1、Unit 21 In group,talk about what has happened in the play King Lear so far.What do you think will happen in the rest of the play?How do you think it will end?2 Discuss the pictures.1 Who do you think the man with the sword is?2 Why do you think he has been placed in the stocks?3 What do you think Ki
2、ng Lear is saying to his daughter and her husband?Kent disguised as Caius.For hitting the otherman(Regans servant)with a sword.1 Listen to Part 4 of the play and answer to the questions.1 Why was the Duke of Kent put into the stocks?2 What happens when Lear asks to see his daughter?3 What does Regan
3、 tell the king to do?4 When Goneril arrives what to do the sisters tell the King Lear to do?5 What happens to King Lear next?1 Why was the Duke of Kent put into the stocks?He had an argument with Regans servant,and hit him with the flat side if his sword.2 What happens when Lear asks to see his daug
4、hter?Reagan at first pretends she is too tired to see Lear.3 What does Regan tell the king to do?Regan tells Lear he should return to Goneril and apologize.4 When Goneril arrives what to do the sisters tell the King Lear to do?Goneril and Regan tell Lear tha the is selfish and that he should dismiss
5、 all his soldiers expect for a few old men.5 What happens to King Lear next?Lear becomes angry and says he with not live with either of his daughters.Then he rushes away from the castle into an approaching storm.2 The notes on the page 60,about the plot of Part4,are out of order and two of them inci
6、dents didnt happen.Listen again and cross out the ones that didnt happen and number the others in order.1 E 2 A 3 G 4 B 5 H 6 F 7 CD and I are correct.3 Listen again and answer theses questions in groups.1 How does King Lear fell when he finds Kent/Caius in the stocks?He is angry and sees the punish
7、ment of his personal servant as an insult to himself.2 Why do you think being put in the stocks is a terrible punishment?Being put in storks and left on public display would be shameful.Passersby could laugh,call out insults or even throw things like rotten food at him.3 Why do Regan and her husband
8、 finally come out of the castle to meet Lear?4 What does Regan say that shows the audience she has no sympathy for Lear?Lear threatens to go into their bedroom to talk to them.She says that Goneril I not that bad and then she suggests Lear return to Goneril and apologize her.5 Why do you think it is
9、 important for King Lear to keep his troop of one hundred soldiers?The hundred soldiers act as an“honour guard”to show that he is still an important person.Without his troop he would be just an ordinary person od no important.1 Study the pictures and discuss with a partner what is happening in each
10、picture.Try to work out who each person is.Picture A:Caius and another man are taking the King somewhere.It is raining.Picture B:Gonerils husband,the Duke of Albany is leaving the castle on his horse.Picture C:Lear seems to be mad.He si pointing at a chair and seems to be talking to it.Picture D:Cai
11、us is leading Lear to some place(probably the French army),Lear does not look well.Picture E:King Lear has probably just left Reagans castle and is walking around alone in the rain.2 Listen to Part 5 of the play and numbers A-E to show the order of the events.3 Listen again and answer the questions.
12、1 Where do the Duke of Gloucester and Kent take Lear?2 What strange thing does Lear do that shows he is mad?What reason do the y give for his madness?3 What news does the servant give Gloucester?What do they decide to do?4 Summarize what has happened to each of the following characters.A Goneril and
13、 Regan B Regan s husband C Goneril s husband,the Duke of Albany1 Where do the Duke of Gloucester and Kent take Lear?2 What strange thing does Lear do that shows he is mad?What reason do the y give for his madness?To the Duke of Gloucesters castle.Lear thinks the chaor nad the stool are his daughters
14、.They say he has gone mad because he has lost everything.3 What news does the servant give Gloucester?What do they decide to do?There is a plan to kill the King.They decide to take Lear to Cordelia and theKing of France.4 Summarize what has happened to each of the following characters.A Goneril and ReganA Goneril and Regan and their husbands get ready to go to Dover in order to fight the French army.B Regan s husbandB Regan s husband is killed in a fight.C Goneril s husband,the Duke of AlbanyC Goneril s husband,the Duke of Albany,leaves his wife and goes to join the French army.
