新编英语教程 3 Unit 4 A Man from Stratford.ppt

1、Unit 4 A man from Stratford - William Shakespeare,In your opinion, what is Shakespeare famous for? Could you give some names of Shakespeares famous work/play?,Pre-reading Activity,Pre-reading questions:,Background Information,William Shakespeare (1564-1616), born in Stratford-on-Avon in England, is

2、one of the most remarkable playwrights and poets in the world. He has established his giant position in the world literature with his 38 plays, 154 sonnets and 2 long poems.,William Shakespeare,Many well-known English sayings come from Shakespeares work, and he has a great influence on the English l

3、anguage and English literature. Surprisingly little is known about his life.,Shakespeare lived in an age when the old feudal social and economic order was being destroyed and a new capitalist society was being born and when London took a leading part in that destruction and that new birth. The theat

4、rical companies actively participated in all the current affairs of London and by their performances helped to propagate new ideas.,a. Apprenticeship period. b. Highly individualized period. c. Greatest tragedies and dark comedies period. d. Romantic tragicomedies period.,Histories历史剧,约翰王 里查二世 亨利四世

5、亨利五世 亨利六世 里查三世 亨利八世,King John Richard Henry （part 1 and 2） Henry Henry （part 1、2 and 3） Richard Henry ,Comedies 喜剧,Troilus and Cressida The Tempest The two Gentleman of Verona Measure For Measure Comedy Of Errors Much Ado About Nothing Loves Labours Lost A Midsummer Nights Dream Merchant Of Venice A

6、s You Like It Taming Of The Shrew Alls Well That Ends Well Twelfth Night Winters Tale,特洛埃勒斯与克莱西达 暴风雨 维洛那二绅士 一报还一报 错中错 无事生非 爱的徒劳 仲夏夜之梦 威尼斯商人 皆大欢喜 驯悍记 终成眷属 第十二夜 冬天的故事,Tragedies 悲剧,Cymbeline Hamlet King Lear Macbeth Othello Romeo And Juliet Timon Of Athens Coriolanus Julius Caesar Antony and Cleopatra,

7、辛柏林 哈姆雷特 李尔王 麦克白 奥赛罗 罗密欧与朱丽叶 雅典的泰门 科利奥兰纳斯 恺撒大帝 安东尼与克利欧佩特拉,The common features: Each portrays some noble hero, who faces the injustice of human life and is caught in a difficult situation and whose fate is closely connected with the fate of the whole nation.,famous lines and statements,Frailty, your

8、name is woman! 脆弱啊，你的名字是女人！ To be or not to be，thats a question. 生存还是毁灭，那是个值得思考的问题 。 Better a witty fool than a foolish wit . 宁为聪明的愚夫，不作愚蠢的才子。 A light heart lives long . 豁达者长寿。 Dont gild the lily. 不要给百合花镀金/画蛇添足。,Before Reading_4_1,Detailed Reading,Global Reading,After Reading,bay (bark at) the moon

9、对月亮吠叫（干徒劳无益的事） Whats done is done. 事情干了就算了（既往不咎） Murder will out. (Truth will come to light.) 纸包不住火（真相终将大白）。 strange bedfellows 同床异梦 to gild the refined gold / to paint the lily / to smooth the ice 多此一举 measure for measure 一报还一报 much ado about nothing 无事生非,Achievements,A). The characters B). Constru

10、ction C). Language and style,The character,a. Applying a psycho-analytical approach; Great in exploring the characters inner mind. b. Portraying characters in pairs； Contrasts are frequently used to bring vividness to his characters.,The construction,a. Shakespeares plays are well-known for their ad

11、roit plot construction. He borrows them from some old plays or storybooks, or from ancient Greek and Roman sources. b. He would shorten the time and intensify the story. There are usually several threads running through the play.,Language and style,a. Irony is a good means of dramatic presentation.

