1. Unit 19

2. Huangmei Opera Beijing Opera Kunqu Opera Chinese plays Shanxi Opera
Henan Opera
Chinese plays
Shanxi Opera
Shaoxing Opera

3. William Shakespeare
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4. William Shakespeare
Shakespeare was born in 1564 in Stratford on the river Avon and died there in His father was prosperous businessman. He was brought up in a comfortable house on Henley Street along with several small brothers and sisters. He was a great British playwright and poet in the world’s history of literature.He wrote
about 37plays and a large number
of poems in his life.

5. Shakespeare’s Birth place

6. His plays
Comedies (喜剧）
Tragedies (悲剧）
Historical plays (历史剧）

7. Comedies The King Henry IV 亨利四世 A Midsummer Night’s Dream 仲夏之夜
The Merchant of Venice 威尼斯商人
Twelfth Night(What You Will) 第十二夜
All’s Well That Ends Well 皆大欢喜

8. Tragedies Romeo and Juliet 罗密欧与朱丽叶 Hamlet 哈姆莱特 Othello 奥赛罗
King Lear 李尔王
Macbeth 麦克佩斯

9. Historical plays
Henry IV
King John
Henry VIII ……
《亨利四世》
《约翰王》
《亨利八世》

10. In his plays, there are many famous lines, which people like
very much.
Now try to find where these lines
are from?

11. Hamlet Hamlet “To be or not to be:that is the question”
2. “uneasy lies the head that
wears a crown.”
3. “ neither a borrower nor
a lender be.”
4. “Romeo, Romeo, why are
you Romeo? Deny your
father, and refuse your
name.”
5. “ Words, words, only words,
no matter from the heart.”
Hamlet
King Henry IV
Hamlet
Romeo and
Juliet
Troilus and
Cressida

12. Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.
King Henry IV

13. A person who has great responsibilities, such as a king, is constantly worried and therefore doesn't sleep soundly.

14. To be or not to be: that is the question.
Hamlet

15. That is a question whether to live on in this world or to die, that is, to take action or to do nothing.

16. Neither a borrower nor a lender be.
Hamlet

17. It is best not to lend money to others and not to borrow from others
It is best not to lend money to others and not to borrow from others. When we lend something. We risk losing both the thing we lend and the friendship with that other person.

18. Romeo, Romeo, why are you Romeo
Romeo, Romeo, why are you Romeo? Deny your father, and refuse your name…
Romeo & Juliet

19. Why must you be the son of my family’s greatest enemy
Why must you be the son of my family’s greatest enemy? Refuse your family for my love.

20. Words, words, only words, no matter from the heart.
Troilus & Cressida

21. Empty words, not real thoughts or ideas from the heart.

22. Listening

23. What is their relation to the other characters in the play?
Shylock:
Bassanio:
Antonio:
the moneylender
Antonio’s friend
the merchant of Venice
Portia:
Duke:
the judge
Bassanio’s wife

24. Questions: In which city does the play take place?
2. How much time passes between the beginning of the play and the end?
3. How much money does Bassanio need to marry Portia?
4. What must Antonio give Shylock if he can’t pay back the debt?

25. Questions: 1. In which city does the play take place? Venice.
2. How much time passes between the
beginning of the play and the end?
Three months.

26. 3. How much money does Bassanio need to marry Portia?
Three thousand ducats.
4. What must Antonio give Shylock if he
can’t pay back the debt?
A pound of flesh.

27. Preview the next lesson. Do exercise in The Road to Success.
Homework
Recite the new words.
Preview the next lesson.
Do exercise in
The Road to Success.