1、King Lear,Unit 2,Words,burden responsibilityboundary allocateadorepraybridegroom,n. 担子; 担负 n. 责任; 职责 n. 边界; 分界线 vt. 分派; 分配 vt. 崇拜; 爱慕 vt. 祈祷; 恳求; 请 n. 新郎,distributetroop contradictfrictionforecastoppose frontier,vt. 分发; 分配 n. 群; 组 (pl) 军队 vt. 同矛盾; 反驳 n. 摩擦; 冲突; 矛盾 vt. 预测 ; 预报 n.预测 ; 预报 vt. 反对; 反抗 n.
2、 国界; 边疆; 边界,hand overcare forhear outon behave ofbeyond question speak out pack up,移交(权利, 责任) 关怀; 照顾; 计较 听完 代表 无可争辩; 毫无疑问 大胆地说; 大声地 把打包; 整理,Expressions,Complete the following love test.,Do you love your father?Yes_No. _,2. How much do you love him?A. Very much B. So-so C. Very little D. Not at all,W
3、arming Up,3. Which of the following best describes your feeling towards your father?A: either.B: I hate him.C: I love him more than my life.,D. I dont know how much I love him.I have never thought about the question. E. I dont love him, but I dont hate him either. F. I hate him. G. _ (your own sente
4、nce),4. If your father gave you 1,000 yuan on condition that you tell him that you love him very much, would you say so?Yes._ No. _,5. If you could choose a father, which would you choose?,A. A father who was very rich but didnt love you.B. A father who had no money but loved you very much.,1 Is it
5、important to show love and respect for your parents? Why?,Yes. There is no doubt about it, because we have been brought up with love and care by our parents. We must show love and respect for them in return.,1 Discuss these questions with others in your group.,2 How do you show love and respect for
6、them? Can you give a good example?,Students answers vary according to their different life experiences. For instance, saying love to parents; sharing the housework; studying bard; preparing presents on parents birthdays, etc.,3 If you were married, would you love your parents less than you do now? 4
7、 If parents believe their child hasbeen disrespectful, what should theydo about it?,What was the traditional attitude towards the emperor? Who succeeded him when the emperor died?,Absolutely respectful and obedient to the emperor. His first-born son would normally succeed him.,2 Discuss these questi
8、ons about ancientChina.,2 What did the emperor do to keep his servants loyal to him? What happened to the servants who were not loyal?,Severe laws, rules and traditional education made his servants loyal to him. They would be killed or get severe punishments for their betrayal or disrespect.,3 Who d
9、ecided who the emperors children would marry? For what reasons were marriages arranged?,The emperor himself and his court officials. The emperors children, especially the princesses, didnt have a say in their marriages. Their marriages were arranged for various political reasons.,The play that you a
10、re going to read in this unit is based on William Shakespeares King Lear, but it has been shortened and simplified.,Pre-reading,Glance quickly through Part 1 of the play and answer the following questions.,1. List the characters who appear in thispart of the play.,King Lear, Goneril, Regan, Cordelia
11、,the Dukes of Albany and Cornwall, the Duke of Kent,2.Which of the characters do you think are shown in the picture below.,King Lear and his three daughters-Goneril, Regan, Cordelia,Now look at the words below, Make sure you understand the meaning of each one. Use a dictionary if necessary.,The word
12、s in the box above all appearsin Part 1 of the play. Discuss with a partner what you think the play that contains these words will be about . Then check you r prediction as you ead.,Reading,KING LEAR,Part 1 King Lear gives the audience information to help them understand the rest of the play. Answer
13、 these questions about the play.,1 Why does King Lear want to give away his kingdom.,Because Lear is old and tried and wants to retire.,2 How is he going to decide who 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 divided up the k
14、ingdom according to their answers.,3 Wt the begging of the play, of which daughter is King Lear most fond?,Cordelia.,4 Which daughters are already married and which is not?,Regan and Goneril are married and Cordelia is not.,5 What are the names of the men who want to marry King Lears youngest daught
15、er?,The Duke o f Burgundand the King of France.,6 Who tries to defend Cordelia? What happens to him when he speaks out.,Kent tries to defend Cordelia but Lear sends him away from the kingdom (he banishes him).,Part 1 also introduces the main charactersand tells the audience something about them. Cho
16、ose words from the box to complete the table below. Some words belong to more than one character.,hot-headed, hard-hearted, foolish, bad-tempered,deceitful, corrupt, greedy cunning,hard-hearted, foolish, bad-tempered,daughter,daughter,son-in-law,honest, truthful, loving innocent,(not known yet),son-
17、in-law,loyal, respectful, honest, truthful,(not known yet),friend,Read the play and complete the plot diagram.,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,His first two da
18、ughters flatter him with nice words, but the youngest daughter insists on telling the truth.,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.,In fours prepare a role-play. One plays the king, one plays Regan, and anot
19、herone plays Cordelia. The fourth plays the Duke of Kent and will interview the three characters to find out find out what they really think. There are some questions to consider on page 14.,Role play,如：to hand over command of a ship.移交军舰的指挥权。The pickpocket was handed over to the police.扒手被送交警方。,Lan
20、guage points,1. hand over 移交；让与,hand down 传给后代 = hand on, pass down如：This pair of bracelets were handeddown from my greatgrandmother.这副手镯是我曾祖母传下来的。,hand on 1)传递2)把传下来 (= hand down)Please read this and hand it on.请你读后加以传阅。Please read this notice and hand it on.“请把这张通知看一下,并传阅。“,A system used to alloca
21、te a scarce commodity, such as food, only to those capable of deriving the greatestbenefit from it. 优先分配一种将有限的物资，如食物，分配给那些能从中获取最大收益的人的制度。,2 allocate v. 分派,分配,分配额,1. The boys adore their mothers. 男孩们敬慕他们的母亲。 2. He adores his wife and children. 他深爱妻儿。 3. I adore the little boy. 我非常喜欢这个小男孩。,3 adore v.
