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Unit 4 Stage and Screen
Starting out + Understanding Idea
Unit
Look at the posters and answer the questions.
What are these types of entertainment?
Which do you like most? Why?
Activity 1
ballet
concert
Sichuan opera
Chinese spring festival
modern drama
crosstalk
costume
technique
plot/story
characters
performance
stage effect
amazing
skillful
fascinating
talented/energetic
incredible/dazzling
explosive
What other types of entertainment have you seen?
reality show;
costume drama: a play, TV programme, or film that is about a particular time in history, in which people wear costumes from that time.
soap opera;
sitcom;
c
e
d
a
b
f
Name some types of TV programme.
What do you know about them?
How to express “like”?
sentence patterns & adjs.
Activity 3
Watch the video and answer the questions.
What theatres are mentioned in the video?
What are the differences and similarities between them?
The Deheyuan Grand Theatre The first Globe Theatre
Differences
Similarities
It is a _____________ theatre built in the _______ Dynasty for ______________. Its three stages represent ___________, ___________ and ___________.
It was built in ________ by a group of________ including ____________. It has a ______ shape and the stage area has three main elements.
Both of the theatres have _____________.
They are both specially designed for _________________.
Chinese-style
Qing
the royal family
happiness
prosperity
longevity
London
actors
Shakespeare
round
a long history
better stage effects
The Deheyuan Grand Theatre
The first Globe Theatre
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
Read the passage and find out what aspects of Peking Opera impressed the author.
Which aspect impressed the author most?
How does the author describe his “like”?
Activity 1
an instrument called Jinghu
costumes and masks
the voices, the stage
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