Unit 4 Stage and screen
Section Ⅰ Starting out & Understanding ideas
基础训练
单词拼写 根据首字母或汉语提示，用本部分所学单词的正确形式填空。
1.Lily tried her best to look at the problem from every a____.
2.Early astronauts thought that our planet was the center of the u____.
3.The audience c____ their hands when we went up to get our prize.
4.Susan loves music so much and she wants to act in famous o____ in the future.
5.Alice is always shy， so it seems i____ that she took part in the speech competition of our school this term.
6.As a ____ （女性的） artist， Lisa gave a wonderful performance on the stage.
7.The excellent painter used different ____ （手法） in the same painting.
8.Those editors wanted Mary to cut out the ____ （诗歌） from her novel.
9.Leo remained cheerful and ____ （精力充沛的） throughout the trip.
10.She observed the gentle ____ （动作） of his body as he breathed.
选词填空 用方框中所给短语的适当形式填空。
date back to get across make a comparison
on the edge of one’s seat tick all the right boxes
1. Tom is not very good at ____________ his ideas to others.
2. It is difficult for Susan ____________ between her old and new books.
3. This Chinese custom ____________ ancient times hundreds of years ago.
4. Amy strongly recommended this opera because it just ____________.
5. Most of the time the audience are ____________ while watching the show.
课文语法填空
As a high school student with English literature ____1____ one of my main subjects， I have to know about Hamlet！ Shakespeare’s Hamlet is probably the most important play by the most important writer in English. ____2____ （see） quite a few productions of Hamlet， I was full of ____3____ （confident）—until the Peking Opera came to town！
Dating back to the 18th century， Peking Opera has over two hundred years of history. To find out if it’s ____4____ （easy） than a Shakespeare play ____5____ （understand）， I just went and saw The Revenge of Prince Zidan—the Peking Opera version of Hamlet.
Starting with an orchestra playing traditional Chinese instruments， the opera brought a ____6____ （complete） new sound to my Western ears. At first， I thought what I heard was a violin， but later I learnt that it was an instrument with two strings called jinghu. Then， seeing the main characters come on stage， I was ____7____ （surprise）！ The costumes and masks were amazing. The performers of course sang in Chinese， but the music， exaggerated movements and mime ____8____ （help） get the meanings across to the audience. Before experiencing the opera， I wasn’t sure ____9____ I would enjoy it. But， in fact， I was on ____10____ edge of my seat！
1. ____ 2. ____ 3. ____ 4. ____ 5. ____
6. ____ 7. ____ 8. ____ 9. ____ 10. ____
阅读理解
The theater in Shakespeare’s time was much different than it is today. Authors wrote plays for the ordinary people， especially those who couldn’t read or write.
The theater changed a lot during Shakespeare’s lifetime. The authorities didn’t like it and didn’t allow acting in the city itself： They thought it had a bad influence on people and kept them from going to church. Queen Elizabeth， on the other hand， loved acting and helped the theater become popular.
The theater in Shakespeare’s time was full of life. People did not sit all the time and it was not quiet during the performance. The audience could walk around， eat and drink during the play.
Theaters were open arenas or playhouses that had room for up to three thousand people. There was almost no scenery because the dialogue was the most important part of the play. Colorful and well-designed costumes were very important and told the people about the status of a character. Women never performed in plays; 80 young boys played female characters. The performances took place in the afternoon because it was too dark at night.
There was no stage crew （专业团队） as there is today. Actors had to do everything themselves —from making costumes to setting the stage. Plays were organized by acting companies. They performed about 6 different plays each week because they needed money to survive. They had almost no time to rehearse （排练）.
The companies in Shakespeare’s time had a rank system. The company belonged to shareholders and managers. They were responsible for everything and got most of the money when the company was successful. Sometimes they even owned their own buildings. Actors worked for the managers and after some time became a permanent member of the company. Apprentices （学徒） were young boys and were allowed to act in unimportant roles. They also played female characters in play.
1. In Shakespeare’s time the authorities wanted to close the theater because they thought .
A. the queen didn’t like B. it kept people going to church