精品英语文档：移交军舰的指挥权

精品英语文档：移交军舰的指挥权 Teaching Plan for King Lear READING (PART 1) 1.WARMING UP Complete the following love test. 1.Do you love your father? Yes.___________ No. ___________ 2. How much do you love him? A. Very much B. So-so C. Very little D. Not at all 3. Which of the following best describes your feeling towards your father? A.I love him more than my life. B.I love him as much as I love my eyes. C.I love him as much as I should, no more and no less. D.I don’t know how much I love him. I have never thought about the question. E.I don’t love him, but I don’t hate him either. F.I hate him. G._________ (your own sentence) 4. If you were married, whom would you love more, your wife/husband or your father? 5. If your father gave you 1,000 yuan on condition that you tell him that you love him very much, would you say so? Yes._______ No. _________ 6. If you could choose a father, which would you choose? A. A father who was very rich but didn’t love you. B. A father who had no money but loved you very much. 2.Pre-reading Glance quickly through Part 1 of the play and answer the following questions. 1. List the characters who appear in this part of the play. King Lear, Goneril, Regan, Cordelia, the Dukes of Albany and Cornwall, the Duke of Kent 2 Which of the characters do you think are shown in the picture on Page 11. King Lear and his three daughters----Goneril, Regan, Cordelia 3.While-reading 3.1 Read the play and complete the plot diagram. A plot diagram Description Setting King Lear has 3 daughters. He is old and wants to divide his kingdom among his daughters. He is going to do this through a “love test”. Conflict Flattery vs honesty; words vs action Rising action His first two daughters flatter him with nice words, but the youngest daughter insists on telling the truth. Climax Hearing the truth, the king gets very angry. He gives all his land to the first two daughters and leaves nothing to the youngest one. 3.2 Read the play again, and complete the following main points. MAIN POINTS: King Lear gave away his land to his daughters according to how much they ________him. 1 King Lear wants to ______ and decides to ______ his land to three daughters. 2 He wants to know ____ ________ they love him. 3 Goneril and Regan make the king _________by saying they love him very much. They ______ the land 4 Cordelia makes the king angry by being _________ and not _________ him. She gets ________. 5. Kent, the servant, makes the king _________ by defending Cordelia and begging the king to listen to the _______. 3.3 Choose the proper words to describe the Characters’ Personality. Honest loyal hot-headed truthful deceitful hard-hearted respectful corrupt greedy Innocent foolish cunning bad-tempered loving Characters Personality King Lear Hot-headed, hard-hearted, foolish, bad-tempered Goneril Deceitful, corrupt, greedy, cunning Regan Deceitful, corrupt, greedy, cunning Cordelia Honest, truthful, loving, innocent Kent Loyal, respectful, honest, truthful 4.Explanation: 1. hand over 移交;让与 to hand over command of a ship 移交军舰的指挥权 The pickpocket was handed over to the police. 扒手被送交警方。 hand down 传给后代 = hand on, pass down This pair of bracelets were handed down from my greatgrandmother. 这副手镯是我曾祖母传下来的。 hand on 1)传递 2)把…传下来 (= hand down) Please read this and hand it on. 请你读后加以传阅。 Please read this notice and hand it on. "请把这张通知看一下,并传阅。" 2. Riches (n.) 财富，财宝，金钱。 没有单数形式。 如: Riches have wings. 钱财易散。(谚语) She gave away all her riches. 她把自己的全部财产赠送给了别人。 3. Even 在句中起强调作用，常放在行为动词之前、助动词、情态动词之后。如: In order to watch the World Cup soccer game, they even closed the sore. 为了看世界杯足球赛，他们甚至把店门关了。 I didn’t even know his name. 我甚至不知道他的名字。 Some robots can even talk to . 一些机器人甚至能和你对话。 4. It’s one’s turn to do sth. 轮到某人做某事。 Today it is my turn to clean our classroom.今天轮到我打扫教室。 It’s your turn to recite the poem. 到你背这首诗了。 常用带turn的短语: Take turns doing sth. 轮流做某事。 In turn 轮流地; 挨个, 依次; 反过来 By turns 轮流地; 时而...时而... 5. Be equal in 在某方面相等 如:Are men and women equal in physical strength?男人和女人在体力上相当吗, You and I are equal in strength, but not in intelligence.你我力气相当，但智力有高下之分。 Be equal to 与… 相等 They receive an income that is equal to the value of the goods they produce.他们所得的收入与他们生产的产品价值相当。 6. Try harder, Cordelia, or you may lose your share of the kingdom. 这是“祈使句+or/and +陈述句” 句型，陈述句示结果。 Get up earlier, or you will miss the first train.