12、Disguise is also an important device to create dramatic irony, usually with woman disguised as man. b. He has an amazing wealth of vocabulary and idiom. His influence on later writers is immeasurable. Almost all English writers after him have been influenced by him either in artistic point of view,

13、in literary form or in language.,Stratford-upon-Avon,Stratford-upon-Avon is a market town in south Warwickshire, England. It lies on the River Avon. The town is a popular tourist destination owing to its status as birthplace of the playwright and poet William Shakespeare, receiving about three milli

14、on visitors a year from all over the world.,Stratford-upon-Avon shown within Warwickshire,Stratford-upon-Avon,Historic map from 1908,John Shakespeares house in Stratford-upon-Avon,River Avon,The River Avon by the Royal ShakespeareTheatre in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire,Renaissance,Renaissance:

15、the period of time in Europe between 14th and 17th centuries, when art, literature, philosophy, and scientific ideas became very important and a lot of new art etc was produced,Global reading,Skimming,1. Decide which of the following statements best sums up the text.,(2) William Shakespeare has writ

16、ten a lot of great works.,William Shakespeares life story is supposition rather than fact.,William Shakespeares life is full of adventure and coincidence.,Skimming,2. Which type of writing does the text belong to?,Narration.,3. How does the writer organize the text? What technique does the writer us

17、e in the narration?,The writer organizes the story in the usual chronological order. He classifies Shakespeares life into chronological periods, the division of which is based on a time order. He uses the flashback technique, i.e. to begin with the signing of the will and then turns back to the begi

18、nning, the middle, and the end of Shakespeares life.,skimming,Skim the text and find out the words or sentences in each paragraph which best sums up the main idea of the paragraph.,Nothing remains of the writers own handwriting but his signature.,Para. 1,Para. 2,Para. 3,Para. 4,Para. 5,Para. 6,Para.

19、 7,The last sentence,The first sentence,The first sentence, traveled abroad ,The last sentence,The first sentence,Further reading T or F,Anne Hathaway and Susanna Hall got Shakespeares real estate.,2.For Anne Hathaway and his married daughter the most interesting part of the will was his signature b

20、ecause without it, the will would not have been valid.,3.Every detail of Shakespeares life is fact as well as supposition.,4.Shakespeare is considered to have been born in Roman times.,5.People in every country read Shakespeares works with fear.,6.Shakespeares Elizabethan English is not very difficu

21、lt to people who understand modern English.,7.It is a waste of time for tourists to go to Shakespeares birthplace.,8.It is not surprising that Shakespeare left us nothing but his signature.,F,( ),F,F,F,F,F,F,F,( ),( ),( ),( ),( ),( ),( ),Detailed reading,L. 1 master: n. someone who is very skilled a

22、t something. Here it refers to a person who is recognized as having achieved a very high degree of skill. 大师,master of: a person who is skilled at sth.,He was a master of short stories.,他擅长写短篇小说。,He is a master of disguise.,他是个精于伪装的人。,master at (doing) something,Shes a master at manipulating people.

23、,L.2 legacy: n.,1. money or property that you receive from someone after they die,They each received a legacy of 5000.,2. something that happens or exists as a result of things that happened at an earlier time 后遗症，遗留问题,The problems were made worse by the legacy of centuries of neglect.,这些问题由于长期无人过问，

24、情况变得更加严重。,Future generations will be left with a legacy of pollution and destruction.,留给子孙后代的将是环境的污染与破坏。,L.3 estate: n.,She left her estate to her husband.,1. (law) all of someones property and money, especially everything that is left after they die,2. a large piece of land in the country, usually

25、with one large house on it and one owner 房地产,3. a piece of land on which buildings have all been built together in a planned way 庄园,Fill in the blanks with “estate” or “legacy”. He has a beautiful near London. （他在离伦敦不远处有一个美丽的庄园。） b) These are the cultural of the Renaissance. （这些是文艺复兴时期的文化遗产。） c) The

26、 old man left an of two million dollars when he died. （那老人去世时留下二百万美元的遗产。） d) He settled part of his on his son. （他把部分财产转让给儿子了。）,estate,legacies,estate,estate,_,_,_,_,e) His weak chest was a of a childhood illness. （他 那瘦弱的胸脯是儿时患病的后遗症。） f) He invited us to his country for a weekend shoot. （他邀请我们到他乡下的庄

27、园去过一次打猎的周末。） g) Remove a from a will, because the item concerned no longer exists. （因为有关物品已不再存在，从遗嘱中将其除 消。）,legacy,estate,legacy,_,_,_,L.2 second best bed and furniture,Before an adjective of the superlative degree, we can often use “second” or “third” or “by far” to modify it.,John received the tit

28、le of vice president at the bank and became the second most important figure.,L.3 comfortably off: having enough money to live in comfort,His family is badly off, so they cant send him to university.,The less well-off pensioners are finding it hard to survive on what they get.,那些比较贫穷的领养老金者觉得很难靠所得的养老

