest way,2.short shrift:little,no attention or thought,3.strange bedfellows:the things or people who are associated or grouped together,which is thought to be unlikely or impossible.,Group D,1.There is a tide in the affairs of men:One has to take every possible opportunity
12、if he wants to accomplish something.,2.what is done is done:something like an activity is finished.,3.what is in a name?when people say this sentence,they mean“what a name tells you is not essential to the most crucial characteristics.”,B.Explain the following quotes from the reading passage.,1.In S
13、hakespeares play,the stage sets were often mixed up with some of the audiences.These people were not actors,but they had paid a few more pennies so that they could sit on the stage watching the play better.Shakespeares plays were also very popular because they invariably followed the fashion of the
14、pop culture then.For example those“trendy”or“popular”scenes would not be missed out,and those scenes were always“popular”for the audience in those days.Pop songs were always incorporated into the play if possible.The production was so fast that the writing worked out this week would go into the list
15、 of performance in the next week.,2.Shakespeare was an approachable person,never putting up an air as a celebrity.He was very clear and conscious about his responsibility of an artist when he wrote his works because he knew that his works would be subject to the test of history.He knew that human li
16、fe was short(thats why he often look over his shoulder at the tide of death chasing him),but art was everlasting.Great work of art wouldnt die with their authors passing away.So his greatest pleasure would be seeing his wealth of words have succeeded in tricking death,and becoming immortal in histor
17、y.,Language work:,1.a second Bible:an extreme book/work,2.flocking to.:going there/visiting in great quantities,3.a wealth of,a great number of,4.meager makings:humble undertakings,5.a cut-throat competition:a very fierce competition,6.excursion into:opportunities to experience,see,feel,hear,7.unive
18、rsal appeal:loved by people all over the world,8.no substitute for seeing:nothing can be compared with seeing,9.far-off times:ancient times,10.edifying entertainment:pleasure coupled with enlightenments,11.glossy fume and adulation:great popularity,shining image or worship,12.glancing over ones shou
19、lder:look back,13.a world people by.:a world full of such people as characters,Dictation:,By 1592,Shakespeare became known for both an actor and playwright.And in 1594 he became a financial shareholder in the newly formed group called Lord Chamberlains Men after the title of his patron.Like other pl
20、aywrights,Shakespeare was only paid a small fee for his work,and the manuscripts became the property of the theatrical company.One member of the company,called the book holder,was responsible for the manuscripts.Often,there was only one copy of the play in existence,and it was used as a prompt book
21、during a performance.The book holder also prepared a scene by scene outline called the plot which summarized the action of the play.The plot was important to the actors because each of them had no more than a partial manuscripts containing only his own lines.Over a period of 5 years,the Lord Chamber
22、lains Men appeared in two or three different theatres.Then in 1599,they moved to their own newly,Constructed theatre which they called the Globe.As a shareholder in the new theatre,Shakespeare was entitled to receive 10%of the admission fees paid by the audience.Like other theatres in London,the Globe had very little scenery.Each setting was established in the minds of the audience by the words the playwright had assigned to the actors.,
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