英语：Unit 2《King Lear》Listening课件(新人教版选修10) 公开课一等奖课件

G: Well, he was always quicktempered but now he is becoming far worse. I think we had better find some way of making sure he can’t cause us any problems. R: Yes, Let’s think about it. N: Regan and Goneril leave.
Listening Ex. on P.59
Discuss the pictures.
1 Who do you think the man with the sword is? Kent disguised as Caius. 2 Why do you think he has been placed in the stocks? For hitting the other man (Regan's servant) with a sword.
them and that you will be kind to my father. R: Don’t tell us what to do. G: Yes, mind your own business and look after your husband. N: Cordelia and the King of France leave.
G: Sister, our father is much changed. He always loved Cordelia best yet see how quickly he threw her out. R: Yes, I think he is becoming unwise in his old age.
Listen and try to catch these ideas: King Lear tells them that Cordelia is no longer going to have part of his kingdom and She will be a poor woman when she marries. the Duke of Burgundy (DB)’s response: he cannot marry her after all.
the child of your old age, the
best, the dearest of your daughters. She must have done something most terrible to turn you against her. C: Your Majesty. I have committed no murder or any other dishonorable act. It is simply that I could not find
3 How do Goneril and Regan act towards their sister after the king has left? What does this tell you about the character of the two elder sisters? 4 What do you think will happen next?
3 The king of 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.
3 What do you think King Lear is saying to his daughter and her husband?
Listen to the tape with these questions and try to answer them:
1 Why was the Duke of Kent put into the stocks? He had an argument with Regan's servant, and hit him with the flat side of his sword.
3 The two sisters are rude to their younger sister. They refuse to take Cordelia's advice and ask her to mind her own business. All these give a hint of their rudeness and cruelty.
France where she will be my queen. L: Take her, for she is no daughter of e Burgundy. I do not want to look any longer at her face.
N: The King and Burgundy leave together with the Dukes o Albany and Cornwall. C: Sisters, goodbye. I pray that your grand speeches have some hen Lear asks to see his daughter? Regan at first pretends she is too tired to see Lear.
3 What does Regan tell the king to do? When Goneril arrives what do the sisters tell King Lear to do? What happens to King Lear next?
Duke of Burgundy enter. Both these gentlemen want to marry Cordelia. L: Ah, come here Burgundy. I have something to tell you. I no longer care for my daughter and she is to leave my castle a poor woman. She
1. What does King Lear tell the two men? 2. How does the Duke of Burgundy respond when he hears the news?
3. What does the King of France want to know when he first hears the news? What does Cordelia tell him? 4. What does the King of France decide to do?
4. According to what they said, probably they will do something bad to their father --- King Lear.
Listening text
N =Narrator B=Burgundy C=Cordelia L=Lear F=King of France R=Regan G=Gaoneril N: After the king’s harsh words to him, Kent sadly leaves the room. Just as he goes, the King of France and the
will have none of my riches when she marries you. B: That was not our agreement, sir. L: Well, it is now. B: I am sorry but I cannot marry her under these circumstances.
4. The king of France decides to marry Cordelia even without her part of the kingdom.
Questions left for you to discuss: 1 What do you think of the Duke of Burgundy's decision? 2 What is your opinion of the King of France?
Regan tells Lear he should return to Goneril and apologize.
Goneril and Regan tell Lear that he is selfish and that he should dismiss all his soldiers except for a few old men. Lear becomes angry and says he will not live with either of his daughters. Then he rushes away from the castle into an approaching storm.
the King of France (KF)’s response: he decides to marry Cordelia even without her part of the kingdom. Who will Cordelia marry? The King of France.
Listen again carefully and then answer the questions:
Unit 2 KING LEAR
Listening
In this part 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? Can you make some predictions?
the words to tell my father how much I love him. L: It would have been better if you had never been born than you had displeased me so much. F: Is this her only fault? Why, then I shall marry her and take her to
Answers
1 Lear tells them that Cordelia is no longer going to have part of his kingdom. She will be a poor woman when she marries. 2.Burgundy says he cannot marry her after all.
L: Fine, then don’t. And you, France. Are you willing to marry this daughter whom I hate? F: I don’t understand. Yesterday Cordelia was your favorite. She was