1、While-reading Task 1: Skim the passage and answer the question. Whats the genre of the passage? 1. Exposition 2. Narration 3. Argument/persuasion Task 2: Answer the question. Why did the author mention Hamlet in the first paragraph? Task 3: Compared with the play Hamlet, what aspects of Peking Opera
2、 impressed the author? Task 4: Complete the chart with words and expressions from the passage. Task 5: Read the last paragraph again and answer: Why does the author say “The Revenge of prince Zidan ticks all the right boxes” ? Task 6:Choose the authors purpose in writing the passage. 1. To prove tha
3、t Peking Opera is a better way to perform Hamlet. 2. To inform the readers how to perform Hamlet through Peking Opera. 3. To share the unique experience of seeing a Peking Opera version of Hamlet. 4. To make a comparison between Eastern and Western cultures. Discussion If you intend to recommend Peking Opera to a friend from overseas, what will you do? How will you help them understand it? Useful expressions: Personally, I will do the following things to recommend Peking Opera to foreigners. To begin with, Besides, In addition, In order to help them understand it, I will .
