Did Betty read Tom Sawyer? Yes, she did.

Did Mark Twain become a newspaper writer ? Yes,he did.

Did Mark Twain leave school at the age of 16? No, he didn’t. Did Mark Twain work on a boat ? Yes, he did. Did Mark Twain leave school at the age of 16?

Did Mark Twain come to China? No, he didn’t.

Do you know these plays? 《 Hamlet 》《 Romeo and Juliet 》

Who is the writer of these plays? William Shakespeare

What do you know about William Shakespeare ?

Unit 2 He decided to be an actor

阅读技巧：略读 （适用于判断短文主旨大意及 中心思想） “ Skimming ” 就是选取课文中的重要部 分和重要细节，以求抓住主要意思，对课文内容进 行总的理解。 1.What is the passage( 文章） MAINLY( 主要） about? A. Something about Shakespeare’s plays. B. Something about the life of Shakespeare. C. Something about how Shakespeare wrote poems.

birth time and place Education and family others job famous works fame 声誉 The passage is something about Shakepeare, can you predict ( 预测） what it will talk about Shakepeare? in the 16th century? in the 17th century? rich or poor? an actor or a writer? How many are they? Is he famous?

1 When was Shakespeare born? 2 Where was he born? 3.When did he finish school? 4.How many children did he have? He was born in He was born in England. He finished school at fourteen. Three Scanning: （扫读）阅读技巧：不必逐句阅读， 快速扫描文章，找出解决问题的定位词。

others job famous works fame 声誉

Shakespeare was a ______. Shakespeare was an ______. writer poet actor Read the first and third paragraph and answer the following questions Shakespeare had _____ great plays and _____ poems. Two of his famous plays are________and ________________ HamletRomeo and Juliet Shakespeare went to London and joined a company in _____. 1592

others fame 声誉 Shakespeare wrote such good plays and poems for people, what do people do with （对待） him?

1.When did the company build the Globe Theatre? ___. A B C D.1599 (2) There was a _____in the old theatre A. fire B. play C. poem D. river (3) How old was he when he died ? A. 50 B. 51 C.52 D.l53 (4)Shakespeare was______ all over the world. A. good B. famous C.rich Read the 4th to 5th paragraphs and answer the questions. D A C B

Complete the passage with the correct form of the words in the box. be be born become decide die finish have like live marry move start work join William Shakespeare(1) _____ in 1564 in England. When he(2) _____ at school he(3) ____ watching plays and he(4) _____ to be an actor. He(5) _____ school when he was 14 years old. When he was 18 he(6) _____, and they(7) _____ three children. when he was 28 he(8) _____ to London and(9) _____ a theatre company. He(10) _____ a successful actor and(11) _____ writing plays. He(12) _____ at the Globe Theatre. William Shakespeare(13) _____ for 52 years. Finally, when he(14) _____ he was rich and successful. was born was liked decided finished married had moved joined became startedworked lived died

幸运大闯关 ---Which one is your lucky number? 拓展升华

说出下列动词的过去式： Have /has— go— become— begin— build---- write--- am/is--- like--- finish— decide-- marry— enjoy--- die--- had went became began built wrote was liked finished decided married enjoyed died Back

To be or not to be.That is a question. 生存还是毁灭，这是一个值得考虑的问题。 Just be myself. 超越你自己。 The empty vessels make the great est sound 满瓶不响，半瓶咣当。 Share Shakespeare’s sayings （名言） Back

1. William Shakespeare wrote lots of plays and poems. （ 变为否定句） _____________________________ 2. William Shakespeare wrote lots of plays and poems. （变为一般疑问句并做否定回答） __________________________ __________________ William Shakespeare didn’t write lots of plays and poems. Did William Shakespeare write lots of plays and poems ? No, he didn’t. Back

More information about Shakespeare He was born and died on the same day. ( April 23rd ) Hamlet was the longest and the most popular of his plays. Back

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1. Which of the following words can be used to describe Shakespeare? successful ( 成功的） creative ( 有创造力的） lazy （懒惰的） hard-working ( 努力的） never give up( 永不放弃） √ √ √ √ ×

As we know Shakespeare had a lot of trouble( 困境 ) in his life, but he never gave up( 放弃）， At last, he became one of the most successful writers. Discussion If you meet lots of trouble, would you keep on ( 继续） working like Shakespeare? Hold on to your dream. Never give up. 追逐梦想，永不放弃！

Homework: Choose a character( 人物 ) you like and try to write something about him/her.

Then work in pairs.Read the passage and decide what William Shakespeare.  plays poem stories William Shakespeare was a famous English writer of plays and poems. He wrote about thirty-eight plays, 154 short poems and a few long poems in his life. Two of his famous plays are Hamlet and Romeo and Juliet. Shakespeare was born in 1564 in Stratford, England. Like many people 400 years ago, Shakespeare’s parents didn’t learn to read or write. At school he liked plays, so he decided to be an actor when he finished school at fourteen. He married in 1582 and had three children. The life of William Shakespeare

Shakespeare went to London and joined a theatre company in about He became a successful actor and began to write plays. Queen Elizabeth I enjoyed his works very much. In 1599 the company built the Globe Theatre on the River Thames in London. You can visit the theatre today, but it isn’t the same building. There was a fire in the old theatre. They built it again in 1614 and in the 1990s. William Shakespeare died at the age of fifty-two. He was rich and successful. You can still see his plays in English and in many other languages. He’ famous around the world.

1564 StratfordStratford, England He was born in 1564 in Stratford,England.

Romeo and Juliet Hamlet Two of his famous plays are Romeo and Juliet and Hamlet.

Tell me about life of William Shakespeare.