Unit 2 KING LEARReading取自莎士比亚四大悲剧之一李 尔王。该剧首演于1606年。统治英国的李尔王想把国土分给三个女儿。 他试探三个女儿的孝心，大女和次女 极尽阿谀之辞骗得了李尔王的信任， 各得到二分之一的国土。故事简介而幼女却因直言不讳而惹怒父亲，一 无所有，幸被法兰西国王娶为王后。 李尔退位后遭到两个女儿的冷眼和遗 弃，她们甚至密谋要除掉他。幸亏忠 臣相救，李尔才幸免于难。后来小女 儿挂帅领兵为父复国。这时，另两个 女儿之间已出现矛盾，她们尔虞我诈要除去对方，但面对法军，她们又联合 起来。此战英军获胜，囚禁了李尔与其 小女儿，但却招来朝野上下一致不满。 李尔的小女儿被害死，他的另两个女儿 也没有得到好下场。李尔抱住小女儿尸 体痛哭，自己也伤心而死。“阅读”部分节取的是该剧的第一幕，其中李尔王与 女儿的对白堪称莎翁作品中最为经典的 篇章之一。1.What had Lear expected to happen in his old age? 2.Why has Lear called for the King of France and the Duke of Burgundy?Read the play quickly with the following questions:摩托车驾照考试 http:/www.jsyst.cn/mtc/ 2016年摩托车科目一考试 科目四考试教练员从业资格考试 http:/www.jsyst.cn/jly/ 教练员从业资格证理论考试客运从业资格证考试 http:/www.jsyst.cn/keyun/ 道路旅客运输从业资格证考试货运从业资格证考试 http:/www.jsyst.cn/huoyun/ 道路货物运输从业资格证最新试题3.What has Lear decided to do with his kingdom? 4.What is he going to do when he retires ? 5.Why does Lear become angry with Kent? 6.How does he punish Kent?1 Why does King Lear want to give away his kingdom? ComprehendingBecause Lear is old and tired and wants to retire.2 How is he going to decide who to give the best part of his kingdom to?He is going to ask his three daughters to tell him how much they love him and divide up the kingdom according to their answers.Cordelia.3 At the beginning of the play, of which daughter is King Lear most fond? 4 Which daughters are already married and which is not? Regan and Goneril are married and Cordelia is not.The Duke of Burgundy and the King of France.5 What are the names of the men who want to marry King Lears youngest daughter?Kent tries to defend Cordelia but Lear sends him away from the kingdom (He banishes him).6 Who tries to defend Cordelia? What happens to him when he speaks out?While-readingRead the play and complete theplotdiagram.A plot diagramDescriptionSetting ConflictKing 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”.Flattery vs honesty; Words vs actionA plot diagramDescription Rising actionHis first two daughters flatter him with nice words, but the youngest daughter insists on telling the truth.Climax 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.Read the play again, and complete the following main points.MAIN POINTS: King Lear gave away his land to his daughters according to how much they _him. 1 .King Lear wants to _ and decides to _ his land to three daughters.loved retiregive2. He wants to know _ _ they love him. 3. Goneril and Regan make the king _by saying they love him very much. They _ the land.how muchhappy get4. Cordelia makes the king angry by being _ and not _ him. She gets _.5. Kent, the servant, makes the king _ by defending Cordelia and begging the king to listen to the _.honest flattering nothingangry truthCharact ersRelations hip to King LearWords to describe personalityKing LearGoneril Regan daughter daughter hot-headed, hard-hot-headed, hard- hearted, foolish, bad-hearted, foolish, bad- temperedtempered deceitful, corrupt, greedy, cunning deceitful, corrupt, greedy, cunning CordeliaDuke of Albany Duke of Cornwal l Duke of Kent daughter son-in-law son-in-law friend honest, truthful, loving, innocent (not known yet)(not known yet)loyal respectful, honest, truthfulLearning about language1.Before I travelled abroad I _ _ all my furniture and put it in storage.packed up 1 Complete the following sentences with the correct form of phrasal verbs from the play.2.He _ _ at the meeting to tell them he did not like their decision. 3.She _ _ her sisters children as well as her own. 4.Dont say no until you have _ me_.spoke out cared for heard out 5.They wont _ _ the keys until we pay the rent. 6.He _ _ all his money and went to live alone on an island.hand over gave away 1.I am always _ in the morning until Ive had my coffee. 2.He wont help you, hes too _.2 Complete the following sentences with compound adjectives from the unit so far.bad-tempered hard-hearted 3.The _-_ boy ran into the road and pushed the child out of the way of a speeding car. 4.The_-_ son was the tallest of the brothers. 5.Youre so _-_, you never stop to think before you act.warm-hearted third-born hot headed More compound adjectives to learn: warm-blooded; cold-blooded; warm- hearted; man-made; mid-field; mouth-to-mouth; eight-year-old; one-way; part-time; post-impressionist; simple-minded; so-called; so-so; sun-blind; well-done; well-behaved; well-bred; well-chosen; well-fed; well-informed; well-known; well-made; well-off; well-paid; well-to-do; well-written; good-looking; worn-out, .1 I have decided to retire and hand over the heavy load of responsibility to you three. 2 I have