Unit 4 Stage and Screen Understanding ideas 课件-2023-2024学年高一英语外研版（2019）必修第二册

When Hamlet meets Peking Opera jinghu 京胡 sanxian 三弦 erhu 二胡 yueqin 月琴 sheng 笙 Facts about Peking Opera: 1.orchestra 2 Peking Opera has five kinds of roles according to different identities and personalities.   2. characters the positive male role the positive female role the painted-face male role the middle-aged male role with beard the clown or a negative character 3 Facts about western opera 　　An opera is like a play in which everything is sung instead of being spoken. It combines a number of the performing arts, such as acting, scenery, costume, and sometimes dance or ballet. The singers who sing and act out the story are on the stage, and the orchestra is in front of the stage but lower down, in the orchestra pit(乐池), so that the audience can see the stage. 4 When HAMLET meets PEKING OPERA 5 The Revenge of Prince Zidan 京剧版《王子复仇记》以中国化的形式把原著背景从丹麦搬到中国古代一个虚拟的“赤诚国”。剧中人物分别以中国姓氏命名：子丹（哈姆雷特）、姜戎（乔德鲁特）、殷缡（奥菲莉亚）等。剧情保留哈姆雷特复仇的主线和心理变化，剧中关于“生存还是毁灭，这是个问题”等经典独白也未作删改，保持戏剧框架的原貌，为唱、念、做、打提供足够的空间。 6 Complete the chart with words and expressions from the passage. Before the performance _____________________ curious He thought ____________________________. He wondered if Peking Opera is easier than a Shakespeare play to understand. During the performance After the performance THE REVENGE OF PRINCE ZIDAN _________ impressed ________________________ were amazing. The voices ____________________. The stage _____________________. The movements of the characters were ___________________. He felt _______________________________ _____________________________________. full of confidence he knew a lot about Hamlet. surprised The costumes and masks sounded really unique was really simple simply incredible the strong emotions of love, anger, fear and grief in the performance. feelings Reasons 7 Choose the author’s purpose in writing the passage. 1. To prove that Peking Opera is a better way to perform Hamlet. 2. To inform the readers how to p