Unit 4 Stage and Screen Understanding ideas 课件-2023-2024学年高中英语外研版（2019）必修第二册

Look and match: Peking Opera or Opera in the West ? erhu orchestra yueqin Look at the pictures of two performances and talk about their differences and similarities. Consider the following: orchestra costumes and masks stage set performers' movements While-reading Read the passage and find out what aspects of Peking Opera most impressed the author. How the characters moved on the stage most impressed the author. 点击passage即可打开这篇文章的PPT版的多模态文本资源。 When HAMLET meets PEKING OPERA 当《哈姆雷特》遇上京剧 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. 我本以为自己对《哈姆雷特》很了解。 作为一名以英语文学为主课的高中生,《哈姆雷特》是我必学的内容! 莎士比亚的《哈姆雷特》应该是最重要的英语作家创作的最重要的戏剧了。 Almost everybody knows “To be, or not to be”, right? 几乎所有人都知道“生存,还是毁灭”,对吧? 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! 我看过好几部《哈姆雷特》的影视作品,这部戏剧我也看了好几遍,因此我充满了信心——直到城里来了京剧表演! Dating back to the 18th century, Peking Opera has over two hundred years of history. 京剧的起源可以追溯到18世纪,距今已有两百多年历史。 Does this mean it's easier than a Shakespeare play to understand? 这是否意味着京剧比莎士比亚的戏剧更容易理解? To find out the answer, I just had to go and see The Revenge of Prince Zidan - the Peking Opera version of Hamlet. 为了找到答案,我必须去看看《王子复仇记》——京剧版的《哈姆雷特》。 Starting with an orchestra playing traditional Chinese instruments, the opera brought a completely new sound to my Western ears. 戏一开场,是乐队弹奏中国传统乐器,我这个西方人的耳朵听到了一种全新的声音。 At first, I thought what I heard was a violin, but later I learnt that it was an instrument with two strings called jinghu. 起初,我以为我听到的是小提琴的声音,不过后来我才知道那是一种有两根弦的乐器,叫做京胡。 Then, seeing the main characters come on stage, I was surprised! 然后,看到主角登场时,我感到十分惊讶! The costumes and masks were amazing. 那些服装和脸谱都很棒。 The performers of course sang in Chinese, but the music, exaggerated movements and mime helped get the meanings acr