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Stage and screen
Book 2 Unit 4
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B2U4
Starting out& Understanding ideas
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Starting out
ballet
concert
modern drama
crosstalk
1 Look at the posters.
Which of these types of entertainment are you most familiar with?
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Starting out
Peking Opera
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Understanding ideas
2 Read the passage and find out what aspects of Peking Opera most impressed the author.
Activity 2
When HAMLET meets Peking Opera
How the characters moved on the stage most impressed the author.
aspect n 方面
You should look at the problem from every aspect.
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Understanding ideas
2 Choose the author’s purpose in writing the passage.
Activity 3
1. To prove that Peking Opera is a better way to perform Hamlet.
2. To inform the readers how to perform Hamlet through Peking Opera.
3. To share the unique experience of seeing a Peking Opera version of Hamlet.
4. To make a comparison between Eastern and Western cultures.
make a comparison between A and B 将A和B做一番对比
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Reading
Activity 4
Complete the chart with words and expressions from the passage.
full of confidence
he knew a lot about Hamlet
surprised
The costumes and masks
sounded(really)unique
was(really)simple
(simply)incredible
the strong emotions of
love,anger,fear and grief in the performance
Para.1-2
Para.3-4
Para.5
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While-reading
I thought I knew a lot about Hamlet. As a high school student with English literature as one of my main subjects, I have to! Shakespeare’s Hamlet is probably the most important play by the most important writer in English. Almost everybody knows “To be, or not to be”, right? Having seen quite a few productions of Hamlet and read the play many times, I was full of confidence—until the Peking Opera came to town!
P1
To be, or not to be, that’s a question.
quite a few+pl=a fairly large number of+pl 相当多的
be full of confidence 充满自信
(not) having done sth
(not) having been done
Not having heard from him, I wrote to him again.
Not having been invited, he felt greatly hurt.
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While-reading
Dating back to the 18th ce