1、必修二 Unit 4 Stage and screen(1) 高一年级 英语 Lesson 1 Understanding ideas When HAMLET meets PEKING OPERA Reading Learning Goals To get the authors purpose in writing the passage; To find the authors different feelings to Peking Opera before, during and after the performance; Learning Goals To find out the
2、 reasons for the changes of the authors feelings; To share the understanding of Peking Opera with a friend from overseas. Warming up 1. Watch a video about Peking Opera. Warming up 1. What have you got from the video? Jingju, or Peking Opera is an ancient performance art with a history of 200 years.
3、 Jingju has four kinds of roles according to different identities and personalities. The lyrics of Jingju are performed with singing or rhythmic speaking, accompanied by dozens of musical instruments. 2. Look at the pictures of two performances and talk about their differences and similarities. Cons
4、ider the following： Orchestra（管弦乐队） costumes and masks（服装和脸谱） stage set（舞台布景） performers movements（演员的动作） Warming up Warming up 1. It combines music, vocal performance, mime(手势), dance and acrobatics(杂技，杂耍)；the instruments include jinghu and erhu. Warming up Facts about Peking Opera 2. Facial make-u
5、p（mask）is very important; the costumes are graceful, elegant (优雅的) and brilliant in color and design. They both tell a characters sex（性别） and status（身份地位）at first glance. Warming up 3. Stages are square platforms exposed to the audience on three sides with very few props（道具）on the stage. 4. Dance mo
6、vements and acrobatic（杂技）movements are basic skills. Warming up 1. Everything is sung instead of being spoken. 2. It combines a number of performing arts, such as acting, scenery, costume, and sometimes dance or ballet. 3. The singers are on the stage. The orchestra is in front of the stage but lowe
7、r down in the pit（凹陷处）. Warming up Facts about western opera Read the title and predict what the passage is mainly about. When HAMLET Meets PEKING OPERA Prediction Fast-reading Task. Please read the passage to find what each paragraph mainly talks about. Main ideas Para.1: I was confident I knew a l
8、ot about Hamlet. Para.2: I went to see The Revenge of Prince Zidan the Peking Opera version of Hamlet. Para.3: The performance of The Revenge of Prince Zidan was wonderful. Main ideas Para.4: My favorite part of the show was the characters backflip. Para.5: I felt the strong emotions of the performa
9、nce. Main ideas Para.1: I was confident I knew a lot about Hamlet. Para.2: I went to see The Revenge of Prince Zidan the Peking Opera version of Hamlet. Main ideas Para.3: The performance of The Revenge of Prince Zidan was wonderful. Para.4: My favorite part of the show was the characters backflip.
10、Main ideas Para.5: I felt the strong emotions of the performance. Fast-reading before the performance during the performance after the performance Para.1 dan, female roles; chou, clown roles and jing roles with brightly-painted face masks. Each role has its own singing and acting styles. Sample answ
11、er: The lyrics of Jingju are performed with singing or rhythmic speaking, accompanied by dozens of musical instruments. Different from the orchestra in western opera, traditional Chinese instruments are played in Peking Opera, such as jinghu and erhu. Think and Share Sample answer: The costumes and
12、masks are brilliant and amazing. They tell a characters sex and status at first glance. The performers movements and mime could help get the meanings across to the audience. Their voices sound unique. Although the stage is simple, it can represent the whole world. Think and Share Choose one of the following homework to do. 1. Write a summary of the passage. 2. Write a short passage to introduce Peking Opera. 3. Invite a foreign friend to watch a Peking Opera and talk with each other about your feelings. Homework Thank you !
