1. Unit 2 KING LEAR

2. Reading

3. 取自莎士比亚四大悲剧之一 —— 《李 尔王》。该剧首演于 1606 年。统治英 国的李尔王想把国土分给三个女儿。 他试探三个女儿的孝心，大女和次女 极尽阿谀之辞骗得了李尔王的信任， 各得到二分之一的国土。 故事简介

4. 而幼女却因直言不讳而惹怒父亲，一 无所有，幸被法兰西国王娶为王后。 李尔退位后遭到两个女儿的冷眼和遗 弃，她们甚至密谋要除掉他。幸亏忠 臣相救，李尔才幸免于难。后来小女 儿挂帅领兵为父复国。这时，另两个 女儿之间已出现矛盾，她们尔虞我诈

5. 要除去对方，但面对法军，她们又联合 起来。此战英军获胜，囚禁了李尔与其 小女儿，但却招来朝野上下一致不满。 李尔的小女儿被害死，他的另两个女儿 也没有得到好下场。李尔抱住小女儿尸 体痛哭，自己也伤心而死。 “ 阅读 ” 部分节 取的是该剧的第一幕，其中李尔王与女 儿的对白堪称莎翁作品中最为经典的篇 章之一。

6. 1.What had Lear expected to happen in his old age? 2.Why has Lear called for the King of France and the Duke of Burgundy? Read the play quickly with the following questions:

7. 3.What has Lear decided to do with his kingdom? 4.What is he going to do when he retires ? 5.Why does Lear become angry with Kent? 6.How does he punish Kent?

8. 1 Why does King Lear want to give away his kingdom? Comprehending Because Lear is old and tired and wants to retire.

9. 2 How is he going to decide who to give the best part of his kingdom to? He is going to ask his three daughters to tell him how much they love him and divide up the kingdom according to their answers.

10. Cordelia. 3 At the beginning of the play, of which daughter is King Lear most fond? 4 Which daughters are already married and which is not? Regan and Goneril are married and Cordelia is not.

11. The Duke of Burgundy and the King of France. 5 What are the names of the men who want to marry King Lear's youngest daughter?

12. Kent tries to defend Cordelia but Lear sends him away from the kingdom (He banishes him). 6 Who tries to defend Cordelia? What happens to him when he speaks out?

13. While-reading Read the play and complete theplot diagram. A plot diagram Description

14. Setting Conflict King Lear has 3 daughters. He is old and wants to divide his kingdom among his daughters. He is going to do this through a “love test”. Flattery vs honesty; Words vs action

15. A plot diagramDescription Rising action His first two daughters flatter him with nice words, but the youngest daughter insists on telling the truth.

16. Climax Hearing the truth,the king gets very angry.he gives all his land to the first two daughters and leaves nothing to the youngest one.

17. Read the play again, and complete the following main points. MAIN POINTS: King Lear gave away his land to his daughters according to how much they ________him. 1.King Lear wants to ______ and decides to ______ his land to three daughters. loved retire give

18. 2. He wants to know ____ ________ they love him. 3. Goneril and Regan make the king _________by saying they love him very much. They ______ the land. how much happy get

19. 4. Cordelia makes the king angry by being _________ and not _________ him. She gets ________. 5. Kent, the servant, makes the king _________ by defending Cordelia and begging the king to listen to the _______. honestflattering nothing angry truth

20. Charact ers Relations hip to King Lear Words to describe personality King Lear Goneril Regan daughter daughter hot-headed, hard- hearted, foolish, bad- tempered deceitful, corrupt, greedy, cunning deceitful, corrupt, greedy, cunning

21. Cordelia Duke of Albany Duke of Cornwal l Duke of Kent daughter son-in-law son-in-law friend honest, truthful, loving, innocent (not known yet) (not known yet) loyal respectful, honest, truthful

22. Learning about language 1.Before I travelled abroad I _____ _____ all my furniture and put it in storage. packed up 1 Complete the following sentences with the correct form of phrasal verbs from the play.

23. 2.He _____ _____ at the meeting to tell them he did not like their decision. 3.She _____ ___ her sister's children as well as her own. 4.Don't say no until you have _____ me_____. spoke out cared for heard out

24. 5.They won't _____ ____ the keys until we pay the rent. 6.He _____ _____ all his money and went to live alone on an island. hand over gave away

25. 1.I am always _____________ in the morning until I've had my coffee. 2.He won't help you, he's too ____________. 2 Complete the following sentences with compound adjectives from the unit so far. bad-tempered hard-hearted

26. 3.The _____-_______ boy ran into the road and pushed the child out of the way of a speeding car. 4.The_____-_____ son was the tallest of the brothers. 5.You're so ___-______, you never stop to think before you act. warm-hearted third-born hot headed

27. More compound adjectives to learn: warm-blooded; cold-blooded; warm- hearted; man-made; mid-field; mouth-to-mouth; eight-year-old; one-way; part-time; post-impressionist; simple-minded; so-called; so-so; sun-blind;

28. well-done; well-behaved; well-bred; well-chosen; well-fed; well-informed; well-known; well-made; well-off; well-paid; well-to-do; well-written; good-looking; worn-out,...

29. 1 I have decided to retire and hand over the heavy load of responsibility to you three. 2 I have divided the kingdom into three parts, and will allocate one part to each of you. Avoid repetition with similar meaning: burden distribute

30. 3 I beg you, speak. 4 Here is a map of my kingdom with all the boundaries drawn on it. 5 I forecast that such actions will cause great conflict throughout your kingdom. pray frontiers friction

31. 1 Complete with phrases from the box P.60 1 __________ with you? You look really angry about something. 2 A: What are you doing? B: _______________________. What's up Mind your own business

32. 3 _____________ the whole school, I would like to thank you for coming to talk to us. 4 You are _________________, the most annoying person I have ever met. On behalf of beyond question

33. 5 She ___________ for herself as the smartest girl in the class. 6 I ____________________ all your jokes. Can't you be serious for a little while? 7 I have grown very ________ little Timmy since he came to stay with us. made a nam have had enough of fond of

34. 8 It was very generous of him to _________ his old car when he bought a new one. give away