Unit 2 He decided to be an actor. Module 9 Life history

What do you know about William Shakespeare? 1. To be or not to be, that is the question. (Hamlet) 2. William Shakespeare was born in Stratford-upon-Avon, England on April 23, William Shakespeare is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the history of English language. 38 plays 2 narrative poems 154 sonnets

Stratford-upon-Avon

Shakespeare’s birthplace Shakespeare’s old family house

Globe Theatre (London)

Listen to the passage and decide what William Shakespeare wrote. plays poems stories

Number the sentences. a) Shakespeare went to London. b) Shakespeare’s company built the Globe Theatre. c) Shakespeare married. d) Shakespeare liked plays at school. e) Shakespeare died at the age of 52. f) Shakespeare decided to be an actor

1564 was born finished school married went to London built the Globe Theatre died Read again and complete the timeline for Shakespeare.

① Ask and answer with your partner. Ask and answer ② Ask and choose one to answer.

He was born in He was born in Stratford, England. More questions to answer 1. When was he born? 2. Where was he born?

3. When did he finish school? He finished school at the age of fourteen. 4. Did he marry in 1582? Yes, he did. 5. What did he decide to do when he finished school? He decided to be an actor.

8. When did he die? He died in When did he join a theatre company? In about When was the Globe Theatre built? In 1599.

1. 莎士比亚的一生 2. 在他的一生 3. 一个著名的作家 4. 学习读写 5. 决定做一名演员 6. 毕业 Find the expressions the life of William Shakespeare in his life a famous writer learn to read and write decide to be an actor finish school

7. 娶 / 嫁某人 8. 加入一家剧团 9. 写剧本 10. 一个成功的演员 11. 用其他的语言 marry sb join a theatre company write plays a successful actor in many other languages

1. He married in 1582 and had three children. marry 意为 “ 结婚 ” ，后可直接跟宾语， 即 marry sb. ，意为 “ 嫁给某人；娶某人 ；和 …… 结婚 ” e.g. Lisa married very early. John will marry Betty next month. Learn the sentences

marry sb. to sb. ，表示 “ 把某人嫁给某人 ” e.g. Mrs Smith wants to marry her daughter to a teacher. [ 拓展 ] 1. be / get married to sb. 与某人结婚 Jenny was / got married to a teacher last year.

根据汉语意思完成英语句子。 (1) 他把女儿嫁给了一个医生。 He _______ his daughter ___ a doctor. (2) 比尔在两年前结婚了。 Bill ____________ two years ago. (3) 彼得下个月将要与玛丽结婚。 Peter will ________ Mary next month. married to got married marry

2. He became a successful actor and began to write plays. successful 是由名词 success 加后缀⁃ ful 构 成的形容词，意为 “ 成功的 ” 。在句中可 作表语、定语。 e.g. This concert is very successful. This is a very successful party.

successful 的名词形式是 success ；其动词形式是 succeed, 常用结构是 succeed in doing sth. 。 I wish you great success in the exam. 我祝你在考试中大获成功！ We all succeeded in passing the exam. 我们都成功地通过了考试。 根据句意用 success 的适当形式填空。 (1) We all think the movie is a ________. (2) Mary thinks that the man is a ___________ actor. success successful

3. Queen Elizabeth I enjoyed his works very much. work 是名词，意为 “ 作品；著作 ” 。 1)work 表示 “ 工作 ” 时，是不可数名词。 2) 若表示文学家、艺术家、音乐家等的 “ 作品 ” 、 “ 著作 ” 等，则是可数名词。

4. William Shakespeare died at the age of fifty-two. die 是动词，意为 “ 死，去世 ” 。其名词 形式是 death ，形容词形式是 dead 和 dying (die 的现在分词 ) ， dead 意为 “ 死 的 ” ， dying 意为 “ 奄奄一息的，濒临死 亡的 ” 。

5. Shakespeare went to London and joined a theatre company... join 用作及物动词时, 意为 “ 参加；加入 ”, 指 参加某个组织或团体, 并成为其中的一员。 When did your brother join the army? 你哥哥什么时候参军的？

Complete the passage with the correct form of the words from the box. Shakespeare (1) _______ in 1582 and had three children. He became famous around the world for his plays and you can see them in many different (2) _________. married languages

Shakespeare also wrote (3) ________ as well. He was also a (4) ______ and (5) _________ actor. You can see his Globe Theatre in London today, but it’s not the same building. There was a (6) ____ in the old theatre and they built it again. He (7) _____ at the age of fifty-two. poems fire died rich successful

Numbers in the passage What do the numbers mean?

I. 选择单词的正确形式填空。 be be born become decide die finish have like live marry go begin work join William Shakespeare __________ in 1564 in England. When he _____ at school he_______ watching plays and he ________ to be an actor. He ________ school when he was 14 years old. was born wasliked decided finished

When he was 18 he _______, and they_____ three children. When he was 28 he ______ to London and _____ a theatre company. He_______ a successful actor and ______ writing plays. He ______ at the Globe Theatre. William Shakespeare _____ for 52 years. Finally, when he _____ he was rich and successful. married had went joined becamebegan worked lived died

II. 按要求变换下面的句型。 1. My mother played the piano. （变为一般 疑问句并做肯定回答） ___________________________________ 2. There were many people in the village. （变为一般疑问句并做否定回答） __________________________________ Did your mother play the piano? Yes, she did. Were there many people in the village? No, there weren’t.

Did they play football on the playground yesterday afternoon? No, they didn’t. 3. They played football on the playground yesterday afternoon. （变为一般疑问句并做 否定回答） ____________________________________ Did the new music teacher arrive last night? Yes, he/she did. 4. The new music teacher arrived last night. （变为一般疑问句并做肯定回答） ___________________________________

“All the world 's a stage, And all the men and women merely players.”