1、安徽省无为第一中学 周燕The Happy Prince1.Where was Oscar Wilde from?2.Was he born in the 19th century or 20th century?3.What was he?4.What was he most famous for?6.Did his writing career develop smoothly?Why?7.What is his only novel?IrelandIn the19th century.A writer,poet and playwriterHe was sent to prison fo
2、r homosexuality.The Picture of Dorian GrayOscar WildeA QuizplaysWe are all in the gutter,but some of us are looking at the stars.我们都在阴沟里,但仍有人仰望星空。Nowadays,people know the price of everything and the value of nothing.今天的人们,太过清楚某样每样东西都价格,却忽视了他们的价值。True friends stab you in the front.当面扎刀的是真朋友。Step1 Lea
3、d-inEnjoy a short video about The Picture of Dorian Gray and make a prediction about the story.A.a valuable paintingB.a robbery from an art gallery C.an obsession with a paintingthe state in which you can only think about one person or thing so that you cannot think of anyhing elseEnjoy a short vide
4、o about The Picture of Dorian Gray and make a prediction about the story.A.a valuable paintingB.a robbery from an art gallery C.an obsession with a painting a successful artist the brother of Sybil Vane a girl who was in love with Dorian Grey the man in the painting a friend of the artistStep2 Skimm
5、ingRead the story quickly and match thecharacters with the names.Dorian GrayBasil HaywardHenry WottenSybil VaneA sailorSybils brother Sybil VaneHenry WottenBasil HaywardDorian GrayStep3 Careful-readingRead the story again.Are these statements about the story true(T)or false(F)?Ex4.1.Basil Hayward pa
6、inted a portrait of Dorian Gray.2.Dorian made a wish to stay young and for his portrait to become old.3.Dorian met a beautiful young painter called Sybil Vane and fell in love with her.4.Sybil killed herself after Dorian left her.TTFTactress5.On his thirty-eighth birthday,Dorian killed his friend Ba
7、sil.6.Sybils brother followed Dorian and shot Dorians friend.7.Dorian finally decided to destroy the portrait with an axe.8.When the servants found Dorian,his face was old and horrible.TTFFwas shot by Dorians friendknifeStep4 Further-readingRead the story again and answer these questions.(Ex5)1.Why
8、did Dorian make his wish about the portrait?2.What happened to his portrait after he left Sybil?3.How did his face in the portrait change?4.How did Dorian change physically over the years?5.Why did Dorian kill Basil?6.Why did the sailor follow Dorian?7.Why did Dorian decide to destroy the portrait?8
9、.What happened to portrait in the end?1.Why did Dorian make his wish about the portrait?He wanted to stay young./Lord Henry said youth is the most important thing in the world.2.What happened to his portrait after he left Sybil?The face had a cruel smile.3.How did his face in the portrait change ove
10、r the years?It became ugly,old and cruel./It showed all the terrible secrets of his life.4.How did Dorian change physically over the years?He did not change physically.5.Why did Dorian kill Basil?Because Basil saw the portrait and was horrified./He told Dorian to change his life./Because Basil now k
11、new what a terrible person Dorian was.6.Why did the sailor follow Dorian?Because the woman in the bar told him that Dorian was older than he looked./He wanted to kill him because he was Sybils brother.7.Why did Dorian decide to destory the portrait?Because he wanted to change his life./Because the p
12、ortrait was even more terrible than before.8.What happened to portrait in the end?It became the original portrait of a young,handsome man.The road to destruction:made a wishleftkilled his girlfriendthe artistkilled Sybils brotherkilled himselfBasil HaywardAnalyzing the features of the main character
13、stalented,kind,a good friendHenry Wottonpersuade Dorian to live for enjoymentSybil VanekindinnocentstupidDorian Graycruelwithout moral bottomlinegreedystandands of good behaviours In a letter,Wilde said the main characters were reflections of himself,“Basil is what I think I am;Henry is what the wor
14、ld thinks of me;Dorian Gray is what I would like to be in other ages,perhaps.”王尔德在给崇拜者的信中写道：“巴兹尔是我心目中自己的形象，亨利勋爵是世人眼中我的形象，道林是我期望中的形象.”Discussion:Choose some of the topics and talk with your partners.1.Do you want to make friends with Dorian Gray?Why not?2.Did Dorian Gray try to be a good man?3.Suppos
15、e you were Dorian Gray,what would you do?4.If you were the writer,what ending you will give to the story?5.You can adapt the story or part of the story for a play and perform it.desirea good universitya promising joba happy familygood friendshealthmaterials：houses cars.famesocial statuspowerbeautifu
16、l women or menmoralslawsIn this world there are only two tragedies.One is not getting what one wants,and the other is getting it.Oscar Wilde世界上只有两种悲剧，一种是一个人没有得到他想要的，另一种是他得到了.1.Retell the story.2.Performance:adapt the story or part of the story for a play and perform it.Thank you!homosexuality:sexually attracted to people of the same sex.BACKGROUNDS33诗集Poems，1881年斯芬克斯Sphinx，1894年瑞丁监狱之歌The Ballad of Reading Gaol，1898年快乐王子和其他故事The Happy Prince and Other Tales，1888年石榴屋A House of Pomegranates，1891年道林格雷的画像 The Picture of Dorian Gray，1891年
