2015年七英下Module9_unit2_He_decided_to_be_an_actor课件

Module 9

Life history

Unit 2

He decided to be an actor.

— Who was Fei Yuqing? — He was a famous singer. — When did he start to be famous? — When he was 17 years old.

— Who was Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart? — He was a famous musician. — When did he start writing music? — When he was four years old.

Do you know ” The life of William Shakespeare”

Background knowledge莎士比亚四大悲剧包括《哈姆雷特》、《奥赛 罗》、《李尔王》、《麦克白》,是其悲剧作品中最著名的四部。故事均取自欧洲的历史传说。《哈》 剧写的是丹麦王子哈姆雷特回国奔丧，父王鬼魂诉冤，嘱其报仇。 王子装疯，安排“戏中戏”,证实了新王杀兄的罪行。错杀大臣后， 王子被打发出国，他洞察新王阴谋，中途折回。新王备下毒酒毒剑， 挑唆大臣之子与王子决斗，欲置之于死地，最后三人同归于尽，母 后也误饮毒酒而死。《奥》剧写的是威尼斯大将、摩尔人奥赛罗与 元老之女苔丝狄蒙娜倾心相爱，冲破家庭阻力结为夫妻并一同出征。 旗官伊阿古，因个人私怨而设计诬陷台丝狄蒙娜有私情。奥赛罗轻 信中计，亲手将妻子掐死，最后真相大白，奥赛罗悔恨交加，拔剑 自刎。《李》剧叙述不列颠王李尔将国土全分给了花言巧语的两个 大女儿，而将秉性耿直的小女儿远嫁法国。最终遭到长女次女百般 虐待，流落荒野，疯癫而死。《麦》剧写苏格兰大将麦克白受女巫 诱惑，在野心和夫人的驱使下，杀君自立，后终日被噩梦纠缠，神 思恍惚。其妻也发狂自杀而死。最后王子率兵讨伐，麦克白兵败而 死。

Birth time and place

Shakespeare’s old house

his hometown

He was born in Stratford, England on April the 23rd,1564

EducationShakespeare studied at the grammar (文法)school. He left school when he was fourteen.

FamilyHis father was an important man in the town . He was the third of eight children. He married a farmer’s daughter called Anne when he was 18 and they had 3 children.

JobHe began working in his hometown and then he went to London in 1592. He worked in a theatre company. He worked hard with his pen. He became rich enough to buy a house in the capital and one in Stratford.

Shakespearehad 37 great plays and 156 poems.

Two of his famous plays are Hamlet and Romeo and Juliet

《 Hamlet 》

《Romeo and Juliet》

Fame名声Of all the famous English writers, the best known is William Shakespeare.

Fast reading Read the passage and decide what William Shakespeare wrote.

plays

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poems

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stories

Read and put the sentences in the correct order. 4 a Shakespeare went to London. 5 b Shakespeare’s company built the Globe Theatre. 3 c Shakespeare married. d Shakespeare liked plays at school. 1 e Shakespeare died at the age of 6 fifty-two. f Shakespeare decided to be an actor. 2

1 Who was

William Shakespeare? He was a writer of plays and poems. 2 When was he born? He was born in 1564. 3 Where was he born? He was born in England.

Careful reading : Read the first paragraph and answer the following questions.