1、,Project Putting on a play,Drama,Read part A please, and answer the questions:,The invisible bench,Part A,1) What kind of comedy does this play use?,The play mainly uses the physical style of comedy.,2) What do you think of the children except Mike?,They are dishonest, insincere, false/ hypocritical
2、.,He wanted to punish them or make fun of them.,No. There isnt any.,3) At the end of the play, Mike said, “No. I must have forgotten to tell you. ” What does he mean?,4) Is there a bench in the play?,The important papers,Part B,Read part B quickly and answer the questions.,1) What kind of comedy doe
3、s this play use?,The play uses the style of prop. Actors use the prop- toilet paper and some other papers to perform the play.,2) Who do you think is the main character in the play?,The king.,Toilet paper.,3) What does the king actually want?,4) Why are the others unable to understand him?,Because h
4、e was a king and he says that he wants important papers. The others would mistake them for some official documents.,5) How does the playwright make the play funny?,The playwright uses a play upon words- important paper and toilet paper- to make people laugh.,Act out the two plays,Language points,inv
5、isible adj. 1) impossible to see: The aircraft is designed to be invisible to radar. These bacteria are invisible unless viewed with a microscope.,1. I am sitting on an invisible bench, of course. (line 8),2) before noun describes money that is added to a countrys economy by activities such as the s
6、ervice and financial industries rather than the production of goods in factories: an increase in invisible exportsTourism brings in 40% of the islands invisible earnings.,(2006上海) You can see the stars on a clear night, but in the daytime they are _. A. unavoidable B. invisible C. inaccessible D. un
7、available,2. You should join us. Its nice and cosy. (line 18),cosyadj. comfortable and pleasant,especially (of a building) because small and warmThis room is nice and cosy in the winter.He showed me into a cosy little room.,3. Mike looks annoyed. (line 25),annoyed adj. angry:I was so annoyed with hi
8、m for turning up late.He was annoyed at the way she tried to take over the whole meeting.My parents were rather annoyed (that) I hadnt told them about the accident.She was annoyed to discover that her husband had taken her car keys.,annoying,adj. making you feel annoyed: Its really annoying when a t
9、rain is late and theres no explanation.Hes got a really annoying laugh.,annoy,vt. to make someone angry:Tim really annoyed me in the meeting this morning.Im sorry. Is my cough annoying you?+ that It annoys me that she just expects us to help.,4. Mike stands up and wanders over to the middle of the s
10、tage and sits down. (line 27),wandersvi. or vt. to walk around slowly in a relaxed way or without any clear purpose or direction:We spent the morning wandering around the old part of the city.She was found several hours later, wandering the streets, lost.He was here a moment ago but hes wandered off
11、 somewhere.,5. It got too crowded, so I moved the bench.（line 38),crowdadj. If a place is crowded, it is full of people.By ten oclock the bar was crowded. group noun C a large group of people who have gathered together:A crowd of about 15,000 attended the concert.,词语辨析look, glance, glare和stare这四个词都有
12、“看”的含义，一般都作不及物动词，常跟介词at构成动词词组。 look表示将视线集中于某物，仅表示视觉对某个对象的注意。当要表示注意某物时，要用look。如：look at me；look at the blackboard等。, glance的原义为“闪现”，如活动着的反光物体在阳光下闪烁，后来演变为“迅速地看”，即“扫视”。glance at瞥一眼。 glare表示由于羡慕、恐惧、惊讶或无知而“用恐吓、凶狠或愤怒的眼光看”，即“怒目而视”或“瞪着”。如：They glared at me with hate. 他们用仇恨的目光瞪着我。, stare指出于惊讶、愤怒、厌烦、无礼或无知而“长时
13、间地看”、“凝视”。如：staring into the distance 凝视着远方 用look, stare, glare或glance的适当形式填空。1. They were _ at the animal because it was the first time they had seen this kind of animal.,looking,2. The boy just _ at the girl because he was shy.3. He _ at his roommate because the guy had broken his walkman.4. He _
14、at the visitors in disbelief, because they claimed to have come from another planet.,glanced,glared,stared,all, entire, total和whole这四个词都可表示“全部”，但各有侧重。 all侧重于表示各个个体或各个部分组成的全部。如：All the men went. 所有的男人都去了。 entire指“全部的”、“整体的”，既不能有所削减，也不能有所增添，是比较正式的用语。如：The entire village was destroyed. 整个村子都被毁了。, total
15、指“总计”、“总量”、“总数”，强调一切都计算在内。如：What is the total population of China? 中国的人口是多少？ whole指“整个的数量或长、宽、广度”，强调毫无删除、分割或减少。如：I read the novel the whole afternoon.整个下午我都在读小说。, whole的语气比entire随便，这两个词的意义很接近，有时可互换使用。如：The whole / entire day was ruined.一整天都给毁了。The entire / whole country was affected by flood.全国都受到了洪
16、灾的影响。, all 常位于定冠词、指示代词、物主代词、基数词之前；而whole位于这些词之后。如：All the world knows that. 全世界都知道这件事。In the end, it will be destructive of our whole society.它最终会毁灭我们整个社会。,用all, entire, total或whole填空：1. I told him the _ story.2. He ate _ the food.3. He had spent the (1)_ month preparing for the National Oral Englis
17、h Contest. But when the moment came for him to get on the stage, he found himself extremely nervous and diffident (缺乏自信的).,whole,all,whole,He even wanted to quit. Then his teacher told him that the (2) _ school had (3) _ confidence in him. Hearing that, he gathered up (4) _ of his courage and confidence and decided to try his best. His performance was a great success and had won a storm of applause from the (5) _ audience.,whole,entire,all,entire/ whole,His efforts in the past month were well rewarded. With a (6) _ score ranking the first place, he got the championship of the contest.,total,
