Unit 4 Understanding ideas 课文知识点课件-2023-2024学年高中英语外研版（2019）必修第二册

When HAMLET PEKING OPERA meets 1 Before-reading课前词汇复习 transform… 把……转变成…… on the edge of one’s 极为激动 date back 追溯到;源于 start 以…….开始 all the right boxes 事情发展如人所愿,一切顺利 get 传达;解释清楚 move 搬走;搬开 move 前进;向前发展 every aspect 从各个方面 all (its) aspects 全面地 get 克服 get 染上 into seat to with tick across away forward from in over into Predict: What might the passage talk about?文章知识点讲解 When HAMLET meets PEKING OPERA from Europe from China 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 everyone 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! Dating back to the 18th century, Peking Opera has over two hundred years of history. Does this mean it’s easier than a Shakespeare play to understand? To find out the answer, I just had to go and see The Revenge of Prince Zidan – the Peking Opera version of Hamlet. Starting with an orchestra playing traditional Chinese instruments, the opera brought a completely new sound to my Western ears. At first, I thought what I heard was a violin, but later I learnt that it was an instrument with two strings called jinghu. Then, seeing the main characters come on stage, I was surprised! The customes and masks were amazing. The performers of course sang in Chinese, but the music, exaggerated movements and mime helped get the meanings across to the audience. The voices themselves sounded really unique – some of the female voices were so high that I was sure they could break glass! And the stage was really simple: a decorated whip represented a horse, and a screen with Chinese characters, a study. Using such techniques, the opera had transformed a small stage into the whole universe. 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。起初,我以为我听到的是小提琴的声音,不过后来我才了解到那是一种有两根弦的乐器