英语简易原著阅读课程介绍1

The winter’s Tale
1. Characters 2. Word-study
Characters of the play
Leontes 里昂提斯 Hermione赫米温妮 Mamillius迈密勒斯 Perdita潘狄塔 Paulina宝丽娜 Emilia爱米丽娅 Antigonus安提哥纳斯 Dion狄温 Cleomenes克里奥米尼斯Camillo卡密罗 Polixenes波力克尼斯 Florizel弗罗利泽
The Four Comedies
A Midsummer Night’s Dream 《仲夏夜之梦》 The Merchant of Venice As You Like It. 《皆大欢喜》 Much Ado About Nothing 《无事生非》
Charles Lamb(1775—1834)
Word study
feast heir kingdom noble
misery oracle shepherd statue
Assignments
Read The Winter’s Tale before next class Finish the exercises 1.3.4 on pp 82-83
in the English language.
Shakespeare’s Birth place: Stratford
The Globe Theatre
莎士比亚环球剧院
The Four Tragedies
Hamlet《哈姆雷特》 Othello《奥赛罗》 King Lear《李尔王》 Macbeth《麦克白》
Why to Read?
a) to motivate our interest to study language b) to expand vocabulary and improve skills of
reading c) to provide us with materials for writing/
英语简易原著阅读
Reading Original Works in Simplified English
徐兴岭
Assessment Methods
Final marks will be given through:
10%: Attendance 10%: Performance 10%: Assignments 70%: Written Paper
Shakespeare Charles and Mary Lamb Differences between the two versions
Shakespeare(1564-1616)
Born in Stratford Seven brothers and sisters Grammar School from
Oliver Twist《雾都孤儿》 Great Expectations《远大前程》 Pride and Prejudice《傲慢与偏见》 Jane Eyre《简爱》 Wuthering Heights《呼啸山庄》
More Tales from Shakespeare
What is play?
speaking d) to enrich our western culture e) to lay a foundation for future literature-study
What to Read this term
I. More Tales from Shakespeare (6) 《莎士比亚故事集》
Mary Lamb(1764-1847)
Born, England Suffered mental disease Tales from Shakespeare
for children Mrs Leicester's School Died at age 82
Charles and Mary Lamb
a piece of writing performed in a theatre, consisting of speeches and conversations between several characters.
comedy, tragedy and tragicomedy
About the authors
Differences between them
1.Lambs rewrote Shakespeare’s play in narrative form.
2. Lambs’ version is simple in terms of language, themes and characters.
age 7 to 13 Married at 18, three
children
Shakespeare(1564-1616)
Joined a company of actors at 28 as a playwright and actor
Built Globe Theatre in 1598 Died at age 52 Regarded as the greatest writer
II. Tales of Mystery and Imagination(9) 《神秘与妄想故事集》
III. Sherlock Holmes Short Stories (6) 《福尔摩斯短篇故事》
IV. Stories of Detection and Mystery (8) 《侦探推理故事集》
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Born in London Went to a well-known
Christ Hospital School Worked at East India
Company for 30 years Rewrote the stories of
Shakespeare’s famous plays with his sister