早点起床，否则你会错过第一班火车。 Use your head, and you will have a way to solve the problem.动动脑筋，你就会想出 解决问的办法。 7. Be a stranger to 对… 陌生，对… 没有经验，对…不习惯 He is a stranger to our country. 他不了解我们国家。 He is no stranger to hardship. 他曾历尽沧桑。 8. We’ll see if either wants to be a bridegroom when she has no riches to bring to the marriage. 我们倒要看看，她没有分毫嫁妆，谁愿意当她的新郎。 When 表示“如果，既然”之意，相当于if, since, now that. How can he get good grades when he doesn’t study hard? 他不用功的话 Why does she always drive to work when she could easily take the bus? 9. But sir,please hear me out. I speak on behalf of Cordelia. 但是，先生，请听我说完。让我代表科迪莉亚说几句。 Hear sb out 听某人说完 Don’t interrupt, just hear me out.别打扰我，听我说完。 Sorry, I wish I had time to hear you out, but could you make your story shorter?我真 希望我有时间听你说完，你能不能把故事缩短些, On behalf of 代表，为了…的利益 I am writing this letter on behalf of my mother, who wants to thank you for your nice gift.我代表我的妈妈写这封信，她要感谢你送的精美礼物。 They are collecting on behalf of charity.他们以慈善的名义集资。 10. Cordelia’s devotion to Your Majesty is beyond question. 科迪莉亚对陛下的爱是毋庸置疑的。 Beyond question = cannot be doubted 不用怀疑的，毋庸置疑的 His honesty is beyond question. 他的忠诚是毋庸置疑的。 out of question 毫无疑问 out of the question不可能, 不容讨论 11. I would rather lose my life than see you make such a mistake. 我宁愿丢了性命也不愿看到你犯这样的错。 Would rather … than … 宁愿 … 而不 …I would rather stay at home than go to cinema?我宁愿待在家里也不去看电影, Would rather die than surrender. 宁死不投降。 12. I will have you killed. 我叫人杀了你。 Have / get … done 1)叫别人做某事(= ask sb to do sth ) We’ve just had the house decorated.我们刚叫人把房子装修了一下。 Doesn’t Mike look smart? He has had that suit made specially for the wedding.迈克 看上去很潇洒，是吧,他那身西装是专为婚礼而定做的。 2) 遭受某种不幸 I had my watch stolen last night. 昨晚我的手表被偷了。 Mind you. It's easy to have your pocket picked in a big crowd. "请注意,在人群中你衣袋内的东西是很容易被人扒窃的。" 5.homework: 1. Act the play out with your mates. 2. Complete the exercises in Comprehending and Learning about Language. READING AND SPEAKING (PART 3) 1. WARMING UP Predict what will happen when Lear begins living with his daughter, Goneril? rd2.1. Read the 3 part and check your prediction. 2.2. Read the play again and complete the Information Card. 2.3. Try to find the proper adverbials to describe Goneril’s treating Lear.Disrespectfully, rudely, coldly 3. Explanation 1. Ok,Caius, I’ll give you a trial. And if you prove to be good at your job, I’ll keep you on as my servant. Give sb a tria 试用某人 I did well in the job interview and they decided to give me a trial. 由于我在求职面试中发挥出色，他们决定试用我。 He is capable man. It would be a mistake not to give him a trial. 他是精明能干的人。不给他试用机会是不对的。 Keep sb on = continue to employ someone 继续留用 How many people will be kept on by the company? 有多少人会被公司留用, You’re not fit for the job. We can’t keep you on.你不适合这个工作，我们不能继续 留用你。 She’s a smart girl. It’s a pity that they don’t keep her on.她是个挺聪明有女孩子。他 们不继续留用她，真可惜。 2. Sir, I am sorry, to tell you this, but it seems to me that you are not being treated with the respect due to a king. 先生，我很遗憾地告诉你，我觉得你没有受到像一 个国王应该受到的尊敬和礼遇。due 在句中之意是:应得的，应给的 。 还可表示:应支付的，适当的，预定的，到期的 A great deal of money is due to you. 应当付你一大笔钱。 After due consideration, they decided to retreat.他们经过适当考虑后决定撤退。 When is your baby due? 你的孩子预计什么时候出生。 These library books are due next month.这些图馆的图书下个月到期应还。 3. I suspect the same, but I keep telling myself it was my imagination. 我曾这样怀疑 过，但我不断告诉自己说，这只是我的想象罢了。 Suspect 怀疑，猜想，后接名词或从句 He seems poor, but I suspect that he has quite a lot of money. 他看上去很穷，可是我怀疑他很有钱。 Don’t suspect my loyalty. 不要怀疑我的忠诚。 4. Is it any wonder that I frown when your soldiers are continually drinking and fighting?我皱眉有什么好奇怪的,你的卫兵老是酗酒斗殴。 Is it any wonder (that)…? = It is no/little wonder (that) … “不奇怪，不足为奇”。 With such talented players,is it any wonder they won,他们捅有如此优秀的运动 员，获胜就不足为奇了。 Is it any wonder that he speaks good English after living in the US for many years.他在美国生活了很多年，英语说得很 好，这难道有什么好奇怪的吗, Continually 和continuously 的区别 两者均可表示“连续的，不间断地”，但前者表示“一段时间内多次发生”、“时断 时续”或“中断时间很短而以接连发生”;而后者指“连续不断地，不停歇地”The telephone has be ringing continually in the office all morning. 整个早上办公室的电话铃声不断。 The telephone rang continuously for five minutes.电话铃声连续响了五分钟。5. I suggest you teach them how to behave properly. 我建议你还是教教他们怎样守规矩。Behave (vi) 举动，举止，行为表现。 可以用副词修饰。 The boy behaved very well last night.这个男孩昨天晚上的表现挺好。 The child behaved badly at the party.那孩子在聚会上的表现很差。 