29、金生存下去。,Other expressions:,well off, badly off,They are very well-to-do.,他们很阔绰。,well-to-do: equal to “rich and wealthy”, meaning the possession of more than enough money or property,Demonstrators protested that the tax bill favored the well-to-do.,示威者们抗议征税法案偏袒富人。,L.4 amount to:,Our monthly expenditur

30、e on food usually amounts to 150 yuan.,His debts amount to $1000.,Your words amount to a refusal.,1. add up to, reach,2. be equal in meaning, be the same as,This conversation amounts to a difference of opinion between us.,他欠的债高达1000美元。,She was in awe of her grandfather, but adores her grandmother.,W

31、e felt awe when contemplating the works of Bach.,The imprisoned soldiers were in awe of their captors.,L.8 awe,Paraphrase the sentence.,People all over the world read Shakespeares work with a feeling of profound respect and wonderment because there is something about him that made people charmed ,L.

32、 7 There is no country where Shakespeares work is not read with something very like awe because there is something fascinating about a man ,Paraphrase the sentence.,We do not base every minute and particular detail of his personal life on facts, but only on guesswork.,L.10 almost every detail of his

33、 personal life is supposition rather than fact.,Why does the writer say “Historically speaking, Shakespeare lived only yesterday”?,From the historical point of view, four hundred years is only a short period of time. Besides, historians set the date 1453 as the beginning of modern history. Shakespea

34、re was born in 1564 and died in 1616. So to historians, Shakespeare lived in the same time as we do, not far away from us in history, as if he were living only yesterday.,L. 11 Historically speaking, Shakespeare lived only yesterday ,L.12 vague: adj. unclear; not having a clear shape or form,The gov

35、ernor gave only a vague outline of his tax plan.,be vague about,Julia was vague about where she had been and what she had been doing.,have a vague idea / feeling / recollection, etc. (that): to think that something might be true or that you remember something, although you cannot be sure,Larry had t

36、he vague feeling hed done something embarrassing the night before.,Larry 隐约觉得前一天晚上他做了很丢人的事情。,Paraphrase the sentence.,We are often uncertain about the things and people in the ancient time. We are so uncertain about Shakespeares activities that we might as well say that he was born when the Romans o

37、ccupied Britain a long time ago.,L. 11 but his activities, like those of nearly every playwright of his day, are so vague that he could have been born in Roman times.,L.14 thrive: v. to become very successful or very strong and healthy,New businesses thrive in this area.,These animals rarely thrive

38、in captivity.,thrive on something: enjoy or be successful in a particular situation, especially one that other people find difficult or unpleasant,I wouldnt want that much pressure, but she seems to thrive on it.,thriving: adj. being very successful,My business is thriving.,Tangshan has developed in

39、to a thriving city over the past thirty years since the disastrous earthquake.,Paraphrase this sentence.,Because of its most famous citizen William Shakespeare, Stratford-upon-Avon has made a lot of money for a long time.,L.14 had made a thriving business out of its most famous citizen for a long ti

40、me.,Cultural background: Shakespeares Elizabethan English,Shakespeare lived during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I (1558-1603). The English language used in that period is called Elizabethan English, which is classified as early modern English and which is different from present-day English in many r

41、espects, such as pronunciation, spelling, grammar and vocabulary. Thats why many tourists have difficulties in understanding it.,L.15 many of them would have the greatest of difficulty in understanding Shakespeares Elizabethan English.,Shall I compare thee to a summers day?我怎么能够把你来比作夏天？ Thou art mor

42、e lovely and more temperate: 你不独比它可爱也比它温婉： Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,狂风把五月宠爱的嫩蕊作践， And summers lease hath all too short a date: 夏天出赁的期限又未免太短 Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines, 天上的眼睛有时照得太酷烈， And often is his gold complexion dimmd;它那炳耀的金颜又常遭掩蔽； And every fair from fair somet

43、ime declines,被机缘或无常的天道所摧折， By chance or natures changing course untrimmd; 没有芳艳不终于雕残或销毁；,： ，,But thy eternal summer shall not fade, 但是你的长夏永远不会雕落， Nor lose possession of that fair thou owest;也不会损失你这皎洁的红芳； Nor shall Death brag thou wanderst in his shade, 或死神夸口你在他影里漂泊， When in eternal lines to time thou

