主备人：孙雨华 再备人：高二英语备课组成员 审核人：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” 在这是后置定语，修饰 “the vocabulary”
eg: The book written by Lu Xun is very popular.
2. The person in charge is the director.
“ in charge” 掌管，负责
（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 (无被动式)
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. 全体演员 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.
词组：on the scene 在现场， 当场
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， 最终获胜
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满面笑容
eg: He is all smiles every day.
巩固练习
一． 翻译专业术语：
actress scenery curtains wings direction director stage costume script one-act
二． 用上述专业术语填空：
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.