Module 5 Unit 2 It describes the changes in Chinese society（讲解课件PPT）-【优翼·学练优】2023-2024学年八年级上册初二英语同步备课（外研版）

Learning Objectives 1. master the following words: act, show, common, twentieth, describe, society, college, novel, etc; 2. learn about Lao She’s life and his play Teahouse and Lao She Teahouse; 3. Write a short essay about our favorite play, book or movie. By the end of the class, we will be able to: Reading and vocabulary Work in pairs. Make an ID card about Lao She. Pen Name: Real Name: Honorary title: Lao She Shu Qingchun “the People’s Artist” novelist,writer, scriptwriter 2 What are Lao She’s most famous books and plays? It’s a story about Xiangzi, an honest and serious country boy who works as a rickshaw puller（人力车） in Beijing. Richshaw Boy The Yellow Storm It’s about lives of common people in Beijing during the Anti-Japanese War(抗日战争). 3 It shows different lives of four families during the changes in the society. Dragon Beard Ditch Lao She’s plays: 4 What do you know about the play Teahouse? Teahouse It is about a teahouse called “Miaokou Teahouse”in Beijing, which revolves around the story of the teahouse owner Wang Siye, his family, employees, and customers. 5 Read the passage and match the headings with the paragraphs. Lao She Teahouse The story of Teahouse Lao She Learning to learn When you read a passage, remember to look at its title, the paragraph headings and the photos if there are any. They will help you understand the main ideas. It refers to the place. It refers to the play. It refers to the person. 1. ______________________ Teahouse is one of Lao She’s most famous plays. He wrote it in 1957. The play has three acts and shows the lives of common people in China from the end of the nineteenth century to the middle of the twentieth century. It tells us the story of Wang Lifa and the customers of his teahouse in Beijing. It describes the changes in Chinese society over fifty years. a) The story of Teahouse 2. ____________________ Lao She was born in Beijing in 1899. His mother sent him to a teacher’s school in 1913. Af