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Unit 4 Stage and screen
When Hamlet meets Peking Opera
Useful expressions:
1. 始于(过去某个时候),追溯到_______________
2. 以……开始________________
3. 登上舞台,剧中人出现在舞台上 __________________
4. 让……理解,传达……给……_________________________
5. 把……转变成…… _____________________
6. 如此……以至于…… _____________________
7. 极为激动 ____________________________
8. 将……和……组合在一起________________
9. 事情发展如人所愿___________________________
Useful sentences:
1. _____________________ 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《哈鲁雷特》的影视作品,这部戏剧我也读过很多遍了,因此我信心满满-直到城里来了京剧表演。
2._______________ the 18th century, Peking Opera has over two hundred years of history. 京剧的起源可追溯到18世纪,距今已有两百多年历史。
3. ____________ 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。
4. Then, seeing the main characters _____________, I was surprised!
然后,看到主要人物登场时,我感到十分惊奇!
5. Using such techniques, the opera had __________ a small stage ___________the whole universe.
通过这些方法,京剧将小小的舞台变成了浩瀚的宇宙。
6. But, in fact, I was __________________.可实际上,我看的超级投入。
7. __________________ of love, anger, fear and grief in the performance , I could easily recognise the theme of Hamlet. 通过从表演中感受到的爱、怒、惧、哀等强烈情感,我很容易就能看出(戏中体现的)《哈鲁雷特》的主题。
Task 1: Choose the author’s purpose in writing the passage.
A. To prove that Peking Opera is a better way to perform Hamlet.
B. To inform the readers how to perform Hamlet through Peking Opera.
C. To share the unique experience of seeing a Peking Opera version of Hamlet.
D. To make a comparison between Eastern and Western cultures.
Task 2: Complete the chart with words and expressions from the passage.
Task 3: Think and share
Why does the author say “The Revenge of Prince Zidan ticks all the right boxes?”
Task 4 : Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the words.
1.________________(see) quite a few productions of Hamlet and read the play many times