Warming up、Pre-reading、Reading、Comprehending课堂实录【2】

1. WARMING UP

Predict what will happen when Lear begins living with his daughter, Goneril? 2.READING 1). Read the 3rd part and check your prediction. 2). Read the play again and complete the Information Card. 3). Try to find the proper adverbials to describe Goneril’s treating Lear.Disrespectfully, rudely, coldly 3. EXPLANATION 1. I’ll give you a trial. And if you prove to be good at your job, I’ll keep you on as my servant. give sb a trial 试用某人

I did well in the job interview and they decided to give me a trial.

由于我在求职面试中发挥出色，他们决定试用我。

He is capable man. It would be a mistake not to give him a trial.

他是精明能干的人。不给他试用机会是不对的。

keep sb on = continue to employ someone

继续留用

How many people will be kept on by the company? 有多少人会被公司留用？

You’re not fit for the job. We can’t keep you on.你不适合这个工作，我们不能继续留用你。

She’s a smart girl. It’s a pity that they don’t keep her on.她是个挺聪明有女孩子。他们不继续留用她，真可惜。

2. Sir, I am sorry, to tell you this, but it seems to me that you are not being treated with the respect due to a king.

先生，我很遗憾地告诉你，我觉得你没有受到像一个国王应该受到的尊敬和礼遇。due 在句中之意是：应得的，应给的

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还可表示：应支付的，适当的，预定的，到期的

A great deal of money is due to you. 应当付你一大笔钱。

After due consideration, they decided to retreat.他们经过适当考虑后决定撤退。

When is your baby due?

你的孩子预计什么时候出生。

These library books are due next month.这些图书馆的图书下个月到期应还。

3. I suspect the same, but I keep telling myself it was my imagination. 我曾这样怀疑过，但我不断告诉自己说，这只是我的想象罢了。

suspect 怀疑，猜想，后接名词或从句

He seems poor, but I suspect that he has quite a lot of money.

他看上去很穷，可是我怀疑他很有钱。

Don’t suspect my loyalty.

不要怀疑我的忠诚。

4. Is it any wonder that I frown when your soldiers are continually drinking and fighting?我皱眉有什么好奇怪的？你的卫兵老是酗酒斗殴。

Is it any wonder (that)…?

= It is no/little wonder (that) … “不奇怪，不足为奇”。

With such talented players,is it any wonder they won？他们捅有如此优秀的运动员，获胜就不足为奇了。

Is it any wonder that he speaks good English after living in the US for many years.他在美国生活了很多年，英语说得很好，这难道有什么好奇怪的吗？

continually 和continuously 的区别

两者均可表示“连续的，不间断地”，但前者表示“一段时间内多次发生”、“时断时续”或“中断时间很短而以接连发生”；而后者指“连续不断地，不停歇地”The telephone has be ringing continually in the office all morning.

整个早上办公室的电话铃声不断。

The telephone rang continuously for five minutes.电话铃声连续响了五分钟。5. I suggest you teach them how to behave properly.

我建议你还是教教他们怎样守规矩。

behave (vi)

举动，举止，行为表现。可以用副词修饰。

[来源学科网]The boy behaved very well last night.这个男孩昨天晚上的表现挺好。

The child behaved badly at the party.那孩子在聚会上的表现很差。

behave 还可作及物动词，但它只能接反身代词，behave oneself. Please behave yourself.举止要得体

The children behaved themselves at the party. I’m proud of them.

孩子们在聚会上举止得体，我为他们而感到骄傲。

I suggest 后接的宾语从句，谓语动词用should + 动词原形，should可省略.

在动词suggest，order，demand，propose，request，command，insist等后的宾语从句中，用虚拟语气（即Should+动词原形或只用动词原形）来表示愿望、建议、命令、请求等。I suggest that we (should) hold a meeting tonight．我建议我们今晚开个会。

They insisted that he (should) begin the work at once．

他们坚持让他立刻开始工作。

He ordered that all (should) take part in the work．

他下令所有的人都要参加这项工作。6. I won’t stay here to be insulted.

我不会呆在这里受辱。

不定式在句末多作结果状语，表示预料之外的结果，且常与only连用。

He lifted a rock only to drop it on his own feet.他搬起了石头，结果砸了自己的脚。

The news reporters hurried to the airport, only to be told that the film stars had left.当记者赶到机场时，却被告知电影明星已经走了。

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Complete the exercises on page 19. LEAD-IN In Part 2 of the play, King Lear asks the Duke of Burgundy and the King of France whether they still want to marry Cordelia. What do you think the two men will say? LISTENGIN

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Listen to the tape to check your predictions with your partners.Listen the tape again and answer the following questions. 1)What does Lear tell the two men? 2)What did Lear originally promise if one or the other married Cordelia? 3)Do you think Cordelia’s inheritance is important to the Duke of Burgundy? Do you think it is also important to the King of France?4)What does the King of France think might be the reason for Lear turning against his daughter? 5)what does Cordelia say to

explain her father’s decision? 6)What does Cordelia ask of her sisters just before she leaves for France?7)How do the sisters react to her request? 8)At the end of Part 2, what are the sisters worried about and why? 9)What do you think they will do next?3

Answer the questions in Ex. 2 and check

the answers with your partners. Q1: Lear tells them that Cordelia is no longer going to have part of his kingdom. She will be a poor woman when she marries. Q2: Burgundy says he cannot marry her after all.Q3: France asks Lear what

Cordelia has done to turn him against her. Cordelia explains she has done nothing bad, just hasn’t found the words to tell her father how much she loves him.

Q4: France decides to marry Cordelia even without her part of the kingdom. Read the questions in Ex.3 and discuss them in groups, then report your discussion.