高中英语外研版 (2019)必修 第二册Unit 4 Stage and screen公开课ppt课件

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Unit 4 Stage and screen
When HAMLET meets PEKING OPERA
T understand the meaning f the passage T understand the change f the authr’s feelingsT learn the language pints in the passageT express yur wn pinins abut relative tpics
Hw much d yu knw abut Peking Opera?
DO YOU KNOW IT?
Peking Opera usually cmbines music, vcal perfrmance, mine, dance and acrbatics. Facial make-up is very imprtant t the aestheti f Peking Opera. The clurs are rich and depict different characters using clur symblism.
Rles in Peking Opera
Orchestras in Peking Opera
The cstumes, ften the mst recgnisable feature f Peking Opera, are graceful, elegant, and brilliant in clur and design. They tell a character’s sex and status at first glance, marking ff peple frm all walks f life, nble r humble, civil r military. Accessries, including helmets and hats, cnstitute an integral part t bring abut dramatic stage effect.
Stages in mst Chinese theatres are square platfrms expsed t the audience n three sides, even all sides smetimes. There are very few prps n the stage, and they are mstly used symblically. The mst cmmn nes include tables, sedan chairs, flags, hrsewhips and weapns. Mst attentin is fcused n the actrs’ and actresses’ singing and mvements.
The basic skills f Peking Opera include dance mvements and special acrbatic mvements while singing r reciting, which are necessary requirements mastered by all actrs and actresses.
Opera (in the Western traditin)An pera is like a play in which everything is sung instead f being spken. It incrprates a number f the perfrming arts, such as acting, scenery, cstume, and smetimes dance r ballet. The singers wh sing and act ut the stry are n the stage, and the rchestra is in frnt f the stage but lwer dwn, in the rchestra pit, s that the audience can see the stage.
1. Can yu give a brief intrductin t the stry f Hamlet? What des the famus qute “T be, r nt t be” mean?2. What are the characteristics f Peking Opera? What representative wrks d yu knw?
“T be, r nt t be” is the pening phrase spken by Prince Hamlet in play Hamlet, Act III, Scene I. These are pssibly the mst famus wrds in English literature and intrduce Hamlet’s meditatins upn life – “T be r nt t be” refers t the chice t be made between dying r cntinuing t live.
Lk at the pictures f tw perfrmances and talk abut their differences and similarities. Cnsider the fllwing:
rchestracstumes and masksstage setperfrmers’ mvements
Hw the characters mved n the stage mst impressed the authr.
Read the passage and find ut what aspects f Peking Opera mst impressed the authr.
Match the main idea with its crrespnding paragraph.Paragraph 1 A. What the authr feels when watching the pera.Paragraph 2   B. The Revenge f Prince Zidan will make yu fall in lve with Peking Opera.Paragraph 3   C. I am quite familiar with Hamlet.Paragraph 4    D. Why the authr likes the mvements f the characters best.Paragraph 5   E. I want t knw whether Peking Opera is easier t understand.
The Revenge f Prince Zidan is an adaptin f Hamlet int Peking Opera by Shanghai Jingju Theatre Cmpany. The plt fllws that f Hamlet, with Prince Zidan taking revenge upn his evil uncle, wh has murdered his father and married his mther. The prductin includes sme f Shakespeare's famus lines, such as the “T be, r nt t be” speech.
Read the passage and answer the questins.
1. Hw many years has Peking Opera existed?2. What helped the audience get meanings in the pera?3. What did the writer think f Peking Opera befre experiencing The Revenge f Prince Zidan?
Over 200 years.
The music, exaggerated mvements and mime.
He wasn’t sure if he wuld enjy it.
Cmplete the chart with wrds and expressins frm the passage.
Befre the perfrm-ance
________________curius
He thught _______________ _________________.He wndered if Peking Opera is easier than a Shakespeare play t understand.
During the perfrm-ance
After the perfrm-ance
THE REVENGE OF PRINCE ZIDAN
________________________ were amazing.The vices ______________.The stage ______________.The mvements f the characters were ___________________.
He felt ______________________________________________.
full f cnfidence
he knew a lt abut Hamlet.
The cstumes and masks
sunded (really) unique.
was (really) simple.
(simply) incredible.
the strng emtins f lve, anger, fear and grief in the perfrmance.
Decide whether the fllwing statements are True (T) r False (F).1. “T be, r nt t be” is frm Hamlet.   (    )2. The authr has seen several prductins f Hamlet.                                                 (    )3. Peking Opera started in the 17th century.   (    )4. Jinghu is an instrument with tw strings.   (    )5. Sme f the male vices were s high in the pera.                                                   (    )
6. Peking Opera transfrmed a small stage int the whle universe.      (    )7. The authr’s favurite part f the shw was the perfrmers’ mvements n stage.     (    )8. The authr enjyed The Revenge f Prince Zidan very much.                                 (    )
Chse the authr’s purpse in writing the passage.
1. T prve that Peking Opera is a better way t perfrm Hamlet.2. T infrm the readers hw t perfrm Hamlet thrugh Peking Opera.3. T share the unique experience f seeing a Peking Opera versin f Hamlet.4. T make a cmparisn between Eastern and Western cultures.
Why des the authr say “The Revenge f Prince Zidan ticks all the right bxes”?
Because this shw cmbines music, singing, drama, petry and cstume design with explsive effect. In the authr’s pinin, this shw is perfect and meets all his requirements.
2. Hw culd yu help a friend frm verseas understand Peking Opera?
sme vides sme relative bks r websites…
1. Write a summary abut 60 wrds fr the reading text.2. Write a shrt passage abut Peking Opera.