选修九《Unit2Reading》

Pre-reading
Glance quickly through Part 1 of the play and answer the following questions. 1. List the characters who appear in this part of the play. King Lear, Goneril, Regan, Cordelia,
Hearing the truth,the king gets very angry.he gives all his land to the first two daughters and leaves nothing to the youngest one.
While-reading
Read tMhAeIN PpOlIaNTyS: aKinggaLeianr g,aavenawdaychios lmandptolheiste the daughters according to how much they ________him.
A. I love him more than my life. B. I love him as much as I love my eyes. C. I love him as much as I should, no more and no less. D. I don’t know how much I love him. I have never thought about
Flattery vs honesty;
Words vs action
While-reading
A plot diagram
Description
Rising action Climax
His first two daughters flatter him with nice words, but the youngest daughter insists on telling the truth.
选修九《Unit2Reading 》
2020/9/24
Reading
KING LEAR
Warming up Complete the following love test. 1.Do you love your father?
Yes.___________ 1. No. ___________
give
3 Goneril they love
and him
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4 Cordelia makes the king angry by being _h_o_n_e_s_t___ and not _f_la_t_te_r_in__g_ him. She gets _n_o_t_h_in_g__.
While-reading
Read the play and complete the plot diagram.
A plot diagram
Description
Setting Conflict
King Lear has 3 daughters. He is old and wants to divide his kingdom among his daughters. He is going to do this through a “love test”.
following main points.
1 King Lear wants to ______ and decides to ______ his land to three daughters.
loved
2 He wants to know _r_e_t_ir_e_______ they love him.
5. Kent, the servant, makes the king
2. How much do you love him? A. Very much B. So-so C. Very little D. Not at all
Warming up
3. Which of the following best describes your feeling towards your father?
5. If your father gave you 1,000 yuan on condition that you tell him that you love him very much, would you say so?
Yes._______ No. _________
Warming up
the Dukes of Albany and Cornwall,
the Duke of Kent
Pre-reading
2 Which of the characters do you think are shown in the picture on Page 11.
King Lear and his three daughters---Goneril, Regan, Cordelia
6. If you could choose a father, which would you choose?
A. A father who was very rich but didn’t love you.
B. A father who had no money but loved you very much.
the question. E. I don’t love him, but I don’t hate him either. F. I hate him. G._________ (your own sentence)
Warming up
4. If you were married, whom would you love more, your wife/husband or your father?