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新外研社高中英语选择性必修四Unit 2 Lessons in Life
Understanding Ideas
Reading
2
Pre-reading
Do you know the symbolic meaning of the Blue Bird in Chinese and Western cultures?
Pre-reading
v. 上演,举办
Read the introduction to The Blue Bird (《青鸟》) and answer the questions:
1. What is The Blue Bird?
2. Who are the main characters?
3. What is the main plot?
It’s a 1908 Nobel Prize winning play by Belgian play wright Maurice Maeterlinck and the first foreign play staged in China.
Tyltyl and Myteyl, bother and sister.
Tyltyl and Myteyl travel magical places to find the Blue Bird of Happiness.
The Blue Bird is a 1908 play by Belgian playwright Maurice Maerdinck (1862-1949). winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1911. Maeterlinck wrote many plays, but The Blue Bird was the most popular and has been widely translated and adapted all over the world. Performed in 1921 in Shanghai by Chinese students, it was the first foreign play staged in China. The Blue Bird tells the tale of brother and sister, Tyltyl and Mytyl, as they are sent by a fairy to seardh for the Blue Bird of Happiness. The children's adventure takes them through many magical places before they at last find the Blue Bird in a most unexpected place.
《蓝鸟》是比利时剧作家莫里斯·马尔丁克(1862-1949)于1908年创作的一部戏剧。191年诺贝尔文学奖得主。梅特林克写了很多剧本,但《青鸟》是最受欢迎的,在世界各地被广泛翻译和改编。1921年由中国学生在上海演出,是中国第一部外国戏剧。《蓝鸟》讲述了一对兄妹的故事,他们是狄迪尔和梅迪尔,因为他们被一个仙女派去寻找幸福的蓝鸟。孩子们的冒险经历了许多神奇的地方,最后他们在一个最意想不到的地方找到了蓝鸟。
While-reading
title
setting
stage directions
characters
dialogues
幕
场
落幕
Look at the play script and identify its elements.
While-reading
Read for details
ACT Ⅳ SCENE Ⅱ
Characters
Setting
Plot
The children come to the Palace of Happiness and are welcomed by a troop of Happiness …
ACT Ⅵ SCENE Ⅱ
Characters
Setting
Plot
The children return home without finding the Blue Bird…
Setting
the Palace of Happiness
Characters
Tyltyl, (Mytyl) , Mummy Tyl, the neighbour Berlingot, the little girl
Plot
The children _________________ a troop of Happinesses, but the children ______