主備人：孫雨華 再備人：高二英語備課組成員 審核人：李家圣

Step one: to activate students’ knowledge by asking them if they know the words related to drama or performing and make a list of them.

Eg: What do we call the person who acts in a play?

(________ ________)

What do we call a person who is in charge of a play?

(________)

What is a script made up of?

(_______ _______)

What will an actor read in a script?

(_________ _________)

Introduce some terms about play.

Step two: Have the students focus on Part A and Part B to learn more the vocabulary used on stage.

Step three:Language Points .

1. To be a successful actor, you need to learn the vocabulary used on stage.

“ used” 在這是后置定語，修飾 “the vocabulary”

eg: The book written by Lu Xun is very popular.

2. The person in charge is the director.

“ in charge” 掌管，負責

（sb）in charge of

(sth) in the charge of

eg: My father was in charge of a factory in the past.

The factory was in the charge of my father in the past.

3. Plays are made up of several acts.

be made up of

consist of (無被動式)

eg: Our football team is made up of twelve players and a coach.

Our football team consists of twelve players and a coach.

4. cast

a. 投向: cast a net; cast an eye at sb . eg: He cast an eye at the woman.

b. 全體演員 eg: All the actors in the play are called the cast.

5. You will be expected to be dressed in your costume.

dress sb/ seat sb

eg: She is dressed in red today./a red coat today.

The mother dressed the baby quickly.

I found him seated/ sitting at the table.

The hall can seat 1000 people.

6. scene[c] jewel [c]

scenery[u] jewellery [u]

eg: The sunrise is a beautiful scene.

The small village is natural scenery for ever.

詞組：on the scene 在現(xiàn)場， 當場

Step four: Ask students to focus on the passage in Part C, which checks students’ability of understanding and using the words they have learnt.

Step five: Ask students to discuss the following questions to further check students’ comprehension of the passage.

What kinds of things should an actor do to become successful?

Listen to the director

Learn lines by heart

Find out when the character he or she is playing is on stage

Dress in his or her costume and wait in the wings on time

Know the props that are going to be used before going on stage

Calm down and be confident when on stage

Step six:Some idioms about smiling and laughing.

1. to laugh one’s head off: to laugh very hard

eg: I went to see the new comedy. It made me laugh my head off.

2. to laugh in my face 不理睬

eg: When I asked him for longer time to pay back the loan, he just laughted in my face.

3. to have the last laugh 笑到最后， 最終獲勝

eg: They fired her last year, but she had the last laugh because she was taken on by their main rivals at twice the salary.

4. all smiles滿面笑容

eg: He is all smiles every day.

鞏固練習

一． 翻譯專業(yè)術(shù)語：

actress scenery curtains wings direction director stage costume script one-act

二． 用上述專業(yè)術(shù)語填空：

1. Shakespeare said, “ Life is a play, everyone is an actor on the____.

2. The_______rose and the play began.

3. Not all the lines are in the______, so good actors are supposed to improvise once they are on the stage.

4. Zhang Ziyi is one of the most famous film_____in China now.

5. The white-haired man who is giving the actors instructions over there is our______.

6. The cast came to stage in_____and waved to the audience at the end of the play.

7. Are you ready for your play?

Yes, we’re waiting in the_______.

8 .We put on “ The Lost Necklace” at the English party last weekend. Everyone enjoyed it very much though it was a____play, quite short.

9. Are you sure you know the_____to the hotel?

It seems that we have lost the way.

10. The country is natural______, as we know.