Unit2Hedecidedtobeanactor.Whoishe?HeisWilliamShakespeare.Washeawriter?Yes,hewas.HewasafamousEnglishwriterofplaysandpoems.ShakespeareGlobeTheatre莎士比亚环球剧场《Hamlet》《RomeoandJuliet》GreatwriterShakespeareplaypoemmarrysuccessfulworkbuildonn.剧本;戏剧n.诗歌v.结婚adj.成功的n.作品;著作v.建造prep.在……河边firedierichlanguagearoundtheworldn.火;火灾v.死,去世adj.富有的n.语言世界各地aShakespearewenttoLondon.bShakespeare’scompanybuilttheGlobeTheatre.cShakespearemarried.dShakespearelikedplaysatschool.eShakespearediedattheageof52.fShakespearedecidedtobeanactor.4531622Putthesentencesinthecorrectorder.Hewasbornin1564.HewasborninStratford,England.Readthepassageandanswerthequestions.1.Whenwasheborn?2.Wherewasheborn?3.Whendidhefinishschool?Hefinishedschoolattheageoffourteen.4.Didhemarryin1582?Yes,hedid.5.Whatdidhedecidetodowhenhefinishedschool?Hedecidedtobeanactor.8.Whendidhedie?Hediedin1616.6.Whendidhejoinatheatrecompany?Inabout1592.7.WhenwastheGlobeTheatrebuilt?In1599.1564wasborn15781582159215991616beborn,build,die,finishschool,gotoLondon,marry,finishedschoolmarriedwenttoLondonbuilttheGlobeTheatrediedReadagainandcompletethetimelineforShakespeare.4Workinpairs.AskandanswerquestionsaboutShakespeare.UsetheinformationinActivity3tohelpyou.—WasShakespearebornin1564?—Yes,hewas.—Didheleaveschoolin1582?—No,hedidn’t.Hefinishedschoolin1578.5Completethepassagewiththecorrectformofthewordsfromthebox.diefirelanguagemarrypoemrichsuccessfulShakespeare(1)___________in1582andhadthreechildren.Hebecamefamousaroundtheworldforhisplaysandyoumarriedcanseetheminmanydifferent(2)________.Shakespearealsowrote(3)_______aswell.Hewasalsoa(4)_____and(5)___________actor.YoucanseehisGlobeTheatreinLondontoday,butit’snotthesamebuilding.Therewasa(6)____intheoldtheatreandtheybuiltitagain.He(7)_____attheageof52.languagespoemssuccessfulrichdiedfireWilliamShakespeare_______in1564inEngland.Whenhe___atschoolhe_____watchingplaysandhe_______tobeanactor.He_______schoolwhenhewas14yearsold.Whenhewas18he_______,andthey_____threechildren.Whenhewas28he______toLondonand_____atheatrecompany.He_______asuccessfulactorand______writingplays.He______attheGlobeTheatre.WilliamShakespeare_____for52years.Finally,whenhe_____hewasrichandsuccessful.wasbornwaslikeddecidedfinishedmarriedhadwentjoinedbecamebeganworkedliveddied20012004200720122013wasbornwatchedalotoftelevisionstartedschooltravelledtoschoolbybusfinishedprimaryschoolIwasbornin2001.Completethetimelineforyourself.Writesentencesaboutyourpastlife.Attheageofthree…_____________Atsix,_________________________Atnine,________________________Attwelve,______________________OurfamilymovedtoBeijing.Istartedschool.Ihelpedmymotherwithhousework.Ifinishedprimaryschool.Possibleanswers:首字母填词:1.Therewasnowaterformanydaysandtheflowersd_____.2.ManyofShakespeare’sw________arestillpopularnow.3.Manyanimalslikewolvesandtigersareafraidoff_____.4.Nanjingisacityo_____theChangjiangRiver.5.Hersisterm______ayoungmanfromCanada.6.ManypeoplelearnEnglishsotheycanbes________ininternationalbusiness.iedorksirenarrieduccessful1.awriterofplaysandpoems2.inone’slife3.decidetobe4.learntodo5.finishschool6.atfourteen7.marrysb8.joinatheatrecompany9.becomeasuccessfulactorKeyPhrases一个剧作家和诗人在一生中决定成为学做某事毕业在14岁和某人结婚加入剧团成为一个成功的演员9.beginwritingplaysbegintodosth10.one’sworks11.thesamebuilding12.inthe1990s13.inmanylanguages14.be/becomerich/successful/famous开始写剧本开始做某事某人的著作同一个建筑物在20世纪90年代用许多其他语言变得富有/成功/著名KeyPhrasesReadthepassage,ticktrue(T)orfalse(F).Stratford-upon-AvonisfamousbecauseitisthebirthplaceofShakespeare.Stratfordisamoderntown.YoucanseeShakespeare’splaysattheRoyalShakespeareCompanyTheatre.TFTLanguagepoints1.ShakespearewenttoLondonandjoinedatheatrecompanyinabout1592.join意思是“加入,参加,成为其中的一员”,如:Mybrotherjoinedthearmyin1995andjoinedthePartythreeyearslater.我哥哥1995年参军,三年后入了党。注意:joinin+活动joinsb.indoingsth.表示“和某人一起做某事”,如:Canyoujoinusinplayingbasketball?=Canyouplaybasketballwithus?你能和我们一起打篮球吗?2.work是名词,意为“作品;著作”。(1)work表示“工作”时,是不可数名词。(2)表示“作品”时,有时可数有时不可数。其区别是:若表示人们的手工艺品时,如工艺品、刺绣品等,是不可数名词。(3)若表示文学家、艺术家、音乐家等的“作品”、“著作”等,则是可数名词。3.Atschoolhelikedplays,sohedecidedtobeanactorwhenhefinishedschoolat14.decide后面要求用动词不定式,再如:IdecidedtobeadoctorwhenIwas20.我二十岁时决定做一名医生。Hedecidedtostudyhard.他下定决心好好学习。4.Hemarriedin1582andhadthreechildren.他于1582年结婚,有了三个孩子。marry即可作及物动词,也可作不及物动词,意为“结婚;嫁,娶”。1)marrysb意为嫁给某人,与……结婚。JohnmarriedMarylastweek.2)be/getmarriedtosb表示与某人结婚。Rosegetmarriedtoateacher.3)marrysbtosb表示父母把女儿嫁给某人,或儿子娶媳妇。Shemarriedherdaughtertoabusinessman.5.die是动词,意为“死,去世”。其名词形式是death,形容词形式是dead和dying,dead意为“死的”,dying意为“奄奄一息的,濒临死亡的”。详见下表:动词形容词名词现在式过去式现在分词deaddeathdiedieddyingdying6.Hebecameasuccessfulactorand...successful是形容词,意思是“成功的”,常用于以下结构:besuccessfulinsth./besuccessfulindoingsth.,表示“成功做某事”。如:Shewasasuccessfulwriter.她是一位成功的作家。Linglingwassuccessfulinthecompetition.玲玲在比赛中取得了成功。Allofthestudentsweresuccessfulinrecitingthetext.所有学生都成功地背诵了课文。[拓展]successful的名词形式是success;其动词形式是succeed,常用结构是succeedindoingsth.。如:Iwishyougreatsuccessintheexam.我祝你在考试中大获成功!Weallsucceededinpassingtheexam.我们都成功地通过了考试。1.在20岁时,他开始在北京工作。Attheageof20,hestartedworkinginBeijing.2.他