1、ReviewThe Fisherman and the GoldfishRetell the play Catch a talking fish Tell his wife about that Ask for a new house Make his wife a rich lady Want to be Queen of the SeaLead-inIntroduction of the types of the play(drama)tragedy(悲剧):serious,sad,suffering（受难）,end with the death of the main character
2、comedy(喜剧):humorous,laughing,satire（讽刺）,a happy endingThink About It!What kinds of plays do you like?Why?New LessonFast Reading Find out the playwrights that appeared in the text Look for their famous dramas.Topic Discussion&Literature Background The Renaissance period(文艺复兴时期)William Shakespeare(威廉莎
3、士比亚)The Neoclassical period(新古典主义时期)Richard Brinsley Sheridan(理查德 布林斯利谢里丹)The Modern period(现代时期)George Bernard Shaw(萧伯纳)William Shakespeare威廉莎士比亚William Shakespeare Four Tragedies (四大悲剧)Hamlet哈姆雷特 King Lear 李尔王 Othello 奥赛罗 Macbeth 麦克白 Four comedies (四大喜剧)The Merchant of Venice威尼斯商人 A Midsummer Nigh
4、ts Dream仲夏夜之梦 As You Like It 皆大欢喜 Twelfth Night 第十二夜Hamlet哈姆雷特Theme（主题）Revenge（复仇）Weakness of human nature：hesitation（人性的弱点：犹豫）King Lear 李尔王Theme（主题）power（权力）desire（欲望）Othello 奥赛罗Theme（主题）doubt（怀疑）Envy（嫉妒）Macbeth 麦克白Theme（主题）Ambition（野心）Fear（恐惧）Suspicion（猜疑）The Merchant of Venice威尼斯商人Theme（主题）Praise
5、 friendship and love（歌颂友谊和爱情）Satire greed（讽刺贪婪）A Midsummer Nights Dream仲夏夜之梦Theme（主题）Misfit（乱点鸳鸯谱）As You Like It 皆大欢喜Theme（主题）kindness defeats evil（以善胜恶）Twelfth Night 第十二夜Theme（主题）Praise womens talent（赞美女性才华）Equality between men and women（男女平等）Richard Brinsley Sheridan理查德 布林斯利谢里丹The School for Scand
6、al造谣学校Theme（主题）Satire immorality and hypocrisy of the upper class（讽刺上流社会的不道德与伪善）George Bernard Shaw（萧伯纳）Mrs.Warrens Profession华伦夫人的职业 Pygmalion 卖花女 Widowers Houses鳏夫的房产 Lao SheTeahouseLongxu Slum Cao Yu SunriseThunderstormMatching GameTeam work:Match each play with its playwright.Reading for Detail
7、Questions（细节题）Main Idea Questions（主旨题）Word Guessing Questions（猜词题）Inference Questions（推断题）Reading for Detail Questions（细节题）Find out the answer directly in the passage Look for the source of information（信息源）Location words（定位词）:name（人名）,place name（地名）,time（年代）,figure（数字）,proper noun（专有名词）,etc.(1)Willi
8、am Shakespeare is a world-famous playwright.(2)Shakespeares works are all comedies and historical pieces.(3)Hamlet is a famous comedy.(4)Teahouse was written by Lao She.(5)Cao Yu wrote the play Thunderstorm.(6)In Lao She Teahouse Theatre,you can drink tea while enjoying a play.Reading for Detail Que
9、stions（细节题）Read the lesson and write true(T)or false(F).TFFTTTReading for Main Idea Questions（主旨题）Pay attention to the first paragraph and the last paragraph of the passage.Focus on the repeated content（重复的内容）of the passage.Notice the topic sentence in each paragraph.Reading for Main Idea Questions（
10、主旨题）The dialogue among Jenny,Danny and Li Ming are mainly about _.AfictionBdrama Cpoem Dplaywrights and dramaDReading for Word Guessing Questions（猜词题）Accumulate new words and phrases（积累生词和短语）make use of the context（利用语境）Judge structural relation（判断结构关系）Reading for Word Guessing Questions（猜词题）(1)What
11、 does the word“handsome”mean in this dialogue?_.A可观的 B 慷慨的C英俊的 D 相当大的(2)What does the word“works”(the fourteenth line)mean in this dialogue?_.A工作 B 作品C作业 D 工厂CBReading forInference Questions（推断题）Judge from the given information（已知信息）Exclusive method（排除法）Complex reasoning（综合推理）Reading forInference Qu
12、estions（推断题）(1)From the dialogue we can learn that _.ADanny might become a good actor in the future.BLi Ming knew nothing about foreign playwrights and dramas.CDanny might like the Lao She Teahouse in Beijing.DJenny and Danny have never been to the Lao She Teahouse in Beijing.(2)Jenny probably agree
13、s that_.Aevery member in her team worked very hard to make this play.B Danny is a very good and handsome actor.C the Lao She Teahouse in Beijing is an ordinary tea house.D most of William Shakespeares early plays are tragedies.DAExerciseReading Comprehension A,B,C&D.P110-113Homework1.Complete Lets Do It!No.3.2.Finish off the exercises in the activity book.3.Preview Lesson 36.
