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外研版必修二Unit 4 Stage and screen--When Hamlet meets Peking Opera
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教师通过问题的方式激活学生对京剧和哈姆雷特的背景知识,且辅以多模态(图片和视频)
Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. Have a seat, please. How are you today? Today is a wonderful day with the sun shining. We are going to explore something really wonderful on stage. That is When Hamlet meets Peking Opera. First of all, how much do you know Peking opera? A traditional art form, anything else? What about you? Do you have anything to say? So, have you ever seen Peking opera in your real life? But you must have heard four major roles in Peking opera. They are in Chinese: 生旦净丑, among which Jing is a very special one, because colorful masks are used. Now, I would like to show you the commonly seen masks in Peking opera.
They are red, white and black. Let's have a guess, random guess, which one stand for good character? What about a bad one, an evil one? Actually the white one represents evil and crafty characters, and for the red one, it represents upright and loyal characters.What about black one? You can see the serious face, so seriousness and selflessness.
How much do you know Hamlet? Who wrote it? What kind of play is it? Does it have a happy ending or a sad ending? Yes, we call that a tragedy. So it is the tragedy of Shakespeare. Have you ever read the play? Can you share the classic sentence with us? To be or not to be, that is the question. Excellent. This is the classic sentence in the play. All right. Hamlet is the shortened name. What's the whole name? Do you know the whole name? What's the play about? Do you know? The Revenge of the Prince Hamlets. Excellent. It's about the revenge. Do you know the meaning of revenge? Right. Excellent. Now, I want to show you this play? And after watching this play, tell me what happened. All right. Now please enjoy.
What happened in this act? What happened? Did you get it? S: Hamlet killed his father. This is not his father, this is his uncle. Who killed his father? What happened