Unit2LessonsinLifeDevelopingideasReading课件高二下学期英语选择性必修四册

Unit2Period4Reading新课导入WatchthevideoabouttheintroductiontoMauriceMaeterlinckandanswerthequestions.1.WhatarethemainliteraryworksofMauriceMaeterlinck?2.WhenwastheplayTheBlueBirdpublished?3.WhatisMauriceMaeterlinckhonoredas?1.WhatarethemainliteraryworksofMauriceMaeterlinck?ChristèleBARBIER,PelléasandMélisande,TheBlueBirdandsoon.2.WhenwastheplayTheBlueBirdpublished?In1908.3.WhatisMauriceMaeterlinckhonoredas?Heishonoredas“theShakespeareofBelgium”.课堂学习1ReadtheintroductiontoTheBlueBirdandanswerthequestions.TheBlueBirdisa1908playbyBelgianplaywrightMauriceMaeterlinck

(1862-1949),winneroftheNobelPrizeinLiteraturein1911.Maeterlinckwrotemanyplays,butTheBlueBirdwasthemostpopularandhasbeen

widelytranslatedandadaptedallovertheworld.Performedin1921in

ShanghaibyChinesestudents,itwasthefirstforeignplaystagedinChina.TheBlueBirdtellsthetaleofbrotherandsister,TyltylandMytyl,astheyaresentbyafairytosearchfortheBlueBirdofHappiness.Thechildren’sadventuretakesthemthroughmanymagicalplacesbeforetheyatlastfindtheBlueBirdinamostunexpectedplace.1DoyouknowthesymbolicmeaningoftheBlue

BirdinChineseandWesterncultures?Shareyourunderstandingofthemeaningwiththeclass.2

WheredoyouthinkthechildrenfindtheBlueBird?InWesternculturetheBlueBirdsymboliseshappinessanditbringsgoodluckandhealthtopeople,whileinChineseculturetheBlueBirdsymbolisesthemessenger.ThechildrenfindtheBlueBirdinamostunexpectedplace:perhapsattheirhomeorneighbourhood.Nowreadtheplayandcheckyouranswers.ACTIVTyltylandMytylhavebeensearchingfortheBlueBirdintheLandofMemory,thePalaceofNightandtheForest.Now,theyhavearrivedatthePalaceofHappiness.SCENEII.——ThePalaceofHappiness.(AtroopofHAPPINESSESrushintothehall,singing,“Theretheyare!Theyseeus!”TheydancemerrilyaroundtheCHILDREN,thentheonewhoappearstobethechiefgoesuptoTYLTYLwithhandoutstretched.)THEHAPPINESS

Howdoyoudo,Tyltyl?TYLTYL

Whoareyou?THEHAPPINESS

Don’tyourecogniseme?YLTYL

(alittleembarrassed)Why,

no...Idon'trememberseeinganyofyou.(AlltheotherHAPPINESSESburstoutlaughing.)Why,wearetheonlythingsyoudoknow!Wearealwaysaroundyou!Weeat,

drink,wakeup,breatheandlivewithyou!TYLTYL

Oh...ButIshouldliketoknowwhatyournamesare...THEHAPPINESS

IamthechiefoftheHappinessesofyourhome:andallthesearetheotherHappinessesthatlivethere.TYLTYL

ThenthereareHappinessesinmyhome?(AlltheHAPPINESSESburstoutlaughing.)THEHAPPINESSYouheardhim!ArethereHappinessesinhishome!Why,itiscrammedwithHappinesses!LetmeintroducemyselffirsttheHappinessofBeingWell.Iamnottheprettiest,butIamthemostimportant.ThisistheHappinessofPureAir,whoisalmosttransparent.HereistheHappinessofLovingOne’sParents.HerearetheHappinessoftheBlueSky,who,ofcourseisdressedinblue,andtheHappinessoftheForest:youwillseehimeverytimeyougotothewindow.TTWTL

Excuseme,butdoyouknowwheretheBlueBirdis?THEHAPPINESS

Hedoesn'tknowwheretheBlueBirdis!(AlltheHAPPINESSESOFTHEHOMEburstoutlaughing.)TTLITIL

(vexed)

No,Idonotknow.Theresnothingtolaughat(Freshburstsoflaughter.)THEHAPPNESS

Hedoesn’tknow:

well,whatdoyouexpect?

Heisnomoreabsurdthanthemajorityofmen....THENEIGHBOUR

Really?Straightawayandfornothing?