44、 growest: 当你在不朽的诗里与时同长： So long as men can breathe or eyes can see, 只要一天有人类，或人有眼睛 So long lives this and this gives life to thee. 这诗将长存，并且赐给你生命。 (Sonnet 18) （梁宗岱译）,L. 17 well: a lot, or to a great degree, to a considerable extent,It was well after 12 oclock when they arrived.,Stand well back from th

45、e bonfire.,The village is well below sea level.,The amphitheatre is well worth a visit.,well before / after / above / below, etc.,Im well aware of the problems involved.,I went out and got well and truly drunk.,What is meant by this sentence?,Anyone who wants to make an outline of Shakespeares life

46、finds himself in a difficult situation. He is like a detective trying to find out about a case. He has only a lot of clues but hardly any facts or evidence.,L. 20 To plot Shakespeares life is to become involved in a kind of detective story where there are plenty of clues but very little else.,L. 22

47、confirm: v.,The king confirmed that the election would be on June 20th.,2. to give approval to (a person, agreement, position),Please confirm your telephone message in writing.,After a six-month probationary period, her position was confirmed.,When do you think the President will confirm you in offi

48、ce?,1. to support, make certain, give proof of,国王核实了选举将会在6月20号举行,L.22 baptize: v. to perform the ceremony of baptism,baptism: a Christian religious ceremony in which a person is touched or covered with water to make him pure to show that he has been accepted as a member of the church,L.30 conviction

49、: n. the feeling of being sure about something and having no doubts,He was able to say with conviction that he had changed.,He said he agreed but his voice lacked conviction.,with conviction: 肯定、深信 without / lack conviction: 不肯定,他说他同意了，但是他的声音里流露出不确定。,What is meant by this sentence?,It means “After S

50、hakespeare had seen some of the performances put on by some of the theatrical companies, he came to see instantly that he ought to take up theatre as his career, and he persuaded one of the managers to give him a job.”,L.34 realized in a flash that this was the life for him and talked one of the man

51、agers into giving him a job.,They talked John into taking part in the speech contest.,I didnt want to move abroad but Bill talked me into it.,L.35 talk sb. into doing sth.: persuade sb. to do sth.,talk out of: persuade somebody to give up an idea or not to do sth.,Judy talked her husband out of inve

52、sting their money in stocks.,She tried to talk him out of leaving.,我不想到处搬家，但 Bill 说服了我。,Judy 劝说丈夫不要把钱投到股市中,Paraphrase the sentence.,He became famous enough for the managers and other people who had a great influence upon others to mention him in their writing.,L.39 . become sufficiently well known f

53、or managers and other influential people to refer to him in writing.,What can we learn about Shakespeares literary talents from this sentence?,The sentence means “He soon became famous by not only improving or revising the old plays but also writing completely new plays and acting in the plays for t

54、he queen.” We can learn from the sentence that Shakespeare was gifted both in creative writing and in acting in the theatre.,L.40 We know that as well as working on old plays he rapidly made a name for himself as an author of entirely new ones and also performed as an actor at court.,L. 44 a mass of

55、: a large amount or quantity of sth.,After harvest we will have a mass of rice.,I began sifting through the mass of evidence.,be a mass of: to be full of or covered with sth. 充满,The rose bushes are a mass of flowers in June.,Her arms were a mass of bruises.,L.47 inspire: vt.,1. to give sb. the desir

56、e, confidence or enthusiasm to do sth. well 鼓舞，激励,The team are diffident now. We need someone who can inspire them.,He inspired many young people to take up the sport.,2. to give sb. the idea for sth., especially sth. artistic 赋予灵感，激发想法,The choice of decor was inspired by a trip to India.,His painti

57、ngs were clearly inspired by Monets work.,3. inspire sb. (with sth.) ; inspire sth. (in sb.) 使产生,Her work didnt exactly inspire me with confidence.,1. 签遗嘱,2. 富裕,3. （数目）达,4. 因而兴盛,5. 牵涉到,sign ones will,comfortably off,amount to,thrive out of,become involved in,Useful Expressions,6. 说服某人（做某事）,talk some

58、body into (doing sth.),7. 一堆问题,a mass of questions,8. 什么也没留下,nothing remains of,The Globe Theatre is a playhouse built just outside London in 1599. It is the most famous theatre in history: on its stage Shakespeares greatest plays were first performed. Big enough to hold about 2,500 people, the Globe had three levels of galleries surrounding an unroofed yard. Extending from one side of the yard to the centre was an open stage