1、Section Warming_Up_&_Reading_PrereadingWilliam Shakespeare (15641616) is one of the most remarkable playwrights and poets the world has ever known. With his 38 plays, 154 sonnets and 2 long poems, he has established his giant position in world literature. He has also been given the highest praises b
2、y various scholars and critics the world over. In the past 400 years or so, books and essays on Shakespeare and his works have kept coming out in large quantities.Shakespeare went to London which afforded a wonderful environment for the development of drama.From about 1591 to about 1611, Shakespeare
3、 was in the prime of his dramatic career and his plays came out one after another. Shakespeare did not confine his genius merely to the theater. In 1593 and 1594, he published two narrative poems (叙事诗). He also wrote sonnets, which were published in 1609. By 1597, Shakespeare was so prosperous that
4、he bought the largest house in Stratford, known as New Place. About 1610 Shakespeare left London and retired to Stratford. He died on April 23,1616.Generally his dramatic career is divided into four periods.The first period was one of apprenticeship. He wrote five history plays：Henry ， Parts ， and ，
5、 Richard ， and Titus Andronicus; and four comedies: The comedy of Errors, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, The Taming of the Shrew, and Loves Labours Lost.In the second period, Shakespeares style and approach became highly individualized. In this period he wrote five histories: Richard ， King John, Henr
6、y， Parts and ， and Henry V; six comedies: A Midsummer Nights Dream, The Merchant of Venice, Much Ado About Nothing, As You Like It, Twelfth Night, and The Merry Wives of Windsor; and Two tragedies: Romeo and Juliet and Julius Caesar.Shakespeares third period includes his greatest tragedies and his s
7、ocalled dark comedies. The tragedies of this period are Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, Macbeth, Antony and Cleopatra, Troilus and Cressida, and Coriolanus. The two comedies are Alls Well That Ends Well and Measure for Measure.The last period of Shakespeares work includes his principle romantic tragicom
8、edies: Pericles, Cymbeline, The Winters Tale and The Tempest; and his two final plays: Henry and The Two Noble Kinsmen.True (T) or False (F)1Shakespeare wrote only 38 plays and two long poems in his life.()2Romeo and Juliet is a famous comedy as well as Alls Well That Ends Well.()3The Merchant of Ve
9、nice is one of Shakespeares works written in the second period.()答案：1.F2.F3.T.高频单词点击1respectful (adj.)恭敬的；尊重人的disrespectful(adj.)无礼的；失礼的respect (v.)尊敬；尊重2shorten (v.)缩短；使变短short (adj.)短的；矮的3modernize (v.)使现代化modern (adj.)现代的modernization (n.)现代化4burden (n.)担子；负担5responsibility (n.)责任；职责responsible(a
10、dj.)有责任的；负责任的responsibly(adv.)负责任地6boundary (n.)分界；分界线7allocate (vt.)分派；分配8whichever (pron.)无论哪一个which (pron.)哪一个9adore (vt.)崇拜；爱慕；喜爱10pray (vt.)祈祷；恳求；请 (n.)请求11distribute (vt.)分发；分配distribution (n.)分布；分配distributive (adj.)分配的12contradict (vt.)同矛盾或抵触；反驳contradiction (n.)矛盾contradictory (adj.)矛盾的；完全相
11、反的13forecast (vt.)预测；预报14oppose (vt.)反对；反抗opposite (adj.)反对的；对面的opposition (n.)反对；对立15corrupt (adj.)腐败的；贪污的；堕落的16greed (n.)贪婪greedy (adj.)贪婪的17innocent (adj.)清白的；天真的innocence (n.)天真；单纯innocently (adv.)无罪地；无邪地 .重点短语必记1hand over移交(权利、责任)2care for 关怀；照顾；计较3hear . out 听完4on behalf of 代表5beyond question
12、无可争辩；毫无疑问6speak out 大胆地说；大声说7pack up 把打包；整理8give away 送掉；泄露9be fond of 喜爱；爱好.常用句型必备1See, here is a map of my kingdom with_all_the_boundaries_drawn_on_it.2For whichever of you has for me the most devotion I will give to her the best part of everything I own.3If you have_not_passed beyond my frontiers
13、 within five days, I will have you killed.课文大意理解1Cordelia said nothing to delight the King Lear because she _.Ahated himBdidnt want to flatter himCdidnt want anything from himDdidnt love him at all2Which statement is NOT true according to the text?AThe King was annoyed with Cordelia.BCordelia got no
14、thing from her father.CThe King firmly believed what his daughters said.DAll the three daughters have got what they wanted.3What do you think of the King Lear?AWise.BHumorous.CFoolish.DGreedy.4Goneril and Regan say they love their father because they_.Alove their father deeplyBwant to delight their
15、fatherCwant to know how much their father love themDwant to get his kingdom答案：14BDCD.课文缩写填空The King Lear, has three daughters. 1.As he is becoming old and cant take the burden of government, he wants to hand over the 2.responsibility (responsible) to his daughters. One day, he decides to distribute
16、his kingdom 3.among them and give the best part to 4.whichever of them loves him most. 5.However,_in the end, he believes the older daughters flattery and thinks his 6.youngest (young) daughter opposes him. As a result, he gives away his kingdom to the 7.greedy (greed) daughters, only 8.keeping (keep) a troop of 100 loyal soldiers for himself. 9.While the youngest daughter is innocent and her love of her father is also beyond question, she 10.gets (get) nothing.