1. Words used in play scripts
Word Power
Words used in play scripts

2. words used in performing

3. In your opinion, in order to put on a performance,
what preparations should be made?
What do you know about performing?
Are there any drama clubs at your school?
Have you ever acted in a drama? If not, do you want to act in a drama?
lead-in:

4. Try to think about words
related to performing
as many as possible.
Read the passage in PartA, and learn more useful words about performing.
Part A

5. Read the words
and phrases.
cast
director
lines
script
stage direction
acts
scenes
one-act plays

6. Try to answer the following questions as fast as possible.

7. 1. What do we call the person
who acts in a play?
2. What do we call the person
who is in charge of a play?
3. What is a script made up of?
An actor.
An actress.
A director.
Acts and scenes.

8. Actor’s lines and stage directions.
4. What will an actor read in
a script?
5. What kind of play is called
one-act plays?
Actor’s lines and stage directions.
Very short plays.

9. Part B: More words
about performing
scenery
curtains
actors
stage
props
costume

10. Keys :
director (2) lines (3) stage
(4) acts (5) scenes (6)wings
(7) lights
(8) stage directions

11. Part D Idioms about smiling & laughing to laugh one’s head off
to smile on someone
......
Part D

12. to have the last laugh: to make someone who has criticized or defeated you look stupid by succeeding in something more important or by seeing them fail
eg: They fired her last year, but she had the last laugh because she was taken on by their main rivals at twice the salary.

13. all smiles: becoming happy again especially after feeling sad.
eg: When Mary found out about the holiday, she was all smiles.

14. scenery un.，指某地总的自然风景或景色，尤指美丽的乡间景色。舞台布景
view从某一角度看到的风景
scene取景,大多包括景物中的人及活动在内。scene还可指舞台的场景。场面
sightseeing观光,游览

15. 1.What impressed me most about the movie was the ________ filmed in New York.
A. scenery B. scene
C. sight D. view
2.They stood gazing the happy scene of children playing in the park.他们站在那里，注视着孩子们在公园里玩耍的场景。 B

16. it is a common _____ to see Tian'anmen Square filled with people on National Day.
A、sight B、view
C、scenery D、appearance
a common sight 随处可见的事,司空见惯的事
sight n. 视力； 看见； 视野； 景象 A

17. 3.Recite all the useful expressions related to performing.
Homework:
1. 同步练习 P。8-10
2.早自习默单词P。75第一列
3.Recite all the useful expressions related to performing.