Unit 2 It takes place in a teahouse

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Module 10 Lao She Teahouse
Unit 2 It takes place in a teahouse
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Teaching aims

• 1.The key vocabulary and structures.
• 2. To match headings with paragraphs and match
  words with meanings.
• 3. To get information from the reading material
  about Lao She and Lao She Teahouse

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What are the people in the pictures doing?
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acrobatic
audience
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Qing Dynasty
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waiter
customer
waitress
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performance
audience
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special take place audience customer dynasty lose
- lost - lost master twentieth waiter folk acroba
tics
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Activity 1. Word guessing!
audience continue customer neighbourhood
take place war

• part of a town where people live
• 2. to start doing something again after
  stopping
• 3. fighting between countries
• 4. to happen
• 5. a person buying things
• 6. people watching a play of film

neighbourhood
continue
war
take place
customer
audience
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Lao She (18991966)
About the AuthorLao She (1899-1966) was one of
the most renowned contemporary Chinese writers,
famous for his novels and plays. His works have
been translated into over 20 foreign languages.
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Class activity 2
What works (??) of Lao She do you know?
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Listen and watch.
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Learning to learn!

• Remember to look at the title of a passage, the
  paragraph headings and the photos. Theyll help
  you understand the main ideas.

Are you ready to read?
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1. ___________
The play Teahouse

• Lao She wrote Teahouse in 1957. The play shows
  the audience life in China between 1898 and 1945.
  It takes place in a teahouse in old Beijing and
  it tells us the story of Wang Lifa and his
  customers. It asks us to see the teahouse as the
  centre of the neighbourhood. Finally, it says
  goodbye to old Beijing and its people.

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2. _________
The story of Teahouse

• The story starts in 1898 during the Qing Dynasty.
  It continues in 1916, and finally, it brings the
  audience to the end of the Anti-Japanese War in
  1945. After the war, Wang loses the teahouse and
  he dies.

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3. _________
Lao She

• Lao She was born in Beijing in 1899. His parents
  sent him to the Teacher's School in Beijing and
  he learned to teach. From 1924 to 1929 he taught
  Chinese to the English in London. He wrote many
  plays, novels and short stories. He was named a
  "People's Artist" and a "Great Master of
  Language". He was one of the greatest Chinese
  writers of the 20th century.

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4. ________
Lao She's Teahouse

• In Lao She's Teahouse today, waiters bring tea to
  the customers and sell them delicious Chinese
  food. If you like Beijing Opera, folk music,
  acrobatics or magic shows, you can enjoy them in
  the teahouse. Lao She's Teahouse gives a
  wonderful welcome to everyone from China and from
  all over the world.

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Activity 3Listen and answer the questions.
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The questions

• 1. When does the story start?
• 2. Who is the important person in Teahouse?
• 3. Where did Lao She study ?
• 4. What do people do in Lao Shes Teahouse today?
• 5. What was he named by people?

In 1898.
Wang Lifa and his customers.
He studied in the Teachers School in Beijing .
Waiters bring tea to the customers and sell them
delicious Chinese food.
He was named a Peoples Artist and a Great
Master of Language.
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Complete the sentences.
the audience
1. The play shows _____________ life in China
between 1898 and 1945. 2. It asks us
____________ the teahouse as the centre of
the neighbourhood. 3. It says __________ to old
Beijing and its people. 4. Then Wang loses
___________. 5. Lao She learned __________ at
the Teacher's School in Beijing. 6. Lao She
taught __________ to the English in London.
to see
goodbye
the teahouse
to teach
Chinese
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The Sound of Music
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Enjoy some pictures and talk something about the
pictures .
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My favourite film is The Sound of Music. It takes
place in Austria in 1938. Its the story of Maria
and the von Trapp family. Maria goes to look
after the seven children. Their father, Captain
von Trapp, tells Maria to make them study hard.
However, she takes them out to play. In the end,
the captain falls in love with Maria and marries
her. Julie Andrews plays Maria. Shes very pretty
and she sings beautifully. The best part of the
film is the singing. Its very beautiful and
interesting.
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Answer the questions .
1. What's the name of it? 2. Where does it take
place? 3. Who is in it?
The Sound of Music. In Austria. Maria and the
von Trapp family.
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4. What's the story? 5. What was the best
part? 6. What's the writer's opinion?
Maria looks after the seven von Trapp children,
and Captain von Trapp falls in love with her and
marries her. The singing. It's a very
beautiful and interesting film.
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_____________________ . 2. ???????????? They
hope___________ the nature . 3.
??????,????????????? They trained hard ,
because they ___________________ the game
. 4. ?????????????????? They decided
____________________ at Lao Shes Teahouse on
Sunday .
to improve our English
to return to
didnt want to lose
to watch a magic show
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5. ?????????????? This sad story________________
ten years ago . 6. ????????????????????
Well ___________________________ everyone
from China and ______________________________
__ . 7. ????????????? He _______________________
_______ before he went abroad .
took place
give a wonderful welcome to
from all over the world
sold his house to Jack
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summary
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Writing
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Write a passage about the film or play . Use
Activities 4 and 5 to help you .
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Homework (choose to do it)

• 1.Exercises 4 page 149
• 2. Write a passage to introduce a film or play
  you saw. You can use the questions of activities
  4.
• 3.Writing and acting out a scene from the
  Teahouse in groups.

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Thank you!
For listening