Behave 还可作及物动词，但它只能接反身代词，behave oneself. Please behave yourself.举止要得体 The children behaved themselves at the party. I’m proud of them. 孩子们在聚会上举止得体，我为他们而感到骄傲。 I suggest 后接的宾语从句，谓语动词用should + 动词原形，should可省略. 在动词suggest，order，demand，propose，request，command，insist等后的宾语 从句中，用虚拟语气(即Should+动词原形或只用动词原形)来表示愿望、建议、 命令、请求等。I suggest that we (should) hold a meeting tonight(我建议我们今晚 开个会。 They insisted that he (should) begin the work at once( 他们坚持让他立刻开始工作。 He ordered that all (should) take part in the work( 他下令所有的人都要参加这项工作。6. I won’t stay here to be insulted. 我 不会呆在这里受辱。 不定式在句末多作结果状语，表示预料之外的结果，且常与only连用。 He lifted a rock only to drop it on his own feet.他搬起了石头，结果砸了自己的脚。 The news reporters hurried to the airport, only to be told that the film stars had left.当 记者赶到机场时，却被告知电影明星已经走了。 1 Act the play out with your partners. 2 Complete the exercises on page 19. 1. LEAD-IN In Part 2 of the play, King Lear asks the Duke of Burgundy and the King of France whether they still want to marry Cordelia. What do you think the two men will say? 2. LISTENGIN 2.1 Listen to the tape to check your predictions with your partners. Listen the tape again and answer the following questions.1)What does Lear tell the two men? 2)What did Lear originally promise if one or the other married Cordelia? 3)Do you think Cordelia’s inheritance is important to the Duke of Burgundy? Do you think it is also important to the King of France?4)What does the King of France think might be the reason for Lear turning against his daughter? 5)what does Cordelia say to explain her father’s decision? 6)What does Cordelia ask of her sisters just before she leaves for France?7)How do the sisters react to her request? 8)At the end of Part 2, what are the sisters worried about and why? 9)What do you think they will do next?2.3 Answer the questions in Ex. 2 and check the answers with your partners. Q1: Lear tells them that Cordelia is no longer going to have part of his kingdom. She will be a poor woman when she marries. Q2: Burgundy says he cannot marry her after all.Q3: France asks Lear what Cordelia has done to turn him against her. Cordelia explains she has done nothing bad, just hasn’t found the words to tell her father how much she loves him. Q4: France decides to marry Cordelia even without her part of the kingdom. Read the questions in Ex.3 and discuss them in groups, then report your discussion.N =Narrator B=Burgundy C=Cordelia L=Lear F=King of France R=Regan G=Gaoneril N: After the king’s harsh words to him, Kent sadly leaves the room. Just as he goes, the King of France and the Aduke of Burgundy enter, both these gentlemen want to marry Cordelia. L:Ah, come here Burgundy. I have sth. to tell you. I no longer care for my daughter and she is to leave my castle a ploor woman. She will have none of my riches when she marries you. B:That was not our agreement, sir. L:Well,it is now. B:I am sorry but I cannot marry her under these circumstances. L: Fine, then don’t. And you, France. Are you willing to marry this daughter whom I hate? F:I don’t understand. Yesterday Cordelia was your favourite. She was the child of your old age, the best, the dearest of your daughters. She must have done something most terrible to turn you against her. C:Your Majesty. I have committed no murder or any other dishonourable act. It is simply that I could not find the words to tell my father how much I love him. L:It would have been better if you had never been born than you had displeased me so much. F: is this her only fault?why ,then I shall marry her and take her to France where she will be my queen. L:Take her, for she is no daughter of mine.come Burgundy. I do not want to look any longer at her face. N:The King and Burgundy leave together with the Dukes o Albany and Cornwall. C:Sisters, goodbye. I pray that your grand speeches have some truth in them and that you will be kind to my father. R:Don’t tell us what to do. G:Yes, mind your own business and look after your husband. N:Cordelia and the King of France leave.G:Sister, our father is much changed. He always loved Cordelia best yet see how quickly he threw her out. R:Yes, I think he is becoming unwise in his old age. G:Well, he was always quick-tempered but now he is becoming far worse, I think we had better find some way of making sure he can’t cause us any problems.R:Yes, Let’s think about it. N:Regan and Goneril leave.