Howhappyshewillbe!(KissingTYLTYL)...(Later,theNEIGHBOURenterswithalittlegirlwhocarriesTYLTYL’Sdoveinherarms.)THENEIGHBOURDoyouseethemiracle?Shecanrun.shecandance,shecanfly!(PushingtheLITTLEGIRLintoTYITYL’Sarms.)ComealongandthankTyltyl.(AfterTYLTYLkissestheLITTLEGIRLratherawkwardly,thetwochildrenlookateachotherwithoutspeaking,thenTYLTYLstrokesthedove’shead.)THENEIGHBOUR

Really?Straightawayandfornothing?

Howhappyshewillbe!(KissingTYLTYL)...(Later,theNEIGHBOURenterswithalittlegir/whocarriesTYLTYL’Sdoveinherarms.)THENEIGHBOURDoyouseethemiracle?Shecanrun.shecandance,shecanfly!(PushingtheLITTLEGIRLintoTYITYLSarms.)ComealongandthankTyltyl.(AfterTYLTYLkissestheLITTLEGIRLratherawkwardly,thetwochildrenlookateachotherwithoutspeaking,thenTYLTYLstrokesthedoveshead.)TYLTYLIsheblueenough?THELITTLLGIRLYes,Iamsopleasedwithhim.TYLTYLLIhaveseenbluerones.Butthosewhicharequiteblue,youknow,dowhatyouwill,youcan’tcatchthem.THELITTLLGIRLThatdoesn’tmatter;he’slovely.TYLTYLHashehadanythingtoeat?Iwillshowyou...(HemovestotakethebirdfromtheLITTLEGIRL’Shands.Sheresistsinstinctively,and,intheirhesitation,theDOVEescapesandfliesaway.)THELITTLLGIRL(withacryofdespair)Heisgone!TYLTYLNevermind.Don’tcry.Iwillcatchhimagain.(Steppingtothefrontofthestageandaddressingtheaudience.)Ifanyofyoushouldfindhim,wouldyoubesoverykindastogivehimbacktous?Weneedhimforourhappiness,lateron.CURTAIN(AdaptationfromTheBlueBirdbyMauriceMaeterlinck)2Completethenoteswithinformationfromtheplay.ActIVSceneIICharactersSettingsTyltyl,(Mytyl,)atroopofHappinesses,theHappinessTyltylandMytylhavebeensearchingfortheBlueBirdintheLandofMemory,thePalaceofNightandtheForest.NowtheyhavearrivedatthePalaceofHappiness.AtroopofHappinessesrushintothehallandspeaktothem.PlotActVISceneIICharactersSettingsTyltyl,(Mytyl,)MummyTyl,theneighbourBerlingot,thelittlegirlPlotNowworkingroupsandtalkabouthowmuchyouliketheplay.Giveyourreasons.LearningtolearnTheBlueBirdisatypicalfull-lengthplay,whichmeansithasseveralactsandeachactiscomposedofseveralscenes.Thewholeplaydepictsactionsthattakeplaceoveralongperiodoftime.Variouscharactersappearindifferentactsandscenes,andthesettingsandcostumeschangeaccordingly.Therunningtimeofafull-lengthplaycanlastforseveralhours,evendays.Think

