Chinese plays

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Unit 19
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Huangmei Opera
Beijing Opera
Kunqu Opera
Chinese plays
Henan Opera
Shanxi Opera
Shaoxing Opera
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William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616 )
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William Shakespeare
Shakespeare was born in 1564 in Stratford on the
river Avon and died there in 1616. His father was
prosperous businessman. He was brought up in a
comfortable house on Henley Street along with
several small brothers and sisters. He was a
great British playwright and poet in the worlds
history of literature.He wrote about 37plays and
a large number of poems in his life.
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Shakespeares Birth place
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His plays
Comedies (??)
Tragedies (??)
Historical plays (???)
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Comedies

• The King Henry IV ????
• A Midsummer Nights Dream ????
• The Merchant of Venice ?????
• Twelfth Night(What You Will) ????
• Alls Well That Ends Well ????

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Tragedies

• Romeo and Juliet ???????
• Hamlet ????
• Othello ???
• King Lear ???
• Macbeth ????

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Historical plays

• Henry IV
• King John
• Henry VIII

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In his plays, there are many famous lines, which
people like very much.
Now try to find where these lines are from?
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• To be or not to bethat
• is the question
• 2. uneasy lies the head that
• wears a crown.
• 3. neither a borrower nor
• a lender be.
• 4. Romeo, Romeo, why are
• you Romeo? Deny your
• father, and refuse your
• name.
• 5. Words, words, only words,
• no matter from the heart.

Hamlet
King Henry IV
Hamlet
Romeo and Juliet
Troilus and Cressida
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Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.
King Henry IV
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A person who has great responsibilities, such as
a king, is constantly worried and therefore
doesn't sleep soundly.
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To be or not to be that is the question.
Hamlet
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That is a question whether to live on in this
world or to die, that is, to take action or to do
nothing.
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Neither a borrower nor a lender be.
Hamlet
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It is best not to lend money to others and not to
borrow from others. When we lend something. We
risk losing both the thing we lend and the
friendship with that other person.
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Romeo, Romeo, why are you Romeo? Deny your
father, and refuse your name
Romeo Juliet
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Why must you be the son of my familys greatest
enemy? Refuse your family for my love.
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Words, words, only words, no matter from the
heart.
Troilus Cressida
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Empty words, not real thoughts or ideas from the
heart.
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Listening
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What is their relation to the other characters in
the play?
Bassanio
Shylock
Antonio
the moneylender
Antonios friend
the merchant of Venice
Duke
Portia
the judge
Bassanios wife
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Questions

• In which city does the play take place?
• 2. How much time passes 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 cant pay
  back the debt?

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Questions
1. In which city does the play take place?
Venice.
2. How much time passes between the beginning
of the play and the end?
Three months.
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3. How much money does Bassanio need to marry
Portia?
Three thousand ducats.
4. What must Antonio give Shylock if he
cant pay back the debt?
A pound of flesh.
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Homework

• Recite the new words.
• Preview the next lesson.
• Do exercise in
• The Road to Success.