Unit 2 Lessons in Life Developing ideas Reading 学案-2023-2024学年高二英语外研版（2019）选择性必修第四册

【学生版】Unit 2 Period 4 Reading 【学习目标】 Learning Objectives 1 To get to know the characters, settings, plot and development in the adaptation from the Blue Bird, and learn how to portrait characters and use figures of speech 2 To use the key language points from the passage correctly 【学习过程】 Learning activities 目标一: To get to know the characters, settings, plot and development in the adaptation from the Blue Bird, and learn how to portrait characters and use figures of speech Activity 1: Read the introduction to The Blue Bird and answer the questions. The Blue Bird is a 1908 play by Belgian playwright Maurice Maeterlinck (1862-1949), winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1911. Maeterlinck wrote many plays, but The Blue Bird was the most popular and has been widely translated and adapted all over the world. Performed in 1921 in Shanghai by Chinese students, it was the first foreign play staged in China. The Blue Bird tells the tale of brother and sister, Tyltyl and Mytyl, as they are sent by a fairy to search for the Blue Bird of Happiness. The children’s adventure takes them through many magical places before they at last find the Blue Bird in a most unexpected place. 1 Do you know the symbolic meaning of the Blue Bird in Chinese and Western cultures? Share your understanding of the meaning with the class. 2 Where do you think the children find the Blue Bird? __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ Now read the play and check your answers. Activity 2: Complete the notes with information from the play. Learning to learn The Blue Bird is a typical full-length play, which means it has several acts and each act is composed of several scenes. The whole play depicts actions that take place over a long period of time. Various characters appear in different acts and scenes, and the settings and costumes change accordingly. The running time of a full-length play can last for several hours, even days. Act