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Learning Objectives
通过本课的学习,学生能够:
1. 通过阅读文本内容,了解《茶馆》的故事背景和作品中人物的性格特征;
2. 通过选择适当的阅读策略来获取关键信息, 提高阅读速度和能力;
3. 感受中国传统文学的魅力,增强对中国传统文化的认同感和自豪感。
Unit 12 The Wonderland of Literature
Theme Reading
Teahouse— A cultural symbol of Beijing
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Writer
Journey to the West
Warming-up
J. K. Rowling
Wu Cheng’en
Harry Potter
Romance of the Three Kingdoms
Luo Guanzhong
The Ugly Duckling
Hans Christian Andersen
A Dream of Red Mansions
Cao Xueqin
Look at the following pictures and say out their works and writer as quickly as you can.
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Activity 1 Pair work. Talk about the writers and their works, and then share your reading experiences.
Cao Xueqin
(1715-1763)
A Dream of Red Mansions
Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875)
The Ugly Duckling
Wu Cheng’en
(about 1500-about 1582)
Journey to the West
Ernest Miller
Hemingway
(1899-1961)
The Old Man
and the Sea
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Theme Reading
Teahouse— A cultural symbol of Beijing
The story takes place in one scene, the Yu Tai Teahouse, from the late Qing Dynasty to the 1940s.
scene /si:n/ (n.) 场面;景象;景色;景点
裕泰茶馆
发生
Do you know who the writer of the play Teahouse is?
Lao She.(老舍)
从晚清时期到二十世纪四十年代
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Activity 2 Read the text and answer the questions about strategy use.
1. What do you want to understand or know?
2. Which strategies can you use?
3. How can the strategies help you?
Pre-reading
The main idea of the passage and the characters’ actions and their traits.
Skimming and scanning.
Get the key information quickly.
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Paragraph 1
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 4
the structure of the passage(文章的结构)
the significance(重要性,意义) of Teahouse
the background of the play Teahouse
the main characters in the play Teahouse
the main idea of each paragragh
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manager of the teahouse
a regular visitor
landlord of the teahouse
regular /'reɡjələ(r)/ (adj.) 常去某地的;有规律的;定时的;通常的
/'lændlɔ:d /(n.) 房东
掌柜
常客
three important characters (角色) in the play
Wang Lifa 王利发
Master Chang 常四爷
Qin Zhongyi 秦仲义
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Many cities have their own cultural symbols(___________________). It could be(_________) a place, a person or a work of literature(________________). For Beijing(_______________), the writer Lao She and his play Teahouse(___________________________) show the amazing culture of this ancient city(_________________________________). The story takes place(________) in one scene, the Yu Tai Teahouse( ), from the late Qing Dynasty to the 1940s(_______________________________).
从清朝末年到20世纪40年代
Paragraph 1
它们自己的文化象征
可能是
一部文学作品
展现了这个古老城市的奇特文化
发生
在一处场景--裕泰茶馆里
作家老舍和他的剧作《茶馆》
对于北京来说
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The play includes more than 60 interesting characters from all walks of life. Through them, the readers get to see how modern Chinese society changes. The most important character is Wang Lifa, manager of the teahouse. He gets along well with people and keeps the teahouse running in the changing times. However, life turns too difficult and Wang chooses to end his life.
Read the text and underline the characters’ actions.
While-reading.
from all walks of life 来自各行各业
包含
Paragraph 2
与某人和睦相处
keep sb/sth doing 使--一直做某事
变得太艰难
选择结束他的生命
=over
逐渐了解现代中国社会的变迁
维持茶馆的经营
在时代的变迁中
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Besides, Master Chang, a regular visitor, and Qin Zhongyi, landlord of the teahouse, are also quite important in the story. Master Chang is a Manchu. He shows great care for others. He even helps out Wang Lifa when he has to make a living by selling vegetables. As for Qin Zhongyi, he dreams of building a better nation by opening factories and banks. In the end, his dream fails.
