Unit 4 Stage and screen Understanding ideas 课件-2022-2023学年高中英语外研版（2019）必修第二册

Unit 4 Stage and Screen Understanding Ideas When Hamlet meets Peking Opera Orchestra (管弦乐队) Costumes and masks (服装和脸谱) Stage set (舞台布景) Performers’ movements (演员的动作) What are the differences and similarities between the two performances. The form was extremely popular in the Qing Dynasty and has come to be regarded as one of the cultural treasures of China. Peking Opera usually combines music, vocal performance, mime, dance and acrobatics. 02 Pre-reading Sheng Dan Chou Jing Roles in Peking Opera 02 Pre-reading sanxian Orchestras in Peking Opera jinghu erhu yueqin sheng It combines music, vocal performance, mime (哑剧), dance and acrobatics (杂技); the instruments include jinghu and erhu. Mask is very important; the costumes are graceful, elegant (优雅的) and brilliant in color and design. They both tell a character’s sex (性别) and status (身份地位) at first glance. Stages are square platforms exposed to the audience on three sides with very few props (道具) on the stage. Dance movements and acrobatic movements are basic skills. Peking Opera: Everything is sung instead of being spoken. It combines a number of performing arts, such as acting, scenery, costume, and sometimes dance or ballet. The singers are on the stage. The orchestra is in front of the stage but lower down in the pit (凹陷处). Opera in the West: 1. What type of text is this passage? A．Narration(记叙文)． B．Argumentation(议论文)． C．Exposition(说明文)． D．Prose(散文)． While-reading who: ____________________ what: _______________________________ foreign high school student went and saw The Revenge of Prince Zidan √ Activity 1　Fast-­reading for main ideas Before the performance （Part 1:_________） Para.1-2 During the performance （Part 2:_________） Para.3-4 After the performance （Part 1:______） Para.5 Complete the structure of the passage. 4. The author writes this passage by ______ A. space order B. time order C. logic order D. cause and effect √ 2．What’s the author’s purpose in writing the