Module 10 Lao She

Teahouse

What can we do in the teahouse?

• Drink tea

• See some opera

OperaBeijing OperaBeijing Opera

Cantonese Opera/ GuaCantonese Opera/ Guang Dong Operang Dong Opera

Opera

OperaMusical OperaMusical Opera

OperaBallet OperaBallet Opera

Opera Soap OperaSoap Opera

Opera Stage playStage play

Beijing OperaBeijing Opera

Cantonese OperaCantonese Opera

Musical OperaMusical Opera

Ballet OperaBallet Opera

Soap OperaSoap Opera

Stage PlayStage Play

Unit 2Unit 2

It takes place in a teahouse

Lao She <Teahouse>

Do you know where the teahouse is?

大茶馆 (Large teahouse)

餐茶馆 (Meat teahouse)

野茶馆 (Wild teahouse)

书茶馆 (Book teahouse)

清音桌茶馆 (Cantata teahouse)

清茶馆 (Traditional teahouse)

Wang LifaWang Lifa

The film ‘Teahouse’

Vocabulary

audience

waitercustomerI’m a _________.

I’m a _________.

Lao ShePeople’s ArtistGreat Master

He was named a“People’s Artist” and a “Great Master of Language”.

Qing Dynasty

neighbour

neighbourhood

War

Anti-JapaneseWar

folk music

acrobatics

magic show

•audience•waiter•customer•Lao She•People’s Artist

•Great Master

•Qing Dynasty

•neighbor•neighborhood•war•Anti-Japanese war•folk music•acrobatics•magic show

Take place发生 (happen),举行 (hold)

It takes place in a teahouse.

It happens in a teahouse.

意外甚么时候发生 ?

What time did the accident take place?

What time did the accident happen?

It asks us to see the teahouse as the centre of the neighbourhood.

see + sb./sth as + sb./sth = consider

认为 ,看待

她不认为自己是一个勇敢的女孩 .

She didn't see herself as a brave girl.

我把妈妈看作是天使 .

I see my mother as an angel.

give a welcome to sb.

give sb. a welcome

我在派对上给我的朋友热情的欢迎 .

I gave a warm welcome to my friends at the party.

I gave my friends a warm

welcome at the party.

Read the passage and find the best heading for each paragraph.

1._______________________ 2._______________________ 3._______________________ 4._______________________

C The play Teahouse A The story of Teahouse

D Lao SheB Lao She Teahouse

A The story of TeahouseB Lao She TeahouseC The play TeahouseD Lao She

1. The play Teahouse

1. The play tells us about people’s life in

China between 1898 and 1945.

2. Lao She wrote the play before 1957.

3. The story is only about Wang Lifa.

4. The teahouse is an important place

for the neighbourhood.

in

and his customers

2. The story of Teahouse

1.The story starts (part 1)

2.The story goes on (part 2)

3.Finally it ends (part 3)

in 1945.

in 1916.

in 1898.

3. Lao She

1. Lao She was born ______.

a. in Beijing in 1889

b. in 1899

c. in Macau in 1899

d. in London in 1924

b

3. Lao She2. Lao She became a ___ and ____. a. writer; taught English to the Chinese. b. teacher; taught Chinese and English in London c. singer; sing Chinese songs in London d. not all above

d

3. Lao She 3. Lao She was _____. a. one of the best Chinese writers of the 20th century b. the best Chinese writer of the 20th century c. one of the smallest Chinese writers of the 20th century d. one of the greatest Chinese writer of the 20th century

a

4. Lao She Teahouse

•What can we see in Lao She Teahouse?

•What do people do in the teahouse?

• Does the teahouse welcome everyone?

audience continue customer neighbourhood take place war

Match the words and expressions with their meanings.

观众

顾客继续

邻近地区发生战争

Match the words and expressions with their meanings.

1. part of a town where people live

2. to start doing something again after stopping

3. fighting between countries

4. to happen

5. a person buying things

6. people watching a play or film

neighbourhood

continue

war

take placecustomer

audience

Read the passage again and complete the sentences:

1. The play shows _____________ life in China

between 1898 and 1945.

2. It asks us ____________ the teahouse as the

centre of the neighborhood.

3. It says ___________ to old Beijing and its people.

4. Then Wang loses _________________.

5. Lao She learned ______________ at the

Teacher’s School in Beijing.

6. Lao She taught ___________ to the English in

London.

the audience

to see

goodbye

the teahouseto teach

Chinese

take place

between…and…

from…to…

ask…to do

learn to do

be named

give a … welcome to somebody

lose/ lost/ lost

WritingWhen you write a passage about a film or a p

lay, you can following these questions:What’s the name of it?What’s the name of it?Where does it take place?Where does it take place?Who is in it?Who is in it?What’s the story?What’s the story?What was the best part?What was the best part?What’s the writer’s(yours) opinion?What’s the writer’s(yours) opinion?

The Sound of MusicAustria in 1938Maria and the von Trapp familyMaria goes to look after the seven children.The captain falls in love with Maria and marries her.SingingVery beautiful and interesting

Name Teahouse

Characters Wang Lifa and his customers

Time 1898 to 1945

Place in a teahouse

StoryWang Lifa’s teahouse and the stories of the customers

Wang lost the teahouse and died

Writer Lao She

What was the best part?What was the best part?What’s the yours opinion?What’s the yours opinion?

Stan Lee and Steve DitkoWriter

Peter is bitten by a super- spider and gains spider like power.

catch the thievesMary’s friend and

then became his wife

Story

New York City  Place

2002Time

Peter and MaryCharacters

SpidermanName

Can you write a Can you write a passage of this passage of this film? film? Use the table Use the table and activity 4 to and activity 4 to help you .help you .

~The End~Thank you for your attention!

(Unit 1) She wanted to see some Beijing Opera(Unit 1) She wanted to see some Beijing Opera

• What did Sally want to do in the teahouse?

Sally wanted to see some Beijing Opera.

• What did Sally’s parents agree to do?

Sally’s parents agreed to take them to the teahouse.

• How long did they decide to stay?

They decided to stay for two hours.

• What does Sally hope to do next time?

She hopes to understand more next time.