Paragraph 3
一个常客
茶馆的房东
十分关心他人
help out sb.
帮助某人解决困难
make a living by doing sth. 靠做某事谋生
至于
dream of doing sth. 梦想做某事
通过开设工厂和银行来建设一个更好的国家
最终他的梦想破灭。
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The play came out in the 1950s and it is still popular both at home and abroad. Today, Teahouse is not only one of Laoshe’s best works, but also a treasure in the history of modern Chinese dramas.
come out 出版;发行;发表
home and abroad 国内外
Paragraph 4
依然广受欢迎
不仅--而且--
老舍的最优秀的作品之一
现代中国戏剧史上的瑰宝
1.When did the play come out?
2. Why is the play Teahouse important today?
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Activity 3 Pair work. Complete the following chart, and then try to describe the characters in your own words.
Characters Identity Characters’ Actions Character Trait
Wang Lifa _________ gets along well with people ___________
______________________ weak
Master Chang _________ show ______________ for others ___________
helps out _______________
___________
Qin Zhongyi _________ opens _______and _______ to build a better nation loving his country
manager
friendly
chooses to end his life at last
a regular visitor
great care
caring
Wang Lifa
helpful
owner of the teahouse
factories
banks
weak/wi:k/ (adj).懦弱的;虚弱的
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Activity 4 Complete the sentences with the correct form of the given words.
scene ancient modern society character treasure
1. The English in Shakespeare’s plays is quite different from __________ English.
2. A Dream of Red Mansions, one of the four ________ Chinese literature classics, has nearly 1,000 characters.
3. Literature, as an art form of language, often mirrors the _________ and the culture of its time.
4. The _____________in Harry Potter are well-known to young people around the world.
5. Laoshe’s play, Teahouse, is a wonderful literature ________ not only for China but also for the whole world.
6. It is amazing that the drama has only one ________ but is still so interesting.
modern
ancient
society
characters
treasures
scene
mirror/'mɪrə(r)/ v.反映 n.镜子
be different from-- 与--不同
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Language points
The play includes more than 60 interesting characters from all walks of life.
a walk of life 意为“行业;职业;地位;阶层” 。近义词为background。
e.g. She has friends from all walks of life.
拓展:① They walk their dogs every day.
② She is out for a walk with a friend.
He gets along well with people and keeps the teahouse running in the changing times.
run 意为“经营,管理” e.g. run a store / a language school
拓展:① Can you run as fast as Mike?
② I go for a run every morning.
(v. 遛;牵着(动物)走)
(n. 散步)
run away 逃跑 run into 碰见,遇见 run after 追逐 run out 用完,耗尽
(v. 跑,奔跑)
(n. 跑步 )
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We have learned:
key words and phrases about teahouse, such as regular, a regular visitor, owner, scene, all walks of life and so on.
2. to use proper reading strategies for getting the key information about
Teahouse.
We can:
1. understand the background and the main idea of Teahouse
2. realize the significance of the writer Lao she and his work Teahouse.
Summary
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Post-reading. Work in groups and discuss the following questions.
1. What do you think of the characters in Teahouse?
2. What can we learn from the story of Teahouse?
For example:
Take the manager of the teahouse — Wang Lifa as an example. He is friendly and kind-hearted. But when life turns too difficult to him, he chooses to end his life. This shows he is weak. Also, this stands for the resilience of the ordinary people ...
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Role-play.
Choose one of your familiar scenes in Teahouse and act it out with your partner.
It’s true that Chinese people love tea! Tea is China’s national drink.
Waiter: Welcome to our tea house. Please
take a seat ...
Customer: …
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You should
1. review the key words and expressions of this class;
2. try more reading strategies to read the text;
3. retell the text with the help of characters’ trait chart.
You may
Watch the drama Teahouse on the Internet and write down your feelings after watching.
Homework
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