Language in use Unit 3

Talk about Lao She’s Teahouse. The play takes place in a teahouse. It asks us to see the teahouse as the centre of the neighbourhood. …….

1. She wanted to see some Beijing Opera. 2. My parents offered to take us there. 3. My parents agreed to take us. 4. We decided to stay for two hours. 5. I hope to understand more next time.

Complete the sentences with the correct form of the words in the box. Example: “We’ll take you to the teahouse.” They offered to take me to the teahouse. 1. “I’d like to see Beijing Opera one day.” He_________ to see Beijing Opera one day. agree decide hope offer want hoped

2. “Yes. Let’s go to the opera.” They __________ to go to the opera. 3. “We’ll go to the teahouse.” They __________ to go to the teahouse. 4. “Can I come to the teahouse with you?” She ___________ to come to the teahouse. agreed decided wanted

want to do sth. offer to do sth. decide to do sth. remember to do sth. forget to do sth. stop to do sth. agree to do sth. hope to do sth. like to do sth. 动词不定式词组

Complete the sentences with the correct form of the words in the box. go see stay teach understand 1.We plan ________ for a cup of tea. 2.Lao She’s job was __________ Chinese to the English in London. 3.I tried ______________ the poems. 4.Teahouse asks us _______ the teahouse as the center of the neighbourhood. to stay to teach to understand to see

Write sentences. Example: Betty’s parents / with them / her / agreed / take / to /. Betty’s parents agreed to take her with them. 1. Betty’s parents / take / to the teahouse / to / offered / a friend /. ___________________________________ 2. tea / the customers / bring / the waiters / to /. ___________________________________ Betty's parents offered to take a friend to the teahouse. The waiters bring tea to the customers.

3. everyone / the teahouse / a warm welcome / offers / to /. _________________________________ _____________________________ 4. to / Beijing Opera / them / she / introduced /. _________________________________ 5. Lao She / Chinese / taught / the English / to /. _________________________________ The teahouse offers a warm welcome to everyone. She introduced Beijing Opera to them. Lao She taught Chinese to the English.

6. the play / was / to / see / our plan / in the teahouse /. ________________________________ ______________________________ 7. the teahouse / the audience / see / to / likes / in / Beijing Opera /. ________________________________ Our plan was to see the play in the teahouse. The audience likes to see Beijing Opera in the teahouse.

Listen to the conversation and choose the correct answers. 1. Who is visiting London? a) Vicky. b) Steve. c) Romeo. 2. What are they talking about? a) What Steve did yesterday. b) What Steve often does. c) What Steve wants to do tomorrow.

Listen and check the true sentences. 1. Steve hopes to go to the Globe Theatre. 2. Vicky offered to take Steve to the theatre. 3. Steve's family wanted to see a play at the Globe Theatre. 4. Steve didn't try to understand the words. 5. Vicky hopes to see her favourite play. 6. Vicky thinks her parents will agree to take her to the theatre. Keys : 1. F 2. F 3. F 4. F 5. T 6. T

Complete the sentences with the correct form of the words and expressions in the box. Example: The audience enjoyed the play. 1. The story __________ in Wang Lifa’s teahouse. audience; continue; customer; neighbourhood; take place takes place

2. The story of Teahouse starts in 1898, ___________ in 1916 and ends in There are about 20 __________ in the teahouse. 4. The teahouse is the centre of the ____________________. continues customers neighbourhood

Match Sentences 1–4 with Sentences a–d. 1. It's lovely to see you! 2. We had a wonderful holiday. 3. The food here is excellent. 4. I find maths almost impossible! a. It was very enjoyable. b. It's very difficult. c. I'm very happy. d. It's delicious. Keys : 1. c 2. a 3. d 4. b

Complete the passage with the correct form of the words and expressions in the box. We went to the theatre last night to see a play. I had a(n) (1)_________ evening. The performance was very good and all the actors were (2)_________. excellent; impossible; magic; take place; theatre; wonderful wonderful excellent

The play (3)__________ in a small village in China. It was all about an old box full of gold and silver! The box was a(n) (4)_________ box and it was (5)__________ to open without a special key. At the end, the audience clapped for 10 minutes! We didn't want the play to end. took place magic impossible

Theatres

Greek Theatre 600 BC—200 BC Western theatres started in _______, around 600 BC. The audience sat on stone seats to watch the _________. Audiences of 10,000 people watched the plays. Greece performance

Work in groups. Write a scene from a play. Think about the questions. 1. What’s the name of the play? 2.Where does it take place? 3. Who is in it? 4. What’s the story? Choose a scene and write the conversation. Act out the scene in front of the class.

1. Conclusion 2. Wb. Ex. 9, 10 &11 1. Conclusion 2. Wb. Ex. 9, 10 &11 制作 : 张佳望