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

2. Words and expressions play poem marry successful work build /pleI/
/'pəuIm/
/'mæri/
/sək'sesful/
/wə:k/
/bIld/
play
剧本；戏剧 n.
poem
诗歌 n.
marry
结婚 v.
successful
成功的 adj.
work
作品；著作 n.
建造 v.
build

3. on fire die rich language around the world young /ɔn/ /'faIə/ /daI/
/rItʃ/
/'læŋɡwIdʒ/
/jʌ ŋ/ on
在…河边 prep.
fire
火；火灾 n.
die
死；死去 v.
rich
language
语言 n.
around the world
世界各地
年轻的 adj.
young

4. Mark Twain was a successful man /sək'sesfl/成功的
His works are famous around the world
作品 世界各地

5. She was married to him.
/‘mærid/结婚
be married to sb
表示与某人结婚

6. Many peopple died in the fire. /faiə/ 火灾
die – died /daid/去世

7. /jʌŋ/（年轻的）
She is a young woman and has so much money.
So she is rich. /ritʃ/富有的

8. company 公司 join the army
加入军队，参军

9. Read the passage and decide what William Shakespeare wrote. 威廉. 莎士比亚
plays poems stories √ √

10. 38 154 short poems (1564 ) -1616 William Shakespeare (戏剧) (诗歌)
a famous English writer
of plays and poems.
(戏剧)
(诗歌) 38
154 short poems
( )
-1616
a few long poems
Stratford, England
斯特拉特福

11. Fast reading Read the passage and choose the main idea.
A. The family of Shakespeare.
B. The life of Shakespeare.
C. The plays of Shakespeare.

12. a Shakespeare went to London.
Read and put the sentences in the correct order. 4
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
fifty-two.
f Shakespeare decided to be an actor. 5 3 1 6 2

13. Careful reading Who was William Shakespeare?
Read Paragraph 1 and answer the questions.
Who was William Shakespeare?
2. How many works did he write?
He was a writer of plays and poems.
He wrote about 38 plays, 154 short poems and a few long poems.

14. Read Paragraph 2 and choose the best answer.
1 --When and where was he born?
1582, London, England B.1564, New York, America
C. 1564, Stratford, England
2 --When did Shakespeare finish school?
--He finished school in ____.
A B C. 1578
3--When did he marry?
--He married at the age of _____.
A B C. 19

15. F T F Read Paragraph 3 and choose T or F .
He went to Cambridge and joined a theatre company in about 1592.
2. He became a successful actor.
3. Queen Elizabeth I didn’t enjoy his work.
London T F
enjoyed

16. D A C B Read Paragraph 4 and 5 and choose the best answer .
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 D A C B

17. Read again and complete the timeline for Shakespeare with the correct from of the words and expressions in the box.
be born, build, die, finish school, go to London,marry
1564
1578
1582
About
1592
1599
1616
was born
went to London
finished school
built the
Globe
Theatre
died
married
Sentence–making:
e.g: He was born in
He …
He …

18. Complete the passage with the correct from of the words in the box.
die fire language marry poem rich successful
married
Shakespeare(1) _____ in and they had three children. He became famous around the world for his plays and you can see them in many different ( 2) ________.Shakespeare also wrote(3) _______as well. He was also a (4) ______________and(5) _____________ actor. You see can 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.
languages
poems
successful / rich
rich / successful
fire
died

19. 翻译下列词组。 1. 毕业 2. 有三个小孩 3. 开始写剧本 4. 成为一名成功的演员 5.决定做．．． 6.在．．．几岁时
7.开始做．．．
8.一名剧作家兼诗人
9. 加入剧院公司
finish school
2. have three children
3. begin to write plays
4. become a successful actor
5. decide to do
6. at the age of…
7. begin to do sth.
8. a writer of plays and poems
9. join a theatre company

20. The life of Shakespeare
According to the following and retell the life
of Shakespeare.
decide to be an actor
finish school (14)
be born(1564,England)
The life of
Shakespeare
die(52)
marry(1582)
become a successful
actor
start writing plays
went to London
join a theatre company
(1592)

21. 语法点：
行为动词一般过去时的肯定句和否定句。
肯定形式在动词后加-ed,
She visited Beijing last summer.
否定形式用：didn’t+动词原形。
she didn’t visited Shanghai last summer.
一般疑问句要用：Did +主语+原形……
其答语用：Yes,主语+did. /No,主语+didn’t.
Did she visited Beijing last summer?
Yes ,she did. / No, she didn’t.

22. 1. My mother played the piano. （变为一般疑问句并做肯定回答）
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.

23. 3. They played football on the play- ground yesterday afternoon
Did they play football on the playground yesterday afternoon?
No, they didn’t.

24. ____________________________ Was the money in one of your pockets?
4. The money was in one of my pockets.
（变为一般疑问句并做肯定回答）
____________________________
Was the money in one of your pockets?
Yes, it was.

25. 句型转换 1.He started to work when he was twelve years old.(同义句)
He started to work ___ __ ___ ___ twelve.
2. He used a computer at school.(一般疑问句)
___ ___ use a computer at school?
3. He rode a bike to school when he was a boy.
(对划线部分提问)
____ ____ he____ a bike to school? at
the
age of
Did he
when
did
ride

26. 4.Tony started school in October , 1999. (对划线部分提问)
____ ____ Tony ____ school?
5.He made up his mind to be an actor. (同义句)
He ______ _____ _____ an actor.
6.He married a young woman (同义句)
He ____ _____ _____a young
7. She was a member(成员) of League for two years.
She ______ the League two years ago (同义句)
8.It was August 12nd，2006.(对划线部分提问)
____ ______ the_____ yesterday?
when
did
start
decided to be
was
married to
joined
what
was
date

27. Thank you!