1、The Merchant of Venice(1)Unit 19 The Merchant of Venice The Reading Part四川省资阳市伍隍中学：李全英2006 年 1 月The Merchant of Venice(1)Teaching Plan of the reading partTeaching Aims:1. Learn and master the following words and phrases:Words:weakness,anymore,greatness, judgement,troublesome,gentle,bless,surgeon.Phr
2、ases: tear up,have mercy on, offer up, be seated2.Learn to recount detail in convensation.Teaching Important Points:1 Useful words and phrases: have mercy on, anymore , tear up, offer up, be seated , pay back2.Improve the students reading abilityTeaching Difficult Points:Help the students understand
3、 the play exactly, especially the following sentences.Teaching Methods:1 Asking-and Answering before reading to make the students interested in what they will read.2.Fast and careful reading to train the students reading ability.Teaching Aids:1 the multimedia 2.A tape recorder 3. a blackboardTeachin
4、g Procedures:Step One: GreetingsGreet the whole class as usualStep Two: Revision and Lead-inBy asking about the background information to arouse the interest of the students.T: Hello, everybody, Yesterday we learned some background information about the play “The Merchant of Venice Now I will ask so
5、me questions about it.1. What kind of person was Antonio?2. Who was his best friend? What was Bassinios problem?3. Who lent him the money? Step Three:ReadingT: well, Before reading the text ,please answer me :Do you know who he is and can you say any of his plays?born in England in 1564wrote 37 play
6、s in his lifedied in 1616Step Four: William ShakespeareCymbelineMeasure for measureA midsummer Nighs DreamThe Winters TaleRomeo and JulietHenry IV/V/VI/VIIIPlease look at the pictures of the charactors and the profileStep Six:Decide which of these statements are true and which are false. 1.Shylock h
7、ated Antonio and wanted to take the chance to kill him. . ( T )2.Bassanio offered to pay Shylock much more money than Antonio had borrowed from him. ( T )3.Shylock accepted Bassanios offer. ( F )4.Portia, Bassanios wife , pretended to be a judge. ( T )5.Bassanio recognized his wife at the court at t
8、he first sight. ( F )10.Portia agreed to change the law a little. ( F )1.What did the Duke ask Shylock to do?To have mercy on Antonio2.What was Shylock s reply?He demanded his pound of flesh3.What did Bassanio offer?He offered Shylock six thousand ducats for the three thousand that Antonio borrowed.
9、4.What was Shylocks reply?He still demanded his pound of flesh5.Who acted as the judge? Did Bassanio know thisPortia, He didnt know this because Portia was dressed in a lawyers clothes.Read the text carefully and choose the best answer ( C )1.Shylock was a moneylender, who_A. was glad to lend money
10、to others without conditionsB. worked hard to make a lot of moneywas cruel and hated AntonioC. feared nothing( C )2.Shylock lent Antonio three thousand ducats on condition that_A. Antonio would return the money within two monthsB. Antonio would return the money with a pound of fleshC. Antonio would
11、let Shylock have a pound of flesh if he failed to repay the money in timeD. Shylock would not ask the money back( A )3.Shylock refused to have mercy on Antonio because_A. he hated Antonio and intended to kill himB. he had done nothing wrong and feared no judgmentC. he trusted the laws of Venice and
12、refused to change his mindD. he thought his money had gone( B )4.The phrase “so young a body with so wise a head” means_A. “such a young man with so much wealth”B. “such a young man with such great wisdom”C. “a man who increases in wisdom with his increase of ageD. “a man who is clever”( A )5.Antoni
13、o was not able to pay the money back to Shylock because_.A. He lost all his ships at seaB. He didnt want to pay the money backC. Shylock asked too much money backD. He neednt pay the money back( B )6.What did Shylock really want?A. He wanted three times money that he was owedB. He wanted a pound of
14、Antonios fleshC. He wanted justiceD. He wanted to kill Antonio( C )7. The main idea of this play most probably is_A. How Shylock was punishedB. How Antonio was savedC. How a judgment between two merchants of Venice wentD. How Portia helped with the case( C )8.From the story we can conclude that Anto
15、nio was_A. A merchant who was always happy to give others adviceB. A moneylender who was always ready to lend money to othersC. A merchant who never refused to help othersD. A moneylender who was greedy and cruel( C )9. According to the story, Portia was_A. a beautiful lady without moneyB. a learned
16、 young judgeC. a young beautiful lady with great wisdomD. a friend of Antonio( B )10.What do you think the end of the story?A. Antonio was able to marry Portia.B. Shylock lost all his money and landC. Shylock got the money three times Antonio had borrowed from himD. Antonio got Shylocks moneyPay att
17、ention to the following useful expressions Play a game, giveup, in the end, have mercy on.,a sign of weakness , pass judgment on, payfor,hope for, show mercy, do nothing wrong, be dressed as, envy sb., change a law, cut off, tear up, offerup, do the deed, bleed to death, payback, waste time, pass on
18、es judgment. Step Ten : Explain some language points 1.anymore=any more e.g She doesnt live here anymore. Are they producing this machine anymore? 2.may/might as well do sth. e.g. Since nobody else wants the job, we might as well let him have it. All the pubs are closing, We may as well go home. 3.I
19、f you offered me, I would still take(Note: if=even if) e.g. If she is poor, shes honest at least. If the sun were to rise in the west, I would not break my word. 4.Be seated e.g. He then asked me to be seated. She seated herself on the sofa She saw a few people seated on the bench at the back of the
20、 classroom. 5how can you hope for mercy yourself when you show none? (Note: when=if) e.g. Ill come when Im needed Shell be able to give you help when necessary. 6.I offer ten times the money that Antonio has borrow. e.g. The new building is four times the size of the old one. The street is three tim
21、es the length of that one The room is twice the size of that one. (=The room is as twice large as that one) 7.pay-back e.g. Have you paid me back the money you owe me yet? Ill pay him back for the trick he played on me Rose doesnt know how to pay him back for his job. Step Eleven: competition A clas
22、sical balance is often used as a symbol for The Merchant of Venice 1.What is usually weighed with a balance? What goes into the scales left and right Usually, things are weighed with a balance. Weighs go into the left scale and things go into the right scale. 2.Why does Portia ask Shylock whether he
23、 brought a balance? She wants to remind Shylock that he must cut exactly a pound of flesh from Antonio , no more , no less 3.What is the deeper meaning of the balance? What is weighed in Portias court of law? The deeper meaning of the balance is justice. In Portias court of law , moral are weighed.Step Ten: Summary and Homework:In the class, we have mainly read the first part of The Merchant of Venice . While reading it. Weve also learned some useful words and expressions and sentences. After class, read the text again and revise what weve learnt in this class. Thats all for today.
