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Title: Unit 19 The Merchant of Venice


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Unit 19 The Merchant of Venice
  • By Cheryl

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  • Shakespeare
  • Brief Introduction
  • He lived from 1564-1616
  • He is considered to be the greatest play writer
    and poet of the Renaissance(14th-16th) in Europe
  • He wrote tragedies, comedies, historical plays

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  • Four Tragedies
  • Hamlet
  • Othello
  • King Lear
  • Macbeth
  • Four Comedies
  • The Taming of Shrew
  • A Midsummer Night's Dream
  • As You Like It
  • Twelfth Night

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Warming up
  • 1.Read the new words.
  • 2. Read and understand the following quotations
    from different Shakespeare plays.

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  • To be or not to be that is the question.

--from Hamlet
  • Meaning
  • That is a question whether to live on in the
    world or to die, that is, to take action or to do
    nothing.

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  • Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.

-- from King Henry IV
Meaning The life of leaders is not easy.
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  • Neither a borrower nor a lender be.

--from Hamlet
  • Meaning
  • Be careful to lend money to or borrow money from
    others.

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  • Romeo, Romeo, why are you Romeo? Deny your
    father, and refuse your name
  • --from Romeo and Juliet
  • Meaning
  • If only you had a different name, we would not
    have this problem.

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  • Words, words, only words, no matter from the
    heart.

--from Troilus and Cressida
  • Meaning
  • Its all empty words, not real thoughts or ideas
    from the heart.

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Listening
  • Part IListen to tape and answer the following
    questions.
  • 1. In which city does the play take place?
  • 2. How much time passed between the beginning of
    the play and the end?
  • 3. How much money does Bassanio need to marry
    Portia?
  • 4. What must Antonio give Shylock if he cannot
    pay back the debt?

Venice.
Three month.
3,000 ducats.
A pound of flesh from his body.
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Part 2
  • Listen to the tape again and fill in the chart
    below.

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Shylock A _____ moneylender who lend ________
3,000 ducats.
Bassanio _________s best friend. He got married
to ______ with Antonios help.
Antonio
cruel
Portia
Antonio
Antonio A ____businessman who is ______to help
others. He ________ money from ______.
ready
rich
Shylock
borrowed
Portia A ____ and ________ lady, Who loves
________and marries him. She also acts the role
of the _______.
Duke He is the _____ of the court. He accepted
_______ to take the place of the famous
lawyer.
rich
beautiful
judge
Bassanio
Portia
lawyer

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Speaking
  • Topics
  • Mercy versus Revenge
  • Love versus Money
  • Truth versus Lie

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Useful Expressions
  • You could, for example
  • The way I would go about it..
  • As far as I know
  • After all,
  • But in this particular case
  • Correct me if Im wrong,but
  • You shouldn't forger that
  • What shouldn't be forgotten is
  • One of the most important facts is

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Homework
  • Review the new words
  • Read the dialogue from The Merchant of Venice on
    P138
  • Write a passage about the topic we discussed in
    speaking part
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