Share1WhycannotTyltylrecogniseanyoftheHappinesses?2ArethereanyHappinessesinyourhome?Whatarethey?Whereelsecanyoufindthem?3WhatdoestheauthorwanttoexpressbymakingtheBlueBirdflyawayattheendoftheplay?4Whatdifferentlifelessonscanyoulearnfromthetworeadingpassagesinthisunit?1WhycannotTyltylrecogniseanyoftheHappinesses?Becausehedoesn’trealisethefactthattheHappinessesareallaroundhiminhishome.2ArethereanyHappinessesinyourhome?Whatarethey?Whereelsecanyoufindthem?Yes,thereare.TheyareHappinessofbeingwell,Happinessofbeinginanicefamily,Happinessofbeinglovedbymyparents...,IcanfindHappinessofbeingwellatschool.3WhatdoestheauthorwanttoexpressbymakingtheBlueBirdflyawayattheendoftheplay?BymakingtheBlueBirdflyawayattheendoftheplay,theauthorwantstotellusgreathappinessisnotbasedonmaterialthings,butamoremeaningful,spiritualjoyandthatgivingandsharingsometimesmeanthetruehappiness.4Whatdifferentlifelessonscanyoulearnfromthetworeadingpassagesinthisunit?FromthefirstreadingpassageTuesdayswithMorrie,Ihavelearntthatweshouldappreciatewhatwehaveandmakethemostofeachday;it’suptoustofindoutwhatisimportantinourlivesandestablishourowndreams;loveeachotherasmuchaswecould.FromthesecondreadingpassagetheBlueBirdI’vegotthatgreathappinessisnotbasedonmaterialthings,butamoremeaningful,spiritualjoy.3Workingroupsandactouttheplay.1Readtheplayagainanddiscusshowyoumightpresentitonstage.Considerthefollowing:•Plot–Isthereanythingyouwillcutfrom,oraddtotheplay?•Setting–Whatcostumesandpropswillyouneed?•Roles–Willyouneedanarratortogivethebackgroundtotheplayandintroducethenewscenes?•Language–Willyourevisethelanguagetomakeiteasiertoremember?2Adapttheplaybasedonyourdiscussion.Youmayrefertotheoriginalplayformoreideasifnecessary.3Deciderolesforeachgroupmemberandpractiseperformingtheplay.4Actouttheplayinclass.Nowtalkabouthowwellyourgroupperformed.Voteforthebestperformerintheplay.Languagepoints2.Why,no...Idon’trememberseeinganyofyou.文中多次出现why这个词，在这里why并不意为常见的“为什么”，而是表示惊讶或突然意识到到某事，意思是“哎呀，嘿”。e.g.Why,lookwho’shere！

哎呀，看看这是谁！文中其他句子：Why,wearetheonlythingsyoudoknow!Why,that’stheBlueBirdwewerelookingfor!3.(AlltheotherHAPPINESSESburstoutlaughing.)burstoutlaughing突然大笑起来；不禁大笑【词汇拓展】burstvi.(burst­burst­burst)爆裂；爆发n.突然破裂；爆发burstoutlaughing＝burstintolaughter突然大笑起来burstoutcrying＝burstintotears突然大哭起来aburstoflaughter/applause突然的一阵笑声/掌声e.g.Onhearingtheshockingnewsthathersoncouldn'trecoveraftertheoperation,themotherburstoutcrying.一听到儿子手术后仍无法恢复的噩耗，这位母亲就突然大哭起来。4.TYLTYL:ThenthereareHappinessesinmyhome?THEHAPPINESS:Youheardhim!ArethereHappinessesinhishome!Why,itiscrammedwithHappinesses!(1)

以上对白中Youheardhim!使用过去时是非常贴切、应景的。作者连用三个感叹句来表达一种强烈的情感，寓意深刻。另外以上对白中出现了陈述句式的疑问句和疑问句式的感叹句，这些在文学作品，尤其是戏剧中比较常见。本课的戏剧剧本中，还出现了很多其他的感叹句。e.g.Hedoesn’tknowwheretheBlueBirdis!ArethereHappinessesinhishome!(2)becrammedwith塞满，填满【词汇拓展】cramv．挤满；把……塞进cramsth.into...把某物塞进……

craminto挤进……e.g.Terrycrammedthedirtyclothesintohisbag.

特里把脏衣服塞进了包里。5.ThisiatheHappinessofPureAir,whoisalmosttransparent.pureadj.纯净的，纯的；洁净的；完全的，纯粹的【词汇拓展】purewater/white/gold/love纯净水/纯白/纯金/纯真的爱情purelyadv.纯粹地；仅仅，只不过

purifyvt.使纯净e.g.Itwaspurelyaquestion,noblameorangerinmytone.

这纯粹是一个问题，我的语气里没有责备或愤怒。6.Heisnomoreabsurdthanthemajorityofmen...nomore...than...不比……更……，和……一样不……【词汇拓展】notmore...than不如……nomorethan仅仅notmorethan至多，不超过e.g.Heisnomoreknowledgeablethansheis.他和她一样知识都不是很渊博。7.(EnterNEIGHBOURBERLINGOT,alittleoldwomanleaningonastick.)leanv．倚，靠；使斜靠【词汇拓展】leanagainst/on靠在……上lean...against/on...使……斜靠……leanforward/back向前/向后靠leanforwardsb.向某人探身子e.g.Hewasleaningonthebridge,watchingtheboatsgoby.他靠在桥上，看着船来船往。8.(withacryofdespair)Heisgone!despairn．绝望【词汇拓展】toone'sdespair＝tothedespairofsb.令某人绝望的是indespair绝望地e.g.Tohisdespair,hispartnertookawayallth