22、崇拜,爱慕,喜爱,1. They went to the mosque to pray. 他们去清真寺做祷告。 2. We pray you to set the prisoner free. 我们恳求你释放这个囚犯。 3. We pray you for mercy / to show mercy. 我们恳求你发慈悲。,4 pray v. 祈祷,祈求,请求,恳求,在表示“喜欢，关心，照顾”时，care for 和care about意思和用法基本相同。在表 示“介意、在乎”时, 只用care about，特 别是后跟动名词时，不用care for；但在 表示比较客气、委婉的“要不要”意思 时
23、，用care for。,5 cared for 喜爱；照顾；尊重；重视。,1. The mother distributed candy among children. 母亲给孩子们发糖果。 2. The books in the library were distributed according to subjects. 图书馆里的藏书按科目分类。 3. Some types of plants are widely distributed. 有些植物分布得很广。,6 distribute v. 分配,散布,1. The two statements contradict each oth
24、er. 两种说法相互抵触。 2. The report contradicts what we heard yesterday. 这个报道与我们昨天听到的有矛盾。 3. The speaker had got confused, andstarted contradicting himself. 演讲者弄糊涂了, 说话自相矛盾起来。,7 contradict v. 反驳,顶触,矛盾,Dont interrupt, just hear me out.别打扰我，听我说完。,8. hear sb out 听某人说完,Sorry, I wish I had time to hear you out,
25、but could you make your story shorter? 我真希望我有时间听你说完，你能不能把故事缩短些？,I am writing this letter on behalf of my mother, who wants to thank you for your nice gift.我代表我的妈妈写这封信，她要感谢你送的精美礼物。They are collecting on behalf of charity. 他们以慈善的名义集资。,9 on behalf of 代表，为了的利益,10. beyond question = cannot be doubted 不用怀
26、疑的，毋庸置疑的。,His honesty is beyond question. 他的忠诚是毋庸置疑的。,out of question 毫无疑问 out of the question不可能，不容讨论,1. The teacher asked her to speak out. 教师要她说得响一些。 2. The newspapers are afraid to speakout against the government. 报界不敢大胆地讲出反对政府的话。 3. Just speak out. 你尽管直说。,11 speak out 大声讲(毫无顾虑地说出),1. He packed
27、up his things and left. 他把东西装进箱子里就动身了。 2. My car has packed up. 我的汽车坏了。 3. Business is terrible I might as wellpack up. 生意很不好做-我还是关门算了。,12 pack up 打包(停止工作,出故障),S subject 主语 P predicate 谓语 O object 宾语 Att attribute 定语 Adv adverbial 状语 Com complement 补语 Pre predicative 表语 C clause 从句,Short forms 缩略语,1
28、. I love you as it is right and proper for a daughter to love her father, neither less nor more.,Difficult sentences analysis,我爱你，以女儿爱父亲的恰当形式爱你， 一分不多，一分不少。,Adv C,S,S,P,O,as引导的是方式状语从句，for到句号是 真主语, it是形式主语。方式状语从句 通常由as, (just) asso, as if, as though 引导。as, (just) asso引导的方式状 语从句通常位于主句后, 但在(just) asso结构
29、中位于句首, 这时as从句 带有比喻的含义，意思是“正如”, “就像”，多用于正式文体，,2. Try harder, Cordelia, or you may lose your share of the kingdom.,这是“祈使句+or / and +陈述句” 句型，陈述句表示结果。,Get up earlier, or you will miss the first train. 早点起床，否则你会错过第一班火车。,3. Well see if either wants to be a bridegroom when she has no riches to bring to the marriage. 我们倒要看看，她没有分毫嫁妆， 谁愿意当她的新郎。,when 表示“如果，既然”之意，相当于if,since,now that.,4. I have always honored you as my king and loved you as a father.,句中as是prep,我一直把你当作国王来敬重，当作 父亲来爱戴。,Homework,1. Act the play out with your mates. 2. Complete the exercises in Comprehending and Learning about Language.,