高中英语外研版 (2019)必修 第二册Unit 4 Stage and screen学案

Unit 4 Stage and screen

There are a thousand Hamlets in a thousand people's eyes.

一千个人眼里有一千个哈姆雷特。

To be，or not to be，that's a question.

生存，还是毁灭，这是个值得考虑的问题。

All that glisters is not gold.

闪光的并不都是金子。

The course of true love never did run smooth.

真爱无坦途。

There is nothing either good or bad，but thinking makes it so.

世上之事物本无善恶之分，思想使然。

The film Titanic tells us a story about a woman and a man—a story about love and life.There are many things including pictures，the necklace，laugh or cry，rich and poor，life or death...like every story.But all of them are not the most important.The most important is to enjoy every day with love and dignity.

It's only a story，but in someone's memory，it means all.

Beijing Opera or Peking Opera is a form of traditional Chinese theater which combines music，vocal performance，and dance etc.It arose in the late 18th century and became fully developed and recognized by the mid­19th century.The form was extremely popular in the Qing Dynasty court and has come to be regarded as one of the cultural treasures of China.

Beijing Opera features four main types of performers—sheng，dan，jing and chou.The characters are divided into beauty and ugliness，kindness and evil，which are presented vividly.The stage design of Beijing Opera is usually simple.Therefore symbols play an important role.Performers tend to use their body movements to represent actions.

Now Beijing Opera includes over 1，400 works，which are based on Chinese history，folklore，and increasingly contemporary life.

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1．When did Beijing Opera came into being?

In the late 18th century.

2．How many main types of performers are there in Beijing Opera?

Four.

3．What are Beijing Opera works based on?

They are based on Chinese history，folklore，and increasingly contemporary life.