Unit 4 Stage and Screen Understanding ideas 课件-2024-2025学年高中英语外研版（2019）必修第二册

Understanding ideas Activity 1 /'ɔːkɪstrə/ a musical organization consisting of a group of instrumentalists Western Opera Chinese Opera orchestra Peking Opera a full orchestra in front of the stage in the orchestra pit lower down usually Chinese traditional instruments on the wing of the stage Western Opera costumes and masks Peking Opera closer to real life especially designed for different roles colorful but unnatural Western Opera stage setup Peking Opera complicated stage with true-to-life props simple stage with simple props Western Opera movement Peking Opera singing & reciting dancing & ballet movements singing, reciting and miming (mime) special dancing & acrobatic movements Western Opera /ˌækrəˈbætɪk/ /maɪm/ Activity 2 Do you know this quote? Where does it come from? What does it mean? When HAMLET meets PEKING OPERA When HAMLET meets PEKING OPERA Activity 3 What information can you get from the title? Try to predict what might be talked about according to the title and the illustration. Activity 4 Read the passage to check your prediction. Summarize the main idea of each paragraph. Work out the structure of the passage. Para. 1 Para. 2 Para. 3 Para. 4 Para. 5 My familiarity with Hamlet. My reason to see the Peking Opera version of Hamlet. My experience of the Peking Opera version of Hamlet. My favorite part of the Peking Opera version of Hamlet. My appreciation of the Peking Opera version of Hamlet. Before the perfor-mance. During the perfor-mance. After the perfor-mance. in order of time Activity 4 What is the writer’s purpose in writing the passage?（P40 3） To improve that Peking Opera is a better way to perform Hamlet. To inform the readers how to perform Hamlet through Peking Opera. To share the unique experience of seeing a Peking Opera version of Hamlet. To make a comparison between Eastern and Western cultures. Activity 5 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 in order of time the change of feelings When HAMLET meets PEKING OPERA Activity 6 Think and share. What else can you get from the title after learning the passage? Symbol of Western culture Symbol of Chinese culture combine /blend  at or during the time that sth. happens When Western culture and Chinese culture combine/blend, what might happen?/what can people get?/how will people feel?... Culture knows no border. Culture connects humans. Culture links the past and future. Culture represents human nature. A thousand readers, a thousand Hamlets. Looking up, I see the immensity of the cosmos; bowing my head, I look at the multitude of the world. The gaze flies, the heart expands, the joy of the senses can reach its peak and indeed, this is true happiness. used to emphasize the great size of something, especially something that cannot be measured /ɪ'mensətɪ/ /'mʌltɪtjuːd/ a very large number of people or things /geɪz/ a long steady look Samatha Cristoforetti modern Italian astronaut Wang Xizhi Eastern Jin Chinese calligrapher 古人从未曾上过天，但是对天空却充满了想象和向往，王羲之笔下的大千世界充满了繁盛与熙攘； Samatha从未到过中国，但是却对中文古文的巧妙运用将现代人对世界与太空的认知精彩地表达出来； 所以——虽世殊时异，所以兴怀，其致一也。 年少不学古诗词，老大对景空感怀。 27 Culture knows no border. Culture connects humans. Culture links the past and future. Culture represents human nature. Smart expressions (P38-39) English literature production full of confidence date back to/ date from on stage exaggerated movements get the meaning across to the audience A decorated whip represented a horse. transform… into … do a backflip simply incredible on the edge of the/one’s seat explosive effect tick all the box Lavf57.71.100 Codec by Bilibili XCode Worker v4.8.52(fixed_gap:False) $$