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Module 2 Arts and crafts
Unit 3 Traditional skills
More practice Study skills
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Answer the following questions.
Brainstorm
Do you know anything about shadow puppet plays?
What equipment do the actors need for a shadow puppet play?
背景资料补充
皮影戏是一种用灯光照射兽皮或纸板做成的人物剪影以表演故事的民间戏剧。表演时,艺人们在白色幕布后面,一边操纵戏曲人物,一边用当地流行的曲调唱述故事,同时配以打击乐和炫乐。皮影戏在河南、山西、陕西等地很受人们的欢迎。
Read the article on page 45 and group the paragraphs by their general ideas.
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Paragraph 1
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 5
Describes the current state of shadow puppet plays
and how Wang feels about them.
Introduces Wang Weifang, the shadow puppet play actor.
Describes shadow puppets and how to put on a shadow puppet play.
n. 影子
n. 木偶
n. 观众
n. 皮革
裁剪
n. 形状;
外形
adj. 鲜艳夺目的
adj. 可移动的
n. 幕;帘
表演戏剧
让……传承下去
Read the article again and complete the table.
Shadow puppet plays
Puppets made of (1) ______________
cut out in different (2) __________
painted in bright (3) __________
put on (4) __________
What actors do stand behind (5) _____________ with lights behind it
(6) ________ the puppets close to the screen
(7) ________ the puppets around
do the (8) ________ of different characters
Shadow puppet plays nowadays not as (9) ________ as before
hard leather
shapes
colours
sticks
a white screen
hold
move
voices
popular
A Read this newspaper article about shadow puppet plays and answer the questions below.
Why can the audience not see Wang and his friends?
What are shadow puppets made of?
During a shadow puppet play, where does Wang stand?
Who does the voices of the different characters?
Why do Wang and his friends put on shadow puppet plays?
Because they are standing behind the screen.
They are made of hard leather.
He stands behind a white screen with lights behind it.
Wang and his friends.
Because they want to keep this traditional art form alive.
Complete the following sentences using the passive voice. Describe the features of shadow puppet plays.
1. Shadow puppets _____